Welcome

This unofficial site is dedicated to Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, known collectively as comedy duo Mel and Sue. If you were looking for the official Mel and Sue website then you need to be here.

Mel and Sue are probably best known for presenting Light/Late Lunch for Channel 4 Television between 1997 and 1999, but they have been performing together since 1993 when they made their debut as a comedy duo at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Always at their best before a live audience, they made four more appearances at the Festival prior to their sell out national tour in 1999, entitled Back to our Roots. Following a break from touring, they made their West End debut in 2002 with their new show, A Night with Mel and Sue, which was also a sell out at the Fringe Festival in August 2003.

If you weren't lucky enough to see Mel and Sue in A Night with..., I have included a couple of reviews and a few photographs, which I will add to at a later date. A couple of the images have links to wave files, which feature a few bars of Mel and Sue singing.

In February 2005,they performed together at the Leicester Comedy Festival but since then they have been working on solo projects. Mel appeared in Ben Elton's new sitcom Blessed, alongside Ardal O'Hanlon, and co-hosted Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show, on ITV1 at the beginning of 2006. Having made her stand-up debut at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival, Sue premiered her new show, The Disappointing Second Show at the 2006 festival.

Recent television appearances by the duo include Schools Out, The Best of the Worst, Countdown,  Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, Jim'll Fix it Strikes Again and Holby City (Mel), Sitcom Showdown, Never Mind the Full Stops , Celebrity MasterChef , Newsnight Review, Have I Got News for You, Showbiz Poker, Edwardian Supersize Me, News Knight and Countryfile Summer Diaries (Sue). They recently made a rare television appearance together on The Comedy Map of Britain.

Sue is appearing with Giles Coren in a new six part series entitled The Supersizers Go.... Commencing on 20 May 2008 at 9.00pm on BBC2, the duo will try to follow a Second World War diet for one week. Future episodes cover The Restoration, The 70s, Elizabethan, Victorian and Regency diets. She will also be one of the eight contestants on BBC2's new reality show Maestro, scheduled for August 2008. The participants will take on the role of orchestra conductors and compete for a chance to conduct at the Last Night of the Proms. Sue will also be touring in 2008. Details to be announced.

Mel will also be appearing on BBC2 in a new sketch show aimed at children. Sorry I've Got No Head commences on 27 June 2008 at 4.55pm. Last year Mel co-hosted Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show is currently touring the UK.