Frankie Boyle
- 52 years old
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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"There comes a time in every comedian's life where he ends up doing travelogues," says Frankie Boyle, and so we join the comic on a bucolic tour of his home country as he prepares new material in small clubs for an upcoming UK run. Boyle is typically caustic, spending time with a hermit, Jake, in Aberdeenshire and contemplating spots to hide out in case he's placed in witness protection, as well as monologuing on a picturesque ferry ride to the Isle of Mull.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 7th February 2020Frankie Boyle's Tour of Scotland, episode one review
Four-star review of the comedian's travelogue.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 7th February 2020Frankie Boyle's New World Order delivered, as always, with an end-of-year roundup featuring a full four fantastic guests and an audience (they'd presumably known he wasn't Michael McIntyre) that at one stage was left jaws agape at a joke's wizard tastelessness. Don't do that: the flies will get in.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 5th January 2020It is hard not to contemplate Boyle's take on the events of 2019 with a mixture of horror and dark glee. It's fair to say he'll have plenty to get his teeth into. Regular guests Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp will be joining him in a surely doomed attempt to make sense of the last 12 months.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 30th December 2019Frankie Boyle's election countdown
From a Dickensian Tory cabinet to the ghosts of Brexit promises past, the comedian brings you his take on the election.
Frankie Boyle, The Guardian, 7th December 2019Brexit-deranged comedians are biggest bores
When exposed to an audience not populated by the usual hand-picked sycophants, Kumar's tedious schtick finally got the reaction it deserved.
Madeline Grant, The Telegraph, 4th December 2019How Boyle leaving turned MTW into corporate conference
After 14 years, and following the departure of some key players, the show has all the satirical bite of a gummy turtle hatchling.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 11th November 2019The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
Steve Coogan is the funniest Brit, coming second on the list, with American Tina Fey coming first. Once again, in a mirroring of a Channel 4 poll in 2007, Stewart Lee came 41st.
Hannah J Davies, Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Brian Logan and Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 18th September 2019Frankie Boyle review
On his first home tour for a decade, Boyle tempered bad-taste gags by trying to decide whether his trademark humour has any worth in extreme times.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th September 2019Frankie Boyle in Edinburgh review
I wondered if the audience were good enough for him.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 14th September 2019