Frank Skinner
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Geraint Thomas wins BBC’s sports personality of the year
- Other Sports
- December 17, 2018, 08:06
The Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas rode a wave of public support to become the BBC’s sports personality of the year and continue cycling’s rec(...)
‘I'm Adrian Chiles and I’m not an alcoholic’
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 28, 2018
There are no strict criteria, but there are a few classic symptoms of alcoholism: Justifying your drinking because it helps you relax, sleep or feel b(...)
Three lions is once again being sung lustily by England fans
- Soccer
- June 27, 2018, 11:15
It’s coming home. Three simple words but yet so much more. Twenty-two years after it was first written, the refrain to three lions is once again being(...)
Sean Hughes: coruscating comic talent who never compromised
- Stage
- October 16, 2017
They were Irish comedy’s equivalent of the Famous Five, though nobody ever called them that. Michael Redmond, Kevin McAleer, Ian MacPherson, Owen O’Ne(...)
Fantasy sport an increasingly real business success
- Sport
- April 29, 2015, 03:00
It’s over 20 years since Fantasy Football League arrived on our television screens. Frank Skinner and David Baddiel on the sofa with Statto (Angus Lou(...)
David Baddiel: ‘It was weird being depressed and having to go on TV’
- People
- March 10, 2014, 01:00
‘Fame is a silly thing that makes your life absurd,” says David Baddiel, once a quarter of The Mary Whitehouse Exp(...)
Beckett is back: ‘It’s entirely unfair that he is seen as alien or grim’
- Culture
- August 19, 2013, 01:00
Seán Doran is a man who’s known for his big ideas, and – more importantly – for making them happen. The Derry-born artistic director has carpeted Traf(...)
