It lost a bidding war to keep the Great British Bake Off, with the show moving to Channel 4 and losing Mary Berry and Mel & Sue in the process.
And the BBC has been accused of ‘nicking’ celebrity hosts, such as Claudia Winkleman and Sara Cox, from Love Productions, the company behind GBBO, in an alleged act of sabotage.
An industry insider told The Sun that Love Productions bosses believe the BBC deliberately took hosts from their TV shows which they say was done ‘in spite’
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