#TGBBO

[MI5]

It's bake off time

[Cleoriff]

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@Toby wrote:
Jamie Oliver is up for it apparently...
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/547271/jamie-oliver-rumoured-replacement-bake-off-judge

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Oh god. I just hope he doesn't make it 'all about him'.

[MI5]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Amazing how it is still being discussed at great length on every BBC news programme

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It's a very serious issue

[viridis]

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@MI5 wrote:
Hollywood will go with it I would bet.

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Dunno he seemed adamant that it should stay where it is on top gear. Hes also very keen to keep it as the 4 of them, which now is not gonna happen.

[viridis]

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@Toby wrote:
Jamie Oliver is up for it apparently...
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/547271/jamie-oliver-rumoured-replacement-bake-off-judge

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Wrong style for this show, 

[Fellwalker]

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@MI5 wrote:
May not bother with it unless I record it to whizz through adverts......

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I won't bother.

Not only will you get adverts, but  the format has to change.  For every advert they will be looking for some sort of cliff hanger to make sure you come back after the break.  

Prior to the adverts you  will get the presenter telling us "and after the break we'll be seeing whether Fred managed to get his cake cooked in time [Cut to picture of Fred]"

Then when we return it will be "Earlier we saw that Janet had won the decorated Victoria sponge round [Janet with her cake].  Now we're back as the contestants continue their dozen mixed angel cakes. [Picture of angel cakes]  And before the break we saw Fred panicking about whether he had left enough time for the cakes to bake through...[video of Fred sweating as he puts cakes in the oven]"

I couldn't face it.

Then there is the opportunity for product placement of ingredients, machinery and so on.  Will there be pressure on the team to set challenges that require use of a particular gadget or ingredient to drive sales of them?

Hopefully C4 has bought a pup, and it loses its audience. 

I blame HM Government, aka the Tories.  They insisted that BBC outsource its programming.  That means that BBC do not own the program.  SO they have to pay more each renewal until it becomes so popular that they are outbid.  If it were their own, they would have been raking in the sales of the concept to other countries, which would have offset future increases in TV Licence.  As it is, they will now be out of it.  The BBC ends up commissioning new programmes, popularising them through early years, then losing them as they prove themselves and approach their peak popularity. 

Should the BBC be changing the broadcast time each week so that it falls out of favour prior to their loss?

[MI5]

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Fellwalker wrote:

I blame HM Government, aka the Tories.  They insisted that BBC outsource its programming.  That means that BBC do not own the program.  SO they have to pay more each renewal until it becomes so popular that they are outbid.  If it were their own, they would have been raking in the sales of the concept to other countries, which would have offset future increases in TV Licence.  As it is, they will now be out of it.  The BBC ends up commissioning new programmes, popularising them through early years, then losing them as they prove themselves and approach their peak popularity. 

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The BBC's contract negotiators are crap too - ITV writes a 50% ownership clause into every programme they commission.

[Cleoriff]

@Fellwalker I totally agree with how it will run on Ch4. I have seen it before. The one thing I hate before they cut to adverts, they will issue spoilers of what to expect when we get back. Then during the break we will be conned into searching for a first edition of Mrs Beetons cook book and those mags that encourage you to spend a fortune to read about cake baking whilst offering the first part of a icing bag (a snip at £4.99)

The whole format will be lost. I have seen it when ITV took over football and Ch4 bought the rights to F1.

Such is the rush to get to the adverts we miss post match and post race excitement and interviews.

Having said that TGBBO is on in 15 minutes...so off I go...

[viridis]

Of course, it will be entertaining watching Jamie Oliver, the man who has waged a war on sugary snacks and unhealthy foods for 3 years, suddenly change his tune.

[Cleoriff]

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@viridis wrote:
Of course, it will be entertaining watching Jamie Oliver, the man who has waged a war on sugary snacks and unhealthy foods for 3 years, suddenly change his tune.

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Well he would have loved those Churros. Apart from 1 offering they were an unmitigated disaster

[MI5]

It's not like any of them could do a decent pancake either!