Mel & Sue
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Mel & Sue: "For years we split every pay cheque - whether we did it together or not"
The presenting duo on their four decades of friendship, making reality TV kinder, and why they've decided to embarrass each other on their new podcast.
Helen Brown, i Newspaper, 21st March 2025Mel & Sue reunite for new podcast and scripted project together
Mel & Sue have reunited for a new podcast, Mel & Sue Should Know By Now, recalling their worst gigs, exploring the science of comedy, kinks and plenty else besides, as the pair have also teased their next scripted project.
British Comedy Guide, 10th March 2025Mel & Sue plotting live comedy return
Mel & Sue are planning to return to live comedy as a double act, Mel Giedroyc has revealed. She said: "The last conversation that Sue and I had a few days ago, we ended up saying, 'When the Edinburgh Festival's back on again, shall we do it?'".
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2021Mel & 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 & Sue to star in Sky sitcom Hitmen
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are to star together in their first scripted comedy. Hitmen, coming to Sky in 2019, follows the adventures of two professional assassins.
British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2018Jim Davidson on Mel & Sue hosting The Generation Game
I think you must look at why the BBC pick these two ladies to do a show that was so obviously beyond them. The BBC like to tick boxes.
Jim Davidson, 4th April 2018Mel & Sue hit back at 'The Generation Game' detractors
'We are not trying to change it or hurt the brand.'
Daniel Welsh, The Huffington Post, 1st April 2018Mel & Sue's Generation Game: fun trip down memory lane
It may have had a long road to our screens, but the latest reboot of this classic gameshow has the right mix of nostalgia and silliness to enthuse.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 28th March 2018BBC axing HALF of Mel & Sue's Generation Game reboot
The show was initially meant to have four episodes but two of them have been now been axed at a cost of £400,000.
Paul Revoir, The Sun, 7th February 2018Mel & Sue host The Generation Game
Mel & Sue will present a new version of much-loved comedy game show The Generation Game on BBC One.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd July 2017