Great British Bake Off 2016

[poing]

The thing is though, what is considered high rating for CH4? If 10 million people watch it now and only 20% keep watching it then it's still a lot of people so could be a high rating for a CH4 show regardless.

[Ace-T]

Clearly none of the Channel 4 team had ever owned a TVR...

[FiF]

[MarshPhantom]

vxr8mate said:

MarshPhantom said:

RemyMartin said:

MiniMan64 said:

vxr8mate said:

Hollywood is the most important of all the presenters and I think C4 have offered him a pay rise of significant proportions, so why wouldn't he stay on.

Mel and Sue are mere garnish and will be easily replaced, hopefully with people that are funny.

Let's be honest, Mary is getting on a bit and probably fancies putting her feet up.

I think people seriously underestimate the importance of all four of them as a team, if they put someone like Oliver in there it's going to crash and burn, guaranteed.

This. Anyone who thinks they can be 'easily' replaced does not understand the viewing demographic of this show.

Absolutely. The "Comic" Relief ones without Mel and Sue are generally awful.
C4's plan is Celebrity Bake Off, so it will be Comic Relief Bake Off without Mary.

Great work Channel 4.

You don't like the new TG and you obviously think Mel and Sue are great. Maybe the new GBBO will be aiming for a demographic that doesn't include you. Well at least I hope so.

Not a huge fan TBH, but they clearly work on the show.8

[PositronicRay]

Eggs & Flour have announced they're going to leave GBBO.

[loughran]

FiF said:

I spy a woman spurned ??

[FourWheelDrift]

loughran said:

I spy a woman spurned ??

She's a lesbian so probably not.

[gl20]

KTF said:

gl20 said:

Anyone on here know how media contracts of this nature work? Are there normally clauses that say the transfer fee is contingent on presenters being retained? surely they are such a part of the asset's value that, as the buyer, C4 would have some protection/rebate in this scenario?

Clearly not as three of the four jumped ship.

Yes, I get 3 of them have left. My point is would the purchase contract typically have a clause that means C4 now gets a rebate given what they now have has far less value? If you buy a business where the value is highly contingent on retaining certain key staff (eg the founder/owner) then you'd typically have clauses that ensure you can hang on to them for a fixed period. That's harder to do here given the 'staff' aren't the ones receiving the transfer fee so curious as to how they manage this risk. Can't believe they just overlooked it.

[Ace-T]

gl20 said:

Yes, I get 3 of them have left. My point is would the purchase contract typically have a clause that means C4 now gets a rebate given what they now have has far less value? If you buy a business where the value is highly contingent on retaining certain key staff (eg the founder/owner) then you'd typically have clauses that ensure you can hang on to them for a fixed period. That's harder to do here given the 'staff' aren't the ones receiving the transfer fee so curious as to how they manage this risk. Can't believe they just overlooked it.

Hence my post about TVR. They appear to have used 'Smolenski level' due dilligence...

[RemyMartin]

vxr8mate said:

Top Gear didn't 'fade away,' it's still there and I think doing well.

As for 'underestimating,' speak for yourself. I will be gald to see the back of Mel and Sue and others I know are saying the same.

Lololol at doing well.

Maybe they should hire you to front GBBO, writing comedy gold like that, you are on to a winner...

[Klippie]

What a disaster...a great show loved by millions ruined by greedy few, how refreshing to see three of the Beeb's GBBO presenters having the guts to say fk off to Channel Four I only wish they had all stuck together then the st would really have hit the fan at CH4.

[Burwood]

I want to see Hollywood get off his fat ass and bake something .

[FiF]

Burwood said:

I want to see Hollywood get off his fat ass and bake something .

To be fair he's done that in other shows and the GBBO Masterclass.

Which brings me to another moan that have raised on other series. Ok understand that you need to create drama and push to limits, but it's irritating to see Berry and Hollywood smugly producing one of the technical baked, complete perfection in comparison to the often mangled efforts of the contestants. Problem is you didn't give them enough f***ing time you pricks. This week the icing on the Bakewells was universally ste because they hadn't been given the time to cool down. Smug wkers.

[Burwood]

FiF said:

Burwood said:

I want to see Hollywood get off his fat ass and bake something .

To be fair he's done that in other shows and the GBBO Masterclass.

Which brings me to another moan that have raised on other series. Ok understand that you need to create drama and push to limits, but it's irritating to see Berry and Hollywood smugly producing one of the technical baked, complete perfection in comparison to the often mangled efforts of the contestants. Problem is you didn't give them enough f***ing time you pricks. This week the icing on the Bakewells was universally ste because they hadn't been given the time to cool down. Smug wkers.

I think the standard is so high now with so many great bakers that they are forced to handicap then. Like making Bolt run with one shoe

[MarshPhantom]

Klippie said:

What a disaster...a great show loved by millions ruined by greedy few, how refreshing to see three of the Beeb's GBBO presenters having the guts to say fk off to Channel Four I only wish they had all stuck together then the st would really have hit the fan at CH4.

I'm hoping Hollywood has now blown any chances he had with TG.

[Iva Barchetta]

On my homepage news stuff...."Is Geri [Halliwell/Horner] new face of Bake Off ?"

There's another reason to never watch again.

[coopedup]

Iva Barchetta said:

On my homepage news stuff...."Is Geri [Halliwell/Horner] new face of Bake Off ?"

There's another reason to never watch again.

fk that, I would never watch it again, and I love the show.

[FiF]

There is also speculation that C4 will replace Berry with Cherish Finder. If you don't know who she is, and why would you, executive pastry chef at the Langham, and was one of the judges on BBC2 Bake Off Creme de la Crème. That was a show hosted by Tom Kerridge for professional pastry teams from top hotels and restaurants. Quite frankly on that show she was an obnoxious cow; there's a difference between being a tough judge and just relying on being rude. So another reason not to watch.

[spikeyhead]

FiF said:

There is also speculation that C4 will replace Berry with Cherish Finder. If you don't know who she is, and why would you, executive pastry chef at the Langham, and was one of the judges on BBC2 Bake Off Creme de la Crème. That was a show hosted by Tom Kerridge for professional pastry teams from top hotels and restaurants. Quite frankly on that show she was an obnoxious cow; there's a difference between being a tough judge and just relying on being rude. So another reason not to watch.

Given that Hollywood already plays the bad cop role, they need to recruit a good cop or end up with bad cop bad cop which won't work with the show format.

I did see bad cop bad cop support Snuff at the Electric Ballroom earlier this year, excellent band but completely irrelevant to this thread

[hornetrider]

I don't get how Love have got the 'format'. Surely the only difference between Masterchef and GBBO is the tent and the fact it's baking rather than food?

The way I see it, the BBC just have to have the courage to launch 'Masterbake' for the full entendre.