PRESENTERS of The Great British Bake Off have quit the show after news that it will be aired on Channel 4.

The nation's favourite show first hit screens in 2010 and has since been an evening treat for sweet-toothed viewers.

But from 2017, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood will be appearing on rival Channel 4, after it is understood the BBC fell short of the hefty £25m price tag to air it.

According to BBC News, the corporation is believed to have offered Love Productions, the producers of the popular baking programme, £15 million per year to keep the show.

Presenting duo Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc will not return to host the show when it moves to Channel 4, a spokeswoman confirmed.

A joint statement said: "We were very shocked and saddened to learn yesterday evening that Bake Off will be moving from its home. We made no secret of our desire for the show to remain where it was.

"The BBC nurtured the show from its infancy and helped give it its distinctive warmth and charm, growing it from an audience of two million to nearly 15 at its peak.

"We've had the most amazing time on Bake Off, and have loved seeing it rise and rise like a pair of yeasted Latvian baps.

"We're not going with the dough. We wish all the future bakers every success."

A celebrity version of Bake Off for charity Stand Up To Cancer, will be the first edition of the programme on its new channel and will be broadcast in 2017.

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