[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

[Rob!]

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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

[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.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

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

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.


Oh wait you hate GBBO you big lezza

[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

[Marsh.]

Here for a Come Bake With Me merge.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

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.


Oh wait you hate GBBO you big lezza

I love the bo

Sort of

[LukeB]

The hosts better not change

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by LukeB

The hosts better not change

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: 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]

Originally Posted by LuckyTheBadger

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.

[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?