DAME Mary Berry was attacked by bed bugs after being put up in budget accommodation by the BBC. The TV judge, 86, was exposed to the critters after she was booked into a £25-a-night youth hostel while filming early Bake Off episodes, former co-star Sue Perkins revealed.
Comic Sue, 52, who co-hosted the hit show with comedy partner Mel Giedroyc, 53, from 2010 to 2016, when it moved to Channel 4, said: “Bake Off can only be seen now through the prism of huge success. “But we were there at its inception, when Barry’s burger vans were the in-house catering, when we were in a youth hostel at £25 a night — and Mary Berry got bed bugs.
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