Bake Off ’s Prue is gently beaten in skit over tweet

The new series of Great British Bake Off will begin with a reference to judge Prue Leith’s mistake of revealing last year’s winner before the final was aired.

Leith, 77, was in Bhutan when she tweeted her congratulations to Sophie Faldo, hours before the final.

The baking competition returns to Channel 4 next week for its second series on the broadcaster since its switch from the BBC.

In the opening scene of the first episode, hosts Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig appear dressed as characters from the ’80s Back To The Future films.

The skit sees Fielding wearing a white coat and mad professor wig as inventor Doc Brown, while Toksvig dons a bodywarmer to take off the films’ hero Marty McFly.

As the pair jump into a silver car to travel through time, they jokingly reveal they are trying to stop Leith from publicly revealing the identity of this year’s winner.

Viewers will then see Leith and fellow judge Hollywood sitting on a sofa with Leith apparently preparing to send out a social media post.

Leith said: “They didn’t propose it they just did it! My reaction would have been, ‘I wouldn’t dare mention this for a whole year’ and then you go and use it.

“Now everybody will start bringing it up again.”

The new series will begin with biscuit week. Contestants will be tasked with baking a Wagon Wheel in the technical challenge.

For their “showstopper” task, the 12 hopefuls will also be asked to create a biscuit selfie of themselves at a place which has personal meaning to them.

A blood courier, a civil servant and a retired air steward are among those competing.

The Great British Bake Off will return to Channel 4 on August 28 at 8pm.