Frankie Boyle

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.

Continuing 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?

Frankie 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.

Frankie Boyle dismisses comedy controversy

Frankie Boyle has dismissed the suggestion that his work is truly controversial.

Kevin 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.

Why 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.

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.

Mock 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.

With 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.

Frankie 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.