Anyone else planning on boycotting GBBO once it moves to Channel 4?

[World's End Stella]

I read that the favourite to replace Mary is that Nadia (sp) bird that won it last year. I'm betting they'll choose some really irritating comedian to replace Mel and Sue. Jo Brand was floated as a possibility.

GBBO with Jo Brand, Nadia and the smarmy scouser. The thought of it makes me ill :-(

[Pokster]

I read that the favourite to replace Mary is that Nadia (sp) bird that won it last year. I'm betting they'll choose some really irritating comedian to replace Mel and Sue. Jo Brand was floated as a possibility.

GBBO with Jo Brand, Nadia and the smarmy scouser. The thought of it makes me ill :-(

I should imagine the GLW will watch it to begin with, realise that its not as good as when it was on the BBC, and then give up and wait for the Beeb to make as closer a copy to TGBBO as possible without breaking any rules

[Sir C]

I read that the favourite to replace Mary is that Nadia (sp) bird that won it last year. I'm betting they'll choose some really irritating comedian to replace Mel and Sue. Jo Brand was floated as a possibility.

GBBO with Jo Brand, Nadia and the smarmy scouser. The thought of it makes me ill :-(

I am a recent convert to the programme and have no particular attachment to any of the presenters. Indeed, the Scouser is a horrible ****, the old skellington makes me feel nauseous, the lesbian is a bizarre shape and the fat one has manky teeth. The pleasure comes from the homely, cosy feel of the thing rather than from the presenters.

Having said that, I am unable to look at Jo Brand for more than 23 seconds without falling into a pit of depression, so if she goes anywhere near it I'm off.

[World's End Stella]

I should imagine the GLW will watch it to begin with, realise that its not as good as when it was on the BBC, and then give up and wait for the Beeb to make as closer a copy to TGBBO as possible without breaking any rules

Anyone know what the legalities are with regard to BBC reproducing it? Must be difficult to argue where the line sits between a legitimate competing show and a blatant reproduction.

[Burney]

I am a recent convert to the programme and have no particular attachment to any of the presenters. Indeed, the Scouser is a horrible ****, the old skellington makes me feel nauseous, the lesbian is a bizarre shape and the fat one has manky teeth. The pleasure comes from the homely, cosy feel of the thing rather than from the presenters.

Having said that, I am unable to look at Jo Brand for more than 23 seconds without falling into a pit of depression, so if she goes anywhere near it I'm off.

Oddly enough, I think the thing stands and falls by the personalities of the contestants more than anything else. Last year was good because it had good ones you could root for like Flora and Nadiya and ones you really hated like the incredibly smug cùnt who kept bringing in **** from his garden. This year I'm less engaged because apart from Candice :love: there's no-one I like. Once she's gone, I'll be reduced to hoping that the horrible little Northern Irish ginger freak with the tombstone teeth and the dead eyes fails badly at some point.

[Luis Anaconda]

I read that the favourite to replace Mary is that Nadia (sp) bird that won it last year. I'm betting they'll choose some really irritating comedian to replace Mel and Sue. Jo Brand was floated as a possibility.

GBBO with Jo Brand, Nadia and the smarmy scouser. The thought of it makes me ill :-(

Me sir, Me

Of course, I have never ever watched it and can't get Channel 4, so how much of a protest it will be, I can't really say

[Sir C]

Oddly enough, I think the thing stands and falls by the personalities of the contestants more than anything else. Last year was good because it had good ones you could root for like Flora and Nadiya and ones you really hated like the incredibly smug cùnt who kept bringing in **** from his garden. This year I'm less engaged because apart from Candice :love: there's no-one I like. Once she's gone, I'll be reduced to hoping that the horrible little Northern Irish ginger freak with the tombstone teeth and the dead eyes fails badly at some point.

Oh! Flora! Sweet, dear little Flora! Just ripe for corruption! She's a Wittertainee, you know.

I'll be glad when the smug Ghanaian bloke gets his marching orders. He thinks he is one cool fúcker. He isn't, he makes fúcking cakes.

[Pokster]

Me sir, Me

Of course, I have never ever watched it and can't get Channel 4, so how much of a protest it will be, I can't really say

And it is on during prime time pub opening hours, so, not trying to typecast you.... there is no chance of you watching it anyway

[Burney]

Oh! Flora! Sweet, dear little Flora! Just ripe for corruption! She's a Wittertainee, you know.

I'll be glad when the smug Ghanaian bloke gets his marching orders. He thinks he is one cool fúcker. He isn't, he makes fúcking cakes.

I did know that, yes. Thing about Flora was that she was 19 when she was in it and looked about 29. Odd.

Selasi? Yes, he is irritating, but my loathing for Andrew is now almost visceral. When they were making churros, I found myself hoping someone would dunk his face in the deep fat fryer. I also don't like the gay Sikh. He comes across as a nasty piece of work.

[World's End Stella]

I did know that, yes. Thing about Flora was that she was 19 when she was in it and looked about 29. Odd.

Selasi? Yes, he is irritating, but my loathing for Andrew is now almost visceral. When they were making churros, I found myself hoping someone would dunk his face in the deep fat fryer. I also don't like the gay Sikh. He comes across as a nasty piece of work.

Am I allowed to admit that I hated Nadia last year and was desperate for her to lose? Does it make me a racist, Burney? :-(

[Sir C]

Am I allowed to admit that I hated Nadia last year and was desperate for her to lose? Does it make me a racist, Burney? :-(

Her programmes in Bangladesh were not a great advert for Islam, I'm afraid.

[World's End Stella]

Her programmes in Bangladesh were not a great advert for Islam, I'm afraid.

Why? Did she do a Bangladesh version of GBBO where the star baker got 69 virgins and the person voted out had their head cut off?

[Burney]

Am I allowed to admit that I hated Nadia last year and was desperate for her to lose? Does it make me a racist, Burney? :-(

I quite liked her then, but now she's ubiquitous and the BBC's chosen cuddly face of Islam I dislike her more with every new viewing.

[Burney]

Her programmes in Bangladesh were not a great advert for Islam, I'm afraid.

Her sister was quite fit, though, I think.

[Luis Anaconda]

And it is on during prime time pub opening hours, so, not trying to typecast you.... there is no chance of you watching it anyway

It's a fair point, p. Although this week and next are the two weeks of the year I try to avoid the pubs here. Oktoberfest - full of amateurs who can't handle their ale*


*lager, obviously

[SWv2]

What is the basis of the boycott?

I am familiar with, though not a watcher, of the programme.

[World's End Stella]

It's a fair point, p. Although this week and next are the two weeks of the year I try to avoid the pubs here. Oktoberfest - full of amateurs who can't handle their ale*


*lager, obviously

Out of interest, can you get real ale in Germany? I mean the English version, not some lagerised version.

I've never actually seen real ale outside of England. You can find bars in NY and Canada that claim to serve bitter but it's all carbonated and served cold. They seem to think if you add more hops to the brewing process it ceases to be lager, bizarrely.

[Sir C]

Why? Did she do a Bangladesh version of GBBO where the star baker got 69 virgins and the person voted out had their head cut off?

No, she just allowed cameras into her extended family's homes and demonstrated the depths of the oppression and degradation of women in a Muslim society. :-(

There was also the somewhat troubling exposure of the attitude of those of her family who live in the UK to their host nation; they appeared to view it very much as a cash cow, to be used and milked as long as convenient before being abandoned, like a used tissue. :-(

[World's End Stella]

What is the basis of the boycott?

I am familiar with, though not a watcher, of the programme.

I like Mel and Sue, I love Mary, I can live with the scouser with the really stupid last name.

They're keeping only the latter.

[Jake]

I also don't like the gay Sikh. He comes across as a nasty piece of work.

I've been told off for irrationally suggesting this since episode one lol. yes b.

Also the mum who went week before last: proper wet flannel. Was q hoping she had a serious accident/head in the oven.

[Luis Anaconda]

What is the basis of the boycott?

I am familiar with, though not a watcher, of the programme.

It is moving to a different channel - it's difficult for people. Bear in mind, this is a country where people are more likely to watch something on BBC1 than BBC2 (despite fact it has been going for 52 years, it's a bit new) and actively complain if something like a sporting event is shown on the latter rather than the former despite the fact that the process and experience are EXACTLY THE ****ING SAME

[SWv2]

I like Mel and Sue, I love Mary, I can live with the scouser with the really stupid last name.

They're keeping only the latter.

Is he not the real knowledge on the programme though?

My Mrs and kids watch it without fail having recorded it each week as it clashes with football training. The strumpet I have seen referred to earlier would obviously get my vote each week.

In general though obviously not without exceptions I like cake and pastries, but I am ****ed if am going to watch people making it.

And from experience, when she went up a river in China, I find the lesbian presenter with the glasses to be annoying.

[SWv2]

It is moving to a different channel - it's difficult for people. Bear in mind, this is a country where people are more likely to watch something on BBC1 than BBC2 (despite fact it has been going for 52 years, it's a bit new) and actively complain if something like a sporting event is shown on the latter rather than the former despite the fact that the process and experience are EXACTLY THE ****ING SAME

It was on the news last night. I’m not joking, the ****ing news.

[World's End Stella]

Is he not the real knowledge on the programme though?

My Mrs and kids watch it without fail having recorded it each week as it clashes with football training. The strumpet I have seen referred to earlier would obviously get my vote each week.

In general though obviously not without exceptions I like cake and pastries, but I am ****ed if am going to watch people making it.

And from experience, when she went up a river in China, I find the lesbian presenter with the glasses to be annoying.

Yes, that is his role, but I'm sure it can't be that hard to find someone mildly obnoxious who knows how to bake. And the next one might not have a scouse accent.

[Just Trent]

I read that the favourite to replace Mary is that Nadia (sp) bird that won it last year. I'm betting they'll choose some really irritating comedian to replace Mel and Sue. Jo Brand was floated as a possibility.

GBBO with Jo Brand, Nadia and the smarmy scouser. The thought of it makes me ill :-(

It could get really bad. Tim Lovejoy and that bald chap. Can you imagine? This is CH4, anything is possible. Expect Jimmy Carr to pop up quite frequently :-(