Mel Giedroyc

Nightly Show's a sign British TV isn't funny anymore

The solution? Spend more and more money (it's there) on comedy writers and producers because that's where it starts, and let them create what they want. Otherwise, TV comedy of all kinds in the UK will continue to suffer a very slow and painful death.

Mel and Sue get 'cold feet' and shun The Nightly Show

Mel and Sue have pulled out of talks to host ITV's The Nightly Show after the new project received dismal ratings and awful reviews.

Can Mel and Sue save ITV's 'dire' Nightly Show?

Dire ratings and a mauling by critics have forced ITV executives to consider axeing their flagship new chat show after just one week - unless the last-ditch recruitment of former Bake Off hosts Mel and Sue can change its fortunes.

Robert Peston: News at Ten's time shift may be reversed

ITV political editor says channel's new topical entertainment show will have to win audience quickly to keep 10pm slot.

Mel Giedroyc: Why I turned down Strictly Come Dancing

Former Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc has revealed she was once offered the chance to appear as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing - but turned it down.

With a flittering light finally in sight at the end of the slime-slathered tunnel that was 2016, Jimmy Carr returns to help roast a year that left us all feeling burned. Richard Ayoade, Rob Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Sarah Millican, David Mitchell and Romesh Ranganathan make up this year's teams, with Jon Snow, Charles Dance and a roster of celebrity inquisitors on hand to posit questions on everything from Boaty McBoatface to Brexit.

Taskmaster: series 3, episode 5 review

It is hard to judge how good this series compared to its two predecessors. Series 2 and 3 are both better than the first in my few, but I think I preferred the second series primarily because although he was not great at scoring points, Joe Wilkinson has so far been the funniest contestant across the three series.