A judge on the Great British Bake Off, a widely watched television cooking competition in the U.K., has been forced to apologize after revealing the winner hours before the final episode was scheduled to air. Bravo..." the veteran baker and television host posted before adding the name of the winner. pic.twitter.com/bmJduh63kS — @VirginTrainsChannel 4 scored a coup earlier this year when it bought the rights to Bake Off, a ratings winner for the BBC. Last season's finale, which was on the BBC, garnered 16 million viewers — the most watched programme of the year on British television. A Canadian version of the series, entitled The Great Canadian Baking Show, debuts on CBC-TV on Wednesday.

Source: CBC News October 31, 2017 17:13 UTC