Press clippings Page 43
Mock the Week review
Three cheers! The latest series is a Frankie Boyle-free zone. At last the audience can stop cringing and start laughing again.
Arlene Kelly, Suite 101, 27th June 2010Mock the Week Episode 9.1 Review
Like him or loathe him, the departure of Frankie Boyle two series ago has left Mock the Week feeling toothless.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 18th June 2010With the departure of the notorious and sometimes offensive Frankie Boyle just a distant memory, the satirical panel show - a sort of fusion of Have I Got News for You and Whose Line Is It Anyway? - returns for its ninth series. With much of the show based on the week's news, there's no way of knowing what topics the panellists will be poking fun at, but Dara O Briain is back in the host's chair, presiding over Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons et al like a twinkly-eyed, indulgent uncle, while the irrelevant scoring system and weird mix of sit-down/stand-up rounds is intact. The show is undoubtedly a bit softer without Boyle but, along with BBC2's QI, it always manages to deliver intelligent comedy.
Jane Rackham, Radio Times, 17th June 2010Frankie Boyle hits back at Cumbria joke claims
TV comedian Frankie Boyle has hit back at claims he made a joke about the Cumbria shootings during a live show.
What's On TV, 12th June 2010Best of the British Comedy awards
From Julian Clary's Norman Lamont gag to Frankie Boyle's edgy jokes, what have been the highlights of the ITV years?
Tara Conlan, The Guardian, 7th June 2010Frankie Boyle demands £17,000 for gig
Talks to entice Scots comic Frankie Boyle to Peterhead collapsed after a demand of £17,000 for a 20-minute performing slot, it was claimed today.
Kevin Duguid, Aberdeen Evening Gazette, 15th May 2010Jonathan Ross and Frankie Boyle sign up for comic strip
Controversial comedian Frankie Boyle and presenter Jonathan Ross are writing comic strips for a new magazine from the creator of the Kick-Ass movie.
BBC News, 4th May 2010The rise of the squealing, scampering pup has been phenomenal. His 2008 Live & Laughing tour, from which this show was plucked, spawned the fastest-selling DVD ever for a stand-up (or in his case, a roam-around). It probably won't whet your appetite to scan his list of topics: traffic, wake-up calls, limp handshakes... but the kinetic comic is a master at latching onto detail that chimes with the audience. Michael McIntyre may be the yin to Frankie Boyle's yang, but his vast following makes him a very big yin indeed. Billy Connolly, beware.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 1st May 2010Frankie Boyle criticises 'cowardly' BBC for Israel joke
BBC apologised for joke in which comedian compared Palestine to a cake being 'punched to pieces by a very angry Jew'.
Sam Jones, The Guardian, 30th April 2010BBC Trust apologises for Frankie Boyle 'angry Jew' joke
Standards committee of corporation's governing body upholds finding that remark offensive, but calls for no further action.
The Guardian, 28th April 2010