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Frankie Boyle is returning to BBC to skewer news
Frankie Boyle will be making his return to TV to mock the week (and all its biggest news stories) as only he can.
The controversial comedian and former Mock the Week regular has inked a deal with BBC Two for his own news satire show, but it will be delayed until June to comply with election impartiality guidelines.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland referred to Boyle as an "important" voice in today's political landscape, thus making him a natural fit for the channel's attempts to modernise.
"I think the thing with Frankie is he is an extraordinarily strong voice and a passionate voice and he has the ability to be able to explore some of the issues of the day in a way that will be challenging viewing," Holland told the Radio Times.
"It's important that a person like Frankie is given a place on BBC Two."
He later carried on: "If we are going to make the channel feel more contemporary, more relevant, we need to look at the issues of the day and Frankie is someone who does that."
Boyle most recently worked with the BBC on the iPlayer-exclusive Election Autopsy and American Autopsy, for which he was joined by a panel of comics to take the piss out of politicians on all sides of the most recent UK and US campaigns.
The 44-year-old Scottish comedian has often caused outrage in the past, perhaps most famously for making a series of jokes about Paralympic athletes back in 2012.
At the time, he defended making light of the subject matter by saying: "Nobody thinks it's a good thing to laugh at the disabled. But it is a genuine problem that we're not allowed to laugh with the disabled."
Boyle also caused a massive row for joking about Katie Price's disabled son Harvey, a controversy that dogs him to this very day.
As for whether Boyle's subject matter will be restricted on his currently-untitled BBC Two series, the channel's controller Patrick Holland would only say: "If you're on the BBC there are BBC guidelines and the producers of the show know about that. Frankie is keen to be back on BBC Two."
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