Channel 4's decision to pick up the Great British Back Off seems to be paying off as it has retained over 8million viewers each week. The latest viewing figures from BARB show the 3rd episode had 8.1 million viewers, rising to 8.6 million when their time-shift channel is included. The series moved to Channel 4 from BBC in August. Channel 4 entered a multimillion pound 3 year deal with Love, the series producers. The hosts of the show Sue and Mel choose to stay with the BBC, and are expected to return with a new updated version of The Generation Game.