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Bake Off presenter says she complained over contestant treatment

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 13:58 · Archive

Sue Perkins has revealed she made a formal complaint to the BBC director general over the treatment of Great British Bake Off contestants.

Sue Perkins, who presented Great British Bake Off with Mel Giedroyc during the show's original BBC run, has revealed she made a formal complaint to the BBC director general over the treatment of contestants during filming.

Ms Perkins and Ms Giedroyc almost walked out on their first day of work on the show because they were unhappy with how it was being made. The pair pushed for a kinder approach to the contestants as the programme's production continued.

Speaking on the How To Fail podcast, Ms Perkins described the original production approach. 'It was always like get the narrative, but get the most dramatic narrative and make people cry and that's what they tried to do,' she said. 'And then we just said, we've had enough of this.'

Ms Perkins explained how her concerns led to formal action. 'We walked out, and for some reason I found myself on the phone to the director general of the BBC, and I have no idea why. We were raising complaints about behaviours and all the rest of it,' she said.

The outlets do not specify when this complaint was made, what response the BBC director general gave, or whether the show's approach to contestants changed as a result of the complaint.

Bake Off presenter says she complained over contestant treatment
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