Andrew Collins (born March 4, 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter, and broadcaster. After studying graphic design at Chelsea School of Art, Collins started writing for New Musical Express in the early 1990s, subsequently taking up editorship of Q. He also formed a double-act with fellow music journalist Stuart Maconie, presenting the Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 1 show Collins & Maconie's Hit Parade, as well as a daily comedy strand called "The Grin" on Mark Goodier's Radio 1 drivetime show, and Collins & Maconie's Movie Club on ITV. He is also a very recognisable face on many list shows that are shown on BBC/ITV/Channel 4 (e.g. The Most Annoying Pop Songs We Love to Hate). He stated on The Most Annoying TV Programmes We Love To Hate that he had appeared on 37 list shows, and that this, the 37th, was going to be his last one. It's possible he was being ironic. Andrew Collins may refer to: Andrew Collins, a U.S. research analyst Andrew Collins, UK writer and broadcaster Andrew Collins, a writer on the occult Andrew Andy Collins, a developer and writer for Dungeons and Dragons products. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 758 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1015 × 803 pixel, file size: 281 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Authors own I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in the English East Midlands region. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in the English East Midlands region. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 140,282 and a readership of 731,000. ... Stuart Maconie (b. ... The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Mark Goodier (born 28th June 1961 in Rhodesia) is one of the most familiar voices on British radio. ... Drivetime Automotive Group, Inc. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting...

In 1998, he published his first book, Still Suitable for Miners, an authorised biography of the singer/songwriter Billy Bragg, updated in 2002 and 2007. Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957), known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician renowned for his blend of folk, punk-rock, and protest music, and his poetic lyrics dealing with political as well as romantic themes. ...

In 2001, Andrew Collins appeared, with Maconie and David Quantick, as a writer and performer in the Radio 2 comedy show Lloyd Cole Knew My Father, based on their Edinburgh Festival show, in which the three stars regaled their audience with anecdotes from their careers in music journalism. In 2004 he began presenting another Radio 2 programme, The Day the Music Died, a topical comedy show about current events in the record industry, now in its sixth series, and was team captain on both series of the Radio 4 pop quiz All The Way From Memphis. He also presents Banter on Radio 4. David Quantick (born 1961, Wortley, South Yorkshire) is a freelance journalist, writer and critic who specialises in music and comedy. ... The Day the Music Died is a British topical music radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 2. ... Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK The first 2 series were broadcast from August 2005 to November 2006, starring Andrew Collins and Richard Herring. ...

In 2002 he became a presenter on BBC 6 Music, fronting the weekday Teatime slot from 4-7pm until April 2005, when he took over the 6 Music Chart (4-6pm on Saturdays) and a Sunday afternoon show (2-5pm), with a mix of music and guests, notably the comedian Richard Herring. In January 2007, the Chart was moved to Sundays (at 2pm) and reduced to an hour, while his Sunday show went to Saturdays (4-6pm). This arrangement lasted until the end of March 2007, when Collins stopped doing these two regular shows and effectively left BBC 6 Music, having clocked up five solid years with the station. He still deputises for other presenters on the network. BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... Richard Herring performing his show Someone Likes Yoghurt at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Richard Keith Herring (born July 12, 1967) is a British comedian and writer formerly best known as part of Lee and Herring, a double act with Stewart Lee. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ...

Collins is also film editor for the Radio Times, and a contributing editor to The Radio Times Guide To Films. He writes a monthly column called Whatever for The Word magazine. Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...

He cut his scriptwriting teeth on the soap operas EastEnders and Family Affairs. He was co-writer with Simon Day of the sitcom Grass, which debuted on BBC Three in Autumn 2003 and on BBC Two in January 2004. He co-writes the sitcom Not Going Out for BBC One with Lee Mack, which won the Breakthrough Award at the Royal Television Society Awards in March 2007. The programme also won the Rose D'Or for Best Sitcom at the 2007 Rose D'Or TV Awards in Lucerne. Not Going Out returned for a second series in September 2007 EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ... Simon Day is a British comedian most famous for his roles in the sketch show The Fast Show, sitcom Grass and a series of comedic adverts for Powergen. ... BBC Three, the successor to the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Not Going Out is a British sitcom starring Lee Mack, Megan Dodds and Tim Vine. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Lee Mack is an English stand-up comedian and television performer, easily recognisable because of his spindly, almost scarecrow-like frame. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ... For other uses, see Lucerne (disambiguation). ... Not Going Out is a British sitcom starring Lee Mack, Megan Dodds and Tim Vine. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ...

Collins has contributed to BBC3's Doctor Who Confidential and appeared in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama LIVE 34, playing a radio newscaster. The Doctor Who Confidential logo Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... LIVE 34 cover LIVE 34 is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

He is perhaps best known for his three volumes of autobiography, humorous accounts of "growing up normal" in 1970s Northampton, struggling with art school in London in the '80s, and forging a media career in the 1980s and 1990s: Where Did It All Go Right? (2003) (a Sunday Times bestseller), Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (2004), and That's Me in the Corner, which draws its title from a line from the REM song "Losing My Religion", published in May 2007. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sunday Times is the name of several Sunday newspapers. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... REM is an acronym for: Rapid eye movement, a phase of sleep Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, a museum about ancient Egypt Röntgen equivalent man, a unit for measuring levels of exposure to radiation REM may also refer to: R.E.M. (band), an American rock music band formed in Athens...

Collins and his family appeared as contestants on the quiz show Telly Addicts in 1990. They reached the semi-finals. Telly Addicts was a game show which ran from 1985 to 1998 on BBC1, hosted by Noel Edmonds. ...

A keen web user, he contributes under his own name to assorted forums and message boards. He writes a blog called Never Knowingly Underwhelmed.

In August 2006, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Northampton (which he attended when it was still called Nene College in 1983-84). This article is about The University of Northampton in the present day; for the University in existence from 1261 to 1265, see University of Northampton (thirteenth century). ...

Books

• Still Suitable for Miners: Billy Bragg: The Authorised Biography (2002, rev. ed.), ISBN 0-7535-0691-2
• Friends Reunited: Remarkable Real Life Stories from the Nation's Favourite Website (2003), ISBN 1-85227-039-X (ed.)
• Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s (2003), ISBN 0-09-188667-8
• Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now: My Difficult Student 80s (2004), ISBN 0-09-189691-6
• That's Me in the Corner: Adventures of an Ordinary Boy in a Celebrity World (2007'), ISBN 0-09-189786-6

External links

• Where Did It All Go Right? - His official website
• Never Knowingly Underwhelmed - His blog