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Comedian Frank Skinner announces his departure from Absolute Radio after 15 years and he admits he 'didn't take it well'


The broadcaster and comedian, 67, has been on Absolute Radio since 2009 where he hosts the Saturday breakfast slot The Frank Skinner Show alongside co-hosts Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie.

The broadcaster and comedian, 67, has been on Absolute Radio since 2009 where he hosts the Saturday breakfast slot The Frank Skinner Show alongside co-hosts Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie, but his contract has not been renewed Frank met David Baddiel on the comedy circuit and they began sharing a flat, and re-created their matey lifestyle on the TV show Fantasy Football League (pictured in 1997) He was expelled from school at 16 and worked in the local foundry 'hammering lumps of metal into shape', but hated it so much that he went to night classes, gaining A-levels, an English degree and finally an MA.

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