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Return date for Great British Bake Off has finally been announced
#GBBO pic.twitter.com/q5k4kjrTZt— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) September 9, 2020In order to make sure the show went ahead as so many others cancelled production, Channel 4 went to great lengths to ensure the cast and crew were safe while filming.Speaking to Broadcast, Kieran Smith, creative director at Love Productions said: ‘So many people rely on Bake Off for work that we knew we had to work out a plan.’They hired a new location in July, which housed the whole team alongside 20 hotel staff members, 80 producers and around 20 children, chaperones and dog walkers.Not only that, but everyone involved has to isolate for nine days prior to entering the hotel and take three COVID tests.Filming took six gruelling weeks and they had only