Frankie Boyle to present US election comedy show
- Frankie Boyle is to take a look at the US election result in Frankie Boyle's American Autopsy
- He will be joined by Katherine Ryan and Sara Pascoe to discuss the result
- The show will be on BBC iPlayer from Monday 14th November, and then shown on BBC Two a week later
Frankie Boyle is to dissect the result of the US Presidential Election in a comedy special.
Frankie Boyle's American Autopsy will follow a similar format to his previous BBC iPlayer political specials, Frankie Boyle's Referendum Autopsy and Frankie Boyle's Election Autopsy.
However, unlike the previous two specials, this new episode will also be broadcast on BBC Two. The show will premiere on BBC iPlayer on Monday 14th November, 6 days after the new President has been named, with BBC Two showing the episode a week later.
The episode is due to be recorded in Peckham's Asylum Chapel shortly after the result, with the host once again joined by panellists Katherine Ryan and Sara Pascoe.
The BBC says: "In the wake of the Presidential election, the show features Frankie at his brilliant best doing stand-up, review, discussion and audience interaction - all in an attempt to make sense of America today.
"Throughout the show, Frankie will make a series of bold and often outrageous statements about the USA before the audience decide whether he's right or wrong."
Frankie Boyle says: "So great to be able to get the band back together with the brilliant Sara Pascoe and Katherine Ryan, we look forward to broadcasting what may, depending on the result, be one of the final comedy shows before a full scale nuclear war."
Victoria Jaye, Head of TV Content for BBC iPlayer, adds: "We're thrilled to welcome Frankie Boyle back to BBC iPlayer in this unique entertainment event. As a leading satirist of our time, who better than Frankie to unpack the outcome of the US Presidential Election and the extraordinary events leading up to the most important person on the planet being voted into office? Frankie has proved a huge hit with iPlayer viewers - his previous iPlayer original titles, attracting over 2 million requests. This latest Autopsy cannot come soon enough."
Ruth Phillips, Managing Director of production company Zeppotron, comments: "Frankie Boyle isn't just one of the funniest men in the country - he's also incredibly well informed - and with the two most unpopular presidential candidates in modern history, we can't wait to get his take on it all."
At the time of writing, the two previous specials can still watched by BBC iPlayer.