Frankie Boyle
- 52 years old
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Fury as Frankie Boyle tweets Angelina Jolie joke
Comic suggests Hollywood star could have raised "enough money to cure cancer" by offering her breasts to perform sex acts for money.
Simon Boyle, The Mirror, 15th May 2013This, believe it or not, is the seventh series of Would I Lie to You?. A hardy perennial then, which seems to suggest that casting, not format is the most important factor in the success of a panel show. The competitive comic chemistry between posh pedant David Mitchell and ruthlessly efficient robo-quipper Lee Mack sustains the show, and Rob Brydon is a likeable host too.
A few of the rougher edges have been smoothed out over the years - WILTY? occupies a pre-watershed slot these days, so we can probably forget about any more appearances from Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr. But it remains really watchable Friday evening fare.
Phil Harrison, Time Out, 3rd May 2013Tom Stade on close to the bone jokes
Tom Stade is co-writer on Frankie Boyle's show Tramadol Nights and is unapologetic about his jokes which some find offensive.
Daily Record, 26th April 2013Opinion: Laugh Begins at 50?
Frankie Boyle famously once said that comedians should stop doing stand-up when they reach 40.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th April 2013BBC commissioner Shane Allen - big interview
The new controller of comedy commissioning talks about Mrs Brown's Boys, Frankie Boyle - and why it's important to take a joke.
Ben Dowell, The Observer, 24th March 2013The innocence of childish humour
I had my doubts about standup comedy for kids but it was a welcome relief from Frankie Boyle's brand of humour.
Tim Lott, The Guardian, 16th March 2013Frankie Boyle's bad-taste gags axed from Comic Relief
Jokes about the Queen, Kate Middleton's breasts, the Pope and Oscar Pistorius from Frankie Boyle ended up on the cutting room floor on Give It Up for Comic Relief.
Simon Boyle, The Mirror, 7th March 2013Opinion: Can Frankie Boyle change the record please?
Frankie Boyle says or tweets something about a topical event, a newspaper finds someone offended by it and before you can say "ban this filth" here we go again.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th March 201310 years of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Joan Rivers, Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Sarah Millican among the highlights of the last decade.
Tommy Sheppard, The List, 20th February 2013Frankie Boyle campaigns to save Glasgow city meadow
Frankie Boyle is lending his support to a group of campaigners who are opposing plans to build flats on green space in Glasgow's West End.
Tim Clark, Such Small Portions, 18th February 2013