• The Great British Bake Off 2017 – Soggy Bottom or Well Risen?

    12th September 2016. Everyone remembers the moment they heard the news: the news that Love Productions had betrayed the nation by selling that apogee of British culture to Channel 4. I don’t need to tell you which show I’m talking about here – everyone and their mothers (and fathers...
  • Alice Simmons: “Great British Bake Off Is Crumbling Down”

    Possibly the most beloved British television show, The Great British Bake Off, is crumbling down, as political manoeuvres and greed threaten the essence of what makes it great. Love Productions, the Bake Off producers, have sold the show to Channel 4 for £25 million a season. The offer is...
  • R.I.P GBBO As We Know It

    It’s hit the news, it’s covered social media, and it’s enraged loving fans. Yes, The Great British Bake Off is moving to Channel 4 for the next series, and if that weren’t bad enough, we have now lost Mel and Sue as presenters. What next, no Mary Berry? At...
  • The Glorious Return of GBBO!

    After a delayed start due to the Olympics, The Great British Bake Off has finally returned to our screens in all of its quaint countryside glory. Not much has changed from any of the previous seasons: Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood continue as judges (because if they didn’t, there...