Frank Hall (24 February 1921 – 21 September 1995)[1] was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor.
Born in Newry, County Down, Hall received little more than a primary education as he left school at the age of twelve to work in a local shop.
Among the films banned by him was Monty Python's Life of Brian, which he described as "offensive to Christians and to Jews as well, because it made them appear a terrible load of gobshites".
[2] Hall had a long running affair with the well known agony aunt, Frankie Byrne, with whom he had a daughter, who was given up for adoption shortly after her birth in 1956.
[3] [4] In 2010, a play written by Niamh Gleeson, also entitled Dear Frankie, opened in the Liberty Hall theatre.