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Frank Skinner

July 2024

  • l-r: Daran Johnson, Al Roberts and Liam Williams

    ‘We write something and it can be in the show that night’: comedy trio Sheeps on the freedom of Edinburgh fringe

    The cult heroes are back with their ‘best sketches ever’. After success with Ladhood, Stath Lets Flats and Parlement, are they still hoping for that elusive Sheeps TV series?

February 2024

  • Frank Skinner

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: One Person Found This Helpful; Straight to the Comments!; The Rise and Rise of the Microchip; Capital Breakfast – review

    Frank Skinner’s new Radio 4 panel show is a winner; the Daily Mail goes below the line; Misha Glenny gives us microchips with everything; and Capital gains Radio 1 star Jordan North

December 2023

  • Frank Skinner for the Observer Magazine.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

    From Suede to quiz whiz Carol Vorderman: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in December 2023
  • Serving up the unexpected … Ian McKellen in Player Kings and comedian Julia Masli

    2024 culture preview
    The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024

    The new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilbert and Ania Magliano
  • ‘In my drinking years, I had adventures every day’: Frank Skinner wears a suit by Alexander McQueen.

    ‘I can be quite well behaved’: Frank Skinner on standup, rude jokes and what the kids got right

    Comedian Frank Skinner is preparing to unleash his new standup show – and this time he says he’s cleaning up his act

August 2023

  • Frank Skinner is performing 30 Years of Dirt at Edinburgh

    Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt review – a celebration of smut

    Is the fringe veteran stretching himself? No, but his laconic style is deceptive: he’s never less than beadily alert

July 2023

  • Frank Skinner photographed in London by Antonio Olmos for the Observer.

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Frank Skinner: ‘I’ve always operated near the line. If it moves, I move with it’

  • Lead singer Jarvis Cocker performing with Pulp at the Castlefield Bowl in Manchester. It is Pulp's first gig in Manchester in 22 years.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

April 2023

  • Frank Skinner.

    Frank Skinner says former radio co-host Gareth Richards is fighting for his life

    Comedian broke down in tears live on air as he told listeners his friend was involved in serious road accident

December 2022

  • Brian May, Grayson Perry, Frank Skinner and Denise Lewis

    New year honours 2023: Mary Quant and Lionesses among those recognised

    Brian May and Grayson Perry are knighted, Denise Lewis is made a dame and Frank Skinner becomes MBE

November 2022

  • From left, David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and Ian Broudie. Jumpers from notjustclothing.co.uk and grooming by Estelle Horder.

    The G2 interview
    ‘It’s a song about losing!’ Skinner, Baddiel and Broudie on 26 years of Three Lions – and bringing it up to date

  • A screenshot from the New Lightning Seeds Football Song with Baddiel and Skinner

    ‘One more go for the blokes’: Skinner and Baddiel record festive Three Lions track

August 2022

  • From left: Ian Broudie from the Lightning Seeds with comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel in 1998.

    Three Lions anthem could be ‘put to bed’ after Euro 2022 win, says David Baddiel

    Women have reset clock after more than five decades of pain, says comedian who co-wrote 1996 song

July 2022

  • Frank Skinner, comedian, actor, presenter and writer

    The G2 interview
    ‘There’s never been a time when you could just say anything’: Frank Skinner on free speech, his bullying shame – and knob jokes

  • Three of Edinburgh’s finest … Phil Wang, Sophie Duker and Ian McKellen.

    Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

July 2021

  • Fans watching England v Ukraine in Croydon, where Atomic Kitten performed their ode to Gareth Southgate.

    ‘That’s a belter!’ Three Lions and football singalongs storm the charts

    Volley of fan favourites including Sweet Caroline and Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again climb the table ahead of Sunday’s Euros final

June 2021

  • Ian Broudie from the Lightening Seeds (left to right) with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel ahead of France 98, the second outing for Three Lions.

    From New Order to Chris Kamara: England’s best and worst tournament songs

    England football songs have run the gamut of emotions from misty-eyed hope to the musical expression of deep psychological malaise
  • ‘The FA said: “How many footballers do you want to sing on it?’ … David Baddiel, Ian Broudie and Frank Skinner.

    How we made
    How we made Three Lions: David Baddiel and Ian Broudie on England’s Euro 96 anthem

    ‘I heard German fans singing it after they knocked England out. I had to resist throwing a TV out of the window’
  • Illustration about England's Euro 1996 adventure and its wider cultural significance

    Never stopped me dreaming: how Euro 96 illuminated our world

    Twenty-five years ago, when football last came home, the Euros captured the hope and spirit of the time. Is there any chance this year’s tournament can do the same?

October 2020

  • ‘Don’t worry – trust me!’ ... Frank Skinner.

    From standup to stanzas: Frank Skinner's terrific guide to poetry

    The comedian’s new podcast is bursting with enthusiasm for poems. If standup forces him to be funny, here he forces himself to be true
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