A couple of days ago it was announced that the show will be sold to Channel 4 for a very large amount of money. Very stupidly, the production company assumed that their presenters would be fine with this. Turns out that they are not. Here’s Sue Perkins and Mel Unpronounceablename:

“We made no secret of our desire for the show to remain where it was. The BBC nurtured the show from its infancy and helped give it its distinctive warmth and charm, growing it from an audience of two million to nearly 15 [million] at its peak. We’ve had the most amazing time on Bake Off, and have loved seeing it rise and rise like a pair of yeasted Latvian baps. We’re not going with the dough. We wish all the future bakers every success.”

This kind of loyalty is rare these days but also very clever. There is a rich variety of present and future available work for them at the BBC and this move now attaches them to the BBC bosom with suction cups. It’s hard to imagine anyone else presenting the show – but then again I said that about Top Gear.

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