Michael McIntyre's Big Show
6:45 pm - 7:45 pm, Saturday, January 31 on BBC One London (1)
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About this Broadcast
Season 9, Episode 3
Frank Skinner takes part in an edition of Remember Me, Rob Rinder helps surprise a member of the public in the Unexpected Star of the Show segment and Michael takes his Wheel on Wheels van to a holiday park in Dorset. With music by the Celebrity Traitors star Cat Burns
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Cast & Crew
Michael McIntyre
(Presenter)
Frank Skinner
(Guest)
Rob Rinder
(Guest)
Cat Burns
(Musical guest)
Rhe-an Archibald
(Executive producer)
Dan Baldwin
(Executive producer)
James Pratt
(Series producer)
Sarah Mittell
(Series producer)
Simon Staffurth
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Michael McIntyre
(Presenter)
Born:
February 21, 1976
in
London
Best Known For:
Coming from obscurity to being the biggest name in comedy seemingly overnight
Early-life:
Born in 1976, in South London to a dancer and comedy writer Ray Cameron, McIntyre had a thoroughly middle-class upbringing that he describes as being entirely short of misery or material. He did his first open mic spot in 2001 having dropped out of a biology degree at Edinburgh University.
Career:
Hailed as the best new stand-up to emerge in a decade, Michael has taken the comedy world by storm. He delivered electrifying sets on both We Are Not Amused (Prince Charles's 60th birthday celebrations on ITV1) and the Royal Variety Performance (BBC One), plus a stand-out performance as host on the first episode of BBC One's Live at the Apollo, leading to the Comedy Roadshow vehicle.
Quote:
"Don't Man City and Man United sound a bit like gay clubs? 'Where you off to tonight? Man City? We're off to Man United. And a bit later we're off to the MEN Arena.'"
Trivia:
His debut DVD release, Michael McIntyre Live & Laughing, became the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD of all time, selling more than 600,000 copies.
Frank Skinner
(Guest)
Born:
January 28, 1957
in
West Bromwich
Best Known For:
Penning football anthem Three Lions.
Early-life:
Born Graham Christopher Collins on January 27, 1957, in the West Midlands suburb of Oldbury, but he is better known by his stage name Frank Skinner. He is the youngest of former semi-professional footballer John Collins and his wife Doris's four children. He has a Masters degree in English literature and, after a spell of unemployment, became a lecturer. He gave that up in 1989 to become a professional stand-up comedian. He was known as Graham to his family and Chris to his friends, but renamed himself Frank Skinner after a member of his father's dominoes team because Equity already had a Chris Collins on their books.
Career:
A four-year slog on the comedy circuit, financed by a string of day jobs, led to Skinner establishing his own club in Birmingham. The work paid off in 1991, when he won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival ahead of Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard. Fantasy Football League and Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned catapulted Skinner and his co-host David Baddiel into the mainstream during the 1990s and early 2000s. Skinner's solo work has included his own ITV chat show and short-lived sitcom Shane. In 2005, Skinner announced he was to turn his back on TV to return to his stand-up roots, but has since returned with various documentaries and as host of Room 101. He also co-presents a Saturday-morning show on Absolute Radio.
Quote:
"Being a celebrity is great - it's a lot easier than working in a factory, and I've done both. Everyone is loathe to say, 'My life is fabulous', but I'm pretty happy with mine. I like signing autographs and chatting to people."
Trivia:
Skinner plays the ukelele like his hero, George Formby, and wrote and performed the Radio 4 comedy series Don't Start.
Rob Rinder
(Guest)
Cat Burns
(Musical guest)
Rhe-an Archibald
(Executive producer)
Dan Baldwin
(Executive producer)
James Pratt
(Series producer)
Sarah Mittell
(Series producer)
Simon Staffurth
(Director)
