Frank Skinner

Gigglebox weekly #42 - Mark Lawson & Frank Skinner

There was very little in the way of new comedy on TV this week, but there was an hour-long, in-depth interview with Frank Skinner on BBC Four.

Frank Skinner meets former fling at book signing

Comic Frank Skinner has revealed his shock at coming face to face with a former one-night stand.

Frank Skinner's revived 'Room 101' ends series on low

Frank Skinner's revived Room 101 ended its new series with a whimper last night (Friday, March 9), the latest overnight data indicates.

John Prescott is among Frank Skinner's guests tonight in the last of the current series of Room 101 (BBC1, 8.30pm).

"Labour party legend," is how Frank actually introduces him. Bet he's not been called that before.

And among the former Deputy Prime Minister's gripes? Footballers' goal celebrations. Especially the whole lifting-the- shirt thing.

Frank, who of course is a West Bromwich Albion nut, warms to this theme, pointing out the problem with those celebrations where players have a pre-planned message scrawled on their T-shirt underneath - ready for the dramatic moment when, having hit the back of the net, they can reveal it to the crowd.

His concern is that for some players this wait can be a tad long. "A bloke scored at the Albion about two months ago," he goes, "and his T-shirt said, 'Who shot JR..?'"

Frank Skinner on being a first-time father at 55

Frank has opened his heart in an in-depth interview on how his relationship with girlfriend Cathy needed a little help in the past.

If Friday night panel shows are your thing, then you could do a lot worse than this likeable option hosted by an on-form Frank Skinner. Three celebrities compete to banish their pet hates to the hellish environs of Room 101. Tonight, former EastEnders actor Larry Lamb, comedian David O'Doherty and TV and radio presenter Lauren Laverne square off against each other, the last of whom wants to can fake tan ("We're walking around looking like a nation of Oompa Loompas," she laments).

Frank Skinner can't wait to be a first-time dad at 55

The comic has built a career as a hardened cynic - but he says his softer side is emerging now he's going to become a dad.

Frank Skinner's therapy before Sport Relief challenge

Frank Skinner is having therapy to cure his terror of water - so he can complete a swimming challenge and raise money for Sport Relief.

Frank Skinner is going to regret this episode for the rest of his life. Days after the announcement of the comedian's impending fatherhood, he puts "children" in the bin. OK, so he's aided and abetted by Alistair McGowan, who made the suggestion in the first place, but this is going to become top-class emotional leverage for Skinner Junior later on in life.

McGowan does warn us that he's morphed into a latter-day Victor Meldrew, but it's surprising just how angry he seems (perhaps the wind changed when he was filming Grumpy Old Men). Skinner's other guests are Dragon Hilary Devey and singer/songwriter Josh Groban, who can't compete with McGowan's glower.

Gruff-voiced businesswoman and Dragons' Den regular Hilary Devey, impressionist Alistair McGowan and American singer Josh Groban are Frank Skinner's guests on tonight's edition of the comedy panel show. As ever, there are no shortage of pet hates to be discussed, with particular vitriol reserved for supermarkets, the smoking ban and Valentine's Day.