Frankie Boyle

Dave's top original show - recently selected for the honour of a rerun on BBC2 - finishes off the series with a best-of compo. So it's a bit funnier, although it still has the problem of mixing autocued speeches that feel too scripted with improvised banter that feels rudderless and underpowered. Sean Lock and Frankie Boyle are the pick of the many guest debaters. They join regular captains Rufus Hound, who strips naked at the end, and Marcus Brigstocke, who doesn't. Cuddly chairman John Sergeant links the clips.

Dara O'Briain: 'We won't replace Frankie Boyle'

Dara O'Briain has predicted that producers will not seek a permanent replacement for Frankie Boyle on Mock The Week.

Frankie Boyle on loves, hates and gobstoppers

Nothing is taboo in comedy, insists Frankie Boyle, who cultivated his near-the-knuckle humour because "I've actually got a really soft, high-pitched voice, which is crap for stand-up, so I had to really shout and that has given me quite an aggressive style".

'Failure of editorial control' blamed for Boyle joke

The BBC Trust has detailed the full extent of the editorial failure that resulted in a Frankie Boyle joke about swimmer Rebecca Adlington airing on BBC2's Mock The Week, which it later ruled should never have been broadcast.

Frankie Boyle, Rebecca Adlington & the limits of taste

If comedians sometimes cause offence, well, isn't that their job?

How Frankie Boyle came back from the dead

The Herald finally catches up with Frankie Boyle and learns the truth about his sudden departure from Mock The Week.

Rebecca Adlington: Boyle's punishment 'not enough'

Rebecca Adlington, the double Olympic swimming champion, has been left humiliated by the BBC Trust's handling of offensive remarks by comedian Frankie Boyle, her agent said.

Comic hits out at BBC producers

Mock The Week star Frankie Boyle has hit out at the programme's producers for asking panellists to avoid discussing serious issues.

Frankie Boyle: Fierce, fearless... and funny

The foul-mouthed Glaswegian comedian is in trouble with the BBC over his joke about the swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Does he care? The Independent meets Frankie Boyle.

Good to see Russell Howard, the agreeably warm foil to Frankie Boyle's savage humour on Mock The Week and an excellent stand-up in his own right, has earned his own show. As with Mock The Week, he'll be riffing off the week's news - and since he's a Bright Young Thing, they'll be accompanying blogs and tweets and whatever else.