Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc is an English actress, comedian and television presenter.
38 Facts About Mel Giedroyc
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In early 2017 Mel Giedroyc co-presented the BBC show Let It Shine.
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Mel Giedroyc was born on 5 June 1968 in Epsom, Surrey, and grew up in Leatherhead.
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Mel Giedroyc is best known for comedy and presenting work with Sue Perkins.
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Mel Giedroyc and Sue, the duo were short-listed for the Daily Express Best Newcomers Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993.
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Mel Giedroyc appeared with Perkins in one episode of Gimme Gimme Gimme, playing a receptionist at a hotel.
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Mel Giedroyc was in one episode of The Vicar of Dibley.
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Mel Giedroyc was the sixth student to be voted out of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and was a celebrity judge on the 2007 edition of Making Your Mind Up along with John Barrowman.
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Mel Giedroyc played the Fairy Liquid in a production of Jack and the Beanstalk at London's Barbican theatre in December 2007.
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Mel Giedroyc appeared in a children's sketch show for the BBC Sorry, I've Got No Head.
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Mel Giedroyc was a panellist on the Channel 5 programme The Wright Stuff in 2007,2008 and in February 2010.
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Mel Giedroyc was reunited with Sue Perkins in 2010 to host the cookery competition The Great British Bake Off, on BBC Two from 16 August 2010.
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Later, in an apparently syndicated newspaper interview, Mel Giedroyc admitted that she did the show just for the money, informing readers that she had nearly gone bankrupt.
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In 2012 and 2013, Mel Giedroyc hosted two special charity series for Sport Relief and Comic Relief featuring celebrities who took part for charity.
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In March 2014, Mel Giedroyc presented Collectaholics, a factual mini-series for BBC Two.
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On 12 November 2014, Mel Giedroyc guest hosted an episode of The One Show with Alex Jones.
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In 2015, Mel Giedroyc narrated eight-part BBC One series Now You See It.
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In December 2015 Mel Giedroyc performed as Frau Schmidt in "The Sound of Music Live " which was broadcast on ITV.
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Mel Giedroyc hosted the Sky1 primetime game show Relatively Clever, which began on 3 April 2015.
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In May 2015, Mel Giedroyc joined Scott Mills in commentating the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for the United Kingdom.
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Since 2016, Mel Giedroyc has presented the Eurovision You Decide programme.
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Mel Giedroyc narrated The Secret Chef for ITV and co-presented Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief alongside Sue Perkins on BBC One.
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Also in 2017, Mel Giedroyc competed in the fourth series of Taskmaster against Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett.
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Since June 2017, Mel Giedroyc has presented Saturday night entertainment series Pitch Battle for BBC One.
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In May 2018, Mel Giedroyc was the spokesperson for the United Kingdom as part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
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Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable began airing on Dave in February 2021.
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On 13 May 2023 Mel Giedroyc was UK co-commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest final, alongside Graham Norton.
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Mel Giedroyc appeared in the 1994 Radio 4 comedy series The Skivers with Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
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In July 2000, Mel Giedroyc appeared as a contestant on The 99p Challenge, a radio show hosted by Sue Perkins.
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From 2 April 2011, with the rebranding of Radio 7 as Radio 4 extra, Mel Giedroyc has presented The 4 O'Clock Show, a chat show including items related to children's entertainment.
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On 6 September 2014, Mel Giedroyc co-hosted with Lee Mack on his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show.
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In November 2014 Mel Giedroyc was a part of Gareth Malone's All Star Choir, singing the opening solo in the choir's cover version of "Wake Me Up" to raise money for the BBC's Children in Need.
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Mel Giedroyc presented the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour from 22 January until 14 February 2016.
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Mel Giedroyc appeared in The Rocky Horror Show Live which was simulcast live to cinemas across the United Kingdom and Europe from London's Playhouse Theatre on 17 September 2015 in the role of Third Narrator.
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Mel Giedroyc appeared in the 2018 West End Revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, playing the role of Sarah.
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Mel Giedroyc played Beatrice in the 2018 Rose Theatre production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
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Mel Giedroyc's sister Coky Giedroyc is a film and television director; while her other sister, children's writer Kasia, is married to Philip Parham, a British diplomat.
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Mel Giedroyc is married to Ben Morris, a television director and teacher at LAMDA.