'Opinionated' return to BBC for Frank Skinner

'Opinionated' return to BBC for Frank Skinner
'Opinionated' return to BBC for Frank Skinner (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Frank Skinner is returning to the BBC with a new series for the first time in six years with Frank Skinner's Opinionated. It's his first BBC Two series since Fantasy Football League and will be a weekly topical show that takes on the big, and not so big, news issues from Frank's unique perspective. Frank will be two top comedians to unpick both sides of the argument, while keeping an all important eye on the funny side. Frank Skinner says: "It's me, two guest comedians and, most importantly, the citizens of Great Britain sharing our opinions on stuff in the news. On a good week, I will probably crowd-surf." Each week the show will come from a studio in a different part of the country and will also feature a very opinionated audience, offering their own take on events. BBC Two Controler Janice Hadlow says: "Frank is a fantastic addition to the channel and his new show will bring a distinct entertainment flavour to the schedule at 10pm [on Thursdays]."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.