Frank Skinner has revealed that he is to leave his Absolute Radio show in May after 15 years.
The 67-year old joined the broadcaster in 2009 and was even inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2015. Now, however, the veteran comedian has told his Saturday morning listeners of the Frank Skinner Show that he is to move on.
Frank joked that every year he has poked fun at himself, believing the stations bosses won’t renew his contract. This time that has proven the case – with Absolute choosing to go in a new direction.
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The Three Lions singer explained: “My manager (called)… you know every year, about this time, we’ve just celebrated our 15th anniversary on the show, so obviously that means the new contract is coming, and every year I do self-deprecating jokes about the fact that we probably won’t get it renewed,” reports the Express.
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Frank continued: “Guess what?! Yeah, we didn’t! So we’re not just going now, I’m not going to say bye and that’s the end we’ve got, like, several other, we’ve got some notice to serve, but yeah, but no that was um… that’s it!
“We had a good run but I realise that in recent times but I am ever more becoming Grandad from The Simpsons, but even so, I’m not going to pretend I took it… well.”
Frank added: “I took it well in that we’ve had 15 years and Absolute have actually been very, very good to us in those 15 years but I didn’t take it well, I took it well in the way David Tennant took it well as the tenth Doctor when he started to regenerate and said: ‘I don’t want to go!'”
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Praising Frank, Absolute Radio boss Paul Sylvester said: “Frank has been a huge part of the Absolute Radio story and after 15 years this is truly the end of an era. We are hugely grateful for the contribution he’s made to both Saturday mornings and our charity comedy nights at the London Palladium.
“We’ll share details of our future summer schedule in due course, but there’s still a few more weeks to enjoy Frank, Emily and Pierre on Saturday mornings.”
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Comic Frank – real name Christopher Graham Collins – has been busy touring his 30 Years of Dirt show, which takes in stops in cities including Milton Keynes, Brighton and Leeds in April, with more dates to follow in May and June.
He was awarded an MBE last year for services to entertainment – 36 years after first appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Frank’s previous work includes shows such as Fantasy Football and Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned, with his pal David Baddiel.
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