Overview
- Channel 4, which confirmed the move Wednesday, will replace the April 18 Celebrity Bake Off instalment that features Scott Mills with an alternative episode.
- The broadcaster cited the seriousness of accusations tied to a 2016 Metropolitan Police investigation into alleged offences between 1997 and 2000 involving a boy under 16, after which prosecutors brought no charges.
- The BBC has said Mills is no longer contracted and explained it acted after receiving new information in recent weeks despite knowing of the police inquiry in 2017.
- Organizations have distanced themselves from Mills in the past week as his BBC podcast role, planned repeats of Top of the Pops, and charity links with MS Society UK and Neuroblastoma UK were dropped or paused.
- Because the celebrity Bake Off format uses stand-alone episodes with new line-ups each week, Channel 4 can swap out a single instalment without pulling the entire series.