the BBC makes less and less of its output every year .. as has been written, the makers now sell to the highest bidder .. still too many overpaid and overmanned departments to allow for big investment in programmes .. pity, the BBC for all its faults is still a British masterpiece
Good. Don't mind bake off, but it needs to prove itself elsewhere. With the pressure that a huge initial outlay brings, I doubt it'll raise enough baking beans.
the BBC makes less and less of its output every year .. as has been written, the makers now sell to the highest bidder .. still too many overpaid and overmanned departments to allow for big investment in programmes .. pity, the BBC for all its faults is still a British masterpiece
The BBC is forced to buy a certain percentage of its programmes from independents, it has to meet a quota
My missus got back from her Secret Cake Club* meeting earlier. I imagine this news was the hot subject of the day...but you know the first rule of Cake Club.
Love Productions break off long, protracted negotiations with the BBC, then suddenly sign up Channel 4 a few hours later. This smacks of a 'Diarra Deal' to me.
My missus got back from her Secret Cake Club* meeting earlier. I imagine this news was the hot subject of the day...but you know the first rule of Cake Club.
Make no mistake... There are vast swathes of middle England that aren't allowed to watch anyone other than BBC. There will be some very angry letters appearing in the times soon, mark my words.
Never watched it never will. I'd always assumed the only reason this got made (like that dancing thing and the cooking jobbie) was because it was so cheap to make. Just said on Breakfast TV how it's had a big effect on the value of the home baking ingredients industry. So, that's a great thing in a country full of the fat getting fatter isn't it? We're coming apart at every nail.
It seems the Beeb offered £15mn a year, twice the current price but less than the £25mn the production company was demanding. A ludicrous amount of money for a tin-pot show.
Thinking further about this, it is clear that the programme would be nowhere at all without the Beeb commissioning it in the first place and then promoting it oh so very heavily. The production company have therefore benefitted enormously from the use of the Beeb's resources.
I'd love to see the old BBC contracts. Was there really no transfer clause like footballers have? Surely the Beeb which nurtured its development from nothing to superstardom deserves a 25% sell-on fee at least?
It seems the Beeb offered £15mn a year, twice the current price but less than the £25mn the production company was demanding. A ludicrous amount of money for a tin-pot show.
Thinking further about this, it is clear that the programme would be nowhere at all without the Beeb commissioning it in the first place and then promoting it oh so very heavily. The production company have therefore benefitted enormously from the use of the Beeb's resources.
I'd love to see the old BBC contracts. Was there really no transfer clause like footballers have? Surely the Beeb which nurtured its development from nothing to superstardom deserves a 25% sell-on fee at least?
It seems the only clauses is that the main Bake Off show won't be shown next year, just a charity celebrity one.
When the show was first commissioned, it was just meant to be a quiet BBC2 show, not the ratings juggernaut it's become. If C4 keep the same or similar viewing figures, they could have the most popular programme on TV which would be unprecedented
On the other hand, the BBC may commission a new format which steals the thunder, that's C4's risk.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/great-british-bake-off-move-channel-4-bbc-gbbo-a7239196.html
Soon the BBC will just be a 24-hour Eastenders channel like the Truman Show!!
Shows how current my news knowledge is
My memory is never as good as it was but I think there was some beardy guy who did that last year.
Was thinking there must be enough unstable types in this year's competition for it to happen again.
Look forward to the bake off contestant cross bar challenge though.
*seriously, it exists.
Eat it.
"Sir, Why oh why oh why..."
I'd always assumed the only reason this got made (like that dancing thing and the cooking jobbie) was because it was so cheap to make.
Just said on Breakfast TV how it's had a big effect on the value of the home baking ingredients industry. So, that's a great thing in a country full of the fat getting fatter isn't it?
We're coming apart at every nail.
Thinking further about this, it is clear that the programme would be nowhere at all without the Beeb commissioning it in the first place and then promoting it oh so very heavily. The production company have therefore benefitted enormously from the use of the Beeb's resources.
I'd love to see the old BBC contracts. Was there really no transfer clause like footballers have? Surely the Beeb which nurtured its development from nothing to superstardom deserves a 25% sell-on fee at least?
When the show was first commissioned, it was just meant to be a quiet BBC2 show, not the ratings juggernaut it's become. If C4 keep the same or similar viewing figures, they could have the most popular programme on TV which would be unprecedented
On the other hand, the BBC may commission a new format which steals the thunder, that's C4's risk.