Frank Skinner's Radio Days: Radio Academy Awards 

Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast

The hosts celebrate their recent victory at the Radio Academy Awards, sharing humorous stories about being unprepared for the ceremony. Fran

Key takeaways

• The show won the Radio Academy Award for Best Speech Programme.
• Absolute Radio was recognized as the winner of Best Brand.

Main topics

• Radio Academy Awards wins
• Doctor Who casting news

Notable quotes

We won an award this week.

Conclusion

An entertaining episode driven by anecdotal humor and lighthearted cel

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:02) We Speaker 2 (0:07) won an award this week. I don't... You know, I think modesty is something that one should champion. Speaker 1 (0:13) But, Speaker 2 (0:13) you know, we did win an award. I don't. And I know that. Modesty champion is a girl I went out with at school. Is that right? No. It isn't true? What a weird liar. Speaker 3 (0:24) Just a liar. Speaker 2 (0:24) Weird liar. Just thought of this girl. Speaker 3 (0:26) Just a curious liar. Speaker 2 (0:27) I, um... No, I, um... I... I think there's an old radio question. How do you know when the links between the songs are getting a bit long and rambling? You win best speech programme. And that's what we did this week, which was a mysterious and surprising event. We Speaker 3 (0:46) got Speaker 2 (0:46) gold. We're calling it now the Radio Academy Awards, I believe, which makes it sound a bit like the Oscars. Frank Speaker 3 (0:51) was so not expecting to win, he said, we haven't won. He said, I haven't written a speech, you're going to have to make a speech if we go up there. We go up there, couldn't get that microphone off him. Speaker 1 (1:00) No, well, Speaker 2 (1:00) suddenly I had a Speaker 1 (1:01) few ideas. So they came to me. Just working some new stuff for the tour while you were up there. No, it was a complete shock. Speaker 2 (1:10) So thanks to everyone who voted for us. Did anyone vote for us? Speaker 3 (1:14) No. To Speaker 1 (1:15) the readers that I didn't go to the... Why didn't you go? Well, it's interesting that Frank compares it to the Oscars. I went to do new material in a pub in Didsbury, which I see as being like my version of Woody Allen going to play the clarinet in the bar on the night of the Oscars. But what you never find out is how much he enjoyed that night in the bar playing clarinet. Like, what if he comes back and goes, I should have gone to the Oscars, it was a Speaker 2 (1:38) terrible show. Not only that, but everyone in that little club where he's playing clarinet thought, what are you... doing here you idiot why Speaker 1 (1:47) aren't Speaker 2 (1:47) you at the oscars you think i'd be here if i could have been at the oscars you idiot what Speaker 3 (1:53) about my spanks you Speaker 2 (1:56) weren't wearing them i didn't put them on because i didn't think we were gonna win No, that's terrible. And then Frank Speaker 3 (2:01) and I were interviewed by The Guardian, and that's what I said to him. Speaker 2 (2:03) Were you? Speaker 3 (2:03) Yeah, I mean, you say that to the Sunday Sport. You don't say that to The Guardian. I said, oh, I forgot my Spanx. Speaker 2 (2:07) See, that manner to Google Spanx. Speaker 3 (2:09) Yeah. Speaker 2 (2:10) Did he? Yeah. During Speaker 1 (2:11) the Speaker 2 (2:11) interview? He shouldn't have done it in front of us. And he did KS for a beginning instead of X. Oh, dear. Oh, God. What a faux pas. Speaker 3 (2:19) When I say Speaker 2 (2:20) faux pas, that's also an X. I Speaker 3 (2:22) hadn't made the sort of effort. frankly, that I would have had I known we were going to win. Speaker 2 (2:27) No, I know. Or even had a chance. But anyway, it was very exciting. Turns out the music on the show is little more than punctuation. Speaker 1 (2:33) Well, Speaker 2 (2:34) we've always said it off-air, haven't we? Exactly. And it was a golden night for Absolute as well, wasn't it? But we should... I feel a bit like a company man now. But Absolute won Best Brand. Best Brand. Yeah, because I don't know if Speaker 1 (2:50) you Speaker 2 (2:50) know, they've got over 200 head of cattle. Speaker 1 (2:53) And Speaker 3 (2:54) the brand Speaker 2 (2:55) on them, it's like an eye with an arrow going through it. And I've always thought it looks really, particularly if it's fully on the flank, Speaker 1 (3:06) it Speaker 2 (3:07) gives you almost a 3D effect. Speaker 3 (3:10) Daisy baked banana cake, and Frank just said, Alan? Speaker 1 (3:14) Am I right in thinking there's a flowery aftertaste to that? There's a sort of self Speaker 3 (3:19) -raising Speaker 2 (3:20) flowery aftertaste. Speaker 3 (3:22) Do you know what I mean? Oh, you know, just because he's starting... No. What is it, Frank Skinner's Just Desserts? Speaker 2 (3:29) Yeah, that's my new restaurant. Actually, if you know it, it's You Sweet. Oh, Speaker 3 (3:34) that's awful. No, it's Speaker 2 (3:36) just a bit of a surprise. It was almost like the cake started like a cake, and then as I ate it, it broke down into its individual constituents. It all went a bit Speaker 3 (3:46) molecular. I Speaker 2 (3:49) think there isn't enough deconstructive baking. That's what they need on the table. You've Speaker 3 (3:53) got a bit Speaker 2 (3:53) of Speaker 3 (3:53) Heston Blumenthal. He likes to break it on down. Speaker 2 (3:54) Yeah. Speaker 1 (3:55) He does, though, yeah. I know, I've been Speaker 2 (3:57) in his laboratory. Speaker 3 (3:58) So have I. Speaker 2 (3:59) Yeah. Speaker 3 (4:00) Laboratoire. Speaker 2 (4:00) Yuck. Speaker 3 (4:01) Jude Law was in there when I was in the laboratory. Speaker 2 (4:03) Oh, when I was in there, it was Adrian Charles. It's, you know, it's the luck of the drop. Speaker 2 (4:10) What about Speaker 3 (4:11) at the Sony? Sorry, Al, just FYI. Can you not call them the Sony? Oh, Speaker 2 (4:15) no, I'm Speaker 3 (4:15) sorry. Speaker 2 (4:15) The Speaker 3 (4:15) Radio Academy Awards. What should we Speaker 2 (4:17) call them? What's for shorts? Speaker 3 (4:18) RAA. The Speaker 2 (4:19) Racks. The Raws. The Raws. No, Radio Academy. Oh, yeah. Raws. Where did I get the C from? Speaker 3 (4:26) I don't know. Speaker 2 (4:27) We don't know. Speaker 3 (4:28) So at the Raws. Sorry, Speaker 2 (4:30) that was just speaking to my dealer on the phone. Speaker 3 (4:34) That's an old message. An old message of mine. We can't Speaker 2 (4:37) call them that. Why? We can't call them that because... Oh, is that bad? The RAS. Speaker 1 (4:42) We Speaker 3 (4:42) can't call Speaker 2 (4:43) them that. Stop saying it. Please stop saying it. Speaker 1 (4:46) Okay. Okay. Oh, okay. Speaker 3 (4:48) It's fine Speaker 1 (4:49) if it's an acronym that you're then saying it. I don't think it is. Speaker 3 (4:52) Okay. Anyway, the Radio Academy Awards. I'll just say it quickly, like terms and conditions, and then it'll be over quickly. So the Radio Academy Awards. Up for... This was my worst moment. We Speaker 2 (5:04) could call them the Ackies. I don't think we can say that. We can say Ackies. Oh, can Speaker 3 (5:08) we? OK. Best narrative documentary winner. There's always one like this. And the winner is The Murder of JFK. And everyone went, whoa! Frank said, he's a human being. Well, it Speaker 2 (5:19) just sounded wrong to me. There was a lone Speaker 3 (5:22) Birmingham voice saying he's a human being. Speaker 2 (5:24) I know. They do that. They announce a death and everybody cheers because they've won a news award. No, it's not. I Speaker 1 (5:30) know. Although I think I heard that documentary and it was Speaker 2 (5:32) good. Speaker 1 (5:33) You heard it? I think I heard it, yeah. Oh. Wow. Well done. Oh, yeah. I missed that one. I'm all over the broadcast awards. I missed Speaker 3 (5:41) the entire, everything after we won the award I missed. I'll tell you what I did Speaker 2 (5:44) miss. Speaker 3 (5:44) I just took selfies of myself with the award. I read in the Speaker 2 (5:47) papers, I read in the papers that the Kaiser Chiefs performed. Speaker 3 (5:51) Oh, yeah. Did they? Yeah. Speaker 2 (5:54) I missed that. Speaker 3 (5:55) Yeah, but we were taking selfies. But I never left Speaker 2 (5:57) the room. Speaker 3 (5:59) No, I think you'd got your car by that stage. No, no, I Speaker 2 (6:02) hadn't. Yeah, you had. There's vigorous Speaker 1 (6:05) nodding happening. OK, I missed that then. Sorry about that. Speaker 2 (6:07) And also, we should say that Christian O'Connell won Speaker 1 (6:10) Best... Speaker 1 (6:13) I don't know. Speaker 2 (6:15) Because he's sponsored by Wix, the tools people, so it's a really brilliant sponsorship. He's so intrinsically linked there with Wix, there's actually a sign on his door here saying no tools are left in this studio overnight. Speaker 1 (6:32) LAUGHTER Speaker 3 (6:34) What about when we went up for Best Brand? Because Absolute Radio got Best Brand. Yeah, we Speaker 2 (6:37) all went up for Best Brand. It was a lovely team moment. You say Speaker 3 (6:40) it was lovely, but Frank and Christian, being celebrities, Christian said, oh, we can stand near the back, Frank. So I decided to join you. Terrible mistake. Yeah, we were being humble. They were being humble, which, of course, is not a quality that sits easily with me. Speaker 2 (6:55) You were being Kate humble. Speaker 3 (6:57) Next thing you know, you're not in the photo. Speaker 1 (7:00) Yeah, well... You enjoyed that keg. Speaker 3 (7:04) Sounds like that terrible language person. What's his name? I can Speaker 1 (7:07) hear the sugar. He's breaking it down, even on air. Ooh, the flour. Speaker 3 (7:14) It's like being in the laboratory with Adrian Childs all over again. Speaker 1 (7:17) It was... Speaker 2 (7:18) That's just... If you just tuned in, you think, oh, I wish I'd heard that anecdote. Sounds like a goodie. It was a beautiful night, though, and congratulations to one and all. Oh, it is flowery, Speaker 3 (7:30) isn't it? Speaker 2 (7:32) It is, yeah. I warned you about it. You don't look at me like I'm telling lies. Speaker 2 (7:42) Just to wind up our self-celebration... The Radio Speaker 1 (7:46) Academy Awards. What a difference a year makes. This time a year ago, you were slagging them off from Life.NC, weren't you? I Speaker 2 (7:53) don't... Was I? I seem to remember swearing an oath I'd never go to