Top of the Pops: TOTP: The Story of 2003
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm, Saturday, August 15 on BBC Two England (2)
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TOTP: The Story of 2003
Season 1, Episode 1
Mel Giedroyc narrates a musical review of the year, with contributions from Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson of Busted, Panjabi MC, Sabrina Washington of Mis-teeq, Carl Barat and Pete Doherty of the Libertines, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud and Dick Valentine of Electric Six. The music show was relaunched with exclusive performances and future hits, while an extended edition was launched on BBC Three
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Did You Know..
Mel Giedroyc
(Narrator)
Born:
June 05, 1958
in
Epsom, Surrey
Best Known For:
Being the blonde half of TV personalities Mel and Sue.
Early-life:
Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc was born on June 5, 1968, in Epsom, Surrey, and grew up in Leatherhead. Her father is a Polish-Lithuanian history writer who settled in England in 1947. Mel also has Belgian and Belarusian ancestry. She attended Oxford High School before going on to Trinity College, Cambridge, where she studied Modern Languages. Her sister, Coky, is a TV director whose credits include The Hour, Blackpool and What Remains.
Career:
Like bread and butter, Giedroyc and Sue Perkins go well together - in fact, they're almost inseparable in professional terms. They were a hit at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993, and went on to write scripts for French and Saunders before presenting comedy chat show Light/Late Lunch and RI:SE. She was also in the children's sketch show Sorry I've Got No Head. More recently she has scored another hit with The Great British Bake-Off, alongside Sue, and daytime ITV show, Mel and Sue. Her radio work has included The 4 O'Clock Show on Radio 4 Extra.
Quote:
On her relationship with Sue Perkins: 'She's like Don Corleone with her friends, which I must say can at times be trying: she will always get the truth out of you, you can't hide anything.'
Trivia:
She has written two books: From Here to Maternity and Going Gaga.
Verity Newman
(Producer)
Alison Howe
(Executive producer)
