9 Facts About Sue Perkins

1. The Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins is to join forces with comedian Joe Lycett and broadcaster Moira Stuart to front new Sky 1 spelling-based family show, The Big Spell.

2. In September 2015, Sue Perkins revealed that she was diagnosed with prolactinoma, which is a benign growth on her pituitary gland.

3. In August 2012, Sue Perkins appeared on Tatlers list of high-profile lesbians in London.

4. On 9 July 2017 Sue Perkins was the guest celebrity on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

5. Since 2006, Sue Perkins has been a panellist on a Radio 4 show, The Personality Test, a quiz show about the host, presented by a different host each week.

6. As part of A Band for Britain, Sue Perkins conducted the Dinnington Colliery Band at the DW Stadium playing the National Anthem for a Four Nations rugby match, and conducted them together with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band at Sheffield City Hall.

7. In March 2010, Sue Perkins appeared in a three part mini-series on BBC Two, A Band for Britain, in which she attempted to revive the fortunes of the Dinnington Colliery Band.

8. In the same year, Sue Perkins provided additional written material for BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

9. In January 2015, Giedroyc and Sue Perkins began hosting their own daytime chat show on ITV called Mel and Sue.