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Frankie Boyle to quit in two years

Tuesday 30th June 2009, 1:00pm


Mock The Week. Frankie Boyle. Copyright: Angst Productions

Mock The Week star Frankie Boyle has confirmed that he is planning to quit stand-up comedy in two years time. In this week's Radio Times he says:

"I'm going to do a last tour. I've already written two hours of it. But I think after that... You know what it is - after 40, very few comedians are very good. Very few anybodies are good at anything. The focus really goes. I think I need to do some more sophisticated work. Most stand-up doesn't have much sophistication to it. I've got a couple of pilot scripts for TV shows that I'm quite hopeful about. But the touring's a bit of an anchor on the soul".

The comic was talking to the magazine to promote Mock The Week, which returns to BBC Two for a new series on Thursday 9th July. Boyle's autobiography, My S**t Life So Far, is released in October. Pre-Order

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