Light Lunch was a Channel 4 lunch-time comedy chatshow broadcast on weekdays at 12:30 pm between 24 March 1997 and 27 February 1998, which was moved to weeknights at 6:00 pm between 31 March 1998 and 5 March 1999. It was hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, also known as Mel and Sue, who started their comedy careers at Cambridge University's Footlights club. The show was a huge success initially, but audience figures declined slowly.