You’d think the Queen had died. You’d think someone had broken into the Pimm’s factory and pissed in all the Pimm’s. The public’s reaction to The Great British Bake Off’s scheduled move from the BBC to Channel 4 – minus stalwartly punning national treasures Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc – has been one giant, sunburnt shriek.
In all fairness, the likelihood of GBBO remaining delightful after moving from the realm of University Challenge and Flog It! to that of Naked Attraction and Made in Chelsea is minuscule.
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