Sue Perkins almost arrested after Bake Off prank

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Perkins and co-presenter Mel Giedroyc have revealed how they nearly spent a night in the cells after pulling a prank on Paul Hollywood.

The celebrity baker was sent into a spin when his prized Aston Martin disappeared from the Great British Bake Off set.

What he didn’t realise was that the comedy duo had decided to steal the car as a prank – and very nearly landed them in trouble with police.

Sue – who is in a relationship with fellow TV presenter Anna Richardson – also told of how the joke took a more serious turn when she lost control of the car.

ā€œI nicked the key off [Paul] and we just drove off,ā€ she told heatworld.

ā€œIā€™d never driven an Aston Martin before. We couldnā€™t turn it on but eventually it wentā€¦ and we drove it into a ditch and had to phone a garage.ā€

She added: ā€œPaul had the most spectacular humour failure Iā€™ve ever seen. He was going to phone the police!ā€

And it seems it isn’t just Mel and Sue who like to pull pranks on Mr Hollywood – fellow judge Mary Berry also has a talent for winding him up.

Last year, Berry also vandalised his beloved Aston Martin – signing her name on the luxury car in permanent marker.

ā€œI phoned her up. She said she thought it was marvellous,” Paul revealed.

“Weā€™d been signing lots of books, so sheā€™d decided to sign my car too.”

A chat show featuring Mel and Sue was cut by ITV last month after failing to attract high enough viewer numbers – despite the pairā€™s success on the Great British Bake Off.