{{short description|English writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right|Robins in 2024|upright=1.3 '''Danny Robins''' is an English comedy writer and performer, broadcaster and journalist.
== Career == Robins began his comedy career as a teenager doing stand-up in his home town of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was friends with Ross Noble, and later at Bristol University as part of the trio "Club Seals" with Marcus Brigstocke and Dan Tetsell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the-humourdor.tumblr.com/post/5241744401/danny-robins|title=An Interview with Danny Robins|website=Humourdor|date=6 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedycv.co.uk/marcusbrigstocke/|title=Marcus Brigstocke|website=Comedy CV|date=2 March 2022}}</ref> Club Seals' spoof archaeology programme ''We Are History'' (BBC Two, 2000) was followed by an adaptation of their Edinburgh Fringe Show ''The Museum of Everything'' for BBC Radio 4. The radio sitcom ''Rudy's Rare Records'' was written with Tetsell and Lenny Henry<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n58x4|title=Rudy's Rare Records|website=BBC Programmes|date=1 March 2022}}</ref> and adapted for the stage in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/sep/10/rudys-rare-records-review-lenny-henry-birmingham-rep|title=Rudy's Rare Records review – Lenny Henry's reggae romp has the audience roaring|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=2014-09-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-15|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Other comedy writing credits include ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' (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 sixteenth series of the BBC's ''Comedy Playhouse'' in 2014. His Radio 4 sitcom ''The Cold Swedish Winter'' (2014) was inspired by meeting his Swedish wife, Eva, in 2005, and his subsequent time spent in the country.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://scanmagazine.co.uk/danny-robins-i-didnt-have-any-expectations-of-sweden/ | title=Danny Robins: 'I didn't have any expectations of Sweden' | date=16 May 2017 | publisher=Scan Magazine | accessdate=27 January 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haunted/id1299841207|title=Haunted|website=Apple Podcasts|date=2 March 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/uncanny-radio-4-bbc-sounds|title=Danny Robins, creator of The Battersea Poltergeist, returns with Uncanny - a new paranormal investigation for BBC Radio 4|website=BBC Media Centre|date=21 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d508t8|title=The Witch Farm|website=BBC Programmes|access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> His play ''2:22 A Ghost Story'' starring Lily Allen won Best New Play at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/22nd-annual-whatsonstage-awards-winners-full-list_55975.html|title=22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards: the winners in full|website=WhatsOnStage|date=27 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://222aghoststory.com/|title=2:22 A Ghost Story|website=Criterion Theatre|date=1 March 2022}}</ref> ''Uncanny'' launched as a TV series on 13 October 2023 on BBC Two, written and presented by Robins. He was also an executive producer on the series.
== Personal life ==
Robins lives in Walthamstow, London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-03 |title=Finding Hope in Horror and Hauntings with Danny Robins |url=https://www.centertheatregroup.org/news-and-blogs/news/2022/october/finding-hope-in-horror-and-hauntings-with-danny-robins/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Center Theatre Group |language=en-US}}</ref>
He has two children with his wife Eva, a Swedish native, whom he met in 2005.
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==External links== *[https://www.dannyrobins.com/ Official website] *{{IMDb name|1027084|Danny Robins}} *{{British Comedy Guide|people|danny_robins}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tetsell, Dan}} Category:English comedy writers Category:Living people Category:English male comedians Category:English male television actors Category:English male voice actors Category:Male actors from Newcastle upon Tyne Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol Category:Comedians from Newcastle upon Tyne