Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Skinner tabbed to host profanity special

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM

LONDON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- British comedian Frank Skinner, known for his routine use of swear words, will host a TV special on profanity, the BBC says.

The British broadcaster has tabbed the "Fantasy Football League" star to host an upcoming episode of the documentary series "Panorama" that will focus on the use of profanity in the TV industry, The Daily Mail said Wednesday.

"Panorama" investigative journalist John Sweeney said it's Skinner's frequent use of profanity that makes him an ideal host for the special.

"Taste and decency is a big issue for us," Sweeney said. "(It's about) the stories we can tell before the watershed and after it."

"Who better than a comedian to talk about what works and what doesn't?"

The Mail said the special, which will air in late January 2009 or early February, comes after 42,000 complaints were lodged with the BBC for a lewd on-air prank performed by comedians Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.

Topics: Frank Skinner, John Sweeney
Recommended Stories
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Police officer breaks into neighbor's home to do laundry. Fails to make a clean getaway
Florida saved 61 children from death by abuse and neglect.... by narrowing its definitions of abuse...
I have no idea what you're talking about, here's a senior citizen in a chair floating above the...
Memorial Day: how it's changed, and why some people think it should not be part of a three-day weekend...
Born in Malaysia in 1923, after 3 years as a Japanese POW during WWII, 3 years fighting for the...
The eyes, the giant EYES..... GAAAAH