Following Absolute Radio’s decision to end Frank Skinner’s radio show six months ago, it will return as a twice-weekly podcast in partnership with Adelicious.
Running for 15 years, the award-winning radio show, picked up four gold awards at the ARIAs for Best Speech Programme (2011 and 2014), Best Entertainment/Comedy Production (2017) and Best Community Programme featuring Al Gore (2018).
The hugely popular show achieved over 100 million podcast downloads since launch, making it one of the most successful radio podcasts in the UK, and saw Frank inducted into the Radio Academy’s Hall of Fame in 2015. In May 2024, in the week after it was cancelled, the radio show was nominated for the Best Comedy award at the ARIAs.
Frank Off The Radio, The Frank Skinner Podcast will feature two episodes, on Friday and Monday each week.
Former co-hosts broadcaster, author and podcaster Emily Dean along with comedian and writer Pierre Novellie are reuniting with Frank for the podcast.
The critically acclaimed Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast, which regularly reached the top podcast charts nationwide, will also return in partnership with Adelicious with more information in due course.
Frank Skinner said: “It’s like in those old movies when the kids get rejected by the big theatre and one of them says ‘why don’t we do the show right here in the barn?’ I think the barn will suit us fine.”
Produced by Avalon, Frank Off The Radio, The Frank Skinner Podcast will be available from 11 October on all mainstream podcast platforms. The show can be contacted at Frankofftheradio@avalonuk.com.
