Giedroyc

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins preside over a new series as 12 more amateur bakers try to impress Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with their skills.

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Especially considering that I was not in any of the Polish emigrant environments, with the exception of those around the editor Jerzy Giedroyc and his journal/publishing company “Kultura” in Paris.

Czeslaw Milosz - Interview 1980

My work was banned in Poland, and Giedroyc published many of my books, so it was in that sense that I was a writer in exile.

Czeslaw Milosz - Interview 1980

As Giedroyc explains: 'She really breaks my heart as a character because she's an incredibly strong, brave, dynamic, intelligent woman, ahead of her time, but her fatal flaw is that she falls for married men.

Evening Standard - Home Hermione Eyre 2011

The Hour has been hewn by a best-of-British trio: screenwriter Abi Morgan (currently working on The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep), director Giedroyc (fresh from Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch) and production designer Eve Stewart (twice Oscar-nominated, for The King's Speech and Topsy-Turvy).

Evening Standard - Home Hermione Eyre 2011

The Great British Bake Off was deservedly one of the surprise hits of last year, and the team behind it - presenter Mel Giedroyc (minus sidekick Sue Perkins) and judges Mary Berry (above) and Paul Hollywood - return with a celebrity version in aid of the Sports Relief charity.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins preside over a new series as 12 more amateur bakers try to impress Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with their skills.

The Guardian World News Julia Raeside 2011

Reading the book feels a bit like eavesdropping on two intimidatingly smart friends - the conversations are always clear and easy to follow, but unless you're intimately familiar with, say, the ouevre of Polish editor Jerzy Giedroyc, you'll probably want some reference works close at hand.

News 2012

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins preside over a new series as 12 more amateur bakers try to impress Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with their skills.

The Guardian World News Julia Raeside 2011

But this show has definitely got that HBO charisma: lush 1950s period detail, a sense of fresh engagement with the past 'We grabbed the period by the scruff of the neck and ran with it,' says director Coky Giedroyc and compulsively watchable, heroically flawed leads.

Evening Standard - Home Hermione Eyre 2011