Midway through last year’s series of The Great British Bake Off, there was a rather obtrusive shot of a ‘well-endowed’ squirrel, as some commentators described it.
Bring back the bake off squirrel!” wrote one viewer, while another noted: “It appears the Bake Off squirrel has been replaced by a pheasant. Scandal.”
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for The X Factor which saw ratings fall to a ten year low.
An insider reportedly told The Sun: “We simply work with whatever nature gives us, and this year it gave us pheasants.”