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because Pillsbury forced The Great British Bake Off to be called The Great British Baking Show in the US, a lot of creative editing had to be done to obscure the logo in the show, including using computer-assisted VFX to change the text on the trophy

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Fun Fact: because Pillsbury forced “The Great British Bake Off” to be called “The Great British Baking Show” in the US, a lot of creative editing had to be done to obscure the logo in the show, including using computer-assisted VFX to change the text on the trophy

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