taxi4ballet Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 First Mel & Sue - now Mary Berry as well. It's on the BBC news website. Can't say I'm surprised... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 But it looks as though Paul Hollywood is staying at the moment... Good for Mel, Sue and Mary! Down with greedy production companies who want to kill their cash cow off! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Won't be the same without Mary Berry 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Paul "Traitor" Hollywood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I won't be watching it once it's on Channel 4. It would be the poorer anyway for having adverts, but the thought of Bake Off without Mel, Sue and Mary is an absolute no-no. I really hoped Paul would stick to his guns so that the Beeb at least had the possibility of making a baking show with the same presenters and judges, albeit with some changes for legal reasons. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Me too Anna. Well he does come from the wrong side of the river! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Well, some heads are going to roll at C4. Who contracts to buy a show for millions of pounds without ensuring that 'the talent' are signed up? It's possible that contracts have not been signed or that the deal is conditional on the talent coming on board and that we will hear that the deal is off in the next few days or weeks. I must say that I hadn't realised how many programmes shown on the BBC are in fact made by outside companies. Is this a recent phenomenon? Presumably, the poor old BBC carries most or all of the risk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 It's been going on for some years ... and not only on the BBC. If you look at the end credits many programmes are made by outside production companies. I think there was a government initiative some years ago to increase competition, quality and variety... Hmmm - questionable! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pud Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I will be boycotting Bake Off when it moves to Channel 4. I think the BBC should have asked its 10 million viewers to chip in to keep it. I would have paid my share just to be able to watch it without endless adverts! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Perhaps I should have called this thread the Great British Cock-up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I will be boycotting Bake Off when it moves to Channel 4. I think the BBC should have asked its 10 million viewers to chip in to keep it. I would have paid my share just to be able to watch it without endless adverts! Not that I've ever watched an episode but don't we pay for it currently with the TV licence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Not that I've ever watched an episode but don't we pay for it currently with the TV licence. Yes, and presumably the BBC didn't feel that they could justify spending the umpteen millions more that the production company wanted for the next series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 They tried to re-create it over here with Paul Hollywood but not Mary, and it didn't do very well. I was reading that at the beginning the producers were trying to make it more emotional and competitive, and Mel and Sue insisted that they stop trying to make the bakers cry so they could have more "human-interest" content. So as long as Mel and Sue were the ones who turned the Bake-Off into the cooperative and gentle show it's become, I rather dread to think what the production company will do with it once it's on a commercial channel and only has Paul from the original group. It sounds as though the BBC might try and do its own baking show, presumably with Mel, Sue, and Mary as the core group. They'll have to figure out a different format but it shouldn't be impossible. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pud Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Not that I've ever watched an episode but don't we pay for it currently with the TV licence. Yes. I meant I would pay over and above the licence fee. A bit like Sky customers paying extra for sports etc. I would pay extra for Bake Off. And Strictly of course........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoglett Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Who are you rooting for? C'mon Andrew!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I shall be watching Anastasia at the ROH, so I suppose I'll be rooting for Anna Anderson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 they's bloomin' well moved Autumn Watch to 9pm so as not to clash with Mr Kipling et al, so not impressed with that :-( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I shall be watching Anastasia at the ROH, so I suppose I'll be rooting for Anna Anderson. Gillian Anderson for me.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Gillian Anderson for me.... Mr C would be right there with you. DD and I are rooting for Jane, although there are two elements of sadness in our anticipation - one that lovely Selasi has departed, two that this will be the last "proper" episode of Bake Off. With adverts, and without Mel, Sue and Mary, it will surely lose a huge percentage of viewers. Me included. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 And us. We won't bother anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 TBH, what with all the hoohah about the transfer to Channel 4, I'd barely registered that the thing had started 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Am I the only person in Britain who has never seen a single episode? (Mind you, I've never seen a single episode of East Enders, either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Am I the only person in Britain who has never seen a single episode? Nope; I'm in that set too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I find it very therapeutic. I love Mary Berry anyway and apart from the excitement of CustardGate™ and FreezerGate™, it's such a gentle, summery programme. Mel and Sue are so funny and strike up a great relationship with the contestants. There's nothing brash about the programme. It's just wonderful. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Am I the only person in Britain who has never seen a single episode? (Mind you, I've never seen a single episode of East Enders, either) No, I have never watched Bake Off either. I thought I may be the only one as well! I have watched various cookery shows over the years but this one passed me by, mostly because Sue Perkins is in it and I know people like her but she just sets my teeth on edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I quite enjoy some cookery programmes, but I just never got into this one. I bake quite a lot myself, but from what I have read about it, there is such an emphasis on producing works of art, that it never really appealed to me. My efforts always look effortlessly home made! (Not so much soggy bottoms as wonky tops.). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Am I the only person in Britain who has never seen a single episode? I'm with you too. I've never seen a full episode of Strictly either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regattah Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 You lucky people! You could watch the whole lot on iPlayer, YouTube, repeats or whatever!! Jacqueline, Sue is only one tiny part of it, so probably wouldn't be a problem because the positives would far outweigh her! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Did anyone watch Harry Hill's Tea Time? The Sunday Times review considered it the nastiest thing on tv, no ingredient could be added to make it any worse! The format included fake Greek food, slapstick, mess, lazy national stereotypes and special guest Paul Hollywood. It's on Sky apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Nope; I'm in that set too. As am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 You lucky people! You could watch the whole lot on iPlayer, YouTube, repeats or whatever!! Jacqueline, Sue is only one tiny part of it, so probably wouldn't be a problem because the positives would far outweigh her!I hear what you are saying but even the suggestion of her presence is enough for me to reach for the off switch.Having said that, I was just channel hopping and came across a repeat of Bake Off, which seemed to be about meringues. There were numerous references to bottoms and a lengthy close up of a contestant on her hands and knees peering into an oven. Filmed from behind, she told us she was on crack watch. She wasn't the only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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