Sue Perkins to front new BBC Two quiz show Insert Name Here
PRESENTER Sue Perkins is set to front new BBC Two quiz show, Insert Name Here.
Sue Perkins is set to front new BBC Two quiz show, Insert Name Here
The 46-year-old will swap baking for buzzers for the show, where comedians and historians will battle it out to argue they have found the greatest owner of a particular name.
The Great British Bake Off star will go it alone this time, without her comedy partner Mel Giedroyc.
However, she will have some handy helpers in the form of Pointless star Richard Osman and comedian Josh Widdicombe, who are the team leaders on the programme.
Speaking of the show, Sue said: "In Hebrew, the name Susan means 'graceful lily', in Khmer it means 'girl with the bad puns' and in ancient Aztec it translates as 'she with the cockerel hair and dirty glasses'.
Sue will be going it without Mel for this one
Pointless star Richard Osman will also star on the show
"This particular Susan can't wait to get stuck into a whole host of Davids, Peters, Jonathans and Gertrudes - with the help of a magnificent Richard and a wonderful Joshua."
Insert Name Here aims to follow in the footsteps of the BBC's tradition of "clever quizzes" like QI, Only Connect and Mock The Week.
BBC Entertainment's acting controller Alan Tyler said: "The pilot brilliantly combined humour and history to somehow move from St George to George Clooney via George Michael and George Bernard Shaw.
"I still don't know how it did that but I do know that I'm looking forward to seeing grown-up, intelligent, funny people hurling names at each other."
Insert Name Here will hit screens at some point next year.
Comedian Josh Widdicombe is the other team captain