Frank Skinner
- 68 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 40
Divine comedy: how sacred is stand-up?
Catholic comedian Frank Skinner wants stand-ups to take on the so-called 'atheist establishment'. But does this even exist?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th September 2011Subversive believers will have the last laugh (Frank Skinner)
Frank Skinner is in good company with his attack on the atheist establishment.
Cristina Odone, The Telegraph, 19th September 2011Frank Skinner: Ant and Dec are pure evil
Frank Skinner has branded Ant and Dec "pure evil" in an over-the-top comic rant about their latest game show.
Jen Blackburn, The Sun, 17th September 2011Frank Skinner: Atheists are a threat
Frank Skinner has claimed that atheists are as big a threat to humanity as climate change deniers.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th September 2011Frank Skinner: A tribute to a national treasure
Frank Skinner is to star in Don't Start a new BBC Radio 4 comedy opposite IT Crowd's Katherine Parkinson next month and as far as I'm concerned you can't have too much of this comedy great.
Andrew Woods, Sabotage Times, 15th September 2011Room 101 gets new format with new host Skinner
Room 101 will be presented in a new format when it returns to TV with new host Frank Skinner.
British Comedy Guide, 12th September 2011Frank Skinner to host show about social class
Frank Skinner is to host a one-off comedy special called Class Dismissed, which looks at the topic of social class.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2011Frank Skinner to host new Room 101 series
Production company Hat Trick has announced a 12th series of Room 101, with Frank Skiner as host.
British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2011Frank Skinner & Archbishop of Canterbury to have debate
Comedian Frank Skinner and the Archbishop of Canterbury are to debate faith, comedy and football.
Kent News, 19th July 2011He's a great stand-up and I love his sitcom, Not Going Out. So my expectations were already ridiculously high for Lee Mack's new talk show, Lee Mack's All Star Cast which made its debut on BBC 1, Friday night. I wasn't disappointed.
Despite the fact that it was all fairly shambolic and chaotic - like it had been shot and edited on a shoestring budget for Channel 5 - the strength of Lee Mack's character and his sharp Northern wit kept it entertaining and fast paced from beginning to end.
During the show guests Frank Skinner and Fern Britton were invited to guess who various audience members were supposed to look like and choose their most embarrassing stories - all very Graham Norton, though somehow much more engaging. Lee Mack was also great in his ability to take the piss out of his guests without them taking umbrage.
But without doubt the best bit of the show was the sketch which saw Mack in his bed sit trying to get Tess Daly to ditch her hubbie 'Peter Kay' and sleep with him while being serenaded by James Blunt taking off his monster hit, You're Beautiful.
It was all reminiscent of Eric Morecambe at his best (indeed there was an Eric Morecambe poster on the door of the bed sit). And Tess Daly's acting skills were a revelation. She could have found it all rather embarrassing but really went along with it.
Looking forward to the next one, though I hope they manage to sort out the editing!
TV Scoop, 20th June 2011