Frankie Boyle
- 52 years old
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Comedians celebrate 'brutal' Rwanda flights being grounded
Celebrities have condemned the "brutal, stupid and damaging" actions of the Government amid the ongoing legal battle to deport migrants to Rwanda. A plane due to take several individuals to Rwanda was grounded on Tuesday night after last-minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights.
Comedians Frankie Boyle, Simon Brodkin and Sue Perkins were among those to comment on the controversial policy.
Aden-Jay Wood, GB News, 15th June 2022Backstage With Katherine Ryan review
The suggestion that Backstage With Katherine Ryan is a genuine look at what goes on in the green room is clearly a myth. If nothing else, the lawyers would never allow it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th June 2022Backstage With Katherine Ryan review
Ryan and fellow stand-ups from Jimmy Carr to Desiree Burch are filmed behind the scenes, but no one really lets rip. What a wasted opportunity.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 9th June 2022Full programme revealed for Fringe By The Sea
The full programme for East Lothian's Fringe By The Sea has been confirmed and takes in music, literature, comedy, science, film and nature.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd June 2022Frankie Boyle and Reginald D Hunter announced as Latitude headliners
Latitude has announced a host of new comedy and arts names including Frankie Boyle and Reginald D Hunter who join Russell Howard as comedy headliners.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th May 2022BBC film The Fringe in 12 Jokes tells the story of Edinburgh in gags
The BBC is making documentary The Fringe In 12 Jokes, featuring Eddie Izzard, Stephen Fry, Paul Merton, Frankie Boyle, Lucy Porter and Henning Wehn, among others, reflecting on the impact of Edinburgh festival on their careers.
British Comedy Guide, 6th May 2022Assembly Festival announces more Edinburgh Fringe shows on sale
Today (Thu 7 April) Assembly Festival, a leading multi-venue on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for over 40 years, is putting a further 50 shows from its August line-up onsale.
Theatre Weekly, 7th April 2022Frankie Boyle's crime novel debut netted by Baskerville
Frankie Boyle is making his crime fiction debut with Meantime, a "phenomenal" story set in the Scottish independence referendum's aftermath, to be published by John Murray imprint Baskerville.
Mark Chandler, The Bookseller, 28th October 2021Frankie Boyle to make stage debut in Beckett's Endgame
Frankie Boyle will make his stage acting debut in a new Irish production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame in February.
British Comedy Guide, 25th October 2021Frankie Boyle's New World Order returning for Series 5
Frankie Boyle's New World Order is returning for a fifth series, but this time recording in the comedian's native Glasgow.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd September 2021