I don’t have a problem with the concept of a box set per se – we have many of them merrily lined up on the shelf above the telly. No, what gives me the pip is the fact that I’m never going to watch any of them. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
I love performing in front of a live audience and just stepping out in front of ruddy Royal Albert Hall is just something, I can’t describe it. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
It feels like you are in your own little bubble when you film ‘Bake Off.’ There is no noise, the outside world doesn’t exist when we are filming. It’s us, the tent and the bakers. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
Eurovision’ lifts you off your feet – and, by that, I mean the absolute joy, total insanity and madness of the whole thing. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
It’s often the guests you don’t expect to be interesting who are the best. On ‘Light Lunch,’ I remember a guest called Ivor Spencer. He was the Royal Toastmaster and he was great, a real good-time guy. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
I’m the youngest of four in a large, exhibitionist family. The only way to get attention was to throw yourself off the top of a ladder – as one of my cousins used to do – or make people laugh. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
Mum was in her early 50s when she had four strokes in quick succession that almost took her off. I’d just come down from Cambridge with a rubbish degree. I spent a year reading to her – her eyesight was badly affected – and making sure she got proper rest. It was a special time but very intense, too. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
Any donation does make a difference. Getting involved is what makes BBC Children in Need so moving. Mel Giedroyc Read Quote
