Channel 4 Bake Off will return to screens as scheduled

The Great British Bake Off will return to screens as planned, Channel 4 has confirmed. Judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith will return to the famous tent alongside presenters Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding for the 13th series of the ultimate baking battle.

The announcement comes as channels including BBC One and ITV continue to make changes to their regular programming schedules during a period of mourning for the Queen who sadly passed away on Thursday aged 96 after 70 years of service.

The first show of the new series will see another batch of amateur bakers prove themselves with a series of signature, technical and showstopper bakes. The popular show will air in its usual 8pm slot on Tuesday.

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On Friday Channel 4 launched the new series of Gogglebox as planned, with the broadcaster saying it would bring a "valuable sense of continuity” for viewers. Channel 4 added that it had made "significant changes" to its schedule in the wake of the Queen’s death but that its purpose was to offer an 'alternative' for viewers which it feels is "particularly important at times like this."

Comedy chat show The Last Leg was due to follow Gogglebox on the Channel 4 schedule. But the show’s presenter Adam Hills announced they had cancelled the episode as it “didn’t feel right." Other big TV launches due include the return of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One next Saturday, but it is not yet known if that will go ahead.

Following the death of the British sovereign many broadcasters have been airing rolling news coverage interspersed with Queen-related content. On Saturday BBC One aired national and regional news programmes