Mel & Sue
- English
- Double act
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Mel & Sue to present The Generation Game?
The Sun newspaper reports that Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are being lined up by the BBC to host a new version of The Generation Game.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2017Sue Perkins takes Live! In Spectacles on tour
She may have started her career as one half of character comedy duo Mel & Sue (their MTV-style Euro VJs is still fondly recalled in some quarters), but Sue Perkins has been more recently renowned for her work on The Great British Bake Off and being falsely linked to the Top Gear hosting job. As she prepares to go solo for her Live! In Spectacles tour, we hear how she intends to deal with a live audience and how a Cambodian hermit makes his way into her show.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 8th February 2017Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders to host Bake Off?
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are 'lined up to replace Mel & Sue on Bake Off... and Delia Smith is tipped to take over from Mary Berry.
Daily Mail, 2nd October 2016Opinion: what next for Mel & Sue?
If they are really loyal they will do something else with the BBC. But I suspect Sky - and ITV and maybe even Netflix and Amazon Prime and others - are waving virtual cheque books in their direction as we speak. Let's see if they can a) resist their dough b) find a project that works as well for them as Bake Off. Because what we've seen over the years is that with Mel & Sue, despite their obvious talents, some of their projects have been half-baked.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th September 2016Fronted by two women comics, and broadcast every weekday for an hour from 12.30pm, this scratchy collation of cooking hints and celebrity chat must be targeted at lazy students, to judge by its attemptedly ironic style.
Matthew Norman, Evening Standard, 6th June 1997