For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Gabriel TateThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to CancerChannel 4, 8pmThe Great British Bake Off continues to reach celebrities other fundraising bonanzas simply cannot. The BBC’s incarnations for Sport Relief and Comic Relief wooed Samantha Cameron and Victoria Wood; Channel 4’s versions for Stand Up to Cancer have included Ruth Davidson making a meringue tower in the colours of the Irish flag, John Lithgow baking Churchill-themed gingerbread, and Jeremy Paxman being subjected to the attentions of Noel Fielding for our viewing pleasure. While later episodes will include James Blunt, Richard Dreyfuss and Johanna Konta, tonight’s opening edition — the first of five — has a lower-key quartet

Source: The Times March 09, 2020 23:58 UTC