Sue Perkins

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Sue Perkins in 2008

Susan Elizabeth "Sue" Perkins (born September 22, 1969 in London ) is a British comedian , presenter , actress and author . She first became known nationally as part of the comedian duo Mel and Sue , in later years she appeared primarily as a presenter of various formats on television, in particular the baking competition The Great British Bake Off ( adapted in Germany as Das große Bake Off ), the comedy panel show Insert Name Here and several reports , mainly in Asian countries. In 2014, the Sunday edition of The Independent listed her among the top ten LGBT people in Great Britain on the Rainbow List .

Life

Perkins was born in Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, to a secretary and an employee of a local car dealer, where she grew up with two younger siblings. After attending the private girls' school Croham Hurst School in South Craydon, Greater London , Perkins studied English at the all-female Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge , which she graduated in 1991. There she was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club , an amateur theater club, of which she was president in the academic year 1990/1991.

In 2002, Perkins was publicly outed as a lesbian by her former partner, Scottish comedian and presenter Rhona Cameron , when she was on the show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! mentioned her relationship with Perkins.

In 2012 the British fashion magazine Tatler published a feature about Perkins in which she was named one of the seven most famous lesbian women in the city of London.

Since 2014 Perkins has been living in a relationship with her colleague, the British presenter Anna Richardson , who is best known in her home country for the program Naked Attraction ( adapted in Germany under the same title ).

In April 2015, Perkins was the victim of a shit storm on Twitter . Several bookmakers traded her as a high favorite for Jeremy Clarkson's successor at Top Gear . Although Perkins had previously publicly denied such suspicions, she received numerous hostilities, especially misogynist kind, from fans of the series, which ranged to death threats . For this reason, Perkins withdrew from the website, but resumed its activities on it a few months later. That same year, Perkins announced that he had been diagnosed with prolactinoma in 2007 and that the disease made her sterile .

Career

Sue & Mel

Perkins met Mel Giedroyc while studying in 1988 when the two were fellow students. After writing scripts for the BBC Radio 4 satirical format Week Ending in 1992 , they first appeared as Sue & Mel a year later at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe , where their performance called The Naked Lunch was well received by audiences and critics . After further stand-up appearances in Edinburgh in 1994 and 1996 with the titles Kittens Go Grrrrr and Naked Pussycat as well as a nationwide comedy tour from 1995 to 1996, Perkins and Giedroyc became part of the writing staff of French & Saunders in 1996 and were also featured in some episodes the screen. Perkins and Giedroyc celebrated their breakthrough a year later when they hosted their own talk show Light Lunch on Channel 4 , in which well-known chefs prepared meals for the guests. The series made the duo nationally known, although it was moved to a different slot in 1998 due to falling audience numbers, renamed Late Lunch and finally discontinued in 1999.

In the same year, Perkins and Giedroyc hosted the program Casting Couch on ITV , which was broadcast during prime time, but only included six episodes due to low ratings. At this, Perkins and Giedroyc competed in teams of two with several guests and had to answer questions about celebrities that were asked via charades or chains of association . After the show ended, they toured the UK again with their Mel & Sue: Back to Our Roots program . They could also be heard on BBC Radio 2 with their program Mel And Sue's Comedy Breakdown , where they discussed everyday topics such as fitness or pubs in a humorous way with well-known guests .

In the 2000s, Perkins and Giedroyc rarely performed together, as the latter was starting a family. In 2002 they produced a six-part sketch series on BBC Radio 4 entitled The Mel and Sue Thing , which was later released on CD . In 2003 they hosted the program RI: SE on breakfast television on Channel 4and appeared again in 2009 with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in a Mamma Mia parody on the occasion of Red Nose Day , which they repeated ten years later on the occasion of the release of the second Mamma Mia movie.

In 2010 Perkins and Giedroyc first hosted the baking competition show The Great British Bake Off (original version of The Great Baking ) . For this series they were nominated for a British Comedy Award in 2013 in the category Best TV Comedian . In January 2015 they got another talk show on ITV called Mel & Sue , which was canceled after a season. In September 2016, they announced that they would be relinquishing the moderation of The Great British Bake Off after six seasons because the series switched from BBC Two to Channel 4 and they did not want to work for the other broadcaster.

In 2017 they hosted the final season of Let's Sing and Dance on BBC One , a version of Strictly Come Dancing that raised money for the Comic Relief charity . That same year, the two were nominated for The Great British Bake Off at the National Television Awards for Favorite TV Presenter . In 2018 they presented the new edition of the program The Generation Game on BBC One ( adapted in Germany under the name On the run ).

Since March 25, 2020 Perkins and Giedroyc embody the main characters in the Sky One -Comedy series Hitmen , it goes into the two best girlfriends together as assassins working inside.

Further television appearances

From November 20-28, 2002, Perkins was a charity participant in the second season of Celebrity Big Brother (known in Germany as Promi Big Brother ) on Channel 4. On the ninth day, they were nominated by their roommates and received the fewest viewers -Calls making her the third of six people to leave the house.

In 2007 she starred in the BBC Two series Edwardian Supersize Me with British restaurant critic Giles Coren . For a week the two ate typical meals consumed by a family in the era of Edward VII , and wore clothes from that time. The same concept was extended to other eras with the two presenters from 2008 to 2009, including the Stuart Restoration , the Victorian Era , the Regency , the 1920s , 1950s and 1980s .

In 2011, Perkins was a participant in The World's Most Dangerous Roads . She was driving along the Dalton Highway in Alaska with Charley Boorman . The following year, she crossed the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Vietnam and Laos with the presenter Liza Tarbuck .

In 2012, Perkins was nominated for Best Television Comedian at the British Comedy Awards .

On February 26, 2013, the Perkins comedy series Heading Out premiered on BBC Two. It is about a veterinarian who, on her 40th birthday, receives a ten-day ultimatum from her friends to come out to her parents. Perkins also played the main role and wrote the scripts for a total of six episodes.

In 2014 she returned to Southeast Asia for a BBC Two report and traveled from the Mekong Delta to Tibet . The following year she appeared in a BBC One documentary exploring Calcutta .

From 2015 to 2019 she co- hosted Thronecast , which always ran after Game of Thrones on Sky Atlantic HD . In this, among other things, ensemble members of the fantasy series were interviewed, background information on the series production was explained, the completed episode was analyzed with guests and a preview of the next episode was presented.

From 2016 to 2019 she hosted the comedy panel show Insert Name Here on BBC Two. In this, the advice team received several facts about famous bearers of common first names, then the participants had to explain which of the people they value the most. The team that was able to answer most of the questions about the respective bearers won, the team captain of the winning team was then allowed to announce which of the name bearers is the "best".

In 2017, Perkins returned to India in a BBC One report, in which she traveled to the Ganges , in the following year she visited a chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana in a BBC Two documentary , and in 2019 she traveled in a documentary series for BBC One through Japan .

radio

From 1998 to 2004 Perkins was the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 program The 99p Challenge , in which the candidates were given nonsensical tasks (similar to the radio format I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ). For what Perkins felt was funny statements or actions, the players received a few pence as a reward. The players with the most pence were given the chance to win 99 pence in the final, even if they had already earned a higher sum.

In 2004 she hosted a documentary on BBC Radio 4 about the annual World's Biggest Liar competition in the Lake District , in which the participants have to recite an improvised, convincing lie for five minutes, which she won.

She was on the second and third seasons of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show in 2007 and 2008 ! to be heard as a friend of the protagonist, who is a former variety star and has to struggle with malapropism , amnesia and other problems.

In December 2008, she was in the BBC Radio 3 telecast Private Passions of the composer Michael Berkeley asked about their lives and musical taste, then it was allowed to choose composers whose songs are to be played for them. Perkins chose pieces by Benjamin Britten , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , the Stabat mater in the version by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky .

From 2011 to 2013, Perkins hosted Dilemma on BBC Radio 4, where four comedians discussed moral issues she presented to them.

Perkins is also a regular feature on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute comedy series , which requires attendees to talk about a topic for 60 seconds without repeating, deviating from the topic, or hesitating. Perkins also took part in the ten-part television version produced for BBC Two in 2012.

On July 9, 2017, Perkins was a guest on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4. As pieces of music that she would take to a deserted island as a shipwrecked woman, Perkins chose, among other things, Rock Island Line in the version of Lonnie Donegan , 20th Century Boy of T. Rex as well as any The Smiths song .

In February 2020, she presented Nature Table on BBC Radio 4, where experts were asked about nature topics they found interesting or curious, while the other guests gave humorous comments on what they thought were absurd elements of nature.

Edinburgh Festival

Perkins was again represented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the solo stand-up programs Spectacle Wearer Of The Year 2006 in 2005 and The Disappointing Second Show in 2006 . In 2012 she was a reporter for the arts program The Culture Show at the festival and interviewed Nile Rodgers .

Conductor

After her victory in the BBC Two series Maestro in 2008, in which eight celebrities learned to conduct , Perkins stood again in 2010 as part of the program A Band for Britain , in which they rebuild the traditional brass band Dinnington Colliery Band from Yorkshire wanted, which had got into financial and personal difficulties after the closure of the local coal mine. Perkins conducted the band playing the national anthem at DW Stadium on the occasion of a Four Nations game , then the same band and another brass band called the Grimethorpe Colliery Band at a performance in the listed Sheffield City Hall. In 2011 she conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra during the first Proms at the Royal Albert Hall .

literature

In 2009, Perkins was a jury member for the Booker Prize . In October 2015 she published her memoirs entitled Spectacles , and three years later the book East of Croydon: Travels Through India and South East Asia about her travels in India and Southeast Asia and the death of her father. The latter was shortlisted for a British Book Award in the Autobiography of the Year category .

bibliography

Filmography (selection)

  • 1996: French & Saunders (screenplay, also actress, five episodes)
  • 1997–1999: Light Lunch ( renamed Late Lunch after four seasons )
  • 2002: Celebrity Big Brother (participant in season 2)
  • 2002–2003: Dinotopia (cartoon series, voice, three episodes)
  • 2002-2003: RI: SE
  • 2003: Absolutely Fabulous (screenplay, eight episodes)
  • 2006: Celebrity MasterChef (participant in season 1)
  • 2007–2008: The Supersizers ...
  • 2008: ... And Proud (narrator, six episodes)
  • 2009: What the Dickens (team captain, 16 episodes)
  • 2010–2016: The Great British Bake Off
  • 2010–2016: QI (participant, 18 episodes)
  • 2011: All Roads Lead Home
  • 2011–2012: The most dangerous roads in the world (participant, 2 episodes)
  • 2011: Don't Scare the Hare (Narrator, 9 episodes)
  • 2013: Heading Out (actress, also idea, screenplay, 6 episodes)
  • 2014: The Mekong River with Sue Perkins
  • 2015: Banana (screenplay, episode 1x3)
  • 2015: Mel & Sue
  • 2015–2019: Thronecast
  • 2016: Can't Touch This (Commentary, 10 episodes)
  • 2016-2019: Insert Name Here
  • 2017: Let's Sing and Dance
  • 2017: British Academy Television Award
  • 2017: The Ganges with Sue Perkins
  • 2018: The Generation Game
  • 2019: Apple & Onion (cartoon series, voice episode 1x11)
  • 2019: Last Christmas (Actress)
  • since 2020: Hitmen (actress, six episodes)

Web links

Commons : Sue Perkins  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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  6. ^ Nicholas Edmondson: Tatler Backs Seven High-Profile Lesbians with Special Issue. In: International Business Times . July 4, 2012, accessed March 31, 2020 .
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  8. ^ Bernadette Fallon: Sue Perkins: living with a brain tumor. In: Good Housekeeping . September 2, 2015, accessed March 31, 2020 .
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  29. ↑ Jane Rackham: Series 2 - Episode 2 Ho Chi Minh Trail. In: RadioTimes. Accessed March 31, 2020 (English).
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  32. ^ Adrian Bridge: The Mekong River with Sue Perkins - too much Sue, not enough Mekong. In: The Daily Telegraph. November 24, 2014, accessed March 31, 2020 .
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  34. ↑ Catherine Gee: Sue Perkins interview: 'I tried to get Mary Berry into Game of Thrones but it was the castration episode'. In: The Daily Telegraph. July 18, 2017, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  35. ↑ Nika Shakhnazarova: Sue Perkins' waves goodbye to game show Insert Name Here as it's axed by BBC Two. In: Daily Mirror . February 26, 2020, accessed on March 31, 2020 .
  36. ^ Rupert Hawksley: The Ganges with Sue Perkins felt like tagging along on someone else's holiday - review. In: The Daily Telegraph. October 19, 2017, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  37. ↑ Chitra Ramaswamy: Sue Perkins and the Chimp Sanctuary review - cruelty, survival and plenty of tears. In: The Guardian. January 2, 2018, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  38. ↑ Emine Saner: Japan with Sue Perkins review - cute, candid ... and heavy on the cliches. In: The Guardian. September 18, 2019, accessed March 31, 2020 .
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  47. ↑ SPLIT PERSONALITY. In: Daily Mirror. July 28, 2005, accessed March 31, 2020 .
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  49. ^ Sue Perkins meets Nile Rodgers. In: BBC Two . August 22, 2012, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  50. ↑ Charlotte Higgins: Was Sue Perkins a worthy winner of Maestro? In: The Guardian. September 10, 2008, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  51. ^ Andrew Williams: A Band For Britain doesn't hit the right notes. In: Metro. March 22, 2010, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  52. ↑ Stuart Jeffries: Prom 40: BBC Concert Orchestra / Minchin / The Boy with Tape on His Face etc - review. In: The Guardian. August 14, 2011, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  53. ^ John Mullan: Tears, tiffs and triumphs: 40 years of Booker prize judges dish the dirt. In: The Guardian. September 6, 2008, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  54. ^ Marianne Levy: Spectacles, by Sue Perkins - book review: Baked to perfection. In: The Independent. October 4, 2015, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  55. ^ Greg Jameson: Shortlist nominations for the 2018 National Book Awards. In: Entertainment Focus. November 6, 2018, accessed March 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Perkins, Sue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perkins, Susan Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British comedian, presenter, actress and author
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH London