# The Frank Skinner Show

The Frank Skinner Show is a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted nine series on British television between 1995 and 2005.
As well as celebrity interviews, the shows includes an initial stand-up routine, various sketches throughout the episode and usually concludes with a comedic song featuring Skinner and the guest stars. The Frank Skinner Show became notorious over the years for the unconventional nature of the interviews, including some shocking revelations from the guests.
It was screened on BBC One from its first episode on 10 September 1995 until 3 June 1999.
In 2000, the show moved to ITV. The programme was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2001.

## Series guide
### Series 1 (1995–96)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 1 | 10 September 1995 | Charlie Kray, Buzz Aldrin |
| 2 | 2 | 17 September 1995 | Ivana Trump |
| 3 | 3 | 24 September 1995 | Bonnie Langford |
| 4 | 4 | 1 October 1995 | Marvin Hagler |
| 5 | 5 | 8 October 1995 | Kato Kaelin |
| 6 | 6 | 15 October 1995 | Myra Gale Brown |
| Xmas | — | 29 December 1996 | Tony Blair, Terry Wogan |

### Series 2 (1997–98)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 7 | 2 January 1997 | Gene Wilder |
| 2 | 8 | 9 January 1997 | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 3 | 9 | 16 January 1997 | Barry Manilow fans |
| 4 | 10 | 23 January 1997 | Alexander McQueen |
| 5 | 11 | 30 January 1997 | Michael Palin |
| 6 | 12 | 6 February 1997 | Thora Hird |
| Xmas | — | 24 December 1998 | Melanie C, Gennifer Flowers, Aled Jones |

### Series 3 (1999)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 13 | 15 April 1999 | Fiona Allen, Nick Moran |
| 2 | 14 | 22 April 1999 | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Alan Hansen |
| 3 | 15 | 29 April 1999 | Caroline Aherne, Kenny Rogers |
| 4 | 16 | 6 May 1999 | Gail Porter, Michael Aspel |
| 5 | 17 | 13 May 1999 | Dale Winton, Germaine Greer |
| 6 | 18 | 20 May 1999 | Zoë Ball, Eric Clapton |
| 7 | 19 | 27 May 1999 | Charlie Dimmock, David Essex |
| 8 | 20 | 3 June 1999 | Anthea Turner, Martin Kemp |

### Series 4 (2000)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 21 | 2 October 2000 | Paul McKenna, Bjork |
| 2 | 22 | 9 October 2000 | Jamie Oliver, Denise Lewis |
| 3 | 23 | 16 October 2000 | Debra Stephenson, Max Bygraves |
| 4 | 24 | 23 October 2000 | Joe Pasquale, Lorraine Kelly |
| 5 | 25 | 30 October 2000 | Kelly Brook, Fatboy Slim |
| 6 | 26 | 6 November 2000 | Charlotte Church, Tracey Ullman |
| 7 | 27 | 13 November 2000 | Samantha Fox, Noel Gallagher |
| 8 | 28 | 20 November 2000 | David Ginola, Mel C |
| 9 | 29 | 27 November 2000 | Julie Hesmondhalgh, Richard Wilson |
| 10 | 30 | 6 December 2000 | Katy Hill, Noddy Holder |

### Series 5 (2001–02)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 32 | 13 October 2001 | Gabby Logan, Ant & Dec |
| 2 | 33 | 20 October 2001 | Bruce Forsyth, Tracy Shaw |
| 3 | 34 | 27 October 2001 | Bill Wyman, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson |
| 4 | 35 | 3 November 2001 | Eddie Izzard, Cliff Richard |
| 5 | 36 | 11 November 2001 | Paul Gascoigne |
| 6 | 37 | 18 November 2001 | Boy George, Jordan |
| 7 | 38 | 25 November 2001 | Sean Bean, Simon Cowell |
| 8 | 39 | 2 December 2001 | Ulrika Jonsson, Charlotte Church |
| 9 | 40 | 9 December 2001 | Johnny Vegas, Dido |
| 10 | 41 | 16 December 2001 | Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Steve Coogan |
| 11 | 42 | 26 December 2001 | Vinnie Jones, Nicky Byrne, Brian McFadden |
| 12 | 43 | 26 January 2002 | Britney Spears |

### Series 6 (2002)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 44 | 10 September 2002 | Kyle MacLachlan, Dave Gorman, Will Young |
| 2 | 45 | 17 September 2002 | Rhona Cameron, Geri Halliwell |
| 3 | 46 | 24 September 2002 | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alison Moyet, Chris Tarrant |
| 4 | 47 | 1 October 2002 | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Brenda Blethyn, LL Cool J |
| 5 | 48 | 8 October 2002 | Ian Thorpe, Dolly Parton, Natalie & Nicole Appleton |
| 6 | 49 | 15 October 2002 | Charles Kennedy, Ronan Keating, Pamela Anderson |
| 7 | 50 | 22 October 2002 | Samuel L. Jackson, Rachael Stirling, Myleene Klass |
| 8 | 51 | 29 October 2002 | Robin Gibb, Martine McCutcheon, Harry Hill |
| 9 | 52 | 5 November 2002 | Heidi Klum, Vinnie Jones, Atomic Kitten |
| 10 | 53 | 12 November 2002 | George Foreman, Moby, Elton John |
| 11 | 54 | 26 November 2002 | Chandeep Uppal, David Dickinson, Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
| 12 | 55 | 3 December 2002 | Carol Vorderman, Jack Ryder, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere |

### Series 7 (2003)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 56 | 6 October 2003 | Jordan, Blue, Francesca Martinez |
| 2 | 57 | 13 October 2003 | Hilary Duff, Elvis Costello, Sally Lindsay |
| 3 | 58 | 20 October 2003 | Al Murray, Kym Marsh, Myleene Klass, Phil Taylor |
| 4 | 59 | 27 October 2003 | Helen Mirren, Matthew Kelly, Frank Maloney |
| 5 | 60 | 3 November 2003 | Kelly Osbourne, Helen Fielding, Brian and Kerry McFadden |
| 6 | 61 | 14 November 2003 | Michael Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Stipe |
| 7 | 62 | 17 November 2003 | Johnny Vegas, David Seaman, Cheryl Tweedy, Kimberley Walsh |
| 8 | 63 | 24 November 2003 | Ron Jeremy, Brenda Blethyn, Mo Mowlam |
| 9 | 64 | 1 December 2003 | Martin Johnson, Will Greenwood, James Bourne, Matt Jay |
| 10 | 65 | 8 December 2003 | Justin Hawkins, Fern Britton, Phillip Schofield, Hayley Westenra |
| 11 | 66 | 15 December 2003 | Jamie Lee Curtis, Jamie Oliver, Fran Healy, Dougie Payne |
| 12 | 67 | 22 December 2003 | Jasper Carrott, Rosanna Davison, Dave Gorman |

### Series 8 (2004)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 68 | 14 October 2004 | Richard Dreyfuss, La Toya Jackson, Har Mar Superstar |
| 2 | 69 | 21 October 2004 | Pamela Anderson, Graham Coxon, Stan Collymore |
| 3 | 70 | 28 October 2004 | Jamelia, Franz Ferdinand, Brian McFadden |
| 4 | 71 | 4 November 2004 | Kathy Burke, Rufus Wainwright, George Best |
| 5 | 72 | 11 November 2004 | Paula Radcliffe, Ron Atkinson, Joss Stone |
| 6 | 73 | 18 November 2004 | Shania Twain, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Peter Andre, Jordan, Snow Patrol |
| 7 | 74 | 25 November 2004 | Michael Parkinson, Shane MacGowan, Goldie Lookin Chain, Status Quo |
| 8 | 75 | 2 December 2004 | Kelly Brook, Simon Callow, Jools Holland, Tom Jones |
| 9 | 76 | 9 December 2004 | Leigh Francis, Davina McCall, Morrissey |
| 10 | 77 | 16 December 2004 | Amanda Holden, Paul Burrell, Frank Lampard, Kasabian |
| 11 | 78 | 23 December 2004 | Jo Brand, David Coulthard, Patrick Stewart, Embrace |

### Series 9 (2005)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | 79 | 29 September 2005 | Andrew Flintoff, Jon Bon Jovi, Danny Jones, t.A.T.u |
| 2 | 80 | 6 October 2005 | James Nesbitt, Ringo Starr, Jo Brand |
| 3 | 81 | 13 October 2005 | Gene Simmons, Craig David, The Cheeky Girls, Omid Djalili |
| 4 | 82 | 20 October 2005 | Ryan Giggs, Backstreet Boys, McFly |
| 5 | 83 | 27 October 2005 | George Galloway, Terry Gilliam, Zoë Ball |
| 6 | 84 | 3 November 2005 | Alice Cooper, Lee Mack, Sheryl Crow |
| 7 | 85 | 10 November 2005 | Ozzy Osbourne, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee |
| 8 | 86 | 17 November 2005 | Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Carol Vorderman, Sugababes |
| 9 | 87 | 24 November 2005 | Steve Irwin, Rory Bremner, Nigel Harman |
| 10 | 88 | 1 December 2005 | John McEnroe, Westlife, David Mitchell, Robert Webb |
| 11 | 89 | 8 December 2005 | Gary Lineker, Al Murray, Jamie Bell |
| 12 | 90 | 15 December 2005 | Carol Thatcher, Mel Brooks, Girls Aloud |