The Great British Bake Off moving to Channel 4

[Firewire]

Just confirmed that this series is the last on the BBC

Pray for Mel & Sue

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37344292

[Black Dagger]

****ing joke.

[Ross.]

**** OFF ITV x

[Nicky91]

NO, then i can't watch it anymore, this makes me really sad :( :(

[Oaker]

This will be the last series I watch then </3

[TomC]

That's a bit **** innit

[Babayaro.]

Hahaha get that to ****!!!

BBC are idiots tbh, why would they get rid of one of their highest rating shows?

[Babayaro.]

And bye at the now constant adverts coming our way

[Black Dagger]

Hahaha get that to ****!!!

BBC are idiots tbh, why would they get rid of one of their highest rating shows?

It's not BBC that did it.

[AProducer'sWetDream]

Haha no thanks

Can ITV maybe try making their own shows rather than stealing the BBC's?

[zakman440]

A huge blow for the BBC - they'll struggle to replace the biggest show on television. I'd imagine that ITV will probably want to capitalise on the product placement opportunities, so I wouldn't want them to get it either. I'd imagine that Channel 4 would be the best bet for it to remain mostly unchanged.

[Ross.]

Mary better boycott until they let the BBC have it back

[Firewire]

We also lose Comic/Sport Relief Bake Off. I'm sure ITV wil launch a Celeb edition though.

[Natalie.]

No thanks, all the ads

[y.winter]

I've watched two series, and the last full one I didn't manage to finish. It's a nice program, but after one series it's all just the same.

[AProducer'sWetDream]

We also lose Comic/Sport Relief Bake Off. I'm sure ITV wil launch a Celeb edition though.

Yeah but would ITV be able to get the same level of celebs, especially if it's not for charity?

[Babayaro.]

It's not BBC that did it.

Yeah, I just read why they got rid of it, there now lol. Still pissed off though!

[Drew.]

Can't wait for Adrian Chiles and Mel B to host it next year

[Firewire]

Can't wait for Adrian Chiles and Mel B to host it next year

Here for Mel B tbh

[Cherie]

This is worse than when MOTD moved :fist: the company that make it have got too greedy :bored:

[karl100589]

Because we all know that going to ITV does wonders for a TV career...

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article92570.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/adrian-chiles-and-christine-bleakley-image-1-848608204.jpg

[lewis111]

Didn't Mary and Paul say they wouldn't do it if it wasn't on ITV
Or did they just say they didn't want it to change

[MB.]

2016 just gets worse and worse

[zakman440]

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[LukeB]

Oh dear.

[Braden]

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[Daniel-X]

I thought the show had got boring the last couple of series or so as it is, God forbid when it moves to ITV.

[Withano]

Hahaha get that to ****!!!

BBC are idiots tbh, why would they get rid of one of their highest rating shows?

Thats what i was gonna say?!

Also cba for adverts so cba

[Ammi]

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[armand.kay]

I'm not watching it on itv lol.

[armand.kay]

Putting it on a commercial channel is going to corrupt the show and it kind of ruins the innocent nature of it all.

[Daniel-X]

I bet you all can't wait for Text Santa Bake Off with Arg from TOWIE and Vogue Williams on la plus side :)

[Amy Jade]

Publicity stunt?

[armand.kay]

I bet you all can't wait for Text Santa Bake Off with Arg from TOWIE and Vogue Williams on la plus side :)

I guess the only upside to this is that megan mckenna will be host.

[Daniel-X]

I guess the only upside to this is that megan mckenna will be host.

Oh yes and miss Gemma doing la extra slice on ITV2!

[Firewire]

Apparently Channel 4 have stepped in at the last minute and bought the rights

[Firewire]

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[Cal.]

Oh wow miss Channel 4 grabbing that hit show :clap1:

[Braden]

lmfao I thought the C4 thing was a joke.

Channel 4 is better than ITV though. I feel a little better about it now.

[LukeB]

At least Joey Essex's chances of appearing on GBBO have gone down

[Shaun]

Disgusting.

[Withano]

Channel 4 would turn it into some weird experiment.. Bake a cake in a deserted island or with the main ingredient being ox blood or something.

[zakman440]

Glad that Channel 4 have got it. It's still a shame that the BBC have lost it, but I think Channel 4 won't want to turn it into an overly-commercial programme. It's the best place for it to go.

[Amy Jade]

At least Joey Essex's chances of appearing on GBBO have gone down

He's on E4's Celebrity's Go Dating and it's been rather successful so actually it improves his chances. Sadly.

[LukeB]

He's on E4's Celebrity's Go Dating and it's been rather successful so actually it improves his chances. Sadly.

Oh I forgot about that :worry:

[Greg!]

Screaming they'll probs schedule it against BB

[MB.]

Well it's taken them six years and several series of The Jump but I guess Channel 4 have finally found (/stolen) something worthy of replacing BB

[Braden]

Hell will be raised if Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer present.

[AProducer'sWetDream]

Oh I don't mind it on Channel Four, I don't think they'll try and change it too much, but I can't see it rating nearly as well as it does on the BBC

[MB.]

Mel & Sue are still pretty Channel 4-y (I mean, it's where they started) and they haven't got much else on, so it's more Mary and Paul - actually, just more Mary tbh - that I'm worried about

[Pete.]

Trashy

[Braden]

I suppose the breaks could fit in the bits after they talk to the contestants outside of the tent, but it probably won't end up like that at all.

I was more worried about what ITV were going to do with the show, so I'm too fussed right now. Just worried the presenters and judges will change.

[Babayaro.]

Channel 4 is a whole lot better than ITV tbh

[Marsh.]

Aww, shame.

I was hear for "IT'S TIME! TO BAKE! A CAAAAKKKKEEEE!!!!!!" *sets off flour bombs*

[Black Dagger]

How the **** did they pull that off :laugh:

[Rob!]

:eek:

So Channel 4 have managed to get hold of the biggest show on television. The BBC must be gutted.

[MB.]

This may just be me being incredibly naive, but I think there might be half a chance that C4 will decide to just forego adverts and replace them with increased product placement, as not to piss off a hell of a lot of people who don't really want the development of Sue's baguettes interrupted by plugs for lovehoney.com

[Firewire]

Davina to host?

[Firewire]

This may just be me being incredibly naive, but I think there might be half a chance that C4 will decide to just forego adverts and replace them with increased product placement, as not to piss off a hell of a lot of people who don't really want the development of Sue's baguettes interrupted by plugs for lovehoney.com

I don't think they will but they'll probably air it as a 90 minute episode whereas ITV would cut content

[Crimson Dynamo]

the BBC are a joke, they have no sport, they sold our weather to a sh1t dutch company instead of the Met Office and now this. a fck pathetic joke

:facepalm:

[MB.]

Yeah how dare not enough people pay license fees

[MB.]

(well yes I'm kidding but partly. Ask the government and the former culture secretary, they might be able to give you a few answers)

[Marsh.]

the BBC are a joke, they have no sport, they sold our weather to a sh1t dutch company instead of the Met Office and now this. a fck pathetic joke

:facepalm:

Yet if they forked out a fortune to keep it you'd be the first in the queue complaining about them wasting the license fee. :hee:


Oh wait you hate GBBO you big lezza :fist:

[y.winter]

TGGBO is already C4-esque, so it's the best place to go after the BBC.
I don't see why the audience won't follow it... It has a big loyal fanbase and C4 is not a premium/cable/I-don't-know-how-it-goes-in-the-UK channel, right?

[MB.]

Well yeah but I'd say a good chunk of Bake Off's viewership comprises of middle Englanders who refuse to acknowledge Channel 4 exists/haven't watched it since 1993, so it's not going to reach highs of 15 million again

[Ross.]

not Channel 4 snatching it

Get that relevance :clap1:

[Marsh.]

Here for a Come Bake With Me merge.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yet if they forked out a fortune to keep it you'd be the first in the queue complaining about them wasting the license fee. :hee:


Oh wait you hate GBBO you big lezza :fist:


I love the bo

Sort of :nono:

[LukeB]

The hosts better not change :nono:

[armand.kay]

The hosts better not change :nono:

There's nowt wrong with the show so they better change nothing!

[EspeonBB]

Lmfao

Considering it's the highest rated show on TV it's a big coup for C4 though

[MB.]

Some other details (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/12/bbc-loses-great-british-bake-off/): bigger offers from ITV and Netflix were rejected (thank ****) and the deal involves 40 hours of Bake Off-related programming a year, aka potentially four series of Bake Off a year, aka ENDLESS BAKE OFF

[Nick.]

Ok but they better not cut the history bit to make up for adverts.

[caprimint]

Ok but they better not cut the history bit to make up for adverts.
I hope they do, I always mute that part, it's boring. If I wanted to watch a program about history I would do that instead of baking. :idc:

[Braden]

I'm lacking in common sense so can someone explain to me how GBBO costs £25 million a year?

Surely Sue/Mel's and Mary/Paul's fees aren't extravagantly high? The cost of the appliances does add up but surely doesn't come to much. They literally bake in a tent, so I don't understand how that would cost money unless they rent land property. Am I totally getting the wrong idea here? Does the BBC fund all of these things?

[MB.]

I'm lacking in common sense so can someone explain to me how GBBO costs £25 million a year?

Surely Sue/Mel's and Mary/Paul's fees aren't extravagantly high? The cost of the appliances does add up but surely doesn't come to much. They literally bake in a tent, so I don't understand how that would cost money unless they rent land property. Am I totally getting the wrong idea here? Does the BBC fund all of these things?

As far as I'm aware, it doesn't - the production team are just demanding a ridiculous amount for the rights now that it's so popular and lucrative

[Ross.]

Mess not 40 hours of Bake Off a year

Rip </3

[T*]

Channel 4 will do a damn sight better than ITV but the ratings drop is going to be atrocious.

[Braden]

As far as I'm aware, it doesn't - the production team are just demanding a ridiculous amount for the rights now that it's so popular and lucrative

Oh okay, thanks. The figure astounds me, but I'm not well-informed on the business and financial part of TV production.

This stresses me out so much I wanna ****ing eat (Gemma Collins, 2016).

[Suze]

This will be the last series I watch then </3

Same here.

[Jack_]

I don't watch it but this is a huge blow to the BBC and yet more evidence of how damaging this government is to its future

The worst thing about all of this is that yet again the BBC themselves will be blamed when in actuality it's Whittingdale and co's legacy that is at fault here. And it's a vicious circle - they force cutbacks on the corporation, people complain about the quality of content and thus are more sympathetic to the notion of scaling back or ceasing the licence fee, and the problem gets worse. Exactly what is happening to the NHS is going to happen here and it's tragic.

That said, at least Channel 4 is a public service network - this is a huge coup for them and will undoubtedly be a better home for it than ITV

[Gstar]

I enjoyed it being on BBC (no adverts) :(

It's also gonna snatch the BB3 finale record for Channel 4s highest rating

[zakman440]

Mel & Sue to step down when it moves to Channel 4:

"We were very shocked and saddened to learn yesterday evening that Bake Off will be moving from its home. We made no secret of our desire for the show to remain where it was.

The BBC nurtured the show from its infancy and helped give it its distinctive warmth and charm, growing it from an audience of two million to nearly 15 million at its peak.

We've had the most amazing time on Bake Off, and have loved seeing it rise and rise like a pair of yeasted Latvian baps.

We're not going with the dough. We wish all the future bakers every success."

– SUE PERKINS AND MEL GIEDROYC

Read more: http://www.itv.com/news/2016-09-13/mel-and-sue-to-leave-the-great-british-bake-off-when-it-moves-to-channel-4/

[LukeB]

:(

[Black Dagger]

Cancel it.

[TomC]

Mel & Sue to step down when it moves to Channel 4:

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:omgno:

It's all happening too fast.

[lewis111]

The show is ruined
Those 2 made the show what it is no one could get anywhere near their level

[Tarryn]

Long term the production company have just ruined it for themselves.
On the BBC it could have ran for years but changing it to C4 will mean less viewers, only 45 minutes per episode if they keep it to the one hour slot & now losing two of the most popular elements of the show is death for it.
Who wants to watch the GBBO if it's not the GBBO :shrug:
I'm confused why C4 would want this show. It's not something they usually would broadcast anyway.

[Babayaro.]

Bye at no Mel & Sue

[lewis111]

The show was only getting bigger on BBC they were foolish to move it to Channel 4

[Ross.]

If Mary & Paul leave too then what's the point really

[Braden]

I'm done.

It was nice knowing you Bake Off.

[Suze]

It's the beginning of the end for it :( can't see Paul and Mary staying with the show when it changes hands or if they do then then not for long. Greedy production company :mad: it will be their undoing.

[Jack_]

Capitalism at its very worst.

Love Productions have surely shot themselves in the foot here with their greed. ITV made the right call in stressing their bid must come with the confirmation that the talent remains, if Mary and Paul step down too then it would appear Channel 4 have bought a turkey and Love Productions have sold one of their biggest products down the river, and run the risk of getting themselves blacklisted by top BBC (and dare I say other broadcasters) execs in the process :pat:

[caprimint]

Mel, Sue, Paul and Mary are all part of what the show is about. There will be a major ratings decline I imagine.

[zakman440]

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[arista]

Bye at no Mel & Sue


No it will get better
they ain't cooks
They will be replaced



Love Productions
knew they were going to be Trouble

Feck Em



Bring on the cakes starts next year on Ch4HD

[arista]

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Yes Zak thank them
and Move On


Life Is To Short

[Jessica.]

I am fuming.

[zakman440]

Apparently Mel & Sue didn't contact Channel 4 before quitting:

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[arista]

"didn't contact Channel 4 before quitting:"


Yes they have a new chat show , again
will it fail, again?

[Firewire]

The Great British Cake Off coming to BBC One next year?

[armand.kay]

Apparently Mel & Sue didn't contact Channel 4 before quitting:

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wow icons.

[zakman440]

Channel 4's CCO Jay Hunt has written in The Telegraph about Bake Off's move to Channel 4:

Last Sunday I was standing outside the International Broadcast Centre in Rio. I was waiting for Sophie Morgan and JJ Chalmers, who’d just come off air after three hours presenting live coverage of the Paralympics.

They were exuberant and deservedly so. JJ is a disabled veteran. Sophie is paralysed from the chest down. A few months ago they’d never fronted a TV show.

Now they’re part of the Channel 4’s critically acclaimed team, the most diverse collection of producers and presenters ever assembled. The Rio Paralympics on 4 is a series of TV firsts.

A staggering 700 hours of live coverage. More than two thirds of our on screen talent are disabled. Behind the scenes, 20 new disabled production trainees have been given their first break.

It’s a multi-million pound investment in developing and showcasing disabled talent. The sort of loss leading commitment only Channel 4 would make.

As a public service broadcaster with a remit to innovate we are constantly commissioning shows that challenge preconceptions and promote change. And we do that without a penny of public money.

Channel 4 is owned by the Government but funded by advertisers and it is that unique model which enables us to deliver both public and commercial value.

From its inception, Channel 4 has cross subsidised to ensure the shows that deliver ratings and revenue support the shows that deliver our remit.

From The Simpsons to Sex in the City, Big Brother to Desperate Housewives, Channel 4 has backed commercial programming to allow it to invest in innovation.

This week, after talks broke down at the BBC, we announced that the Great British Bake Off would be coming to Channel 4. I’m a former controller of BBC One and have spent most of my career at the BBC. I know only too well the unique contribution it makes to the cultural landscape in this country.

The BBC and Love Productions grew Bake Off from a quaint idea into a global hit. But when they were unable to reach agreement on future series, Bake Off risked coming off free to air television altogether.

By bringing the show to 4, Love Productions have ensured it will be on a terrestrial channel for audiences to enjoy for years to come. And we’ve got a good track record on protecting and growing the shows viewers love – from Jamie Oliver to Formula One, we’ve given great talent who’ve left the BBC the opportunity to thrive here.

Bake Off wasn’t created by 4 but it epitomises many of the values we were set up to promote. It’s high quality. Diverse. Inspiring. All attributes Channel 4 is tasked with delivering. But it’s also a huge hit, not just here but globally.

Bake Off has been sold to 23 countries and is coming back, year in year out, in markets as varied as Denmark and Australia. Acquiring Great British Bake Off is not only a way of keeping a fantastic show from going behind a pay wall. It will drive revenue for Channel 4 and help us make even more of the innovative and experimental programming that has seen us crowned Channel of the Year twice in three years.

We will pay for it out of the savings we’ve made, as horseracing moves to ITV, and by topping up the programme budget from the reserves we’ve accrued over several years of good financial planning.

It will allow us to produce more risk taking drama like Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky’s thrilling mini-series on British recruits joining ISIS or ambitious factual like our recreation of Captain Bligh’s 4000 mile journey across the Pacific.

It will support our commitment to great foreign current affairs with Unreported World and domestic undercover investigation with Dispatches and Channel 4 News. And it’ll allow us to maintain our support for the Paralympics.

But more than that, the Great British Bake Off will have a safe home. The show of soggy bottoms and good crumb will be made by exactly the same team who have always made it. We love it just as it is. And for an amateur baker like me, that’s a real cause for celebration.

Jay Hunt is chief creative officer of Channel 4.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/14/channel-4-boss-jay-hunt-promises-to-give-great-british-bake-off/

[Ross.]

Big Brother to Desperate Housewives,

legends only

[Cherie]

Mary Berry has announced she won't be moving ...oh dear Love Productions :hee:

[y.winter]

Why do they even bother moving it if it's loses its entire DNA. Wrong decision for Love - not a good deal for long term.

[Cherie]

Why do they even bother moving it if it's loses its entire DNA. Wrong decision for Love - not a good deal for long term.

I think they thought the money would motivate all to move, bad call at 81 Mary doesn't need the money, Mel and Sue obviously don't want to downgrade from a cushy number to a situation where they have to dance to a sponsors tune,. Hollywood is the only one who will move for the cash, though even that is doubtful now as he may not want to be associated with a huge drop in ratings, not sure his ego would stand it.

[zakman440]

Paul Hollywood is sticking with the show:

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[lewis111]

Mess why do we get Paul over Mary Sue and Mel

[zakman440]

More on Paul's decision to stay with the show:

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[Suze]

Mess why do we get Paul over Mary Sue and Mel

What girl power though :clap1: by not signing and doing a deal with the Devil.

[Jack_]

So Channel 4 paid £75m for a tent and Paul Hollywood? :umm2:

Meanwhile Love Productions have sold their biggest format down the river, tarnished their name and ensured that top BBC execs are right this minute sat in an office drafting ideas for a new show that Mary, Mel and Sue will front and which will - quote me on this - be scheduled against Bake Off and rate higher

[Withano]

Paul Hollywood is sticking with the show:

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Hosting? Why wouldnt they ask a tv host to do that? I don't think I can watch this get ruined

[zakman440]

Little more on today's Bake Off developments:

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[Braden]

It would've been quite amusing to see something develop on BBC with the four of them. I do think the three that have stayed loyal to the BBC are the best parts of GBBO though. Paul won't save the show by himself, like say, Mel and Sue may have. However, I don't think a brand new show will transpire. It would be quite tacky to do so (imo), and I hope the three women agree.

[Ross.]

It was nice knowing you Bake Off

[Suze]

It was nice knowing you Bake Off

Oh well, all good things have to eventually come to an end :( I will miss it though :( It's one of the few programmes I looked forward to watching.

[zakman440]

French and Saunders are reportedly being lined up to replace Mel & Sue, with Delia Smith also rumoured to be replacing Mary Berry:

French and Saunders instead of Mel and Sue, and Mary Berry swapped for Delia Smith?

That's what Channel 4 could be shooting for as they look for a new line-up to join Paul Hollywood when The Great British Bake Off moves from the BBC, say insiders – and whether or not there's any truth in it, you have to admit, switching one well-loved female comedy duo for another, and signing up a new baking matriarch, would make a lot of sense.

“The pressure is now on to sign up the best team possible for the show when it makes its debut on Channel 4," a source apparently told The Sun.

"[Delia] would be a really credible choice. And Dawn and Jennifer would be a dynamite signing.

“Not only are they absolutely hilarious, but they have wonderful chemistry, which is what viewers really loved about Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

“Those are very much the top three at the moment. But the team are going to be considering the options carefully."

And of course, they probably need to run it past Dawn, Jennifer and Delia, too.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-02/could-french-and-saunders-and-delia-smith-be-the-new-bake-off-line-up

That wouldn't be a bad lineup tbh - they're on the right track with wanting those three.

[Firewire]

Jennifer hosted an episode of Sport Relief Bake Off and won the previous Comic Relief Bake Off so I think it's probably quite likely

[Black Dagger]

French and Saunders would be perfect.

[Ross.]

oh wait the show is saved

[Braden]

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I don't know if this is a tweet to throw us off the scent, but I have no idea why they would want to turn their backs on the BBC. It doesn't seem realistic at all.

[Shaun]

yeah there's no chance C4 would land them two. More likely to get those two women from the Maltesers ads.

[Cal.]

It's Channel 4. It's going to be Davina McCall and Gok Wan.