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Frank Skinner cancels Edinburgh Festival Fringe show due to family health issue

The English comedian was set to run his new show, 30 Years Of Dirt, at Edinburgh's Festival Fringe this year - but a spokesperson has confirmed he will not be travelling to the capital anytime soon.

Edinburgh Live

Frank Skinner says it's 'brilliant' to hear Three Lions sung 'octave higher' by Lionesses

Frank Skinner - who co-wrote football anthem Three Lions - has spoken about the song and his life following the England women's national football team being victorious at the women's Euros 2022

Daily Mirror

Three Lions anthem could be ‘put to bed’ after Euro 2022 win, says David Baddiel

Women have reset clock after more than five decades of pain, says comedian who co-wrote 1996 song

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‘It comes down to taste’: how the Edinburgh comedy awards find tomorrow’s funniest stars

Nica Burns, driving force of the festival’s comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event

The Guardian - UK

The Lightning Seeds to perform Three Lions ahead of UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 final

The Lightning Seeds are set to play a special gig staged by The National Lottery to celebrate England's appearance in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final this Sunday

Daily Mirror

What to watch at Edinburgh Fringe – famous faces taking shows to festival

Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been the birthplace of some of the brightest names in comedy, and this year promises to be no different with an incredible line-up

Daily Mirror

‘It was bullying’: Frank Skinner says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ of ‘awful’ blackface Jason Lee sketch

Skinner and David Baddiel’s Nineties skit saw them mock the Nottingham Forest player

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‘It was bullying’: Frank Skinner says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ of blackface Jason Lee sketch

Skinner and David Baddiel’s Nineties skit saw them mock the Nottingham Forest player

The Independent UK

‘There’s never been a time when you could just say anything’: Frank Skinner on free speech, his bullying shame – and knob jokes

Poetry-loving, religious and with deep regrets about some of his comedy: either the standup comic has grown up, or he was never as laddish as his image suggested

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Lucy Kirkwood’s blistering drama about sexual violence

Zawe Ashton and Hayley Squires star in a powerful short film about the treatment of rape victims. Plus: Frank Skinner on The South Bank Show. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance

The Guardian - UK

FA deny claims 'Three Lions' will be ditched from England matchday playlist

The FA has confirmed it has no plans to get rid of it

Liverpool Echo

FA issue statement over claims Three Lions anthem will be axed at Qatar World Cup

It had been reported that the beloved 'Three Lions' anthem sung by England fans at major tournaments would be axed for this year's World Cup in Qatar, and now the FA have issued a statement

Daily Mirror

Fantasy Football League 'to make TV comeback with Matt Lucas and Elis James as hosts'

Sky is said to want to reboot the much-loved programme which saw David Baddiel and Frank Skinner host from 1994 to 2004

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Scots Outlander star to join comic Frank Skinner as Boswell Book festival welcomes back crowds

A star-studded line-up will welcome crowds back for the first time in three years to Dumfries House.

Daily Mirror

Three Lions hitmaker David Baddiel on football's role in the fight against dementia

The comedian whose 'national anthem' went to No.1 in the charts will be at England v Switzerland, a football match designated as an Alzheimer's Society international, remembering his late father and Astle's closing numbers

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Before Three Lions: How Baddiel and Skinner’s Fantasy Football defined football in the 1990s

In 1994, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner launched a television show which quickly outgrew its own name. Soon, they were hosting big name star guests and releasing record-breaking singles

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