Frankie Boyle

There is certainly plenty for arch-cynic Frankie Boyle to rail against in this new series of his topical panel show. Joined by regulars Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp, Boyle takes his aim at the week's events, from coronavirus to the US elections and whatever else 2020 still has in store for us.

The BBC's bid to axe left-wing comedy will fail

From Punch in the 19th century to P. J. O'Rourke to Auberon Waugh to Craig Brown to Titania McGrath, if it's grown-up, nuanced political humour and satire you want, refer to books, newspapers, magazines or the internet. Let the lefties have the airwaves.

With comedy, I'd rather be offended than bored

New director-general Tim Davie will reportedly steer TV comedy to the right to correct years of perceived anti-Tory bias. But it was Brexit, not the BBC, that put a spanner in British humour.

Frankie Boyle: Scottish government will abandon clubs

Stand-up favourite Frankie Boyle has predicted that the comedy industry will be left to "go to the wall" in Scotland - because it represents the voices of working class people. The Glasgow-born comic has predicted that the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland will abandon clubs and performers because "the Scottish establishment is incredibly paternalistic."

Stand Comedy Club starts redundancy process

Frankie Boyle, Kevin Bridges, Limmy and Fern Brady are among the comics leading calls for a Scottish Government bail-out of The Stand Comedy Club - as it emerged that the "vast majority" of staff are to be made redundant unless it is thrown a lifeline.

TV review: Frankie Boyle Live

Has Frankie Boyle got more mellow or has everybody else got more furious?

Frankie Boyle review: Appalling, vicious, clarty

In the week censors ruled Billy Connolly's sweary words were not aggressive, were not meant to insult anyone and therefore shouldn't be X-rated, his heir apparent as Britain's funniest man picked up the effing ball and ran with it.

Frankie Boyle review

For the master of the savage one-liner, stomping on sensibilities, Boyle remains deeper than his vicious reputation, with complexity of thought and a surprising variety of material, of which the nastier lines are but one part, crucial as they are.

Fresh from his deeply entertaining TV tour of Scotland, featuring road tests of fresh material, comic Frankie Boyle now brings this 45-minute set of his typically acerbic observations from the King's Theatre in Glasgow. Tackling that eternally thorny intersection of free speech and humour, Boyle meditates on which aspects of the human condition and our experiences we are free to laugh at and which jokes are simply a step too far. Of course, expect lines to be crossed.