Frank Skinner

First night review: Frank Skinner

Clown prince of laddism smartens up his act, but he could let rip.

Frank Skinner interview

Ahead of his return to stand-up, Frank Skinner explains why it's important to challenge sacred cows.

Frank Skinner interview

Before his hotly anticipated return to stand-up, the multi-talented and enduringly popular Frank Skinner opens up about sex, booze and Joan Bakewell.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Hal Cruttenden, Stewart Lee and Frank Skinner.

Over each new Saturday night game show hangs the spectre of Don't Scare the Hare. Remember it? In 2011, the floppy-eared flop was pulled from BBC1 before the first series ended. It came at a time when the thinking was that shows needed crazy set gimmicks: a robotic hare, a moving wall with a hole in, an Olympic diving pool. Tonight's new arrival doesn't bother with that; it just cranks up the idea of a celebrity quiz to such heights of fizzing, demented hilarity that it's hard not to get swept along.

Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan lead two teams answering British-themed questions from Gabby Logan. The Mayor of High Wycombe and the London School of Samba add local colour, and guest Charlotte Salt (from Casualty) gets a merciless ribbing on her surname. It's that kind of show.

Frank Skinner loving being a dad but now a 'baby bore'

He was famous for banging on about football all the time, but now Frank Skinner is a self-confessed baby bore.

Frank Skinner & Micky Flanagan finally get decent show

It really shouldn't work but, as GQ discovered when we were granted a sneak peek of the first episode, the considerable charisma of the three hosts carries a distinctly dubious premise. Here is what we loved about it...

Frank Skinner up for commercial radio award

Comedian Frank Skinner has been nominated for presenter of year in this year's Commercial Radio Awards.

If his chat show is anything to go by, Graham Norton could keep up his chirpy line in celeb quizzing in his sleep. Which is just as well, for tonight he embarks on a mammoth six-hour chat-athon in a Guinness Book of World Records bid to pose the most questions asked on a TV chat show. All in aid of Comic Relief. Our Graham's not flying solo, though - Frank Skinner and Terry Wogan are on the subs bench and there's music from Example, Paloma Faith, Hurts and Laura Mvula. Celeb guests chatting along include Louis Smith, Martin Freeman, Russell Tovey, Heston Blumenthal and Sarah Millican.