Mel & Sue (TV series)

Mel & Sue
GenreChat show
Presented byMel Giedroyc
Sue Perkins
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes30
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesPrincess Pictures and Square Peg TV
Original release
NetworkITV
Release12 January (2015-01-12) –
20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)

Mel & Sue is a British chat show presented by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. The series was broadcast live on ITV between 12 January 2015 and 20 February 2015.[1][2][3][4] On 11 August 2015, ITV announced that Mel & Sue had been cancelled after one series.[5]

Episodes

Regular episodes

# Date Guests
1
 12 January 2015 (2015-01-12) Jennifer Saunders and Gareth Malone
2
 13 January 2015 (2015-01-13) Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gemma Arterton
3
 14 January 2015 (2015-01-14) Dermot O'Leary, Pauline Quirke, Lesley Joseph, Linda Robson and Gemma Collins
4
 15 January 2015 (2015-01-15) Warwick Davis and Nick Hewer
5
 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) Jo Brand and Christian Jessen
6
 19 January 2015 (2015-01-19) Michael Palin and Bridget Christie
7
 20 January 2015 (2015-01-20) Julie Hesmondhalgh and Sara Cox
8
 21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)1 Margaret Mountford and Marcus Brigstocke
9
 22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)1 Yvette Fielding, Jack Whitehall and Michael Whitehall
10
 23 January 2015 (2015-01-23) Robert Webb, Kara Tointon, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace
11
 26 January 2015 (2015-01-26) Steve Backshall and Hugh Dennis
12
 27 January 2015 (2015-01-27) Davina McCall and John Humphrys
13
 28 January 2015 (2015-01-28) Jason Manford and Alexandra Burke
14
 29 January 2015 (2015-01-29) Brenda Blethyn and Sally Lindsay
15
 30 January 2015 (2015-01-30) Stephen Mangan, Jessica Hynes and Rumer
16
 2 February 2015 (2015-02-02) Robert Rinder and Emilia Fox
17
 3 February 2015 (2015-02-03) John Craven and Lorraine Kelly
18
 4 February 2015 (2015-02-04) Ben Miller and Sara Pascoe
19
 5 February 2015 (2015-02-05) Alison Steadman and Kirsty Young
20
 6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) Arlene Phillips and Katherine Grainger
21
 9 February 2015 (2015-02-09) Melanie C and Ross Noble
22
 10 February 2015 (2015-02-10) Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
23
 11 February 2015 (2015-02-11) Michael Ball and Jenny Eclair
24
 12 February 2015 (2015-02-12) Sarah Beeny and Les Dennis
25
 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) Louie Spence and Liza Tarbuck
26
 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) Terry Wogan, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston
27
 17 February 2015 (2015-02-17) Vernon Kay and David Essex
28
 18 February 2015 (2015-02-18) Rufus Hound, Roger Moore and The Vamps
29
 19 February 2015 (2015-02-19) Alan Davies and Ken Hom
30
 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) Ruby Wax, Dan Snow and The Overtones

Compilations

# Date Guests
1
 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) Hugh Dennis, Jason Manford, Davina McCall, John Humphrys, Stephen Mangan, Brenda Blethyn, Sally Lindsay and Jessica Hynes
2
 8 February 2015 (2015-02-08)
3
 15 February 2015 (2015-02-15)
4
 22 February 2015 (2015-02-22)
^1 Giedroyc presented the episode alone as Perkins was absent due to illness.

Reception

The show received mixed reviews from critics, with the Telegraph commenting that the show had had "teething troubles", stating that technical glitches and badly angled cameras affected the show's professionalism. The Telegraph only gave the show 2/5 stars, but stated that it had room for improvement, and did praise the hosts for their "genuine friendship and natural rapport on-screen".[6]

References

  1. ^ KelMcNally (14 August 2014). "Great British Bake Off's Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins get their own daytime TV show". Express.
  2. ^ "Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins get daytime ITV talk show". Digital Spy. 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ Rob Leigh (14 August 2014). "Mel and Sue to host new ITV Daytime chat show, their first together in 16 years". Daily Mirror.
  4. ^ "Great British Bake Off stars clinch ITV chat show". The Guardian. 14 August 2014.
  5. ^ "ITV drops Mel and Sue's chat show". BBC. 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ Hogen, Michael (12 January 2015). "Mel & Sue, ITV, review: 'teething troubles'". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.