BBC lose Great British Bake Off

Mary Berry is great , Paul Hollywood is very irritating , on a par with Gregg Wallace !!

WEW do both enjoy the bake off (except for PH in my case). But I think it has run it's course and it is time for something new.

I am relatively new to Bake Off, having only watched the past three series, so maybe it's still fresh to me. But I love it.

I am so sad that Bake Off is now moving to Channel 4. Quite aside from the fact that it will now be rife with adverts, Channel 4's philosophy appears to be to take a programme format, and after a couple of seasons completely ruin it.

They did it with Coach Trip. First couple of series were nice, with the travellers making friends and seemingly genuinely sorry to be voting people off. A few series in and it became all cliques, backstabbing and bitching.

They did it with Three In A Bed (which then became Four In A Bed). The owners in the first few series all went to each other's B&Bs and gave genuine, honest feedback. Not now. Now they are shown practically dismantling the properties to find a fault, and bitching about every little thing.

They did it with Four Weddings. First few series, the girls seemed nice, friendly and again, gave genuine feedback. The last couple of programmes I watched, they set out to be as nasty and spiteful as possible about each other. I stopped watching when they were destroying the reputations of the caterers of the weddings, all in the name of "entertainment". Seemingly forgetting that the caterers businesses could be adversely affected. And they weren't even part of the programme.

They also did it with Big Brother. The first two series were excellent, with a really good mix of interesting people. It was fascinating to watch how 12 complete strangers managed to co exist and how they were genuinely "afraid" of Big Brother. But then they started putting in "eccentrics" and "characters", whose only aim was to sign up to magazine deals on their departure from the house. And the inevitable bitching and nastiness crept in.

So my prediction for Bake Off, Ch4 style is - younger contestants predominantly, with the bakers being actively encouraged to sabotage the other bakers, with some form of contestant voting system so that they can ensure the older bakers get voted off first, Or with viewers being allowed to vote people off. Just to raise a bit more revenue. Whatever - the programme will be utterly ruined within two series.

It is a sad sad sad day.

I wonder how the ch4 executives are feeling now. Probably 'Oh sh*t'!

I hope they don't persuade that awful Greg Whatsit to take part - that would be the final straw!

Blimey if all four are leaving it sounds like Top Gear all over again and that was a flop without the original cast.

My my what a miserable lot you are I love Mary and would miss Paul holly woods twinkling eyes hope I'm half as bright as Mary when I get to her age if o make it!!!long live the bake off think it brings generations together!!!

Just seen on msn all 4 are leaving !

It's the pesky adverts that will do it for me!

Without naming the show, cc back on page 4 got it absolutely right. The BBC (and other channels) buys shows produced by others, and often on spec.

I had a corporate tenant who got a 'contract' to develop an idea after selling it to a production company. It was a chef thingy, but it never made it past the pilot with BBC. She had a composer to create music, people to create all the graphics from scratch, etc. She was getting a good fee herself as writer/producer. We let her 'company' a completely furnished flat. Her husband would come down at weekends. This was for 6 months.

So these shows are gambles for the production companies and producers they decide to take a chance on that it will pass muster with the chosen channel. Thankfully, some don't last.

Just had a thought -Channel 4 have spent £25million on a second hand tent and Paul Hollywood. Suckers!

Mel's been doing it this year. Perhaps they've decided to swap...

I haven't bothered watching it this year at all as I cannot stand any more of Mel and Sue's stupidity. They ruin it for me, especially when Sue says BAKE in her stupid put on voice.

The BBC do worry about the licence payer vanpopple. That's why they are not forking out stupid million dollars for the show.

I think the biggest change is that the programme will be littered with ads. which will break up the flow. It will obviously be different, but let's see before we condemn it. However, if the Beeb really wants to save money why not get rid of Gary Linnekar (not sure of the spelling). He's well past his sell-by date!

I think GBBO is getting past its sell-by date and probably won't bother if it moves channels though my daughters might. I haven't watched all of the series but enjoyed the later ones. Now, I think they're struggling to come up with new ideas. None of last week's bread recipes appealed to me.

I hadn't thought to criticise the presenters, i don't care if Mary Berry is old (she's younger than my mum!) or PH is arrogant or Mel & Sue are corny. Those are the roles they've been assigned to 'play' if you like and I think they combine into a good team to get the best out of the competitors,

I dont care what channel shows it, i find it easy to click a button on my remote.
And as with everything in life - things change, move on, grow old, and ultimately die.
So what difference to anyone who shows what.. BBc clearly dont give a hoot about the licence fee payers or they would have kept it as it is their top-rated show..

When Big Brother (which im sure you dont watch) moved from C4 to C5 and got emma willis to replace Davina Mcall, i thought it was a bad idea as i thought the show had run its time.
But so far C5 have bred new life into the show and emma willis is amazing (didnt think id like her as much as davina)

So 'ana' take a step back and wait and see, maybe just maybe you will enjoy it EVEN MORE?!
(and for folk worried about ads - i never ever watch a single advert, as i either record the progs and start it 30 mins after it begun so i can skip ads, or pause it.

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It's gone a bit pie shaped

Crumbs!

its all a bit of a soggy botton

ChallangedTech you state that Mary is 'old' well we are all moving in that direction . What's wrong with being old ?

Oh well that's done it for me now ... Mel and Sue are "not going with the dough" to Channel 4 ...
That particular avenue of pleasure has been closed off, to quote Basil Fawlty...

Looking at it from another direction - I think the BBC is very clever for getting shot of the boring cake show before it plummets.

As long as somebody continues to make the sewing competition I am happy.

And why is it "unfortunate" that "life goes on and things evolve"?

We like progress on here.