 On 20 December 2015, Giedroyc directed the live television production of "The Sound of Music", starring Kara Tointon as Maria, and her sister Mel Giedroyc as Frau Schmidt.The two-and-a-half-hour ITV transmission was the first musical to be broadcast live on national television in the UK, and had a cast and crew of more than 400 and 177 costumes.In 2018, it was announced Giedroyc would direct "How to Build a Girl", based upon the novel of the same name by Caitlin Moran, who also wrote the film's screenplay alongside John Niven.