BBC failed to reach an agreement with the shows creator, Love productions, who have signed a three-year deal with Channel 4.
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Its tremendously exciting to have found a broadcaster who we know will protect and nurture The Great British Bake Off for many years to come, he added.
“We’ve had the most fantastic time on ‘Bake Off, ‘ and have loved seeing it rise and rise like a pair of yeasted Latvian baps”, they added.
In a statement, they said: ‘We’re not going with the dough.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Ms Hunt said the programme’s makers will be the key ingredient in its future success, while the move will keep it on free-to-air television.
Neither the hosts nor the judges, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, were consulted during negotiations; no word as of yet on whether Paul and Mary will stick around. Mel and Sue are unquestionably important elements of the show, bringing light-hearted hijinks and moral support to anxious contestants, in addition to quips on judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
“Bake Off” fans were stunned on Monday night (12.09.16) when the BBC confirmed it had lost the rights to air the show after the current series due to financial reasons. The whole family loves it, ‘ he said.
The world of baking has been well and truly rocked this week, with Great British Bake Off fans left reeling after it was announced that the show would be leaving the BBC for Channel 4, and Mel and Sue sensationally quit the programme.
The matter never reached the courtroom, but Business Insider UK speculates whether this legal row damaged the Beeb’s relationship with Love Productions, and ultimately its relationship with the GBBO.
Perkins, 46, and Giedroyc, 48, had both previously spoken of their desire to see “The Great British Bake Off” remain at the BBC. “But they have always said they are in it together”.
“(It) has just splashed out, if reports are to be believed, £25 million on a show that really belongs to the BBC.
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Mel and Sue – who began their career on Channel 4 in the mid-90s – are the first of the baking series stars to reveal their plans following yesterdays announcement.
