Frank Skinner

Career: comedian, presenter and writer; sometime English tutor Halesowen Coll Birmingham, first stand-up gig at the Birmingham Anglers' Association 1987; stand-up incl: Frank Skinner Live at the Apollo 1994, Frank Skinner Live at the London Palladium 1996, Frank Skinner Live in Birmingham 1998, UK tour 2007; columnist The Times 2009-11, host Credit Crunch Caberet (Lyric Theatre London) 2009, host Saturday Morning Frank Skinner's Absolute Radio Show 2009-, host Desert Island Discs 2010, host Baddiel and Skinner's Absolute Radio Podcasts SA World Cup 2010; Perrier Award 1991, Sony Radio Award nomination 2006 ( for Baddiel and Skinner World Cup Podcast), Sony Radio Silver Award 2010 (for Absolute Radio Show), Sony Award for Best Entertainment Prog 2011 (for Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio), Best Entertainment Prog Sony Radio Acad Silver Award 2012 (for Absolute Radio Show); pres Dr Johnson Soc 2010-11; Hon DUniv Central England in Birmingham, Hon DUniv Wolverhampton 2009; Theatre incl: Art 1999, Cooking with Elvis 2000; Television incl: Packet of Three 1991, Fantasy Football League 1994, The Frank Skinner Show 1995-, Fantasy World Cup 1998, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned 2000-, Shane 2004-, Frank Skinner's Opinionated 2010-11, Room 101 2012-

Books and Publications: Singles writer and singer (with David Baddiel, qv, and The Lightning Seeds): Three Lions (official song for Euro '96, UK no 1 (twice), Germany no 17, NME Brat Award 1996), Three Lions '98 (UK no 1) Frank Skinner on Frank Skinner (2001), Frank Skinner On the Road (2008)