Mel Giedroyc
- 55 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, comedian and presenter
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Mel 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 2020TV review: Hitmen, series 1 episode 1
They might not be that well known for their acting skills but both Mel and Sue convince in roles which aren't of the type they normally take on, the rest of the cast are damn superb, and it's a sitcom that not only has a very strong first episode but also which shows a great deal of potential too.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 27th March 2020Hitmen review
Mel and Sue as hired killers was a hit with me.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 26th March 2020Hitmen: review
The Bake Off duo reunite as a pair of killing machines in this new Sky series, where the biggest crimes committed are the boring jokes
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 25th March 2020Hitmen, Sky One, review
Half-baked comedy from Mel and Sue needs killing off.
Rupert Hawksley, i Newspaper, 25th March 2020Hitmen, review
Mel and Sue as contract killers? They're better off sticking to presenting.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 25th March 2020