Followers of the “Great British Baking Show” ought to be relieved to listen to that filming for the subsequent season of the much-loved baking competitors present gained’t be delayed as a result of thriller “health issues” of one in all its hosts, comic Noel Fielding.
A spokesperson for Fielding, a preferred British TV character and stand-up performer, has hit again at hypothesis that he can be leaving the sequence, which streams on Netflix, or inflicting manufacturing for its sixteenth season to be delayed.
“There has been absolutely no discussion about Noel stepping down from ‘Bake Off,’ ” Fielding’s spokesperson stated, based on Deadline. Within the U.Okay., the present is called “The Great British Bake Off.” “We can confirm he will be returning to co-host the next (season) of ‘Bake Off.’ ”
Considerations in regards to the quick way forward for the “Baking Show” grew final week, following reviews that Fielding didn’t flip up for work after the Christmas break for his different sequence, the Apple TV+ comedy, “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.”
The U.Okay. tabloid The Solar reported that Fielding’s disappearance from “Dick Turpin” led to uncertainty over his participation on the “Great British Baking Show,” alongside co-host Alison Hammond and judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.
With the “Great British Baking Show” as a consequence of begin filming, The Solar reported Fielding’s brokers have been in “crisis talks” about his future on the present. A supply informed The Solar: “Time is of the essence because bosses need a degree of certainty about who will be fronting ‘Bake Off.’ So much has to be put in place long before the cameras start rolling and producers are already geared up, ready to go.”
His spokesperson had acknowledged to the Occasions UK that Fielding was not properly sufficient to proceed filming “Dick Turpin,” citing “a private and confidential matter regarding our client’s health.”
Fielding’s well being points pressured producers to scrap “Dick Turpin,” regardless that the manufacturing was inside weeks of wrapping up, Deadline reported. Fielding doesn’t simply star in “Dick Turpin,” he is also the present’s co-writer and govt producer.
Some 100 members of “Dick Turpin’s” forged and crew expressed frustration in regards to the choice to close down manufacturing. Somebody near the manufacturing informed the Occasions UK: “Noel has said that he can’t film anymore and so there was no choice but to stop. It’s not a decision that was taken lightly and they wouldn’t have got to this extreme result if every possible solution hadn’t been exhausted.”
“People have been very concerned about Noel’s well-being and (have) given him time to recover but there are also significant repercussions. Some people are furious,” the supply informed the Occasions.
Individuals in all probability are most conversant in Fielding by his internet hosting gig on the “Great British Baking Show,” which he joined in 2017. Within the U.Okay., he’s additionally recognized for his surrealist comedy and his look within the BBC comedy, “The Mighty Boosh.”