Great British Bake Off 2016
Discussion
At least it didn't go to Sky, as was originally being rumoured earlier in the year when it first cropped up. When that was mentioned I think Paul Hollywood said he would leave the show as he didn't want it to go behind a paywall.
On the plus side, having it on C4 will likely result in edgier jokes, banter, etc, much like the F1 has gone with DC & MW. On the downside however it will now become a 42 minute show once you account for ad breaks and the likely commercial "this show is sponsored by xyz" trailering. I can also imagine that the format will change slightly and there will likely end up being some form of "prize" (financial or otherwise) being part of winning.
Another down side is that I can definitely see C4 introducing a full "Celeb" version to cash in rather than just the one off charity based ones the BBC did
On the plus side, having it on C4 will likely result in edgier jokes, banter, etc, much like the F1 has gone with DC & MW. On the downside however it will now become a 42 minute show once you account for ad breaks and the likely commercial "this show is sponsored by xyz" trailering. I can also imagine that the format will change slightly and there will likely end up being some form of "prize" (financial or otherwise) being part of winning.
Another down side is that I can definitely see C4 introducing a full "Celeb" version to cash in rather than just the one off charity based ones the BBC did
Mr-B said:
Think I read somewhere today that P Hollywood is going to be offered a 'motoring show' of some sort of his own, but NOT TG.
Sounds like a remake of a Clarkson series from the 1990s :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson%27s_Motorworldhttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paul-hollywo...
FourWheelDrift said:
Production company says it's not about money...sells to the highest bidder, potentially loses the two stars and moves to a channel with a guaranteed lower audience! The missus loves the show, & I must admit, it has some sort of allure, even when you're trying desperately not to watch it...
Whatever, there are some 10 odd million who apparently watch it, so must be worth a punt for any TV channel, & indeed, the viewing figures are reasonable justification for BBC TV license. I just have this nagging feeling that so many popular shows are now going elsewhere, including sports such as F1, MotoGP, horse racing, football; entertainment such as this going could make the BBC into some sort of niche outfit, with bloated wages bill etc. I rarely watch BBC anymore, as it seems so much has gone elsewhere. At some point the public will vote with their feet & demand an end to the license, thus the downfall of the BBC. Can't the top brass see this????
Whatever, there are some 10 odd million who apparently watch it, so must be worth a punt for any TV channel, & indeed, the viewing figures are reasonable justification for BBC TV license. I just have this nagging feeling that so many popular shows are now going elsewhere, including sports such as F1, MotoGP, horse racing, football; entertainment such as this going could make the BBC into some sort of niche outfit, with bloated wages bill etc. I rarely watch BBC anymore, as it seems so much has gone elsewhere. At some point the public will vote with their feet & demand an end to the license, thus the downfall of the BBC. Can't the top brass see this????
ukaskew said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Production company says it's not about money...sells to the highest bidder, potentially loses the two stars and moves to a channel with a guaranteed lower audience! The real complaint is with the BBC, they've used a huge amount of 'our' money to promote and leverage a product that they didn't own. Once the value had been created they didn't want to pay the market rate for it, so someone else did.
I appreciate that the model places the risk with the production companies to an extent, but at the end of the day it would have been pretty much all 'our' cash used to pay for everything beyond the initial development of the product and the production companies profits.
If the BBC are spending huge sums of money on these sorts of programmes, they should be buying the idea so they own the programme, with the production company retaining the rights to produce it for 10 years or whatever. Yes it costs more up front, but look what happens when you develop popular programmes on the cheap.
At least more people will understand what F1 fans felt when the BBC destroyed F1 for us. But at least they still have The Voice. No risk of that ending up on any other channel!
paulrockliffe said:
But at least they still have The Voice. No risk of that ending up on any other channel!
Oh, & Casualty, Holby City, East Enders.... zzzzzz....... yawn............ I guess it'll be a soap/lame game show channel, a bit like ITV, but with a stealth tax to fund it & no ads. I nearly forgot: all the 'un-biased' news/current affairs programmes that I enjoy paying for but not actually watching. The only really good stuff is the likes of Attenborough, but I fear he is now in his golden years & won't be around that much longer. Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff