No more ‘soggy bottoms’ as Channel 4 teases ‘modern’ Great British Bake Off series

Innuendo and puns are getting the axe
Modern: The new line-up, featuring Paul Hollywood, Sandi Toksvig, Noel Fielding, and Prue Leith
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Channel 4 has revealed that the upcoming series of the Great British Bake Off will be free from jokes about ‘soggy bottoms’ and other puns.

Speaking at the broadcaster’s annual report chief creative officer Jay Hunt revealed that the new series will take a more ‘modern’ approach.

According to Radio Times the shake-up will see old presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins’ old-school innuendo dropped.

Hunt said: “It’s got a new tone to it; it’s got a new comic riff to it and I think that feels modern and future-facing.”

“So it’s a show that a lot of people love but with a slight Channel 4 spin which is exactly what I hoped it would be.”

The upcoming series will feature a refreshed line-up, consisting of presenters Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding alongside judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.

Hunt commented that she was 'quietly confident' about the show’s new incarnation and denied rumours of tensions in the Bake Off tent.

“I was down in the tent a few weeks ago, pretty much the whole day," she said. "Chemistry is hard to achieve in television, and there was natural warmth and they worked really well together."

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However, the show boss did concede the broadcaster was expecting to see a drop in ratings, stating: “There will be some decline as there is when shows move to new channels. But you see [the new series] and you say, 'this is Bake Off'."

The Great British Bake Off is due to air on Channel 4 later this year.

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