Sue Perkins
- 55 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, comedian and presenter
Press clippings Page 10
Feelings of loss surrounding Bruce Forsyth are assuaged by this reboot, with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins hosting two episodes reviving the 70s gameshow. Families compete in plate-spinning and teapot-throwing challenges, with Lorraine Kelly, Richard Osman and Martin Kemp acting as celebrity insurance.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 1st April 2018Mel and Sue aren't up to the Generation Game
While viewers might watch the new Generation Game out of curiosity, the property itself might actually be beyond a sustained revival.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 30th March 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 2018Generation Game uses canned laughter
The BBC has used canned laughter on the troubled reboot after the new hosts struggled to recapture Bruce Forsyth's beloved banter when he hosted the show in its heyday. A source said: "It was always going to be a challenge for Mel and Sue to have people chuckling the way Bruce did. The BBC has used canned laughter after listening back to the live audience and agreeing it needed a bit of extra buzz."
The Sun, 28th March 2018Jim Davidson slams Mel and Sue on Generation Game
Jim Davidson has hit out at Mel and Sue because he doesn't think they're good enough to host The Generation Game reboot.
Dan Wootton, The Sun, 25th February 2018Sue Perkins amongst the stars hosting new Audible podcasts
Audible has announced a number of spoken-word podcasts. Offerings include a series hosted by Sue Perkins, a show from Danny Wallace and stand-up from the Edinburgh Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 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 2018Why Just a Minute hides a far more ruthless reality
Just A Minute has become one of the nation's most beloved radio shows -- but it began as a classroom humiliation, inflicted on daydreamers by a history teacher at Sherborne School in the Thirties.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 1st December 2017Monkey Tennis may yet see the light of day
Peter Bradshaw's timely reminder about the re-emergence of Alan Partridge in Brexit Britain (The revenge of Alan Partridge, G2, 6 November) is underlined by the inclusion in recent TV schedules of such absurd real-life programmes as The Ganges with Sue Perkins and Gordon Ramsey on Cocaine, which might have been dreamed up by the great man in a previous television incarnation. Alan's previous suggestions of Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank and Monkey Tennis are surely now ripe for production.
Quentin Falk, The Guardian, 7th November 2017Sue Perkins: 'My dad is really worth grieving over'
Sue Perkins takes an emotional trip down India's sacred river Ganges from source to sea.
Ian MacEwan, TV Times, 12th October 2017