<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1988--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Television </Th> <Td> The Generation Game (2018) The Great British Bake Off (2010--2016) Mel and Sue (2015) RI: SE (2003) Light Lunch (1997--98) </Td> </Tr> <P> Mel Giedroyc (born 15 June 1968) and Sue Perkins (born 22 September 1969), known collectively as Mel and Sue, are a British comedy double act best known for hosting the BAFTA Award - winning BBC One cookery series The Great British Bake Off . Previously they hosted their lunchtime chat shows Light Lunch and Late Lunch on Channel 4 . </P> <P> Mel and Sue met at a comedy gig in 1988 while both students at the University of Cambridge in England (Giedroyc at Trinity College and Perkins at New Hall) where both were members of the Footlights . They made their debut with The Naked Lunch, after which they took their show Planet Pussycat to the Edinburgh Festival . Giedroyc recalls of their early partnership: "We got on extremely well . We did some very lame gigs performing sketches with two guys, and Sue would compere . But because she was a year younger than me we never knew each other well until after college . We both got very shit degrees, and I failed to get into every drama school, so I gave her a ring and said,' Do you want to write stuff for Week Ending?"' </P>

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