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Andrew Collins (born March 4, 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter, and broadcaster. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. This article is about Northampton in England for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation Northampton ( is a large Market England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people
Life
After studying graphic design at Chelsea School of Art, Collins started writing for New Musical Express in 1989, subsequently taking up editorship of Q in 1995, having worked on Select and Empire (where he was briefly editor for three issues in 1995, before moving over to Q. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 An empire (from the Latin " Imperium " denoting military Command within the ancient Roman government) is a State that Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 He also formed a double-act with fellow music journalist Stuart Maconie, presenting the Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 1 show Collins & Maconie's Hit Parade, after forging their style on a daily comedy strand called "The Grin" on Mark Goodier's BBC Radio 1 drivetime show, and Collins & Maconie's Movie Club on ITV. Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio DJ and The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys) started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Mark Goodier (born in Rhodesia on June 28, 1961) is a British Radio Disc jockey. Drive time is Prime time for Radio Broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up get ready and/or head to work or school and Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent He is also a very recognisable face on many list shows that are shown on BBC/ITV/Channel 4 (e. g. The Most Annoying Pop Songs We Love to Hate). He stated on BBC Three's The Most Annoying TV Programmes We Love To Hate that he had appeared on 37 such list shows (actually an approximate figure), and that this, the 37th, was going to be his last one. BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms He subsequently appeared on Heroes Unmasked on BBC Three. Heroes Unmasked is a behind-the-scenes documentary Television series of the American Television series Heroes BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms He devoted a full chapter to the experience of appearing as a talking head on list/nostalgia shows in his book That's Me in the Corner.
In 1998, he published his first book, Still Suitable for Miners, an authorised biography of the singer/songwriter Billy Bragg, updated in 2002 and 2007. Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who
In 2001, Andrew Collins appeared, with Maconie and fellow New Musical Express journalist David Quantick, as a writer and performer in the BBC Radio 2 comedy show Lloyd Cole Knew My Father, based on their Edinburgh Festival show, in which the three stars regaled their audience with anecdotes from their careers in music journalism. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been David Quantick (born 1961, Wortley, South Yorkshire, England) is a freelance Journalist, Writer and critic who specialises In 2004 he began presenting another Radio 2 programme, The Day the Music Died, a topical comedy show about current events in the record industry, now in its sixth series, and was team captain on both series of the BBC Radio 4 pop quiz All The Way From Memphis. The Day the Music Died is a British topical music Radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 2. He also presents Banter on BBC Radio 4, returning in April 2008. Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK starring Andrew Collins and Richard Herring.
He became a presenter on BBC 6 Music in 2002, fronting the weekday Teatime slot from 4-7pm until April 2005, when he took over the 6 Music Chart (4-6pm on Saturdays) and a Sunday afternoon show (2-5pm), with a mix of music and guests, notably the comedian Richard Herring. Richard Keith Herring (born July 12, 1967) is a British Comedian and writer In January 2007, the Chart was moved to Sundays (at 2pm) and reduced to an hour, while his Sunday show went to Saturdays (4-6pm). This arrangement lasted until the end of March 2007, when Collins stopped doing these two regular shows and effectively left BBC 6 Music, having clocked up five solid years with the station. He still deputises for other presenters on the network.
Collins is also film editor for the Radio Times, and a contributing editor to The Radio Times Guide To Films. For the US radio series see WHYY-FM. Radio Times is the BBC 's weekly Television and Radio programme He writes a monthly column called Whatever for The Word magazine. A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic He cut his scriptwriting teeth on the soap operas EastEnders and Family Affairs. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 For the American sitcom of similar name see Family Affair. See also Family Affair (disambiguation. He was co-writer with Simon Day of the sitcom Grass, which debuted on BBC Three in Autumn 2003 and on BBC Two in January 2004. Simon Day (born 7 June 1962) is a British Comedian most famous for his roles in the Sketch show The Fast Show BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms He co-writes the sitcom Not Going Out[1] for BBC One with Lee Mack, which won the Breakthrough Award at the Royal Television Society Awards in March 2007. Not Going Out is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006 The Times article from November 2007 says he is 39 --> Lee Gordon McKillop (born c The programme also won the Rose D'Or for Best Sitcom at the 2007 Rose D'Or TV Awards in Lucerne and was nominated for two British Comedy Awards in November 2007. Lucerne ( Italian Lucerna) is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne Not Going Out returned for a second series in September 2007. Not Going Out is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006 A third series was announced in November 2007. Collins has contributed to BBC Three's Doctor Who Confidential and appeared in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama LIVE 34, playing a radio newscaster. Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. LIVE 34 is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British Science fiction Television series
He is perhaps best known for his three volumes of autobiography, humorous accounts of "growing up normal" in 1970s Northampton, struggling with art school in London in the 1980s, and forging a media career in the 1980s and 1990s: Where Did It All Go Right? (2003) (a Sunday Times bestseller), Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (2004), and That's Me in the Corner, which draws its title from a line from the REM song "Losing My Religion", published in May 2007. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar
Collins and his family appeared as contestants on the quiz show Telly Addicts in 1990. Telly Addicts is the name of a BBC1 Game show hosted by Noel Edmonds, broadcast from 3 September, 1985 until 29 July They reached the semi-finals.
A keen web user, he contributes under his own name to assorted forums and message boards. He writes a blog called Never Knowingly Underwhelmed.
In August 2006, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Northampton (which he attended when it was still called Nene College in 1983-84). The University of Northampton is a University in Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK. In 2007, he was made patron of Thomas's Fund, a Northampton-based music therapy charity for children with life-limiting illnesses. This article is about Northampton in England for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation Northampton ( is a large Market
In February 2008, he and Richard Herring started to produce a fortnightly podcast under the name Collings and Herrin. Richard Keith Herring (born July 12, 1967) is a British Comedian and writer The Collings and Herrin podcast is a Podcast produced by Andrew Collins and Richard Herring, which is made for and hosted by the British Comedy Guide The podcast went weekly in March 2008.
Books
- Still Suitable for Miners: Billy Bragg: The Authorised Biography (2002, rev. ed. ), ISBN 0-7535-0691-2
- Friends Reunited: Remarkable Real Life Stories from the Nation's Favourite Website (2003), ISBN 1-85227-039-X (ed. )
- Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s (2003), ISBN 0-09-188667-8
- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now: My Difficult Student 80s (2004), ISBN 0-09-189691-6
- That's Me in the Corner: Adventures of an Ordinary Boy in a Celebrity World (2007'), ISBN 0-09-189786-6
External links
- Where Did It All Go Right? - His official website
- Never Knowingly Underwhelmed - His blog
- Collings and Herrin - His podcast (with Richard Herring)