New BBC Head of Comedy Shane Allen has confirmed his interest in bringing Frankie Boyle back to TV.
Allen, who worked with Boyle at Channel 4, said that he admired the controversial comedian's "unique comic talent".
"For me, Frankie shares the same provocative, edgy comedy danger that Billy Connolly had early in his career and Billy is now hailed as a national treasure," Allen told The Guardian.
"I think TV can accommodate someone like Frankie now and it's a shame we didn't have more of Billy Connolly on telly in the '70s."
Boyle hasn't worked for the BBC since he departed panel show Mock The Week in 2009.
His Channel 4 series Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights was at the centre of a number of controversies, including a spat with Katie Price over comments he made about her son Harvey, and his second project Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme never made it past the pilot stage.
Allen, who worked with Boyle at Channel 4, said that he admired the controversial comedian's "unique comic talent".
"For me, Frankie shares the same provocative, edgy comedy danger that Billy Connolly had early in his career and Billy is now hailed as a national treasure," Allen told The Guardian.
"I think TV can accommodate someone like Frankie now and it's a shame we didn't have more of Billy Connolly on telly in the '70s."
Boyle hasn't worked for the BBC since he departed panel show Mock The Week in 2009.
His Channel 4 series Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights was at the centre of a number of controversies, including a spat with Katie Price over comments he made about her son Harvey, and his second project Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme never made it past the pilot stage.
- 3/25/2013
- Digital Spy
Another day, another Frankie Boyle scandal. The Scottish comic is public enemy No.1 with the tabloid press and his jokes about the Paralympic Games have added fuel to their campaigns to get him off TV screens. Since he began his TV career on Mock the Week, Boyle has thrived and made a living off near-the-knuckle humour. He left the BBC Two show in 2009, complaining about the restrictions that the Beeb placed on him, and found a new home on Channel 4. Boyle's output on Channel 4 has garnered what we will politely describe as a mixed response. His first series Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights (originally titled Deal With This, Retards) failed to capture the public's affection in the way his savage one-liners had done on Mtw. Despite having one critically mauled series, a large number of complaints about gags concerning Katie Price's (more)...
- 8/31/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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