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Jessica Sansome

The Great British Bake Off trailer is here and it's taking us back to the height of lockdown

The Great British Bake Off is one step closer to being back on screens.

Channel 4 have released the first trailer for the brand new series.

There were concerns by bosses and fans that the 2020 edition of the baking show would be derailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

But it will be back and promises to be no different to the series we know and love with the new amateur bakers and  Bake Off  crew achieving Covid-secure conditions by living and filming in a bubble.

And the new trailer will take fans back to the height of lockdown, with a frustration that what shared by many of us.

The teaser for the new episodes shows a young boy carrying precious cargo in his backpack as he cycles through streets, past people desperate to get their hands on one of this year's rarest commodity.

Guessed what it is? Flour. Of course it is flour.

Viewers see a man begging a pizza chef at the back door of his restaurant, while neighbours share rumours over the garden fence and an older woman taps out an imploring text message.

Eventually it is revealed that the woman is the boy's grandmother and he presents her with the bag of flour he has been transporting.

Bake Off will take us back to the peak of lockdown (PA)

The trailer shows them tucking into a huge cake, emblazoned with the words "Bake Off's Back".

It will air for the first time on Channel 4 tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm.

However, there is still no official start date.

Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood will be back alongside returning host Noel Fielding and brand new addition Matt Lucas who replaces Sandi Toksvig as the programme's co-host.

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