Her quick fire, self-deprecating comedy has made Sue Perkins a household name on British television (‘The Great British Bake Off’) and radio (host of Radio 4’s ‘Just A Minute’).

Entertaining the nation since 1997, Sue has presented programmes covering a vast number of topics including art, food, history, popular fiction and travel. Most recently her travels have included the hit BBC travelogue ‘The Ganges with Sue Perkins’ which followed the success of earlier BBC travel documentaries ‘Kolkata with Sue Perkins’ and ‘The Mekong River with Sue Perkins’.

Her career on television began as one half of double act Mel and Sue. With Mel Giedroyc, the pair found fame on Channel Four’s daytime show ‘Light Lunch’, which ran for five series before transferring to an evening slot on ‘Late Lunch’. The two continued to present together on the hugely popular ‘The Great British Bake Off’, with the 2015 series finale pulled in 13 million viewers, making it the most watched TV show of the year.

2013 saw the premiere of Sue’s own sitcom ‘Heading Out’ on BBC 2, which she starred in, which followed ‘Climbed Every Mountain’, where Sue traced the story of the Von Trapp Family.

Sue’s other presenting credits include three series of the BBC Panel show ‘Insert Name Here’, Sky1’s ‘The Big Spell’, three series of the Sky film show ‘Movie Babylon’, and Radio 4’s ‘Dilemma’. She is also a regular contributor to ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘QI’ (BBC1), ‘Newsnight Review’ (BBC2), ‘Just a Minute’, and ‘The News Quiz’, (Radio 4).

In 2015, she published her memoir ‘Spectacles’ which reached number one in the Sunday Times Best Seller List, and her second memoir ‘East of Croydon’ was released in 2018, detailing her travels across South-East Asia alongside tales of her growing up in South London. Her witty and warm presenting style found her hosting the prestigious BAFTA Television Awards in 2017 and 2018.
Most recently, ‘Nature Talk’, the podcast hosted by Sue won a silver Aria Award from The Radio Academy. Her show, ‘Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal’ was nominated for a 2023 BAFTA for Entertainment Performance.

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