
Frankie Boyle
- 52 years old
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 43
Have you heard the one about vicar's son Miles Jupp?
Forget Frankie Boyle, Russell Brand and the comedy of shock. Stand-up is cleaning up its act and getting politer. A growing band of dissenting comedians out there do not tell smutty stories and crude gags - and the leading light of this new wave of niceness is Miles Jupp, a divinity graduate and son of a United Reform minister.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 9th November 2010Continuing its post-Amstell coping strategy of a HIGNFY-style rotating host, Buzzcocks is back for a 24th series, showing more longevity than most of the popstars it has on it. The surprisingly affable Mark Ronson takes the chair and attempts to rein in returning team leaders Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding[, who get Alesha Dixon, Mollie King from the Saturdays, Tinie Tempah and Paul Foot as their guests. Future hosts look likely to include Josh Groban, Tim Westwood and Frankie Boyle. No Dappy from N-Dubz?
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 21st October 2010Frankie Boyle goes on the offensive with solo Channel 4
Late-night mixture of standup and sketches includes parody soap opera mocking BBC's reluctance to cause offence.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 26th August 2010Frankie Boyle dismisses comedy controversy
Frankie Boyle has dismissed the suggestion that his work is truly controversial.
Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 11th August 2010Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle on the football pitch
Up and coming Scottish comedian Chris Forbes chats to stv.tv about Michael McIntyre backstage and the Com Com football team, starring Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Fred McAuley.
STV, 6th August 2010Why I Hate... Mock the Week without Frankie
I never thought I'd be writing about how much I miss Frankie Boyle. Until a few months ago, I'd never even seen an episode of Mock the Week. Then a friend recommended it, and now I'm hooked.
Laura Pledger, Radio Times, 22nd July 2010Mock 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 2010