Danny Robins (born September 1976) is an English comedy writer and performer, broadcaster and journalist. Robins began his comedy career as a teenager doing stand-up in his home town of

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...

, where he was friends with

Ross Noble Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as '' Have I Got News for You' ...

, and later at

Bristol University , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

as part of the trio "Club Seals" with

Marcus Brigstocke Marcus Alexander Brigstocke (born 8 May 1973) is a British comedian, actor and satirist. He has worked in stand-up comedy, television, radio and musical theatre. He has appeared on many BBC television and radio shows. Early life Brigstocke is th ...

and

Dan Tetsell Dan Tetsell (born 2 July 1974) is a British actor, comedian and writer for radio, television and stage. He has worked on a number of projects, including '' The Museum of Everything'', ''That Was Then, This Is Now'', ''Newsjack'' and ''Parsons and ...

. Club Seals' spoof archaeology programme ''

We Are History ''We Are History'' is a British comedy series broadcast on the BBC. It ran for two series of six ten-minute episodes. The series was a parody of historical and archaeological documentaries, especially those of the ''Time Team'', ''Meet the Ance ...

'' (BBC2, 2000) was followed by an adaptation of their Edinburgh Fringe Show ''

The Museum of Everything ''The Museum of Everything'' is a BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show, written by and starring Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell Dan Tetsell (born 2 July 1974) is a British actor, comedian and writer for radio, television and stage. ...

'' for BBC Radio 4. The radio sitcom ''

Rudy's Rare Records ''Rudy's Rare Records'' is a sitcom series created by Lenny Henry, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Originally a radio comedy series from 2008–2014, it was later adapted for the stage in 2014. A not-for-broadcast TV pilot w ...

'' was written with Tetsell and

Lenny Henry Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer. Henry gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in ''The Lenn ...

and adapted for the stage in 2014. Other comedy writing credits include '' That Was Then, This Is Now'' (2004), Armando Iannucci's '' Gash'' (2003) and ''

The Basil Brush Show ''The Basil Brush Show'' is a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 27 September 2002 to 25 December 2007. The show is a s ...

'' (2007). The CBBC comedy ''

Young Dracula ''Young Dracula'' is a British children's horror drama comedy television series which aired on CBBC, loosely based on ''Young Dracula'', a 2002 children's book by Michael Lawrence. It is also based on the epistolary novel ''Dracula'', writte ...

'', also written with Dan Tetsell, ran for five series between 2006 and 2014. A one-off sitcom episode "Monks" was written by Robins for the BBC ''

Comedy Playhouse ''Comedy Playhouse'' is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including ''Steptoe and Son'', '' Meet the Wife'', ...

'' in 2014. His Radio 4 sitcom '' The Cold Swedish Winter'' (2014) was semi-autobiographical, inspired by meeting his Swedish wife, Eva, in 2005, and his subsequent time spent in the country. Robins' interest in the supernatural has led to him writing and researching several radio series and podcasts on the subject. He created the podcast ''Haunted'' for Panoply in 2017. For BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, he wrote and presented '' The Battersea Poltergeist'' (2021), followed by ''Uncanny'' later in 2021 and ''The Witch Farm'' in 2022. His play '' 2:22 A Ghost Story'' starring

Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings publi ...

won Best New Play at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards.

References

External links

Official website
* * English comedy writers Living people English male comedians English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from Newcastle upon Tyne Alumni of the University of Bristol 1976 births {{UK-comedian-stub