Sorry MasterChef, but BBC needs to cut losses and pull plug - it's beyond redemption

You know, I love a good cooking show like MasterChef as much as the next person, but just like adding too much salt, sometimes something is damaged beyond repair. I'm getting so sick of seeing the BBC desperately try to put plasters all over various shows to try and salvage it, when what should be happening is a big brainstorming session on what to do next.

Sometimes, when the lead hosts of a show both get axed, no matter how hard you try, it's not the same show. Sometimes, the hosts are the show; so if they're going (and rightly so), it's probably time for the show to go too.

We're seeing it too much, shows are outliving their heyday and as a result, all hell breaks loose. BBC! The Traitors came to air a couple of years ago and has become the most loved reality show in the country, put your efforts into new things. Let's go onwards and upwards!

It's just like Strictly Come Dancing, bosses have been grasping at any little thing to try and claw back into the public's good graces, but ultimately the scandals are not in line with what Strictly is all about.

It's the same with MasterChef, people just want to tune in to a nice show of an evening and not have to think about what the hosts have done behind the scenes.

MasterChef started in 2005 and has been co-hosted by John Torode and Gregg Wallace for years, but in the space of six months things really started to go downhill.

An independent investigation looked into historic allegations against Wallace covering many years, including inappropriate sexual language, jokes, and unwelcome physical contact in one case. Of these 83 allegations, 45 were upheld.

Over the summer, Torode faced an investigation that upheld an allegation that he used an "extremely offensive racist term" in a workplace/social situation.

Neither hosts have been welcomed back onto the show. In fact, some contestants had even asked to be edited out of the new series after asking for it to not be broadcast. Doesn't that just show you the state of things?

Views have absolutely sunk in the recent series too, things are not as they once were. Why? Because people don't like to see those who do things wrong benefit.

The world has changed, if someone does something wrong, people don't want to see them. Some call it "cancel culture", but really it's just holding people to the standard we should be living at. If people don't get repercussions, how will anyone ever work on themselves?

I don't agree with cancel culture as a general rule, but what I do agree with is a short-term cancellation. Go. Learn from it, if you can come back better, great, that's what we need to see. If you can't, then don't bother coming back at all.

I think that same logic can apply to TV shows, take a break, come back stronger. Or, just come up with something new. BBC, you know the blueprint, you know what the viewers want. Honestly, what they don't want is the same show with completely different people, nor do they want presenters on their screens who shouldn't be there.

Let's just cut it, focus on the future.