Sue Perkins

Acting

Sue Perkins

Born 1969-09-22 · East Dulwich, London, England, UK

Susan Elizabeth Perkins is an English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer. Originally coming to prominence through her comedy partnership with Mel Giedroyc in Mel and Sue, she has since become best known as a radio broadcaster and television presenter, notably of The Great British Bake Off (2010–2016), Insert Name Here (2016–2019) and Just a Minute (since 2021) on BBC Radio 4.

Acting credits

Last Christmas poster
7.2

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

Last Christmas

2019

How to Build a Girl poster
5.8

The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.

How to Build a Girl

2020

Making Qi poster
NR

Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.

Making Qi

2011

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel poster
7.0

Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same.

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2021

Blaiklock: The Refuge in Need of Rescue poster
NR

On this rare glimpse into a season of conservation with UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, we follow a team of specialists as they journey to remote Blaiklock Island, Antarctica. Here, they undertake a mission to save this remarkable historic refuge as it battles a changing climate in an environment of extremes.

Blaiklock: The Refuge in Need of Rescue

2026

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter poster
7.0

imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, silliness and, above all, friendship.

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023

Game of Thrones: The Story So Far poster
7.6

The story of Game Of thrones before the TV series.

Game of Thrones: The Story So Far

2017

Queer Planet poster
6.4

When it comes to 'what Mother Nature intended', it turns out she was pretty open-minded. In this vivid, funny and eye-opening one-off doc we take the audience on a journey to explore the rich diversity of animal sexuality.

Queer Planet

2023

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again poster
7.6

Jennifer Saunders and a host of famous faces star in this hilarious Comic Relief reimagining of the hit movie featuring some of ABBA's biggest hits as well as a peek behind the scenes.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

2019

Tim Minchin: BBC Comedy Prom 2011 poster
7.8

Musician, actor, comedian and rock 'n' roll superstar Tim Minchin hosts a Proms first - the Comedy Prom. Tim is joined by Sue Perkins, Susan Bullock (soprano), Danny Driver (piano), Kit and the Widow, Beardyman, The Boy with Tape on his Face, Doc Brown, the Mongrels, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Andrew Litton (guest conductor) and Jules Buckley (music director).

Tim Minchin: BBC Comedy Prom 2011

2011

Kolkata with Sue Perkins poster
6.0

Sue Perkins immerses herself in the complex life of Kolkata and sees how it is reinventing itself as a megacity with a reputation for eccentricity, culture and tolerance.

Kolkata with Sue Perkins

2015

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A countdown the 20 most thrilling moments from the fantasy drama based on George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Cast members and celebrity fans also discuss the series and there is a look at who the main contenders for the Iron Throne really are.

Game of Thrones Greatest Moments

2018

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They have dined together through two series of `Supersizers' and attempted to live `The Good Life'. Now Giles Coren and Sue Perkins take their relationship to the next level as they prepare for their very own royal wedding.

Giles and Sue's Royal Wedding

2011

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Two friends try to track down their old nemesis Richard Herring to try to find out why on earth he is successful when they are not. The film is set against the madness of the 1995 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, was shot entirely on Super 8 film and was inspired by the films of Chris Marker and Nick Broomfield.

Fisted

1996

International Men's Day poster
NR

In a parallel world where women rule the roost and 'Masculists' are written off as angry men burning boxers, a group of downtrodden men are convinced that the only way to rid themselves of their insecurities is to plot a sex strike against their wives.

International Men's Day

2014

Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas poster
2.0

Looking at the marriage of Charles Dickens through the eyes of his wife Catherine, Sue Perkins exposes the lesser-known reality of the Dickens family Christmas.

Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas

2011

Climbed Every Mountain: The Story Behind the Sound of Music poster
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The Sound of Music is one of the most enduringly popular films ever made, yet behind it lays an even more astonishing family story. Sue Perkins travels to Salzburg, Ellis Island and Vermont to discover how the family made a living in America as the Trapp Family Singers and they eventually bought an estate in Vermont which looks uncannily like Austria. She also discovers that the ultimate feel good story has dark undertones, is disliked by Austrians, and witnesses the first ever performance of the musical in Salzburg itself.

Climbed Every Mountain: The Story Behind the Sound of Music

2012

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Looking at the marriage of Charles Dickens through the eyes of his wife Catherine, Sue Perkins exposes the lesser-known reality of the Dickens family Christmas.

Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas

The Horne Section Television Programme poster
7.0

Taskmaster's Alex Horne has a side career: he's the leader of a band called The Horne Section. They've already performed with some of the biggest names in music and comedy and now they've scored their very own television special featuring Alex and the band's spontaneous and free-wheeling combination of live music and comedy.

The Horne Section Television Programme

2018

Revealing Anne Lister poster
1.0

Early 19th-century England is usually seen through the eyes of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. Sue Perkins explores a dramatically different version, as lived and recorded by Anne Lister. A Yorkshire landowner, she kept a detailed, partly coded diary, revealing graphic details of her love affairs with women. Regency England was surprisingly tolerant of Anne's chosen lifestyle, and it was only when Anne sought to sink a coal mine on her land that criticism of her private life became public.

Revealing Anne Lister

2010

Sue Perkins and the Chimp Sanctuary poster
6.0

Sue Perkins travels to Chimp Haven in Louisiana to meet six female ex-laboratory chimpanzees starting their retirement and meeting a group of male chimps for the first time.

Sue Perkins and the Chimp Sanctuary

2018

Take That's Greatest Days: 30 Years in the Making poster
3.0

Peek behind the scenes of Take That's new film Greatest Days about the band's army of fans. Hear from filmmakers, celebs and the band about why this vital story had to be told.

Take That's Greatest Days: 30 Years in the Making

2023