Mel Giedroyc
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, comedian and presenter
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Big Zuu Series 2 line-up announced
The line-up of guests appearing in the forthcoming second series of Big Zuu's Big Eats has been announced by Dave.
British Comedy Guide, 15th December 2020Mel & Sue sitcom Hitmen to return for Series 2
Hitmen, the sitcom starring Mel & Sue, is set to return for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2020Mel Giedroyc wants to take GCSE to learn new language
TV star Mel Giedroyc wants to take an "online GCSE" course to learn a second language after being disappointed she "didn't grow up bilingual".
The List, 4th August 2020Hitmen: TV review
A sketch-comedy conceit that's just funny enough.
Inkoo Kang, Hollywood Reporter, 4th August 2020Mel Giedroyc to present Channel 4 series Good With Wood
Mel Giedroyc will present Good With Wood, a six-part factual entertainment series for Channel 4 in which talented woodworkers are set a series of tasks.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2020Mel Giedroyc: what's kept her positive during lockdown
The former Bake Off host shares how she's been coping.
Nathalie Whittle, Good Housekeeping, 10th July 2020Isolation Song Contest raises over £38,000
An alternative Eurovision Song Contest, the Isolation Song Contest, has raised £38,452 to help support The Trussell Trust, Crisis and Refuge. The winner has also been revealed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th May 2020How Mel and Sue made a hit out of Hitmen
If you think Mel and Sue are a lovely pair who wouldn't hurt a fly, wait until you see Hitmen, the new original comedy series from Sky. It shouldn't work - but it so does. In association with Sky.
Bruce Dessau, The Sun, 27th April 2020Lockdown Comedy 1: where to get your laughs this week
Live stand-up, podcasts and not the Eurovision Song Contest.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 27th April 2020Hitmen, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins's first scripted comedy, has a dreadful premise: two gauche assassins, bitching and bonding in their van while various hooded bodies thrash about in handcuffs before meeting - or possibly not, dependent on whim - a canal-based doom. It could have been done very, very badly. It's done pretty damned well: that chemistry, of course, but also many decent gags.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 29th March 2020