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Sue Perkins : biography

22 September 1969 –

Susan Elizabeth Perkins (born 22 September 1969) is a British comedian and broadcaster, born in East Dulwich, London, England.

Television

In 2002 she appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in the aid of four charities, Centrepoint, National Missing Persons Helpline, Rethink and Samaritans. During the series she had some notable moments, some of which were with series winner Mark Owen from Take That. Perkins was evicted from the house on day 9.

She would also provide the voice for Messenger Bird, in Dinotopia produced for Hallmark Entertainment.

In 2003 Perkins joined Channel 4 morning television program RI:SE. In the same year, Perkins also provided additional written material for BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

She has appeared on several established BBC TV shows, including Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week, QI, Room 101, Celebrity Weakest Link, Question Time and Newsnight. Perkins has also commented that the BBC pay her a regular wage for "blabbering on random shows". She has also made notable appearances as a ‘field reporter’ for Armando Iannucci vehicle The Saturday Night Armistice.

Perkins also hosted Good Evening, Rockall (second series), a short-lived news orientated panel game shown on BBC Choice. In 2006 she also appeared in BBC Four’s vocabulary quiz show Never Mind the Full Stops. She was also a team captain on ITV’s Win, Lose or Draw Late. During the same decade she made appearances on Celebrity MasterChef, Celebrity Poker and News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald.

In April 2007, she participated in television series, Edwardian Supersize Me for the BBC. She was joined by food critic Giles Coren. The series focused on spending a week eating the equivalent of a wealthy Edwardian couple’s food, whilst wearing period clothing.

Following the series, Perkins and Coren were commissioned to present a new series called, The Supersizers Go…. The basic premise of "Edwardian Supersize Me" was replicated and focused on other periods throughout history.

The first episode saw them survive for a week on WWII rations. It was re-commissioned for a second series, Perkins and Coren covered the English Restoration period. The third series covered the Victorian period, the fourth the Seventies, the fifth the Elizabethan period and the sixth the Regency period.

In August and September 2008, Sue Perkins appeared in the reality television series Maestro on BBC Two. During the series, a group of eight celebrities attempted (until eliminated) to learn to conduct orchestral, choral and operatic music. During the series, Perkins conducted three pieces, two of them with soprano soloist Lesley Garrett. Perkins would go on to win the series.

In 2008 Perkins narrated the series ….And Proud on Virgin 1. Perkins also appeared in a second ‘Supersizers’ series called The Supersizers Eat… with Giles Coren which aired on BBC Two in June and July 2009. In September and October 2009 she hosted the Channel 4 panel game The Big Food Fight.

She then gave a televised lecture for The Royal Television Society. Entitled "Wit’s End? British Comedy at the Crossroads" the lecture focused on the state of British Comedy. The presentation was broadcast on BBC Two.

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

In 2010, Perkins again alongside Giles Coren, presented Giles and Sue Live The Good Life, a celebration of the 1970s BBC series It’s A Good Life. In the program Perkins and Coren were challenged to live a self-sufficient lifestyle.

Later in the same year, Perkins would be joined by Mel Giedroyc to present The Great British Bake Off. The series is a cookery competition with each episode looking at a different aspect of baking. It was re-commissioned for a second and third series.