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Biography
Comedic writer and presenter who’s a commentator within the BBC radio show Complete Radio. In 2013 he became a Group Captain within the BBC humor show I REALLY LIKE My Nation. After attaining his Experts degree in British Literature in the University or college of Warwick he became an British lecturer at Halesowen University. He performed his 1st stand-up gig in 1987 and produced his tv debut a 12 months later. He offers released many books, including an autobiography entitled Frank Skinner by Frank Skinner. He includes a son along with his sweetheart Cath Mason. He’s the youngest of four kids born to previous semi-professional footballer John Collins. He collaborated with David Baddiel within the football theme track Three Lions.
Quick Facts
Full Name Frank Skinner
Date Of Birth January 28, 1957
Place Of Birth England
Height 1.78 m
Profession Comedian
Children Buzz Cody Collins
Parents John Collins, Doris Collins
Siblings Terry Skinner, Keith Skinner, Nora Skinner
Partner Cath Mason, Cath Mason
Movies Saboteur, Magnificent Obsession, Back Street, Son of Frankenstein, The Flame of New Orleans, The Tarnished Angels, Man of a Thousand Faces, My Little Chickadee, Arabian Nights, Portrait in Black, Captain Newman, M.D., Tammy and the Bachelor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Away All Boats, Tap Roots, The Invisible Man Returns, Before They Were Stars - Gung Ho, The Suspect, Never Say Goodbye, This Happy Feeling, Battle Hymn, The Invisible Woman, Bonzo Goes to College, Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman, Tower of London, The Egg and I, Family Honeymoon, Francis in the Haunted House, Follow the Boys, The Exile, Appointment for Love, The Spirit of Culver, Jam
TV Shows I Love My Country, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, Shane, Fantasy Football League, Blue Heaven, Packet of Three, Room 101, Artist of the Year, Don't Ask Me Ask Britain, Frank Skinner's Opinionated, The Frank Skinner Show, Play It Again
Star Sign Aquarius
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| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Has a girlfriend called Caroline. |
| 2 | Has one sister called Nora. |
| 3 | Has two brothers called Terry and Keith. |
| 4 | Plays the Ukulele like his idol, George Formby. |
| 5 | Was brought up in Oldbury, West Midlands which is not far from West Bromwich. Probably uses West Bromwich as his home town because most people know it for West Bromwich Albion football club and Oldbury is relatively unknown. |
| 6 | Was awarded the freeman of the borough (for Sandwell, West Midlands) in March 2004. |
| 7 | Passionate supporter of West Bromwich Albion (The Baggies) Football Club from the English Premier League. |
| 8 | Shared a flat with best-friend and frequent co-presenter David Baddiel for four years. |
| 9 | Performed first ever stand up comedy gig at the Portland Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1987 aged thirty. |
| 10 | Won the Perrier Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh festival in 1991, narrowly beating Eddie Izzard. |
| 11 | Was previously an English tutor at Halesowen College in Dudley, England. |
| 12 | Left school with no qualifications and worked in a metal factory. Enrolled in night school and eventually enrolled at University and graduated with a Masters degree in English literature. |
| 13 | Is a passionate Elvis fan and purchased one of Elvis' shirt from a US auction for $15,000 |
| 14 | Is a self-confessed alcoholic, hasn't had a drink since September 1987 |
| 15 | Chose the stage name Frank Skinner after a man in his father's pub dominoes team |
| 16 | With David Baddiel he sang the vocals to "Three Lions", the official England song released to celebrate the 1996 UEFA European Championships. The track topped the charts in summer 1996 and an updated version topped the charts in summer 1998 to celebrate England's participation in that year's FIFA World Cup. |
| 17 | Comedian. |
Writer
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room 101 | 2012-2017 | TV Series written material by - 43 episodes | |
| Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned | TV Series devised by - 32 episodes, 2002 - 2005 deviser - 14 episodes, 2000 - 2002 | ||
| Fantasy Football League | 1998-2004 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
| Shane | 2004 | TV Series | |
| Frank Skinner Live in Birmingham | 1998 | Video | |
| More Unseen Fantasy Football: The Phoenix Years | 1998 | Video | |
| A Little Bit of Elvis | 1998 | TV Movie | |
| Fantasy World Cup | TV Series devised by - 1 episode, 1998 written by - 1 episode, 1998 | ||
| The Unseen Frank Skinner TV Show | 1997 | Video | |
| Frank Skinner Live at the London Palladium | 1996 | Video documentary | |
| Unseen Fantasy Football | 1996 | Video | |
| The Frank Skinner Show | 1995 | TV Series | |
| Fantasy Football: The Video | 1994 | Video | |
| Frank Skinner Live at the Apollo | 1994 | Video documentary | |
| Blue Heaven | 1992-1994 | TV Series writer - 7 episodes | |
| Frank Skinner Live | 1992 | Video documentary | |
| Packing Them In | 1992 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Bunch of Five | 1992 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
| Packet of Three | 1991 | TV Series 1 episode |
Actor
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Treasure | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Frank Skinner |
| Rotters | 2015 | TV Movie | Felix |
| The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night | 2014 | TV Movie | |
| Doctor Who | 2014 | TV Series | Perkins |
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | 2013 | TV Movie | Dalek Operator |
| Jam | 2009/II | Short | Derek Mumford |
| Uncle Max | 2008 | TV Series | Museum Security Guard |
| Shane | 2004 | TV Series | Shane |
| Time Gentlemen Please | 2000-2001 | TV Series | 'Cheeky' Alan Supple |
| Cinderella | 2000/II | TV Movie | Buttons |
| The Flint Street Nativity | 1999 | TV Movie | Ian Rotherham / Herod |
| Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds: Three Lions | 1996 | Video short | Stuart Pearce |
| Blue Heaven | 1992-1994 | TV Series | Frank Sandford |
| Do the Right Thing | 1994 | TV Series | |
| Woodcock | 1994 | TV Movie | Jasper, the Ship's Parrot |
| Packing Them In | 1992 | TV Series | Frank |
| Bunch of Five | 1992 | TV Series | Frank |
| Packet of Three | 1991 | TV Series | Frank |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITV Sport: Euro 2016 | 2016 | TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode | |
| History of the Euros | 2016 | TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Three Lions" - uncredited | |
| Euro 96: The Summer Football Came Home | 2016 | TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Three Lions" | |
| Britain's Got More Talent | 2016 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode | |
| 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | 2015 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode | |
| The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World | 2015 | TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Three Lions" - uncredited | |
| Gent de paraula | 2011 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode | |
| EastEnders | 2010 | TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes | |
| The Frank Skinner Show | 2000 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Fußball ist unser Leben | 2000 | performer: "Three Lions '98 - Football's Coming Home" - as Skinner / writer: "Three Lions '98 - Football's Coming Home" | |
| Playing the Field | 1999 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode | |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1998 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Brit Awards 1997 | 1997 | TV Special lyrics: "Three Lions" - uncredited | |
| Top of the Pops | 1996 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode |
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room 101 | 1995-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter / Himself - Host / Himself - Guest |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Good Morning Britain | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Landscape Artist of the Year | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Dying Laughing | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Alan Shearer's Euro 96: When Football Came Home | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter / Dan Leno / Max Miller / ... |
| Bring the Noise | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| Taskmaster | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Celebrity Squares | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Have I Got News for You | 1992-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest Presenter / Himself - Guest Captain |
| Sunday Brunch | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| This Morning | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| QI | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Doctor Who Extra | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Last Leg | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2001-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| I Love My Country | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
| Let's Dance for Comic Relief | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Judge / Himself - Panellist |
| Just Dandy | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Fairport Convention, Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| John Bishop's Sport Relief Hell | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Mark Lawson Talks to... | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| That Sunday Night Show | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Imagine | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Opinionated | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Frank Skinner on George Formby | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian / Himself |
| QI Genesis | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (credit only) |
| The Rob Brydon Show | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| 24 Hour Panel People | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| The One Show | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The British Comedy Awards 2010-Nominations Show | 2011 | TV Special | |
| Little Crackers | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Huge | 2010 | Himself | |
| Late Review | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Commentator |
| GMTV | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sport Relief 2010 | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| The Bubble | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Live from Studio Five | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Children in Need | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Around the World in 80 Days | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Himself - Narrator |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 1999-2009 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Host / Himself - Team Captain |
| You Have Been Watching | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Alan Carr: Chatty Man | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Loose Women | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mock the Week | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| What the Dickens? | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Question Time | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Genius | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Horizon | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Panorama | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Reporter |
| A Question of Sport | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Wright Stuff | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| This Week | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Have I Got News for You: The Inevitable Internet Spin-Off | 2008 | TV Series short | Himself - Guest Captain / Himself |
| The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
| Comics Britannia | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Tough Gig | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Culture Show | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Reporter |
| Play It Again | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| Frank Skinner: Live from the NIA Birmingham | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Top of the Pops | 1998-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Al Murray | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Orange Playlist | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| UK Radio Aid | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned | 2000-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| What Ron Said | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Match of the Day 2 | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Harry Hill: An Audience with Harry Hill | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Parkinson | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fantasy Football League | 1994-2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Rise of the Celebrity Class | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comedy from Merton to Enfield | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Comic Relief Does University Challenge | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself |
| RIP 2002 | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / interviewee |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1998-2002 | TV Series | Himself Johnnie Ray Elvis Costello |
| Sport Relief | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| An Audience with Lulu | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Brit Awards 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| There's Only One Elvis | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Frank Skinner on Frank Skinner | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The British Comedy Awards 2001 | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned Live from London's West End | 2001 | Video | Himself |
| The Frank Skinner Show | 1995-2001 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The South Bank Show | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| 40 Years on Coronation Street | 2000 | TV Special | Himself |
| SexTV | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Harry Hill | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Tom Jones | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Frank Skinner Live in Birmingham | 1998 | Video | Himself |
| More Unseen Fantasy Football: The Phoenix Years | 1998 | Video | Himself |
| Everyman | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| A Little Bit of Elvis | 1998 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Fantasy World Cup | 1998 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Clive Anderson All Talk | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Brit Awards 1997 | 1997 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter, Best British Video Award |
| The Unseen Frank Skinner TV Show | 1997 | Video | Himself |
| An Audience with Ronnie Corbett | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Election 97 | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| An Audience with Bruce Forsyth | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Frank Skinner Live at the London Palladium | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Unseen Fantasy Football | 1996 | Video | Himself |
| TFI Friday | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| They Think It's All Over | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Clive Anderson Talks Back | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fantasy Football: The Video | 1994 | Video | Himself |
| The Royal Variety Performance | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Games World | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frank Skinner Live at the Apollo | 1994 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Gamesmaster | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gagtag | 1994 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
| Do the Right Thing | 1994 | TV Series | Himself - Panellist |
| Frank Skinner Live | 1992 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Amnesty International's Big 30 | 1991 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Des O'Connor Tonight | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Word | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Greatest Stand-Ups | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Greatest TV Comedy Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Britney Spears (uncredited) |
| Favouritism | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Britain's Favourite Comedian | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' | 2002 | Video | Himself |
| Night of a Thousand Faces | 2001 | TV Special | Anne Robinson |
| Top of the Pops | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Have I Got News for You | 2010-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Presenter |
| It Was Alright in the 70s | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| QI | 2011-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Greatest Stand Up Comedians | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - 8th Place |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Unforgettable Bob Monkhouse | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| England's Worst Ever Football Team | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Mock the Week | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| TV Burp | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Question of Sport | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Won awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Entertainment Personality | The Frank Skinner Show (1995) |
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| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on the 1966 World Cup final] I watched it live and I remember it being awful. |
| 2 | [in 2015] I would say without doubt the last 20 years of American TV drama apart from Gotham (2014) I'd be happy to watch incinerated. |
| 3 | [on Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise] I'll tell you something about Morecambe and Wise, if you ever watch an entire Morecambe and Wise show, not just highlights, they're brilliant with André Previn and they're brilliant when they do that thing where they throw toast at each other. For 25 minutes in their 40 year career they were absolutely fantastic and that's the only 25 minutes. One year they showed a load of Christmas specials, the full thing. Watch the full thing. Terrible. But some brilliant bits but I knew the brilliant bits 'cause it's those 20 minutes of brilliant bits that you just see. Don't get me wrong, I think he was a naturally funny bloke, Eric, but most of the show, nowadays, would be torn to pieces. |
| 4 | Occasionally you have to stand back and think: don't just listen to what everyone's saying, what do I think? What do I think? Queen! No! I don't like Queen. They weren't a serious band. They didn't use to be a serious band and people have misremembered them. They were like Showaddywaddy to rock music, what Showaddywaddy was to rock and roll. I'm not condemning anyone who loves them, I'm just saying my own personal thing. I don't object to other people liking it, I just think there's a thing that happened that Freddie Mercury died and suddenly they became a serious proposition. |
| 5 | [on suggestions Trading Places (1983) is racist, sexist and homophobic] In those days that was a rattling good review. |
| 6 | [on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] Is it just me or are Indiana Jones and Freddy Krueger getting closer together? |
| 7 | I vote Labour because I have an emotional attachment to my working-class background and I like the idea of being someone who cares about the lowly more than my own tax rate. Obviously, that wavers but I feel like the moment I vote, I am seeing through that ideal of myself. |
| 8 | I'll watch it, obviously, but I'd much rather Albion stay up than England win the World Cup. No contest at all. |
| 9 | I quite like the Germans. They're like us: they drink a lot of beer and they dress badly. And I think we could learn a lot more from them about football than we could from, say, the Italians, whose players are so different from ours. |
| 10 | As you get older you get your priorities straight. I don't have children but I have the Albion. |
| 11 | I don't watch cookery programmes. Not because I don't like the swearing, I don't like the cookery. |
| 12 | [on presenting Panorama (1953) in 2009] If you're going to have tennis coverage, you ask Sue Barker. If you're going to have something about offensive material, you ask me. |
| 13 | You know, Chaucer (Geoffrey Chaucer) used swearing. It's a very time-honoured language part and shouldn't be ghettoised the way it is just because some people don't like it. I don't want people using so much swearing that there's a blanket ban because there won't be then any room for the clever swearing, the beautiful, eloquent swearing. So I just think we need to back off on the stuff that's not necessary. But I think it's absolutely important that we keep swearing as a tool, a comic tool for television and any other area of comedy. |
| 14 | My CD collection has become The Fall and the rest. This is terrible. I've got the new Sigur Rós album, which I really like and I'm thinking, 'this is great, but I could be listening to The Fall'. |
| 15 | [at the Lord Of The Rings premiere] Did I like it? Well, it's like Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) but without the jokes. |
| 16 | I hate classical music in all its manifestations. |
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