The Great British Bike Off

[sheddy]

Todays media have been banging on about this moving from BBC to Channel 4.

Don't watch much TV, and I've never seen it. Was it any good ?
(and I thought that the BBC had a strict anti-cycling policy)

 

[captain nemo1701]

The BBC has a tendency to commission over-rated simple formula shows involving either doing up property or cooking from independent production companies who b*gger off to where the most money is when the show becomes a hit. Personally, I'm fed up of this stuff and the BBC should go back to being more creative and giving us better TV than this tabloid crud. They're celebrating sitcoms from 40 years ago - will we even remember this show in ten years?.

 

[MiK1138]

Todays media have been banging on about this moving from BBC to Channel 4.

Don't watch much TV, and I've never seen it. Was it any good ?
(and I thought that the BBC had a strict anti-cycling policy)

As is standard with UK cycling there was a lot of Soggy Bottoms

 

[Speicher]

Todays media have been banging on about this moving from BBC to Channel 4.

Don't watch much TV, and I've never seen it. Was it any good ?
(and I thought that the BBC had a strict anti-cycling policy)

They will be including reports of foreign tours. The first one will be about cycling across the Australian Outback. The participants described the weather as baking hot, and like cycling in an oven.

Cooking facilities were at a bare minimum, so one day, in desperate need of a dessert after a barbecue, they had ash tray bakes

 

[Speicher]

Finding enough bread for their bacon sarnies proved to be a pain.

 

[martint235]

Finding enough bread for their bacon sarnies proved to be a pain au choclat.

IGMC

 

[MiK1138]

Dont forget the Great Baking Tray debate, apparently only steel is real

 

[Speicher]

In addition to cakes and bread, they will be introducing main courses, such as spaghetti carbonara.

 

[Speicher]

IGMC

If it is cold enough, do you have iced buns?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Whilst BBC bashing did anyone ever watch Death in Paradise? it was harmless enough, but effectively Inspector Clouseau on a tropical island, all the great & good luvvy's queued up to go on holiday to a Caribbean island at the license payers expense.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Dont forget the Great Baking Tray debate, apparently only steel is real

Yes but it is still early days and carbon technology is rapidly improving. As soon as the first pro's use it, it will become mainstream and prices will drop.

 

[summerdays]

Whilst BBC bashing did anyone ever watch Death in Paradise? it was harmless enough, but effectively Inspector Clouseau on a tropical island, all the great & good luvvy's queued up to go on holiday to a Caribbean island at the license payers expense.

Yes and my family liked watching it together! I'm also a Bake Off fan, and even a Beeb fan. If it came down to it I would pay a subscription fee just to have the Beeb (yes I know I pay a licience fee already).

 

[coffeejo]

I heard it was because Paul Hollywood wanted to present the show in lycra.

 

[MichaelW2]

In all of these type of shows, "the thing" in this case baking, but in others, house improvement, gardening, jungle survival or living as our ancestors did, becomes irrelevant. The production crew focus almost exclusively on how contestants react to "the thing". The media folk who produce these shows have no interest in 'the thing" and an obsessive interest in facial reactions, interpersonal relations, rivalries and generally stirring up trouble between the contestants.

 

[mjr]

I heard it was because Paul Hollywood wanted to present the show in lycra.

Wrong L...