Andrew Collins is an author, journalist and broadcaster whose first BBC1 sitcom, Not Going Out (co-written with star Lee Mack) won the Breakthrough Award at the Royal Television Society Awards and the Rose D’Or for Best Sitcom.
He began his journalistic career at the NME, going on to edit Q magazine and Empire. He currently writes for Word, The Times and Radio Times, where he is Film Editor. Starting his radio career on the original Radio Five, he was nominated for a Writers’ Guild Award for his first series with Stuart Maconie, Fantastic Voyage. He won a Sony Gold for Collins & Maconie's Hit Parade on Radio 1, and went on to co-present Collins & Maconie's Movie Club on ITV.
Andrew was one of the first scriptwriters on Family Affairs, and moved on to write regualarly for EastEnders. He hosted Radio 4’s weekly film programme Back Row, topical comedy The Day The Music Died on Radio 2 (six series) and panel game Banter on Radio 4 (three series), as well as various shows on BBC 6 Music since its launch in 2003. He also presents documentaries for Radio 4, including Send In The Clones and Shots From The Hip.
His first sitcom, Grass, written with star Simon Day, aired on BBC2 in 2003. He also co-wrote and performed Lloyd Cole Knew My Father on stage in Edinburgh, Belfast and London, and for Radio 2. In addition to a trilogy of bestselling humorous memoirs, Where Did It All Go Right?, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now and That’s Me In The Corner, Andrew is the author of Still Suitable For Miners, the official biography of Billy Bragg, and the official story of Friends Reunited.
He produces a weekly podcast with comedian Richard Herrin, The Collings & Herrin Podcast,
Andrew Collins is patron of Thomas’s Fund, a Northamptonshire-based charity dedicated to providing music therapy for children with life-limiting illnesses and disabilities.