{"id":17198,"date":"2021-11-12T10:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bake-off-continue-channel-4-2024\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:17:08","slug":"bake-off-to-continue-on-channel-4-through-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bake-off-to-continue-on-channel-4-through-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bake Off to Continue on Channel 4 Through 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
Channel 4 and Love Productions have secured an agreement to extend the license of The Great British Bake Off<\/em> for three years, through 2024.<\/p>\n The agreement also includes Bake Off: An Extra Slice<\/em>, Junior Bake Off<\/em>, Bake Off: The Professionals<\/em>, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer<\/em> and The Great Pottery Throw Down<\/em>. Created by the Sky Studios company Love Productions, Bake Off<\/em> first aired on Channel 4 in 2017.<\/p>\n Bake Off<\/em> is consistently one of the biggest shows for Channel 4, with last year\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Richard McKerrow, chief executive at Love Productions, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have extended Bake Off<\/em>\u2019s stay on Channel 4 for another three years. Love Productions\u2019 long-term commitment with Channel 4 illustrates a deep, warm, mutual respect and partnership which enables us to bring Bake Off<\/em> to the widest audience possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Ian Katz, chief content officer at Channel 4, said: \u201cWe are thrilled that Channel 4 will continue to serve up Bake Off<\/em>\u2019s unique combination of warmth, humor and soggy bottoms for years to come. Bake Off<\/em> is all about optimism, celebrating eccentricity and bringing the nation together\u2014precisely what a publicly owned Channel 4 is here to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Channel 4 and Love Productions have secured an agreement to extend the license of The Great British Bake Off for three years, through 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[289,1530],"class_list":["post-17198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-love-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n