Same recipe, different channel for The Great British Bake Off

It was one of the biggest television controversies in recent years, decried and probed by politicians, slammed by the press and ditched by 75% of its on-screen talent.

The Great British Bake Off’s move to Channel 4 arrived in the middle of a fairly quiet news cycle and prompted a bitter public row between two of Britain’s publicly-owned broadcasters.

The battle has continued ahead of the new series, with the BBC shifting its Bake Off replacement, The Big Family Cooking Showdown, from Tuesday to Thursdays in response to Channel 4’s “cynical” scheduling of the revamped show.