Charlie Skelton
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Charlie Skelton is a comedy writer and actor from Suffolk
, England
.
An Oxford University graduate, he started out as a journalist, writing features for the Evening Standard
and The Guardian
. He has written for a number of television programmes including 10 O'Clock Live
and 8 Out of 10 Cats
(he is also the Script Editor of both), The Eleven O'Clock Show
, Have I Got News For You
and FAQ U
, and he was one of the writers on the MTV Europe Music Awards 2004
. He was the creative director of the short-lived The London News Review, and in 2005 founded The Clacton Festival.
At one point in his career, Skelton and fellow writer Victoria Coren
had a job reviewing porn
films for the Erotic Review
. They soon decided that most of the porn they had to watch was terrible and they believed they could do better themselves, and so the two of them set about making their own porn film. They wrote about the process in their book Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever
. They also appeared as judges on the final episode of the reality TV show Double Entry.
In 2005 Skelton was one of three actors posing as a contestant in the Channel 4
spoof reality TV show Space Cadets. After weeks of training, Skelton and three genuine contestants were selected to go on the fake space mission.
In 2006, Skelton appeared on the BBC One
reality gameshow Just The Two of Us.
2009 saw Charlie Skelton covering the secretive Bilderberg Group
meeting in Vouliagmeni
, Greece, for the British newspaper The Guardian
. He also covered the 2010 Bilderberg Group
conference in Sitges
, Spain. He went to St Moritz, Switzerland, to cover the 2011 Bilderberg Group
conference.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
An Oxford University graduate, he started out as a journalist, writing features for the Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
and The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
. He has written for a number of television programmes including 10 O'Clock Live
10 O'Clock Live
10 O'Clock Live is a British satirical comedy/news television programme presented by Charlie Brooker, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne and David Mitchell....
and 8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 out of 10 Cats is a television comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by...
(he is also the Script Editor of both), The Eleven O'Clock Show
The Eleven O'Clock Show
The 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items.The series ran from 1998 to 2000, most notably while hosted by Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan...
, Have I Got News For You
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show...
and FAQ U
FAQ U
FAQ U was a television programme broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK in 2005. It was shown every night, Monday to Friday, just after 11:00pm. It was presented by Justin Lee Collins in its first week, David Mitchell in the second and Karen Taylor in the third. It included four comedian guests and an...
, and he was one of the writers on the MTV Europe Music Awards 2004
MTV Europe Music Awards 2004
The 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards took to Rome with Xzibit as the host. Held at Tor di Valle, it was the most expensive MTV Europe Music Awards to date and the first time the Colosseum had been used for this type of event...
. He was the creative director of the short-lived The London News Review, and in 2005 founded The Clacton Festival.
At one point in his career, Skelton and fellow writer Victoria Coren
Victoria Coren
Victoria Elizabeth Coren is a British writer, presenter and champion poker player. Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and The Guardian newspapers and hosts the BBC Four television quiz show Only Connect....
had a job reviewing porn
PORN
Porn is a common short form for pornography. It may also refer to:* Progressive outer retinal necrosis, a disease of the retina* PORN, a French industrial rock band...
films for the Erotic Review
Erotic Review
Erotic Review is a monthly UK-based lifestyle publication. Covering eroticism and sex-related topics, it was first published in 1995 as a print magazine, migrating to an eZine format in June, 2010...
. They soon decided that most of the porn they had to watch was terrible and they believed they could do better themselves, and so the two of them set about making their own porn film. They wrote about the process in their book Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever
Once More, with Feeling (book)
Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever is a book by Victoria Coren and Charlie Skelton published in 2003. The authors, whose only experience of the porn industry was as journalists for the Erotic Review magazine, set out to make a porn movie which would differ...
. They also appeared as judges on the final episode of the reality TV show Double Entry.
In 2005 Skelton was one of three actors posing as a contestant in the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
spoof reality TV show Space Cadets. After weeks of training, Skelton and three genuine contestants were selected to go on the fake space mission.
In 2006, Skelton appeared on the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
reality gameshow Just The Two of Us.
2009 saw Charlie Skelton covering the secretive Bilderberg Group
Bilderberg Group
The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of approximately 120 to 140 guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are people of influence. About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from...
meeting in Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni is a seaside town and former municipality 20 km south of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 6,442 at the 2001 census. Vouliagmeni is among the most...
, Greece, for the British newspaper The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
. He also covered the 2010 Bilderberg Group
Bilderberg Group
The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of approximately 120 to 140 guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are people of influence. About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from...
conference in Sitges
Sitges
*Church of Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla . It houses two Gothic sepulchres , belonging to the an older church located on the same site...
, Spain. He went to St Moritz, Switzerland, to cover the 2011 Bilderberg Group
Bilderberg Group
The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of approximately 120 to 140 guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are people of influence. About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from...
conference.