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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Morris

Celebrity Bake Off episode featuring Scott Mills scrapped

  • Channel 4 has announced it will not air the upcoming episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off featuring Scott Mills.
  • The decision follows Mills' dismissal from the BBC in March due to "allegations about his personal conduct".
  • The Metropolitan Police investigated Mills in 2016 over allegations of serious sexual offences involving a teenage boy under 16.
  • Mills was not charged at the time, as the Crown Prosecution Service concluded the "evidential threshold had not been met".
  • The BBC said it terminated Mills' contract after receiving "new information" in the weeks leading up to his sacking.

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