I HAVE long been a fan of the Great British Bake Off.

I mean, what’s not to love? There are cakes, and pastries, and bread, and more cakes. There's some (very) gentle tension, and it’s all just very, very lovely. Or at least it was until Baked Alaska-gate.

Now, I don’t know who was to blame. And largely, it doesn’t really matter.

Iain would probably have been booted out last week anyway as he was a bit rubbish – well, compared to the other contestants anyway.

But now, both he AND Diana have gone. Diana, allegedly, because of illness, and Iain, rightly so, because he presented Mary and Paul with A BIN.

Neither Iain nor Diana have a problem with each other.

But the witch-hunt that followed BA-gate was utterly ridiculous.

Diana is a 69-year-old member of the WI; she put Iain's ice-cream BACK in the freezer (shame on you BBC for that ratings-grabbing editing) and Iain doesn’t blame her in the slightest.

Honestly folks, GBBO is a harmless show about baking. Save your hatred for something far more important.