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5/10 TV Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 4 Production company(s) Princess Productions Final episode date 5 March 1999 Language English Presented by Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins | 7.1/10 IMDb Also known as Late Lunch Original language(s) English Running time 60 minutes First episode date 24 March 1997 Genre Talk show Number of series 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Light Lunch (later Late Lunch) was a Channel 4 lunch-time comedy chatshow broadcast on weekdays at 12:30 between 24 March 1997 and 27 February 1998 and then move to weeknights at 6pm between 31 March 1998 and 5 March 1999. It starred Mel and Sue (Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc). The show was a huge success initially but audience figures declined slowly eventually resulting in low viewer figures and was deemed "unsatisfactory" by Channel 4.
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Format
The show was structured around the making and eating of a luncheon. The main part of the meal would be prepared by a guest chef, with either Mel or Sue talking to the chef during the demonstration. Once the meal was ready, it was eaten by Mel, Sue and two celebrity guests, during which an interview would take place. In the final part of the programme, a third celebrity guest brought in dessert, and a further period of interviewing would occur on the sofa, which would include phone-in questions from viewers. The studio audience were also expected to bring in their own lunch to eat during the show, and were each given £3 to cover the cost of this. They were encouraged to bring in unusual food, their own creations, or food in some way relating to that day's celebrity guest, and the most creative ideas would be shown on camera.
Late Lunch
As a result of declining viewing figures and because of a general change in viewer demographics in the UK, Light Lunch was moved to a 6pm time slot in March 1998 and rebranded as Late Lunch. It ran in that slot for nearly a year.
Band
The show's house band (introduced individually as "Steve, Matt, Dylan and Dan" and collectively by numerous different names, mostly food puns) included Dylan Howe on drums.