Popular comedy panel show AXED after four series – despite fan-favourite host and top comedian as guests
A POPULAR comedy panel show has been axed after just four series, despite its fan-favourite host and guests.
The show, which features comedians and celebrities competing to be judged the most sinful, unforgivable person in the room, starsMel Giedroyc as the host and Lou Sanders as her assistant.
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable ran for four series on the Dave channel between 2021 and 2024.
The final series tweaked the format slightly, with Lou going out of the studio to search for confessions from across the UK.
Previous highlights on the show include Jo Brand revealing how she beat a drink-driving charge, Sara Pascoe on how she lied about having cancer to get out of work and Jimmy Carr admitting to burning the shape of a giant penis into his school playing field.
Other guests that have appeared on the show include Sarah Millican, Graham Norton, Jennifer Saunders, Johnny Vegas, Daisy May Cooper, Jack Dee, Richard Ayoade, Tom Allen, Alan Davies, David Baddiel, and Nish Kumar.
In addition, Ardal O’Hanlon, Joel Dommett, Rosie Jones, Jason Manford, Sally Phillips, Josh Widdicombe, Desiree Burch, Lucy Beaumont, Omid Djalili, Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady, Sophie Duker, Ria Lina, Ed Gamble and Katherine Ryan with her baby son Fred, have also appeared on the show.
Made by Expectation Entertainment, the show attracted mixed reviews.
But it was largely praised for being “the best way to make funny people be funny on TV is, simply, by letting them.”
Comedian Mel Giedroyc initially started out as one half of Mel and Sue, but then branched out on her own, becoming one of the hosts of Children In Need.
She also appeared in a number of TV shows including French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley, Miranda, and Taskmaster, as well as participating in the 2021 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special with Neil Jones.
Meanwhile, Lou is a stand-up comedian, writer and actress, who has appeared on many beloved programmes, including Mock The Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
In 2019 she was crowned the winner of Taskmaster and then returned to the show in 2022 to compete in Champion of Champions II and finished in joint third.
In 2024, she appeared on Dancing On Ice and is currently touring her stand-up show No Kissing In The Bingo Hall.
Lou described Unforgivable as “very therapeutic – it’s cathartic. We’re offering a service there!”
UKTV said: “We loved working with Mel, Lou, and everyone at Expectation on four series of Unforgivable and while we have no current plans for another series, we remain open to future collaborations.”
Repeats continue to be shown on the rebranded U&Dave.
Back in 2022, Lou told Portsmouth News that the guests are “lucky to have us” but “we’re all just human, it’s nice to celebrate that. We’ve all made mistakes, and we’re all trying our best.”
And she said that not much was edited out of the show at the guests’ requests, only “some tiny, little things. Some people are more precious than others, or worried about being cancelled and stuff.
“But I think it’s very human to share your foibles and the terrible things we’ve done. It’s not like someone did a racist attack – that would be truly awful.
“It’s more like pooping, dating, stealing things – we’ve all got a past, and the sooner we realise that the better.”