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The ganges with sue perkins tv miniseries 2017 imdb. Buy sue perkins spectacles hardback by sue perkins. Susan elizabeth perkins born 22 september 1969 is a british comedian and broadcaster, born in east dulwich, london, england sue pe. She has a tendency to go off on tangents, and sometimes i lost the plot a bit.