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They wouldn't have to raise an extra £25 million a year, they would have to raise £10 million. The BBC already offered £15 million a series, the shortfall was £10 million. The show doesn't cost £15 million a year either I'm sure, but the BBC were prepared to pay it.
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And Channel 4 then offers £30 million or £35 million (they can afford it) so what happens then?
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Or, alternatively, being the star employee who signed three years ago for £6 an hour, realising I could get £25 an hour elsewhere, and declining the £15 an hour offered to stay. Sure, the company put me through my apprenticeship and trained and nurtured me, but if they aren't going to pay me what I'm worth, I'm off to someone who will.
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You still don't get it. Stay blinkered.
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A lot of people are going to be very amused when Channel 4 lose some popular series (I presume they have some?) because someone with more money has outbid them by a large margin.
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It didn't so the point is rather moot. Who knows?
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It does matter because you are claiming that the BBC should take money from other budgets to match any price that Love wanted.
I have no idea how high the bidding may or may not have gone, and nobody else does either, and any speculation is just guesswork. Best to focus on what did happen. |
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What seems to have been overlooked is that C4 can't broadcast the programme until 2018 as there has to be a two-year gap for contractual reasons. The TV landscape is going to be very different then.
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What seems to have been overlooked is that C4 can't broadcast the programme until 2018 as there has to be a two-year gap for contractual reasons. The TV landscape is going to be very different then.
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I'd be willing to bet that it would not air in a 75/80-min slot to allow for ad breaks. Like many other (entertainment) programmes it will be in a 60 mins slot (to fit the schedule breaks).
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the fact that the programme will have to be shorter to cater for [ad-breaks]
Anyway, Channel 4 regularly run programme to differing lengths - 8 Does Countdown for example used to run to 65 minutes in a peak-time Friday night slot.Edit:- Having read further down the thread I see that Mark. has made exactly this point and you've responded |
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Jay Hunt has written an article in next week's Radio Times in which she says GBBO will be unchanged from the BBC version - rather difficult to see how she will achieve that.
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Jay Hunt has written an article in next week's Radio Times in which she says GBBO will be unchanged from the BBC version - rather difficult to see how she will achieve that.
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I would say to keep an open mind, and wait and see. If it isn't enjoyable after viewing it, turn it off.
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I would say to keep an open mind, and wait and see. If it isn't enjoyable after viewing it, turn it off.
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Hold on, didn't you say:-
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The format and tone can certainly remain unchanged.
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I bet you all end up watching it.
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The presenters & judges helped create the tone, so that will certainly change.
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The broadcast format is likely to change to allow for convenient ad breaks (discussed earlier).
And yet Good Food manage to fit ad breaks into episodes that didn't previously have ads.It's a show that has natural breaks. There's no reason why the adverts can't be slotted into those, which won't disrupt the flow of the actual challenges themselves. But no, let's keep condemning it before it's even had a chance on Channel 4. |
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I bet you all end up watching it.
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I won't (as I have already stated).
But at the same time, utterly ridiculous. |
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No, tone of the programme is that of a relatively sedate baking competition that is judged in a non-dramatic fashion. The presenters and judges then work on that basis.
And yet Good Food manage to fit ad breaks into episodes that didn't previously have ads. It's a show that has natural breaks. There's no reason why the adverts can't be slotted into those, which won't disrupt the flow of the actual challenges themselves. But no, let's keep condemning it before it's even had a chance on Channel 4. |
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I always think with sequels, reboots, changes etc that it may not be as good as what came before, but may be enjoyable in its own right. <shrugs> Best to try it out before sulkily writing it off without having a glimpse first.
Would I have preferred to see Bake Off continue on the BBC with the same presenters and judges? Absolutely. But will I give it a go on Channel 4? Yes, because I'm not prejudiced. |
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