Frankie Boyle

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.

As much as it does good business filling its schedules with Top Gear repeats and faintly laddish comedy, Dave hasn't quite been able to resist trying its hand at original programming. Argumental - now returning for a third series - was one of the first fruits of that idea. Hosted by the continually charming John Sergeant, who grins his way through a script that seems slightly too crude for him, the show asks you to enjoy the spectacle of third-string TV comics notionally debating contentious propositions, but ultimately reeling off hastily assembled routines. Marcus Brigstocke and Rufus Hound captain teams featuring Frankie Boyle and Andrew Maxwell.

Frankie Boyle leaves 'Mock The Week'

Frankie Boyle has left Mock The Week to concentrate on other TV commitments, while the show has been signed up for two new series by BBC Two.

Frankie Boyle: mocks the weak

When asked on one episode of Mock The Week to suggest a line unlikely to appear in a superhero movie, Boyle responded: "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Whatever it is, it's heading straight for the World Trade Center." A joke where surely half the audience easily guessed the tired punchline.

Joke ace Frankie taken to hospital

Comic Frankie Boyle has been forced to pull out of this week's Mock The Week show after being carted off to hospital with a mystery illness.