The loss of Great British Bake Off by the BBC has caused uproar.
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But now Jeremy – who has moved channels after getting into trouble with the BBC – has suggested that people have got the wrong idea by getting angry about Bake Off moving.
Love Productions – the creators of GBBO – admitted they had been “unable to reach agreement on terms to renew the commission of The Great British Bake Off” and since this announcement the future of its stars has been in doubt.
Hosts Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc proved an unbeatable recipe for viewers with episodes regularly bringing in 10 million viewers.
The 2016 contestants are only three weeks into this year’s series, with fans flocking back to watch them bake bread, cakes and dumplings. The competition’s two judges have yet to announce whether they will remain with the program.
But a BBC source disputed that this was the case: “It’s nonsense to say a deal couldn’t be done”.
Although the deal was hailed as financially advantageous by BBC bosses at the time, Onwurah railed: “it will cost the BBC £1.3 billion over five years, and then £750 million each year”.
She added: “I haven’t completed the menu but I expect it will include duck as that’s one of his favourites”.
Jamie has also confessed that he almost got to be a part of the show back in 2013 when he was offered the chance to become a judge on the American version, which ran for just one season.
But Onwurah declined, saying: “it is clearly not going to be on the BBC and that is clearly a question of funding. Protecting the BBC is crucial”, she insisted.
“It’s not up to us, it’s up to the production company, but as far as Mary, Mel, Sue and myself are concerned we want to stay on the BBC”, he said. “The whole family loves it”, he previously told Now magazine.
“The buyers who book for content for advertising that I have spoken to are all really excited”.
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Meanwhile Love Productions has said that the decision to move to Channel 4 was not exclusively financially driven.
