6.4 /10 1 Votes
Original language(s) English No. of episodes 18 (list of episodes) First episode date 16 April 2010 Genres Comedy, Talk show | 6.4/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 3 Producer(s) Avalon Television Final episode date 15 December 2011 Number of episodes 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations British Comedy Award for the Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist Similar Room 101, The Graham Norton S, Backchat, Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for You | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Skinner's Opinionated is a British television comedy talk show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television for the BBC. The show focusses on various topics in the previous week's news, with Skinner joined by two celebrity guests, also interacting with the studio audience. Each half-hour episode is filmed in a different location around the country. It first aired on BBC Two, with a first series of six episodes broadcast on 16 April 2010, and a second of six more beginning on 25 March 2011. The third and final series began broadcasting on 10 November 2011.
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Format
The show is a studio based light hearted talk show focussing on events of the past week, with a large amount of audience participation while also featuring supporting film clips. Skinner first opens the show on his own, and in the opening piece outlines what the general themes of the night's show will be. The two celebrity guests then enter the studio, and it proceeds to discuss those topics in more detail, with Skinner guiding the discussion and inviting questions and comment from the audience, some of whom are pre-selected to talk about a specific topic.
Guests
The two celebrity guests used each week are all primarily known as or having originated in stand-up comedy, in addition to other regular appearances on comedy or light entertainment television. Some have appeared on more than one episode. The show has featured:
Production
A pilot for the show was recorded in December 2009 at BBC Television Centre in London. After the first series was completed, two more series were commissioned. Due to the nature of the series, filming of each episode occurs in the days prior to airing. As such, when promoting the upcoming second series on the BBC's The One Show, Skinner could only refer to film from the previous series.
The studio set consists of just red sofa and chair, with Skinner sitting in the individual seat, and the two guests on the sofa. The show is filmed in various studios around the UK, with the location also forming part of the discussion topics. The first series visited Norwich, Manchester, Glasgow and London, while the second added Maidstone and Salford (near Manchester) as new locations, as well as re-visiting London, Norwich and Glasgow.
Broadcast
Each series contains 6 half hour episodes, broadcast weekly in the 10pm slot on Friday nights on BBC Two. The first series aired from 16 April to 21 May 2010. The second series began airing on 25 March 2011, and finished on 29 April 2011.
Reception
The first episode was watched by 1.877 million viewers, an 8.8% audience share, ahead of the first episode of Facejacker (1.186m) on Channel 4, and an episode of Grey's Anatomy (0.853m) on Five.
Music
The song played during the credits and the interludes is "No Bulbs" by The Fall, Frank's favourite group.