Sue Perkins Audiobooks

Wry, warm and allergic to grandeur: Spectacles and East of Croydon

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Who is Sue Perkins?

Sue Perkins, born in 1969, is an English broadcaster, comedian, actress, singer and writer – a run of job titles that still undersells quite how thoroughly she has woven herself into British broadcasting. She first came to prominence in the comedy partnership Mel and Sue, alongside Mel Giedroyc, before building a presenting career in her own right across radio and television.

The CV reads like a tour of national institutions: The Great British Bake Off from 2010 to 2016, Insert Name Here, and, since 2021, Just a Minute on BBC Radio 4 – a programme that demands exactly the quick, generous, verbally nimble wit that has always been her signature.

Sue Perkins in audiobooks

Our catalogue carries Spectacles and East of Croydon, and the titles alone catch her register: wry, particular, allergic to grandeur. Perkins has spent her career working in voice – comedy partnership, radio, live presenting – and it shows in prose that lands as though spoken, which is precisely the quality audio rewards. Listeners who know her from Bake Off or Radio 4 will find the same virtues here: quick wit, warmth without sentimentality, and a firm refusal to take herself too seriously. As British listening companions go, there are few more congenial.