Mel Giedroyc
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, comedian and presenter
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Mel 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 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
While Hitmen isn't perfect, the likability of its stars, the intrigue of their situation and the unpredictability of the oddballs that come into their orbit make offer intriguing possibilities.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th March 2020Hitmen review
Killing people - is it funny? Not just now, when the news is filled with a rising death toll, but ever? I was racking my brain on that one as I gritted my teeth through the painful opening episode of Hitmen, in which Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc set out to show they can still cut it in comedy after veering off into presenting travelogues and the like.
Keith Watson, Metro, 25th March 2020