Fran is a TV presenter and historian in the UK. She divides her time between London, UK and Los Angeles, California, USA and was born in 1977 . She went to Cambridge University where she met Ania and graduated in 1998 with a first in history. She has brown hair and gray eyes. While at University she and Ania founded THE CRAZY HORSE THEATRE COMPANY which won the guardian international student drama award among other awards. Fran is now married to James Bobin, writer and director of ‘Da Ali G Show’. She has written 2 books with a 3rd soon to be published. She is an accomplished public speaker.

TV/Radio program.	Year	Production company	Shown on	Fran's role
Heavy Breathing. Theatre play.	1997	Dylan Ritson	Edinburgh Festival.	Actress. Leading female role "Scarlett."
Bring it on.	2002-2003	BBC1	BBC1	Presenter
CBBC Xmas panto.	2003	BBC1	BBC1	Actress
Sleeping beauty uncovered	2003	BBC	BBC1	Actress
Oblivious.	2001	Tiger Aspect	ITV	Actress
E FOR EDGE.	2001	Talkback	Channel 4	Presenter
Show me the funny.	2001	Talkback	E4	Presenter
Ania, fran and a kettle of fish.	2000	Channel 5	Channel 5	Actress/Writer/Co-producer
Boy Meets Girl.	2004	Tiger Aspect	BBC1	Presenter
Go 4 IT.	2004	Radio 4	Radio 4	Writer/Presenter
The Pineapple. King of fruits.	2006	Chatto + Windus	Book	Writer
Horoes of history.	2005	Talkback	Channel 5	Writer/Presenter
Touch Me. I'm Karen Taylor	2006	Talkback	BBC3	Development associate producer
Quote Unquote.	2006	Radio 4	Radio 4	Guest Panelist.
BAFTA nomination Best children's TV presenter .	Nov 2006			Heroes of history.
BAFTA nomination Best factual children's show .	Nov 2006			Heroes of history. Henry 8th episode
Interviewed about "The womans book."	Aug 2007			Interviewee. Listen
The museum of curiosities.	Feb 2007	Radio 4	Radio 4	Guest Panelist. Listen
My famous family. With Bill Oddie.	Mar 2005		UK History	Social history expert
Lecture "Passions: The Pineapple."	Feb 2007		Royal National Hotel.	Speaker. Listen
QuoteUnquote	Jan 2008	Radio 4	Radio 4	Guest Panelist. Listen.
Britain's Best.	June 2007	Peal T.V.	Pearl T.V.	Historian expert. Watch

She has had a book published on the history of the pineapple called "The pineapple. King of fruits." It is now on sale and is published by Chatto & Windus. Available in PAPERBACK and HARDBACK. To read the first few pages click HERE.

Her new book " Everything but the Kitchen Sink: The Woman's Book:" is due to be published on 7th June 2007 you can see the details here.

She has wrote an essay called “Perfect is the pineapple.” It was published in "Petits Propos Culinaires" Edition no 73 in
July 2003.

She is currently writing a social history book covering the history of the lonely hearts ad and has written an article on the subject for THE NEW STATESMAN.

Fran is a world-leading expert on the pineapple.

She likes pineapples.

She has a tattoo of a pineapple on her lower back.

She hates losing at anything..