The great British baking show.....

[mark111757 Profile]

Came across this by accident

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/p ... ncna886111

Sides answers slot of questions

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I am very amused by the theory that BBC 2 is home and food themed. Very much not. It’s basically anything that’s less mainstream than BBC One - more science and arts, more documentaries less light entertainment

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

Paul Hollywood

less nice

Well I don't know about that.
However, on the radio he said he was earning the least of all of them. He got £500K for 7 years.
But he found out that the 2 presenters were on £250K per year? Can't remember what Berry Mary was on, I'm not sure he said.

I'd be miffed if I was him.

[jeral Profile]

Pay for "talent" was discussed generally when equality was in the spotlight. Seemingly salaries are negotiated by agents so Paul might well have a new agent now methinks. I suppose if he'd signed up to a 7-year contract, at a salary which might have sounded brilliant at the time, he'd be stuck with it regardless. I did think that Mary hadn't crossed over as she has her feet well and truly under the desk with the BBC.

I'm glad to hear that the "be nice, not kill or be killed" approach might be catching on in the US. The BBC stopped broadcasting humiliating (ghoulish car crash TV) episodes of e.g. Masterchef and X-Factor when the public complained. Why the BBC did it in the first place is beyond me as "it's just not cricket" so resurrecting it for profit in the US is definitely not cricket.
*Rant over*

[Pampy Profile]

The X_factor is shown by ITV, not Auntie Beeb.

[jeral Profile]

Humble apols although if people don't like candidates being put up just to be laughed at, it applies whichever channel. The X-Factor is perhaps the better example as it's broadcast at peak viewing time, i.e they can't afford to get it wrong.