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EXCLUSIVE: Love Productions has said that it is going to delay filming on the 11th season of The Great British Bake Off as the UK grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. The Channel 4 show was due to go into production next month in its famous tent at Welford Park in Newbury, but producers want to make sure that the…

EXCLUSIVE: Love Productions, the British production company behind The Great British Bake Off, has appointed Condé Nast Entertainment executive vice presidents Joe LaBracio and Al Edgington to lead its U.S. operation. LaBracio and Edgington will be become co-presidents of Love Productions USA, effectively replacing Kev…

UPDATE, MONDAY 28 OCTOBER: As a number of readers pointed out, the Paul Hollywood joke did appear in the Netflix version. Love Productions has since told me that it was not removed in time for the Friday launch, but Netflix updated the show over the weekend and the joke no longer appears in the episode. The makers of T…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has said it is bringing back Love Productions format The Great Pottery Throw Down after it was canceled by the BBC last year. A Channel 4 spokeswoman told Deadline that The Great Pottery Throw Down will broadcast next year on both its main channel and More4. Casting is already well underway, while…

The Great British Bake Off will remain on Channel 4 in the UK until 2021 after the broadcaster and Love Productions agreed a new two-series deal. The broadcaster has also commissioned Junior Bake Off for the first time, extending the format for younger contestants and audiences. A younger skewing version previously…

Nature can be terrifying, and Nat Geo Wild knows it. The cable net today announced a greenlight for Dead by Dawn, which it describes as the first “horror nature” series. The six-parter, which hails from The Walking Dead‘s Skybound Entertainment along with Love Productions, showcases the horror that is reality in the…

European pay-TV giant Sky may be in the middle of a bidding war between 21st Century Fox and Comcast but CEO Jeremy Darroch is still keeping his eye out for its own acquisitions. Speaking after its full-year financial results, Darroch said that it would continue its strategy to invest in Silicon Valley start-ups and…

Netflix and Amazon may not have been able to cook up a deal to snap up The Great British Bake Off last year when it moved from the BBC to Channel 4 but the SVOD services are still fighting over the cake competition. Netflix has secured the first seven seasons of the BBC show, which featured Mary Berry and Mel and Sue…

Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher is among the celebrities to have signed up for a charity version of The Great British Bake Off. Hatcher, who also starred in James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, is joined by the likes of Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp and Not The Nine O'Clock News star Griff Rhys Jones in The Great…

Veteran unscripted TV and sports broadcasting agent Evan Dick has exited CAA to launch Exit 39, a production and management company, which has signed a first-look development deal with The Great British Bake Off producers Love Productions. Dick is keeping his ties with CAA, which will rep Exit 39 and will share…

The Great British Bake Off is exiting the BBC after seven seasons and heading to Channel 4. The news comes after the hit show’s production company Love Productions revealed it was unable to reach a renewal agreement with the BBC after more than a year of negotiations. Channel 4 confirmed the news on Twitter: We're…

Ramping up its strategy to build a broad international content business, Britain’s Sky has acquired a 70% stake in Love Productions. The UK-based maker of Great British Bake Off was founded in 2004 by Richard McKerrow and Anna Beattie. Love has production bases in London, Bristol, NY and LA. Its other credits include G…