The BBC is publicly funded and does not have commercials, nor does the show’s American home, PBS, where it is shown under the name “The Great British Baking Show”. Love productions, who make the show, have chose to join Channel 4 in a three-year deal worth £25 million.
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The future of the show hangs in the balance as judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood have yet to confirm they will be joining the show when it moves to Channel 4.
‘We love it just as it is’.
“Bake Off risked coming off free to air television altogether”, Hunt explained. “Inspiring. All attributes Channel 4 is tasked with delivering”, she said.
The BBC were unable to meet the upped price that Love Productions were asking for – £25 million – and have thus lost one of their most popular shows.
Hunt added: ‘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.
The controversial move was triggered by the BBC’s unwillingness to pay the company behind Bake Off, Love Productions, a considerably larger sum to keep the programme.
Ms Hunt said the programme’s huge popularity would provide Channel 4 with a financial boost that will help it produce the other esoteric programming it is known for.
“The top bosses (at Channel 4) are incandescent with rage after Mel and Sue quit”, a different insider tells the Mirror.
“The Great British Bake Off” follows a group of amateur bakers as they execute increasingly complex recipes and is noteworthy among reality shows because its contestants are uniformly pleasant and likable.
“Amy Pearson wrote: “@BBCOne you are losing that!
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“Fan Louise Sandford tweeted: “#GBBO feels a bit bittersweet tonight”. Anna Richardson, who is Ms Perkins’s girlfriend and the presenter of Channel 4’s game show Naked Attraction, which controversially featured full-frontal nudity, is the favourite to take over as new Bake Off host, according to The Sun newspaper.
