
The Great British Bake Off crumbles

There’s a joke to be made about a souffle falling or a cake not rising… or something.
In what will come as a tragedy to part of the television watching public: the Great British Bake Off is leaving the BBC.
Two of its hosts are leaving and the whole thing is just a mess.
Negotiations had broken down between the company that make the show — Love Productions — and the BBC.
Spotted on Twitter today was this thought:
Bake Off leaving the BBC is worse than when Britain left the EU
— Joe (@j0e27) September 12, 2016
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