'On your marks, get set… La!' It's A Sin's Olly Alexander, Lydia West, Nathaniel Curtis and Shaun Dooley set to battle it out in The Great British Bake Off Christmas special
The cast of It's A Sin will battle it out against each other in one of two Christmas specials for The Great British Bake Off.
A star-studded line-up of Olly Alexander, Lydia West, Nathaniel Curtis and Shaun Dooley, will reunite to put their baking skills to use in the Channel 4 favourite - dubbed The Great Festive Bake Off.
Taking to Twitter to share the news, the GGBO penned: 'On your marks, get set… La! We're turning our Tent into the Pink Palace as the stars of award-winning @Channel4 drama It's A Sin don their aprons for The Great Christmas Bake Off!
'On your marks, get set… La!' It's A Sin's Olly Alexander (far left), Lydia West (centre left), Nathaniel Curtis (centre right) and Shaun Dooley (far right) are set to battle it out in The Great British Bake Off Christmas special (pictured with Matt Lucas, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Paul Hollywood, above L-R)
'Line-up: Olly Alexander, Lydia West, Nathaniel Curtis, Shaun Dooley. Date: To be revealed! #GBBO.'
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Alongside, they shared a beaming snap of the gang donning very trendy Christmas jumpers and glimmering tinsel decorations as necklaces.
A follow-up festive episode will see 'four beloved stars from Bake Off Past, Jon, Hermine, Kim-Joy, Rowan,' return to the screen.
From multi-BAFTA Award-winning writer Russell T Davies, It's A Sin follows the story of the 1980s, the story of AIDS, and charts the joy and heartbreak of a group of friends across a decade in which everything changed.
Coming soon: A star-studded line-up of Olly Alexander (centre), Lydia West (right), Nathaniel Curtis (cente-left) and Shaun Dooley, will reunite to put their baking skills to use in the Channel 4 favourite
Surprise! Taking to Twitter to share the news, the GGBO penned: 'On your marks, get set… La!'
Elated: Delighted fans took to their keyboards to share their excitement at the news
In the show, Lydia's character Jill Baxter and her friends Ritchie, Roscoe, Colin and Ash would happily say 'la' to each other whenever they left their flat.
Starring Years & Years frontman Olly alongside a cast of rising stars and celebrated favourites including Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry and Neil Patrick Harris, It's a Sin has been universally praised by fans.
Russell, the writer and producer behind Queer As Folk and the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, loosely based the drama on his own experiences in the eighties.
He also spent hours in conversation with his childhood friend Jill Nalder, an actor, ally and activist who lived in London during the decade and is played by Lydia.
Jaw-dropping telly: Olly recently claimed making the series was 'one of the greatest experiences of his life' after it won the New Drama Award at the National Television Awards (pictured as Ritchie)
Rave reviews: He soon befriends Jill and three others and rents their flat, lovingly dubbed The Pink Palace (pictured, Lydia West as Jill)
Russell cast Alexander as the show's protagonist Ritchie Tozer, an 18-year-old hailing from an ignorant, unloving household on the Isle of Wight who throws himself headfirst into London life.
He soon befriends Jill and three others and rents their flat, lovingly dubbed The Pink Palace.
Olly recently claimed making the series was 'one of the greatest experiences of his life' after it won the New Drama Award at the National Television Awards.
He said: 'It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It's created a conversation that I'm amazed to be a part of. A global conversation.'
Wow! A follow-up festive episode will see 'four beloved stars from Bake Off Past', Jon, Hermine, Kim-Joy, Rowan, return to the screen
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