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===Journalism===
===Journalism===
It was reported on 24 October 2008 that Boyle was to begin a weekly column in the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'', a Scottish tabloid newspaper.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/showbiz-news/celebrity-interviews/2008/10/24/star-comic-frankie-boyle-is-new-daily-record-columnist-86908-20833856/ Star comic Frankie Boyle is new Daily Record columnist] (24 October 2008)</ref> On 26 June 2009, he reported via his MySpace profile that he had quit his newspaper column as "they refused to print any Michael Jackson jokes." This message was followed by the article he wanted to be printed, which contained dozens of Michael Jackson-based jokes referring to the singer's health, childhood and paedophilia charges.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/frankieboylelive Frankie Boyle's MySpace] (26 June 2009)</ref> Frankie Boyle now writes articles in ''The Sun'', satirising the weekly news like he did previously on ''Mock The Week''.
It was reported on 24 October 2008 that Boyle was to begin a weekly column in the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'', a Scottish tabloid newspaper.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/showbiz-news/celebrity-interviews/2008/10/24/star-comic-frankie-boyle-is-new-daily-record-columnist-86908-20833856/ Star comic Frankie Boyle is new Daily Record columnist] (24 October 2008)</ref> On 26 June 2009, he reported via his MySpace profile that he had quit his newspaper column as "they refused to print any Michael Jackson jokes." This message was followed by the article he wanted to be printed, which contained dozens of Michael Jackson-based jokes referring to the singer's health, childhood and paedophilia charges.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/frankieboylelive Frankie Boyle's MySpace] (26 June 2009)</ref> Frankie Boyle now writes articles in ''[[The Sun]]'' for [[Rupert Murdoch]].


===Live shows===
===Live shows===

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Frankie Boyle
Birth nameFrancis Martin Patrick Boyle
Born (1972-08-16) 16 August 1972 (age 52)
Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Scotland
MediumStand-up, television
Years active1995-present
GenresBlack comedy, Observational comedy, Improv comedy, Political satire
Subject(s)Scottish culture, Current events
Notable works and rolesMock the Week
Websitewww.frankieboyle.com

Francis Martin Patrick "Frankie" Boyle[1] (born 16 August 1972) is a Scottish comedian and writer, well known for his pessimistic, often controversial dark humour. He was a permanent panellist on Mock the Week for seven series and has made guest appearances on several popular panel games including Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You?, You Have Been Watching, Never Mind the Buzzcocks (as guest host) and Argumental, as well as writing for Jimmy Carr's show Distraction and Sean Lock's TV Heaven, Telly Hell.

Early life

Boyle was born in Glasgow and is the youngest of three children. He has an older brother named John and a sister named Karen. He was educated at Saint Convals Primary School in Pollokshaws, then Holyrood R.C. Secondary School on Dixon Road, in Glasgow's South side. After leaving school, he attended Aston University for a year before leaving and starting a BA in English at the University of Sussex. Whilst doing a teacher-training course in Edinburgh at the age of 23, he began stand-up routines in October 1995 at university student unions, leaving his education course.[2] He got his big break after performing at the Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh, a venue that has also helped launch the careers of Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas, Dara Ó Briain and Michael McIntyre.[3]

Career

Television

Boyle was a regular on the BBC panel show Mock The Week until October 2009, where the panel comment humorously on various news stories from the British media. He has been referred to as the 'dark heart of Mock the Week' by host Dara Ó Briain.[4] He is known for his morbid sense of humour, which plays on negative images of society (particularly his country of birth, Scotland), celebrities and politicians.

On 2 October 2009, he announced he was leaving the show to concentrate on other projects. It was announced to the public via Facebook on the Mock the Week fan page,[5] and later confirmed by the BBC.[6] Fans of the star soon rallied around to get him to stay and a popular Facebook group was made straight away, displaying how strongly the fans felt about their favourite star.[7]

It is well known that the shows producers would not allow Frankie to do stand-up on the show as he was deemed "Too offensive" which catalysed Frankie's departure. He replied when asked on the situation "I couldn't give a shit anymore"

Boyle has since criticised both the show's production team and the BBC Trust. He claims that the show did not cover enough major news stories and was too restrictive on his risqué comedy act, as the producers and the BBC Trust were afraid of "frightening the horses".[8]

File:MyShitLifeSoFarCover.jpg
Front cover of his autobiography.

He returned to Mock The Week for his final appearance on the 2009 Christmas Special which aired on 22 December 2009 as a series of best bits and festive clips. On 9 December 2009 he appeared as the guest host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.[9]

He recently piloted a sketch and stand-up show for Channel 4, entitled 'Deal With This, Retards' to be produced by RDF Scotland subsidiary the Comedy Unit.[10] Due to minor offense, Boyle mentioned on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross that the name of this show had to be changed if it is to be aired on Channel 4 at the end of the year. He then claimed that it is now called Tramadol Nights.

Autobiography

On 1 October 2009, Boyle's first autobiographical book titled My Shit Life So Far was released,[11] published by Harper Collins.[12]

Journalism

It was reported on 24 October 2008 that Boyle was to begin a weekly column in the Daily Record, a Scottish tabloid newspaper.[13] On 26 June 2009, he reported via his MySpace profile that he had quit his newspaper column as "they refused to print any Michael Jackson jokes." This message was followed by the article he wanted to be printed, which contained dozens of Michael Jackson-based jokes referring to the singer's health, childhood and paedophilia charges.[14] Frankie Boyle now writes articles in The Sun for Rupert Murdoch.

Live shows

In October 2007 Boyle embarked on a long stand-up tour of the UK, playing over 100 dates and enjoying a sold-out run that was extended through until December 2008. Boyle plans to quit stand-up before he turns 40, and has stated that he has written his final tour and plans to do more TV work after this.[15] Boyle intends to perform his final tour, entitled I Would Happily Punch Every One Of You In The Face between March and December 2010.[16]

File:FrankieBoyleLiveDVD.jpg
Cover of his live DVD.

DVD releases

On 10 November 2008 Boyle's first DVD was released,[4] featuring a sell-out stand-up performance given at London's Hackney Empire and some additional material, including a documentary about the tour, entitled Fuck You Scotland, and some sketches from the BBC3 comedy Rush Hour.[17] The DVD was described by WhatDVD.net as "certainly not one to watch with your grandparents – not unless they are pretty open-minded!"[18]

He has also featured in two DVD compilations of material from Mock The Week. The compilations, entitled Too Hot For TV and Too Hot For TV 2 include material deemed too offensive for broadcast on TV and uncut versions of several full episodes.

Boyle's second live DVD entitled Frankie Boyle Live 2: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV And Strangle You I Would is due for release on 15 November 2010.[19]

Podcast

In 16 July 2009 Boyle's first podcast was released.[20] Entitled Mock the Week Musings, the podcast is a recording of Boyle testing the material he has written for Mock the Week to a London audience. Boyle comments on his material throughout and often informs the audience that certain jokes are not going into the show due to their reaction (or lack thereof). A few times, Boyle drifts off into some audience interaction, even offering to test some of his new "put-downs" on the crowd.[21]

The podcast contains material that Boyle knows won't make the final edit of Mock the Week due to its shocking nature and the podcast therefore carries an explicit content warning.[22]

Controversy

Boyle managed to attract censorship in August 2008 when complaints were received after comments he made about British swimmer Rebecca Adlington on Mock The Week. The BBC ruled that the jokes were indeed "humiliating" and "risked offending the audience", whilst also calling Boyle "a brilliant member of the team".[23] Despite this, Adlington's agent said that simply admitting mistakes was not enough, saying: "By giving Frankie Boyle a rebuke they fail to discourage others from doing the same."[24]

In October 2008, during the Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row, Boyle found himself in the midst of a scandal when the BBC broadcast a Mock The Week repeat in which he made a joke about the Queen that was considered offensive.[25] This caused many to complain about the state that the BBC had come to with Tory MP David Davies calling the joke a "disgracefully foul comment".[26] Boyle was eventually cleared of any misconduct by the BBC Trust, although they called the comment "sexist and ageist".[27] Despite the media backlash around this issue, fellow comic Dara Ó Briain spoke out against the reaction saying: "not every TV show is for everyone".[28]

Boyle's 2010 tour attracted negative media attention over a routine about Down's syndrome, after he received a complaint from audience member Sharon Smith, whose daughter has the genetic condition.[29] Her feelings about the routine were made public after she posted details of the event on her personal blog.[30] Boyle's response to the incident on stage was to laugh and try and steer the topic back onto comedy, saying "Oh, well, it's all true isn't it?",[31] later adding "This is my last tour. I don't give a fuck what people think."[32] [33] Mencap spokesperson Ismail Kaji said that the comments were "no different to bullying".[31]

In April 2010, the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee apologised for a joke made by Boyle on Radio 4 panel show Political Animal in which he likened the situation in Palestine to a cake "being punched to pieces by a very angry Jew". Boyle also made another joke where he said that he had "been studying Israeli Army Martial Arts. I now know 16 ways to kick a Palestinian woman in the back".[34] In response, Boyle published a letter in which he criticised the Trust's "cowardly rebuke of my jokes about Palestine", before re-printing the jokes in question. He then criticised the BBC for not broadcasting a humanitarian appeal during the 2008-09 Gaza War, saying that it was "tragic for such a great institution but it is now cravenly afraid of giving offence and vulnerable to any kind of well drilled lobbying." Boyle then said that the situation in Palestine "seems to be, in essence, apartheid", concluding that he had reached this position after watching a documentary about life in Palestine that had made him cry.[35]

Personal life

Boyle currently lives in Glasgow with his partner, Shereen Taylor,[36] and has two children: a daughter (born 2004) and a son (born October 2007). He admits that his career has caused him to neglect his family.[37] He is a recovering alcoholic, having started drinking at the age of 15 and stopping at 26, and former drug user, who is now teetotal.[38][39]

TV appearances

TV Show No. of Episodes
Mock The Week 54 (excluding archive footage)
8 Out of 10 Cats 7
Argumental 4
They Think It's All Over 4
When Were We Funniest? 4
Would I Lie To You? 3
You Have Been Watching 3
Have I Got News for You 2
Live at the Apollo 2
News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald 2
Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1
The Charlotte Church Show 1
The Graham Norton Show 1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 1

Media

Books

  • My Shit Life So Far (2009)

DVDs

  • Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV (2007)
  • Frankie Boyle Live (2008)
  • Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV 2 (2009)
  • Frankie Boyle Live 2: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV And Strangle You I Would (2010)

Boyle can be found performing parts of his recent tour in the comedy club in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.[40]

On 25 August 2009, BBC News reported that a group called the Paisley Young Team had hacked the website of Tayside Police on 20 August and posted a photograph of Frankie Boyle alongside one of his jokes.[41]

References

  1. ^ "For a long time, having to do a stand-up gig would ruin my day". edinburgh-festivals.com. 2007-07-24. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  2. ^ EXCLUSIVE: BOYLE-ING POINT! By Rick Fulton dailyrecord.co.uk (Mar 3 2006)
  3. ^ Claire Sawers (2009-12-20). "Where Frankie Boyle got his shot at fame". London: Times Online. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  4. ^ a b Dalton, Stephen (2008-11-01). "Is Frankie Boyle the UK's most shocking comic?". London: Times Online. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  5. ^ Frankie Boyle (2009-10-02). "Frankie's suicide note". Facebook. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  6. ^ Boyle leaves Mock The Week panel, BBC, 2 October 2009
  7. ^ Sean Atkinson. "We want Frankie Boyle back on Mock The Week!". Facebook. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  8. ^ "Frankie Boyle slams Mock The Week". uk.msn. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  9. ^ "BBC Two Programmes - Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Series 23, Episode 11". BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  10. ^ Broadcast Now, 2 October 2009
  11. ^ "Frankie Boyle launches his autobiography". Intelligent Conversation. 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  12. ^ Boyle, Frankie (2009). My Shit Life So Far. Harper Collins. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-00-732449-1. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  13. ^ Star comic Frankie Boyle is new Daily Record columnist (24 October 2008)
  14. ^ Frankie Boyle's MySpace (26 June 2009)
  15. ^ "Boyle:I'm Quitting Stand up ''Chortle.co.uk''". Chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  16. ^ "Frankie Boyle Live Tickets". Ticketmaster. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  17. ^ Frankie Boyle Live DVD (Media notes). Channel 4. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |publisherid= and |titlelink= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  18. ^ Lianne (2008-11-13). "Frankie Boyle Live DVD Review". WhatDVD.net. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  19. ^ Play.com - Frankie Boyle Live 2
  20. ^ "Frankie's Podcast". MySpace. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  21. ^ Frankie Boyle (2009-07-16). "Mock The Week Musings". iTunes (Podcast). BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  22. ^ "Frankie Boyle: Mock The Week Musings". iTunes. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  23. ^ "'Mock' rapped over swimmer jibes". BBC. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  24. ^ "Swimmer queries Mock show ruling". BBC. 2009-11-102. Retrieved 2009-12-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ Olinka Koster (2008-10-31). "Even as Russell Brand row raged, BBC 'comedians' were insulting the Queen". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  26. ^ Rashid Razaq (2008-10-31). "Corporation attacked for offensive joke about the Queen". ThisIsLondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  27. ^ Tara Conlan (2009-10-19). "Frankie Boyle's 'sexist' joke about Queen cleared by BBC Trust". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  28. ^ David Lowe (2008-12-02). "The audience is the funniest gag at any of my gigs". The Sun. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  29. ^ "Frankie Boyle criticised for Down's syndrome joke". BBC. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  30. ^ Sharon Smith (2010-04-08). "Punching me in the face would have been preferable..." I live for glitter. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  31. ^ a b "Frankie Boyle in Down's syndrome row". Mencap. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  32. ^ Kate Loveys (2010-04-09). "Furious mother confronts comic Frankie Boyle over jokes about Down's syndrome victims". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  33. ^ Walker, Peter (8 April 2010), "Frankie Boyle meets his match in mother of Down's syndrome child", The Guardian, London: Guardian News and Media Limited, retrieved 12 April 2010
  34. ^ "BBC apologises for Frankie Boyle joke". BBC. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  35. ^ Boyle, Frankie (1 May 2010), "Frankie Boyle letter about BBC in full", The Telegraph, London, retrieved 1 May 2010
  36. ^ "Confessions Of An Urban Planner; Frankie Boyle The Big Interview". Sunday Mercury. 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  37. ^ "Frankie Boyle: I'll quit comedy in two years". Nowmagazine.co.uk. 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  38. ^ "Frankie Boyle: I've done cannabis, ecstasy and LSD". Nowmagazine.co.uk. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  39. ^ Wyllie, Alice (27 September 2009). "Profile: Frankie Boyle: Frankie mocks the weak". Scotsman on Sunday. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  40. ^ "Review - Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned". Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  41. ^ "'Frankie Boyle web-hack' probed". BBC News. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.

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