Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner is a comedian, broadcaster and writer whose stand-up career began in 1987. He won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1991 and went on to create The Frank Skinner Show.

With David Baddiel he presented Fantasy Football and Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned; the pair also worked with the Lightning Seeds on Three Lions. His later television work includes Room 101 and Portrait Artist of the Year. He has written autobiographies and the essay collection Dispatches from the Sofa, and developed a further audience through radio and his poetry podcast.