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You know what no one wants to hear about right now? Certain men making astonishing comebacks. For most of us, though, that does not include Frank Skinner.

In March, while cohosting his Absolute Radio breakfast show with Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie, he announced that his show was being given the chop after 15 years and that, “I’m not going to pretend I took it … well.” At the time, Absolute said they’d be serving up another two series of his popular poetry podcast … but that hasn’t happened.