| First Name |
Frank
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| Last Name |
Skinner
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| Full Name at Birth |
Christopher Graham Collins
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| Alternative Name |
Christopher Collins, Chris, Graham, @FrankOnTheRadio - [twitter], Baddiel + Skinner + Lightning Seeds
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| Birthday |
28th January, 1957
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| Birthplace |
West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK
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| Height |
5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Hazel
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Distinctive Feature |
Former Alcoholic...
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Roman Catholic
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
[1961-64]
Moat Farm Infant School, [1964-68]
St. Hubert's Roman Catholic Junior School, [1968-73]
Oldbury Technical Secondary School, [????-??]
Oldbury Technical School Sixth Form, [????-??]
Warley College of Technology
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| University |
[1978-81] Birmingham Polytechnic (BA in English), [1981-82] University of Warwick in Coventry (MA in English Literature)
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| Occupation Text |
Comedian, TV Show Host, Writer, Actor, Radio Presenter
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| Occupation |
Comedian
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| Claim to Fame |
Longterm tv comedy partnership with David Baddiel
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Observational comedy, Blue comedy, Musical comedy
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| Year(s) Active |
1980 > ???? (worker : in a metal factory, 2001 > 2001 (winner : Best Comedy Entertainment Personality at The British Comedy Awards), 1994 > 2004 (presenter : *Fantasy Football League*), 1995 > 2005 (presenter : *The Frank Skinner Show*), 2009 > present (radio host : 'The Frank Skinner Show' on Absolute Radio), 2000 > 2005 (co-host : *Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned*), 2002 > 2018 (presenter : *Room 101*), 1996 > 1996 (lyricist : lyrics for official England football team song 'Three Lions'), 1996 > 1996 (vocalist : vocals for official England football team song 'Three Lions'), 197? > ???? (English lecturer : at Halesowen College in Dudley, England), 1991 > 1991 (winner : the Perrier Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh festival), 1987 > 1987 (stand-up comedian : performed first ever stand up comedy gig at the Portland Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham in December 1987 aged 30), 2001 > 2018 (author : 4 books), 2004 > 2004 (awardee : made the freeman of the borough for Sandwell, West Midlands), 1991 > 2018 (writer : 11 x TV Series), 1992 > 1996 (writer : 3 x Frank Skinner Live performances), 1994 > 1998 (writer : 5 x video shows), 1998 > 1998 (writer : 1 x tv film), 1998 > 2000 (singing performances : 3 x tv shows), 1991 > 2018 (actor : 9 x tv series), 2016 > 2016 (actor : 1 x tv mini-series), 1994 > 2015 (actor : 5 x tv films), 1996 > 2009 (actor : 3 x shorts), 1992 > 2018 (tv self : as series host / guest / panellist / interviewee / contestant / team captain / guest presenter), 2001 > 2001 (author : of autobiography "Skinner's autobiography, "Frank Skinner by Frank Skinner"), 2009 > 2011 (columnist : The Times), 2018 > 2018 (playwright : debut play 'Nina’s Got News'), 1990–present
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| Instrument (text) |
Guitar, Vocalist, Ukulele, Banjo
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| Record Label |
Absolute Radio (radio station), BBC 1 (tv channel), Channel 4 (tv channel), Arrow (book publisher), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (book publisher), Avalon Management Group Limited (audiobook publisher), Century (book publisher), Brown (book publisher), BBC Worldwide Limited (audiobook publisher), ITV (tv channel)
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| Official Websites |
www.frankskinnerlive.com, twitter.com/FrankOnTheRadio, www.facebook.com/Frank-Skinner-113353098680067/?ref=page_internal
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| Pets |
David Baddiel (frequent comedy partner), Lisa Jones (spouse)
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| Favorite People |
Elvis Presley, Eddie Izzard, George Formby, Geoffrey Chaucer, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Muhammad Ali, Emily Dean (radio show colleague), Alun Cochrane (radio show colleague), Steve Coogan, Ozzy Osbourne, Jo Brand, Paul Merton, Ray Galton (author), Alan Simpson (author), Tony Hancock, Jamie Oliver, Samuel Johnson, William Blake, Daniel Defoe, John Paul II, Paul VI Archbishop of Milan, Mother Theresa, Roger Daltrey, Rick Rubin (music producer), Daniel Day-Lewis, Joan Bakewell
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| Favorite Movies |
Beau Hunks, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Trading Places, Walk the Line
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| Favorite TV Shows |
Gotham, Hancock's Half Hour
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| Favorite Bands |
The Lightning Seeds, The Fall, Sigur Rós, The Who, Johnny Cash
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| Favorite Songs |
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
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| Favorite Books |
The New Testament
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| Favorite Places |
The Hawthorns
(West Bromwich Albion Home stadium), Hampstead, London, London, England, The Curator’s House in Gough Square, Westminster Abbey in London, Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey in London, Mr Topper’s hairdressers in Old Compton Street, London, London bendy buses, Farm Street Roman Catholic church in Mayfair, London, The original
Wembley Stadium, Daunt Books in Hampstead, London, Forbidden Planet comic shop on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, Fopp music and DVD shop in Covent Garden, London, Ben Sherman clothes shop in London, The National Gallery, London
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| Favorite Foods |
Salmon Pasta Dish
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Christopher Graham Collins (born 28 January 1957), known professionally as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. His television work includes Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004, The Frank Skinner Show from 1995 to 2005, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned from 2000 to 2005, and Room 101 from 2012 to 2018. From 2009 to 2024 he hosted The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, broadcast live on Saturday mornings and released as a podcast. In October 2024 Skinner launched the Frank Off The Radio podcast, with the same crew as the radio show.
