Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins on 27 January 1957 in West Bromwich) is an English writer and award-winning comedian, best known for the hit football song "Three Lions" with David Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds, as well as presenting, alongside Baddiel, the hit comedy show Fantasy Football League. He is currently a radio presenter on the Saturday morning slot on Absolute Radio.
He was born at Sandwell General Hospital, and grew up...
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Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins on 27 January 1957 in West Bromwich) is an English writer and award-winning comedian, best known for the hit football song "Three Lions" with David Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds, as well as presenting, alongside Baddiel, the hit comedy show Fantasy Football League. He is currently a radio presenter on the Saturday morning slot on Absolute Radio.
He was born at Sandwell General Hospital, and grew up at 189 Bristnall Hall Road, a council house in neighbouring Oldbury. He was the youngest of four children born to West Cornforth-born former semi-professional footballer John Collins and his wife Doris. He has two older brothers, Keith and Terry, as well as an older sister called Norah. His father had played for Spennymoor United before the Second World War, and met his mother in a local pub after Spennymoor had played West Bromwich Albion in an FA Cup game in 1937. He attended Moat Farm Infant School from 1961 to 1964, St. Hubert's Roman...
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