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 a ...

, 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 The University of Bristol is a Red brick university, red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Society of Merchant Venturers, Merchant Venturers' sc ...

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 ...

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'' (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, based on their earlier live sketch show of the same name. The live show was performed at the Edinburgh ...

'' for BBC Radio 4. The radio sitcom '' Rudy's Rare Records'' 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 Le ...

and adapted for the stage in 2014. Other comedy writing credits include ''

That Was Then, This Is Now ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' is a coming-of age, young adult novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1971. Set in the 1960s, it follows the relationship between two brothers, Mark Jennings and Bryon Douglas, who are foster brothers, but f ...

'' (2004), Armando Iannucci's '' Gash'' (2003) and '' The Basil Brush Show'' (2007). The CBBC comedy '' Young Dracula'', 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 public ...

won Best New Play at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards.

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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