Great British Bake Off: meet the celebrity contestants

Sports stars and a former Spice Girl will join Samantha Cameron and Ed Balls for charity bake off

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The Prime Minister David Cameron's wife Samantha is one of sixteen celebrities who will take part in a Great British Bake Off charity special.

The four-part series, which airs in March, aims to raise money for Sport Relief, reports the BBC. It features a line-up of celebrity contestants whose baking efforts will be critiqued by regular judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

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