Bake Off to Continue on Channel 4 Through 2024

Channel 4 and Love Productions have secured an agreement to extend the license of The Great British Bake Off for three years, through 2024.

The agreement also includes Bake Off: An Extra Slice, Junior Bake Off, Bake Off: The Professionals, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer and The Great Pottery Throw Down. Created by the Sky Studios company Love Productions, Bake Off first aired on Channel 4 in 2017.

Bake Off is consistently one of the biggest shows for Channel 4, with last year’s final watched by 11.5 million people, a 41.8 percent share of the viewing audience. The current series is averaging 8.7 million viewers per episode.

Richard McKerrow, chief executive at Love Productions, said: “We are delighted to have extended Bake Off’s stay on Channel 4 for another three years. Love Productions’ long-term commitment with Channel 4 illustrates a deep, warm, mutual respect and partnership which enables us to bring Bake Off to the widest audience possible.”

Ian Katz, chief content officer at Channel 4, said: “We are thrilled that Channel 4 will continue to serve up Bake Off’s unique combination of warmth, humor and soggy bottoms for years to come. Bake Off is all about optimism, celebrating eccentricity and bringing the nation together—precisely what a publicly owned Channel 4 is here to do.”