Francis Martin Patrick "Frankie" Boyle (born 16 August 1972 in Glasgow) is a Scottish comedian, and has appeared on TV shows Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Would I Lie To You? and has written for Jimmy Carr's show Distraction. is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Scottish can refer to: Look up Scottish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (as an adjective) things to do with Scotland (see also Scots and Scotch) (as a noun) the Scottish people. ... Mock the Week is a British topical panel game, hosted by Dara Ó Briain. ... 8 out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol) for Channel 4. ... For other uses of Would I Lie to You?, see Would I Lie to You? (disambiguation). ... James Jimmy Anthony Patrick Carr (born September 15, 1972) is an English comedian known for his deadpan, satirical humour. ... Distraction is a British game show shown on Channel 4. ...

After leaving school, Boyle attended Aston University for a year before leaving and starting a BA (Honours) in English at the University of Sussex.

He first came to fame in 1996 when he won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic award. In 2003 and 2004 he made several radio pilots for BBC Radio Scotland. BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotlands national radio network, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. ...

Boyle started out on The Stand Up Show in 1995, and spent most of the time between this and 2002 performing at various festivals around the country.

In 2002 he appeared on The Live Floor Show and much of this material was used to write jokes for Jimmy Carr on Distraction, which started out in 2003. James Jimmy Anthony Patrick Carr (born September 15, 1972) is an English comedian known for his deadpan, satirical humour. ...

In 2007 he appeared on T4 musical festival in Edinburgh. For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ...

Frankie Boyle performed his new stand up show, The Voice of Black America, at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A street performer on the Royal Mile, with volunteer (2004). ...

He has appeared in Rush Hour, a comedy show on BBC three earlier this year and played the AA man (who gives unwanted relationship advice) and a police officer. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

TV appearances

Mock the Week is a British topical panel game, hosted by Dara Ó Briain. ... 8 out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol) for Channel 4. ... For other uses of Would I Lie to You?, see Would I Lie to You? (disambiguation). ... Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show; produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald, better known as News Knight is a British television panel show shown on ITV.[1] It is fronted by Sir Trevor McDonald and is in a similar style to the BBC One programme Have I Got News for You, with three comedians and newsworthy...

References

External links

• Official Website
• Frankie Boyle at IMDb