{"id":8379,"date":"2018-05-02T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/edinburgh-tv-awards-presented-frank-skinner\/"},"modified":"2018-05-02T13:56:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:56:23","slug":"edinburgh-tv-awards-to-be-presented-by-frank-skinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/05\/02\/edinburgh-tv-awards-to-be-presented-by-frank-skinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh TV Awards to Be Presented by Frank Skinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Skinner, writer, comedian and television\/radio personality, has been tapped to host this year&#8217;s Edinburgh TV Awards, taking place on Thursday, August 23.<\/p>\n<p>At the ceremony, Skinner will reveal the winners for channel of the year and production company of the year. A number of new categories are also being added, including best international drama series and best breakthrough talent. The deadline for the first round of entries for all categories is Friday, May 11.<\/p>\n<p>Skinner commented: \u201cHaving finally reached that plain of consciousness from which I can watch others winning things and feel no pain, I am, at last, ready to host the Edinburgh TV Awards. And what host could ask for a better wind beneath his wings than an audience of TV executives? I cannot wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phil Edgar Jones, advisory chair, director of Sky Arts and head of entertainment at Sky, added: \u201cWhether it\u2019s comedy, acting, writing or singing\u2014there is nothing that Frank can\u2019t do\u2014and do incredibly well! There is still time to get your entries in, and with Frank at the helm, the night will be bigger and better than ever before; don\u2019t miss out!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Skinner, writer, comedian and television\/radio personality, has been tapped to host this year&#8217;s Edinburgh TV Awards, taking place on Thursday, August 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":8380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1226,1593],"class_list":["post-8379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-edinburgh-tv-awards","tag-frank-skinner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edinburgh TV Awards to Be Presented by Frank Skinner - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/05\/02\/edinburgh-tv-awards-to-be-presented-by-frank-skinner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edinburgh TV Awards to Be Presented by Frank Skinner - 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