JUST IN: James Martin leaves Holly Willoughby disgusted with recipe secretAlongside viewers, celebrities also criticised the decision to move channels, with Lord Alan Sugar, host of 'The Apprentice', saying he felt "sorry" for the BBC as it had "invested years in making GBBO popular".
The BBC's ex-political editor, Nick Robinson, also claimed that the GBBO channel move would make bigger news than former Prime Minister David Cameron's confirmation that he would stand down as an MP in the same year.
He tweeted: "Politics is a cruel business. Bake Off's Off will be a bigger story than Dave's Off. "Despite the outpouring of anger, James told people it was time to "stop moaning" when interviewed with the Radio Times in 2017. DON'T MISS:Top Gear.
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