Editing Mel Giedroyc

{{Short description|British actress and comedian (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Mel Giedroyc
| image              = Mel Giedroyc folk awards (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Giedroyc at the [[BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards]] in 2009
| birth_name         = Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|06|05}}
| birth_place        = [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]], England
| education          = [[Oxford High School, England|Oxford High School]], [[Oxford]]
| alma_mater         = [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]
| years_active       = 1993–present
| spouse             = Ben Morris
| children           = 2
| father             = [[Michal Giedroyc]]
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Coky Giedroyc]] (sister)|[[Philip Parham]] (brother-in-law)}}
| television         = {{ubl|''[[Light Lunch]]''|''[[The Great British Bake Off]]''|''[[Draw It!]]''|''Now You See It''|''[[Mel and Sue (TV series)|Mel and Sue]]''|''[[Let It Shine (2017 TV series)|Let It Shine]]''|''[[Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief]]''|''[[Eurovision: You Decide]]''|''[[Pitch Battle]]''|''Letterbox''|''[[The Generation Game]]''|''Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show'' |''[[Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker]]''|''Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable''}}
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'''Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|d|r|ɔɪ|tʃ}} {{respell|GHED|roytch}}, {{IPA|pl|ˈɡʲɛdrɔjt͡ɕ}}; born 5 June 1968) is an English actress, comedian and television presenter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Let It Shine – Mel Giedroyc |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1fJYLZCFsdkDmdtHMSswQ99/mel-giedroyc |website=BBC One |access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref>

With [[Sue Perkins]], she has co-hosted series including ''[[Light Lunch]]'' for [[Channel 4]], ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]'' for the [[BBC]] and chat show ''[[Mel and Sue (TV series)|Mel and Sue]]'' for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. Since 2015, she has held a number of commentating roles for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. In early 2017, Giedroyc co-presented the BBC show ''[[Let It Shine (2017 TV series)|Let It Shine]]''.

==Early life==
Giedroyc was born on 5 June 1968 in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]], and grew up in [[Leatherhead]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11658286.buns-in-the-oven-great-british-bake-off-presenter-officially-opens-new-birth-centre-at-epsom-hospital/ |title=Buns in the oven! Great British Bake off presenter officially opens new birth centre |first=Hardeep |last=Matharu |date=11 December 2014 |website=yourlocalguardian.co.uk}}</ref> Her father, [[Michal Giedroyc|Michal]],<ref name="auto">{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-march-21-2024-3gsd9llkb | title=Births, marriages and deaths: March 21, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="Stanford">{{cite news |last=Stanford |first=Peter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/7514874/My-fathers-Siberian-prison-hell.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/7514874/My-fathers-Siberian-prison-hell.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=My father's Siberian prison hell |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=29 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> an aircraft designer, civil engineer and family historian, of [[Polish–Lithuanian identity|Polish–Lithuanian]] descent from the aristocratic [[Giedroyć family]], had moved to Britain in 1947; he died in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/edition/register/obituary-michal-giedroyc-393jhqtjq |title=Michal Giedroyc |work=[[The Times]] |date=29 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> 

Her mother, Rosemary "Rosy" Cumpston (1937–2024),<ref name="auto"/> was of English origin.<ref name="Stanford"/><ref name="RBarber">{{cite news |last1=Giedroyc |first1=Mel |last2=Barbe r|first2=Richard |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/11/mel-giedroyc-my-family-values |title=Mel Giedroyc: my family values |work=The Guardian |date=11 March 2016 |access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref> Her older sister is film and television director [[Coky Giedroyc]]. After moving to [[Oxford]] as a teenager Giedroyc attended the independent [[Oxford High School, Oxford|Oxford High School]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mel Giedroyc – Oxford High |url=https://oxfordhigh.gdst.net/pioneer/mel-giedroyc/ |website=Oxford High School |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and later attended [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], graduating with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#Lower Second Class honours|lower second]] degree in [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Giedroyc |first1=Mel |last2=Sale |first2=Jonathan |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-comedian-mel-giedroyc-1799029.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-comedian-mel-giedroyc-1799029.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of comedian Mel Giedroyc |location=London |work=The Independent |date=8 October 2009 |access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
===Television===
Giedroyc met [[Sue Perkins]] while they were students at the [[University of Cambridge]] and members of the [[Footlights]] comedy club. [[Mel and Sue]] were short-listed for the ''[[Daily Express]]'' Best Newcomers Award at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] in 1993. Their first presenting roles saw them host a lunchtime show on [[Channel 4]] called ''[[Light Lunch]]'' (and the early evening version, ''Late Lunch''). In 1996, she appeared with Perkins in four episodes of the [[BBC One]] sketch comedy series ''[[French and Saunders]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67760117 |title=French and Saunders: How they proved that women are funny |first=Lucy |last=Wallis |date=27 December 2023 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>

In 1999, Giedroyc appeared with Perkins in one episode of ''[[Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)|Gimme Gimme Gimme]]'', playing a receptionist at a hotel. She was also a presenter on Channel 4's ''[[RI:SE]]''. She narrated ''[[Celebrity Driving School]]'' in 2003. Some other ventures include being a contestant on the 2005 series of ''[[The Games (channel 4)|The Games]]'', co-starring in the 2005 [[BBC One]] sitcom ''[[Blessed (TV series)|Blessed]]'' and co-presenting ''[[Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. Giedroyc was in one episode of ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''.

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 (TV series)|Making Your Mind Up]]'' along with [[John Barrowman]]. She starred as one of the presenters in the show ''Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision!'' at the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] and subsequently in the West End at the [[Novello Theatre]]. Giedroyc played the Fairy Liquid in a production of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' at London's Barbican theatre in December 2007. She appeared in a children's sketch show for the BBC ''[[Sorry, I've Got No Head]]''. In 2010, Giedroyc was a celebrity guest team captain on ''What Do Kids Know?'' with [[Rufus Hound]], [[Joe Swash]] and [[Sara Cox]] on [[Watch (TV Channel)|Watch]] and also appeared in the first episode of series two of [[Miranda Hart]]'s self-titled sitcom ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]'' as a life coach.

Giedroyc was a panellist on the [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] programme ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'' in 2007, 2008 and in February 2010. She plays Mrs V, the owner of the Y café, in CBBC programme ''[[Sadie J]]'' and is also the voice of Mist in ''Mist: Sheepdog Tales'',<ref>{{IMDb title | id = 1033549 | title = Mist: Sheepdog Tales}}</ref> shown on Channel 5's morning show ''[[Milkshake!]]''.

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. Later, in an apparently syndicated newspaper interview, Giedroyc admitted that she did the show just for the money, informing readers that she had nearly gone bankrupt.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/mel-giedroyc-reveals-how-went-5119928 |title=Mel Giedroyc reveals how she went from near bankruptcy to Bake Off stardom |first=Rick |last=Fulton |date=7 February 2015 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]}}</ref> The show moved to [[BBC One]] for its [[The Great British Bake Off (series 5)|fifth series]] and has won numerous awards.<ref name=mirror>{{cite web | title= Mel and Sue to reunite for The Great British Bake-Off | work=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=29 January 2010 | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/01/29/comeback-corner-115875-22003078/ | access-date=9 August 2010}}</ref>

In 2012 and 2013, Giedroyc hosted two special charity series for [[Sport Relief]] and [[Comic Relief]] featuring celebrities who took part for charity. In 2014, she guest hosted an episode of ''The Great Sport Relief Bake Off'' and in 2015, one episode of ''[[The Great Comic Relief Bake Off]]''.

In March 2014, Giedroyc presented ''Collectaholics'', a factual mini-series for [[BBC Two]].

From May 2014, Giedroyc presented one series of the [[Channel 4]] programme ''[[Draw It!]]'', based upon and developed by the makers of the [[mobile app]] [[Draw Something]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a476196/mel-giedroyc-to-host-channel-4s-new-draw-something-game-show.html#ixzz2RU0EwfUC |title=Mel Giedroyc to host Channel 4's new 'Draw Something' game show |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=25 April 2013}}</ref>

In May 2014, Giedroyc and [[clinical psychologist]] Dr Jennifer Wild presented a one-off show for [[BBC One]] called ''Vertigo Road Trip'' about people who have a fear of heights. Reviewing the programme, in ''[[The Psychologist]]'', Petrina Cox described it as "an engaging and valuable education for the general public about the nature of anxiety disorders such as specific phobias. It is sure to reduce stigma, inspire hope and encourage people to seek evidence-based treatments... "<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cox |first=P. |title=The dizzy heights of psychology in the media |journal=The Psychologist |volume=27 |number=6 |date=June 2014 |page=462}}</ref>

On 12 November 2014, Giedroyc guest hosted an episode of ''[[The One Show]]'' with [[Alex Jones (British presenter)|Alex Jones]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nv7w2 |title=The One Show, 12/11/2014 |work=BBC One |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Giedroyc narrated eight-part [[BBC One]] series ''Now You See It''. A second series aired in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/BBC+1/10+January+2015/18:30/Now+You+See+It/Entertainment/ |title=Now You See It |work=Digiguide.tv}}</ref>

In January 2015, Giedroyc and Perkins were given their own daytime chat show on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. The show, called ''[[Mel and Sue (TV series)|Mel and Sue]]'' aired for 30 episodes, every weekday at 4pm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/14/great-british-bake-off-mel-giedroyc-sue-perkins |title=Great British Bake Off stars clinch ITV chat show  |work=The Guardian |date=14 August 2014|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/beontv/shows/melandsue |title=Mel & Sue |date=4 December 2014 |website=Be On ITV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204202412/http://www.itv.com/beontv/shows/melandsue |archive-date=4 December 2014}}</ref>

Giedroyc and [[Matt Baker]] began co-hosting four-part [[BBC One]] series ''The Gift'' in February 2015.

Giedroyc hosted the [[Sky1]] primetime game show ''Relatively Clever'', which began on 3 April 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a605061/mel-giedroyc-to-host-relatively-clever-family-quiz-show-on-sky1.htm |title=Mel Giedroyc to host Relatively Clever family quiz show on Sky1 |first=Mayer |last=Nissim |date=22 October 2014 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref>

In May 2015, Giedroyc joined [[Scott Mills]] in commentating the semi-finals of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2015]] for the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015|United Kingdom]].  It was broadcast on [[BBC Three]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/27/eurovision-2015-mel-giedroyc-semi-finals_n_7151582.html |title=Eurovision 2015: 'Great British Bake Off' Presenter Mel Giedroyc To Join Scott Mills For Semi-Finals Coverage, 27/04/2015 |work=Huffington Post UK |date=27 April 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>

In August 2015, it was announced that Mel and Sue had not been re-commissioned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a662812/mel--sues-daytime-chatshow-has-been-dropped-by-itv.html#~pl3QvsuXbrYDmx |title=Mel & Sue's daytime chatshow has been dropped by ITV |work=Digital Spy |date=11 August 2015}}</ref>

In December 2015, Giedroyc performed as Frau Schmidt in "[[The Sound of Music Live (2015)]]" which was broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].

In 2016, she presented the first episode of ''The Great Sport Relief Bake Off''.

Since 2016, Giedroyc has presented the ''[[UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision You Decide]]'' programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079zwpc|title=Eurovision Song Contest, 2016, Semi-Final 1 |website=BBC One}}</ref>

In September 2016, Love Productions announced that a three-year deal had been agreed to broadcast ''The Great British Bake Off'' on [[Channel 4]], instead of the BBC, from 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/12/bbc-loses-great-british-bake-off/|title = BBC loses Great British Bake Off, as Channel 4 swoops for corporation's biggest show|last = Foster|first = Patrick|date = 12 September 2016|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date = 12 September 2016}}</ref> Giedroyc and Perkins announced that they would not be continuing with the show on its new network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37355065 |title=Great British Bake Off: Mel and Sue to quit as hosts |date = 13 September 2016 |website=[[BBC News]]|access-date = 13 September 2016}}</ref> [[Mary Berry]] later announced she was also leaving the Bake Off<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37437907 |title = Mary Berry to leave Bake Off ahead of Channel 4 move |date = 22 September 2016 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date = 22 September 2016}}</ref> on the same day that fellow-judge [[Paul Hollywood]] separately announced he would be staying with the show.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/sep/22/mary-berry-leave-great-british-bake-off-paul-hollywood-bbc-mel-giedroyc-sue-perkins |title = Mary Berry to leave Bake Off &ndash; but Paul Hollywood agrees to stay|first = Jane|last = Martinson|date = 22 September 2016|access-date = 23 September 2016|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

The Gift returned for a second series in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/06/the-gift |title=The Gift |work=BBC Media Centre}}</ref>

In 2017, Giedroyc co-presented the Saturday night BBC show ''[[Let It Shine (2017 TV series)|Let It Shine]]'' – including three live shows – alongside [[Graham Norton]]. The judges were [[Gary Barlow]], [[Martin Kemp]] and [[Dannii Minogue]].{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

She narrated ''The Secret Chef'' for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and co-presented  ''[[Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief]]'' alongside [[Sue Perkins]] on [[BBC One]].

Also in 2017, Giedroyc competed in the fourth series of ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'' against [[Lolly Adefope]], [[Hugh Dennis]], [[Noel Fielding]] and [[Joe Lycett]]. Since June 2017, Giedroyc has presented Saturday night entertainment series ''Pitch Battle'' for [[BBC One]]. She also presents the daily [[BBC Two]] game show ''Letterbox'', having hosted 45 episodes (15 for series One, 30 for series Two) since 2017. On 23 July 2017, it was confirmed that Giedroyc and Perkins would host a new version of ''[[The Generation Game]]'' for BBC One.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.live.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/the-generation-game |title=Mel and Sue are bringing The Generation Game back to BBC One |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=23 July 2017}}</ref>

In November 2017, she co-presented ''[[Children in Need]]'' for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/children-in-need-presenter-lineup |title=Star-studded presenter line-up announced for BBC Children in Need 2017 |date=16 October 2017 |website=BBC Media Centre}}</ref> In December 2017, she hosted an episode of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''{{cn|date=December 2024}} and was host again in 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016m24|title=BBC One - Have I Got News for You, Series 63, Episode 4|website=BBC}}</ref> and 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025p0n/have-i-got-news-for-you-series-68-episode-9|title=Have I Got News for You - Series 68: Episode 9|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

In May 2018, Giedroyc was the spokesperson for the United Kingdom as part of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2018]].

''Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable'' began airing on [[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]] in February 2021. It invites three celebrity guests along to Mel's confessional each week to find out who's committed sins that are so bad that they should be declared 'unforgivable'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://expectationentertainment.com/shows/ |title=Expectation Entertainment Shows |website=Expectation Entertainment |access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/mel-giedroyc-unforgivable/ |title=Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable |website=[[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]] |accessdate=2021-03-09}}</ref>

On 13 May 2023, Giedroyc was UK co-commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest final, alongside [[Graham Norton]]. In a reference to the 2014 Polish Eurovision entry "[[My Słowianie]]" and to Giedroyc's own Polish heritage, she appeared as a Polish milkmaid, suggestively churning butter behind host [[Hannah Waddingham]], as Waddingham introduced [[Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023|Armenia's performance]] after the intermission.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mel Giedroyc churns butter behind Hannah Waddington in hilarious Eurovision moment |date=2023-05-13 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/hannah-waddington-eurovision-mel-giedroyc-b2338387.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yeates |first=Cydney |date=2023-05-13 |title=Mel Giedroyc steals Eurovison 2023 final after seductively churning butter |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/13/eurovision-2023-mel-giedroyc-steals-final-seductively-churning-butter-18779573/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref>

In late 2024, Giedroyc became the host of the British version of the Mattel-produced American game show ''[[Pictionary (2022 game show)|Pictionary]]''. The broadcast started on 23 December 2024 on ITV with Christmas specials and was followed by the regular series in early 2025.

In 2025, Giedroyc participated in the [[The Masked Singer (British TV series) series 6|sixth series of ''The Masked Singer'']] as "Teeth". She was eliminated in the fifth episode.

===Radio===
Giedroyc appeared in the 1994 Radio 4 comedy series ''The Skivers'' with Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh. In July 2000, Giedroyc appeared as a contestant on ''[[The 99p Challenge]]'', a radio show hosted by Sue Perkins.
In August 2010, Giedroyc appeared on the [[Dave Gorman]] show on [[Absolute Radio]] as one of his co-hosts, standing in for [[Danielle Ward]], and has also appeared on series 4 to 7 of ''[[Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/djs_shows/shows/dave_gorman/blog.html?mode=post&id=154369&s=1 |title=Dave Gorman – Show Blog |website=Absolute Radio |access-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717140902/http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/djs_shows/shows/dave_gorman/blog.html?mode=post&id=154369&s=1 |archive-date=17 July 2012 |df=dmy-all}} </ref> From 2 April 2011, with the rebranding of Radio 7 as Radio 4 extra, Giedroyc presented ''The 4 O'Clock Show'', a magazine show including items designed to entertain and inform children.

On 6 September 2014, Giedroyc co-hosted with [[Lee Mack]] on his [[BBC Radio 2]] Saturday morning show.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gb94v|title=Lee Mack, Michael Palin and Sofia Helin |work=BBC Radio 2 |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>

From 16 April 2016, she started presenting a Saturday lunchtime show on [[Magic Radio]] from 1{{nbsp}}pm until 3{{nbsp}}pm.

On 13 November 2024, it was announced that Giedroyc would start presenting a request show on Magic Radio on Sunday mornings from January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Roy |date=2024-11-13 |title=Mel Giedroyc to host Sunday morning request show on Magic Radio |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/11/mel-giedroyc-to-host-sunday-morning-request-show-on-magic-radio/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2025, Giedroyc presented The Magic Request Show.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Magic Request Show with Mel Giedroyc on Magic Radio |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic/shows/the-magic-request-show-with-mel-giedroyc |website=Magic Radio |language=en}}</ref>

==Podcast==
In 2025, Giedroyc launched a podcast ''Mel and Sue Should Know by Now'' on Audible with Sue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mel & Sue: Should Know By Now |url=https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Mel-Sue-Should-Know-By-Now-Audiobook/B0DZHXRGV3}}</ref>

===Other work===
In November 2014, Giedroyc was a part of [[Gareth Malone]]'s [[The Choir (TV series)#All Star Choir|All Star Choir]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3GcB6pTQ6QpNLFKFy0RC8JP/gareth-malone-forms-an-all-star-choir-for-the-official-bbc-children-in-need-single|title=BBC Children in Need – Gareth Malone forms an all-star choir for the Official BBC Children in Need single|work=BBC|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> singing the opening solo in the choir's cover version of "[[Wake Me Up (Avicii song)|Wake Me Up]]" to raise money for the [[BBC]]'s [[Children in Need]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/gareth-malone-all-star-choir|title=Gareth Malone to form All-Star Choir for official BBC Children in Need single 2014 |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> On 3 and 10 November 2014, a two-part documentary about the choir was broadcast by [[BBC One]]. On 16 November, the single entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] at Number One.

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.

Giedroyc presented the ''[[Strictly Come Dancing#Strictly Come Dancing Live.21|Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour]]'' from 22 January until 14 February 2016.

Giedroyc appeared in the 2018 West End Revival of the [[Stephen Sondheim]] musical ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'', playing the role of Sarah.

Giedroyc played [[Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)|Beatrice]] in the 2018 [[Rose Theatre Kingston|Rose Theatre]] production of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/19/much-ado-about-nothing-review-mel-giedroyc|title=Much Ado About Nothing review – Mel Giedroyc blazes through Great Sicilian Bake Off|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=19 April 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>

On 23 November 2021, it was announced that Giedroyc would dance with [[Neil Jones (dancer)|Neil Jones]] in the [[List of Strictly Come Dancing specials#2021|2021 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special]].

Giedroyc played the parts of Mrs Edwards (wife of the custodian of the [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels]]) and of a '[[Lady of the Bedchamber]]' to King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], in ''The Crown Jewels'', a humorous play written by screenwriter [[Simon Nye]] and performed at the [[Garrick Theatre]] in [[London]] in 2023, about [[Colonel Blood]]'s theft of the jewels in 1671.  The part of Blood was played by [[Aidan McArdle]], [[Al Murray]] played the king, and the cast also included  [[Neil Morrissey]].

In February 2024, Giedroyc played the part of Irene, Brian's mum in the world premiere of the musical [[Starter for Ten (musical)|''Starter for Ten'']], based on the novel and film at the [[Bristol Old Vic]].

==Personal life==
Giedroyc is the youngest of four children.<ref name="RBarber"/> Her 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]].<ref name="RBarber"/>

Giedroyc is married to Ben Morris, a television director and teacher at [[LAMDA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On the rise: Mel Giedroyc on Bingate and baking mischief with Mary Berry |date=30 January 2015 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/on-the-rise-mel-giedroyc-on-bingate-and-baking-mischief-with-mary-berry-10011800.html |work=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> They have two daughters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Jane |url=https://www.bigissue.com/interviews/letter-to-my-younger-self/mel-giedroyc-hopefully-daughters-wont-i/ |title=Mel Giedroyc: "Hopefully my daughters won't do what I did!" |work=[[The Big Issue]] |date=2012-11-27 |accessdate=2021-03-09}}</ref>

In 2021, Giedroyc spoke publicly about her health issues, saying, "I've noticed of late, the old hormonal journey is quite interesting. The old peri-[[menopausal]] express has come to town! I'm not in the full hot flush yet, but I very much feel it's coming. I've noticed mood-wise, it gets quite interesting."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/mel-giedroyc-sue-perkins-cambridge-university-tv-presenter-florence-b1854759.html|title=Mel Giedroyc talks about the menopause and admits 'I do have a dark side' &#124; The Independent|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=27 May 2021}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Channel
! Notes
|-
| rowspan=2|1996
| ''[[French and Saunders]]''
| Various characters
| rowspan=2|[[BBC One]]
| 4 episodes; with [[Sue Perkins]]<br />Also credited for additional material
|-
| ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
| Mary Tinker
| [[The Christmas Lunch Incident|1 episode]]
|-
| 1997–98
| ''[[Light Lunch]]'' 
| rowspan=2|Co-presenter 
| rowspan=2|[[Channel 4]]
| rowspan="2"|With [[Sue Perkins]]
|-
| 1998–99
| ''[[Late Lunch]]'' 
|- 
| 1999
| ''[[Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)|Gimme Gimme Gimme]]''
| Beverly-Jane
| BBC2
| Series 1 episode 5: "Saturday Night Diva"
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Blessed (TV series)|Blessed]]''
| Sue Chandler
| [[BBC One]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2006
|''[[Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy]]''
| Voice of Mist
| [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]
| One-off TV film
|-
| ''[[Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show]]'' 
| Co-presenter 
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| 1 series; with [[Richard Hammond]]
|- 
| 2008–2011
| ''[[Sorry, I've Got No Head]]''
| Various characters
| [[CBBC]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]'' 
| Life coach
| [[BBC Two]]
| 1 episode
|- 
| 2010–16
| ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]'' 
| Co-presenter 
| [[BBC Two]] <small>(2010–13)</small><br />[[BBC One]] <small>(2014–16)</small>
| 7 series; with [[Sue Perkins]]
|- 
| 2011–14
| ''[[Sadie J]]'' 
| Ms. V
| [[CBBC]]
|
|- 
| 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023
| ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''
| Guest presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3|2014
| ''[[Draw It!]]'' 
| rowspan=3|Presenter 
| [[Channel 4]]
| rowspan=2|1 series
|- 
| ''Collectaholics'' 
| [[BBC Two]]
|-
| ''Vertigo Road Trip'' 
| [[BBC One]]
| One-off show
|-
| 2015–16
| ''Now You See It'' 
| Narrator
| [[BBC One]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/now-you-see-it-styling-it-out|title=Now You See It – Styling it out |work=CBBC}}</ref>
| 2 series
|- 
| rowspan="5" | 2015
| ''The Gift'' 
| rowspan=2|Co-presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| 1 series; with [[Matt Baker]]
|-
| ''[[Mel and Sue (TV series)|Mel and Sue]]'' 
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| 1 series; with [[Sue Perkins]]
|-
| ''Relatively Clever'' 
| Presenter 
| [[Sky1]]
| 1 series
|-
| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2015]]'' 
| Co-commentator<ref>{{cite web |author1=BBC Three Entertainment |title=Mel Giedroyc to join Scott Mills as co-host of BBC Three's Eurovision Song Contest Semi Finals coverage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/bbcthreeevpresenters?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_press_office&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=corporate |website=BBC Media Centre|access-date=27 April 2015|date=27 April 2015}}</ref>
| [[BBC Three]]
| Semi-finals; with [[Scott Mills]]
|-
| ''[[The Sound of Music Live (2015)|The Sound of Music Live]]''
| Frau Schmidt
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| One-off special
|-
| 2016–19
| ''[[Eurovision: You Decide]]''
| Presenter
| [[BBC Four]] <small>(2016)</small><br />[[BBC Two]] <small>(2017—19)</small>
| With [[Måns Zelmerlöw]] <small>(2018–19)</small>
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2016]]'' 
| Co-commentator
| [[BBC Four]]
| Semi-finals; with [[Scott Mills]]
|-
| ''[[Horrible Histories (2015 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' 
| Various
| [[CBBC]]
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="7" |2017
| ''[[Let It Shine (2017 TV series)|Let It Shine]]'' 
| Co-presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| 1 series; with [[Graham Norton]]
|-
| ''The Secret Chef'' 
| Narrator
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| 1 series
|-
| ''[[Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/mel-sue-lets-dance |title=Mel and Sue to present Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief |date= 28 October 2016 |website=BBC Media Centre}}</ref>
| Co-presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| 1 series; with [[Sue Perkins]]
|-
| ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/2299/taskmaster_series_4/ |title=Taskmaster Series 4 line-up revealed |website=British Comedy Guide |date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
| Herself
| [[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]]
| Series 4
|-
| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2017]]'' 
| Co-commentator
| [[BBC Four]]
| Semi-finals; with [[Scott Mills]]
|-
|''[[Pitch Battle]]''
| Presenter
| rowspan=2|[[BBC One]]
| 1 series
|-
|''Mary, Mel and Sue's Big Christmas Thank You''
|One-off special 
| 1 series
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017–
| ''Letterbox''
| Presenter
| [[BBC Two]]
| 2 series
|-
| ''[[Children in Need]]''
| Co-presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| with [[Graham Norton]] and [[Ade Adepitan]] 
|-
| rowspan=2|2018
| ''[[The Generation Game]]''
| Co-presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| 1 series; with [[Sue Perkins]] 
|-
| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2018]]''
| UK spokesperson
| [[BBC One]], [[EBU]]
|
|-
| 2020–
| ''Hitmen''
| Co-Star
| [[Sky1]]
| 2 series; with [[Sue Perkins]]
|-
| 2021–24
| ''Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable''
| Presenter
| [[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]]
| 3 series
|-
| 2021
|''[[List of Strictly Come Dancing specials#2021|Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/strictly-xmas-mel-giedroyc|title=Mel Giedroyc is the third celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2021 |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
| Contestant
| [[BBC One]]
| With professional dance partner [[Neil Jones (dancer)|Neil Jones]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/strictly-mel-giedroyc-neil-jones|title=Strictly's all-star Christmas special – Mel Giedroyc and Neil Jones|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan=2| 2021–2022
| ''One Night In...''
| Narrator
| [[Channel 4]]
| 4 episodes 
|-
| ''[[Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker]]'' 
| Presenter
| [[Channel 4]]
| 2 series; (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/pbg9yg/handmade-britains-best-woodworker-season-1/?episode=pbg9yh|title=Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker – Meet the woodworkers {{!}} Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/handmade-britains-best-woodworker-meet-woodworkers-0 |website=www.channel4.com |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''The Really Really Rude Puppet Show (w/t)''
| Host
| [[Channel 4]]
| 6 episodes<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yossman |first1=K. J. |title=Erotic Fan Fiction Puppet Show Hosted by Mel Giedroyc Set for Channel 4 – Global Bulletin |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-really-really-rude-puppet-show-1235302555/#! |access-date=22 September 2022 |work=Variety |date=24 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]]''
|Co-commentator
|[[BBC One]]
|Final; with [[Graham Norton]]
|-
| ''Mary Makes It Easy''
| Guest
| [[BBC Two]]
| With host [[Mary Berry]]
|-
| 2024
| ''90 Day Fiancé UK Tell All''
| Host
| [[Discovery+]]
| 
|-
| 2024–
| ''[[Pictionary (2022 game show)#International versions|Pictionary]]''
| Host
| rowspan="2'|[[ITV1]]
| Quiz show<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-packs/pictionary|title=Pictionary|website=itv.com/presscentre|accessdate=27 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Masked Singer (British TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''
| Teeth
| Contestant: [[The Masked Singer (British TV series) series 6|Series 6]]
|}

==Books==
*2005, ''From Here to Maternity: One Mother of a Journey'', [[Ebury Press]], {{ISBN|978-0091897505}} – diary based on her first pregnancy.
*2007, ''Going Ga-Ga: Is there life after birth?'', Ebury Press, {{ISBN|978-0-09-190592-7}} – similar theme.
*2021, ''The Best Things'', Headline Review {{ISBN|978-1472256218}} – debut novel

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0317329|name=Mel Giedroyc}}
* [https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic/shows/the-magic-request-show-with-mel-giedroyc/ The Magic Request Show with Mel Giedroyc on Magic Radio]

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