Originally Posted by Mark.:
“It won't alter the format, though.
You're guessing because you have absolutely no idea what Channel 4's plans are in terms of the time slot.”
Having advertising breaks will have an impact on the pacing of the show.
Many years ago there was a review in the London Evening Standard of a new one hour ITV drama which was glowing and gushing about how great it was, and what a rip-roaring storyline it had etc.
Next day, after the TV broadcast, the same critic apologised to readers who may have watched the show based on his review.
He had written his review based on watching a special showing in advance, in a screening cinema, where it had no advertising breaks.
He said the breaks ruined the tension and the pacing of the drama, and it was not the same show he had watched without breaks.
IIRC Mark Little said the same of Neighbours when it was on the BBC.
Nobody in Australia could understand the appeal of Neighbours in the UK, but when shown with no ad breaks it became a different show completely.
With the BBC Bake Off, nobody watching gets up to make a cup of tea or pop to the loo in the middle of the baking for the showstopper.
A 3 minute break in the middle of the mad scramble to finish making the final products will make it a different show, like it or not