Frankie Boyle’s New World Order - Thursdays 10pm BBC2

Welsh Megaman · 02-09-2020 07:29PM #1

New series starts tomorrow night!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tpkbm

El_Duderino 09 · 02-09-2020 07:31PM

Loved this show. It must be hard to parody the news in the UK at the moment, it's such a sh1t show. He has great guests who usually have very interesting perspectives.

gmisk · 02-09-2020 07:57PM

Love this show.

His tour of scotland programme was really funny as well.

Atlantic Dawn · 03-09-2020 08:51PM

Bump, 10 mins to go.

Welsh Megaman · 03-09-2020 09:05PM

His opening gags were fantastic

Welsh Megaman · 10-09-2020 09:02PM

That Antiques Road Trip gag :eek:

Harry Palmr · 10-09-2020 09:49PM

Frankie needs to get back on stage pronto. This is not so much a woke as asleep.

Thelonious Monk · 11-09-2020 07:56AM

It was awful last night. That black guy talking like he was being persecuted and living in America. Frankie was funny at times but the rest of the guests were terrible.

irishguitarlad · 11-09-2020 11:06AM

The closing monologue from last night was unreal.

Welsh Megaman · 24-09-2020 09:03PM

What, no Sara Pascoe?

I think my TV is broke.

irishguitarlad · 26-09-2020 11:23AM

Best episode of the season last night for me, Frankie was on fire.

El_Duderino 09 · 26-09-2020 11:38AM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Best episode of the season last night for me, Frankie was on fire.

I haven't seen last night's episode yet. The guests this year haven't been very good. The really good guests weren't there just to be funny, the were there because they had some expert insight. The guests this year seem to just give some lay man's opinions and chime in with making jokes. Akala was a really great guest when he was on.

There are loads of news based panel shows and I don't watch any of them because they're not really funny and don't try to be insightful. I'm afraid this series is similar to those shows.

gmisk · 26-09-2020 11:43AM

I really like frankie boyle and his opening and closing bits are terrific...but the guests so far have been pretty useless and it definitely loses something without the audience

Welsh Megaman · 01-10-2020 09:07PM

Blindboy Boatclub!!

Atlantic Dawn · 01-10-2020 11:08PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Blindboy Boatclub!!

He did well, I get the feeling they may have cut off some of his input

Hodors Appletart · 02-10-2020 08:31AM

I like Blindboy, love his podcast and attended one of his shows - but did he really need to fly over to the UK for that 5 minute segment?

Acosta · 02-10-2020 10:10AM

Hodors Appletart wrote: »

I like Blindboy, love his podcast and attended one of his shows - but did he really need to fly over to the UK for that 5 minute segment?

It probably has the highest viewing figures of anything he's appeared on.

Penn · 02-10-2020 10:15AM

I just liked to picture British people watching that, seeing Blindboy come out in his mask and wondering "How are the Irish dealing with coronavirus better than us if those are the masks they're wearing?!"

Spudman_20000 · 02-10-2020 10:18AM

Love Frankie but his guest lists stink of TV exec diversity quotas.

Hodors Appletart · 02-10-2020 12:13PM

Spudman_20000 wrote: »

Love Frankie but his guest lists stink of TV exec diversity quotas.

in fairness, most panel shows are like that these days.

Spudman_20000 · 02-10-2020 03:24PM

Hodors Appletart wrote: »

in fairness, most panel shows are like that these days.

True, but always saw Frankie as anti establishment so kinda unfortunate to see him have to capitulate to the BBC.

Suppose the man has to pay his bills.

Welsh Megaman · 08-10-2020 03:04PM

Armando Iannucci is on tonight’s show

AndrewJRenko · 08-10-2020 03:07PM

Spudman_20000 wrote: »

True, but always saw Frankie as anti establishment so kinda unfortunate to see him have to capitulate to the BBC.

Suppose the man has to pay his bills.

Suppose it's possible that Frankie makes up his own mind and chooses his own guests.

Muahahaha · 08-10-2020 03:21PM

Have watched a couple of episodes of this, its alright but I think any comedy being shown at the moment without a live audience is really lacking. Theres a certain catharsis with laughing thats important to have for comedy. Dare I say it but they should pipe in canned laughter, it would at least improve it over silence after punchlines.

lertsnim · 08-10-2020 03:23PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Have watched a couple of episodes of this, its alright but I think any comedy being shown at the moment without a live audience is really lacking. Theres a certain catharsis with laughing thats important to have for comedy. Dare I say it but they should pipe in canned laughter, it would at least improve it over silence after punchlines.

Canned laughter should never be allowed.

Utopia Parkway · 08-10-2020 03:37PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Have watched a couple of episodes of this, its alright but I think any comedy being shown at the moment without a live audience is really lacking. Theres a certain catharsis with laughing thats important to have for comedy. Dare I say it but they should pipe in canned laughter, it would at least improve it over silence after punchlines.

Yeah I find the show a hard watch without an audience. Plus the panel members are not really that funny in the main. Frankie is still very good but you have to sit through a lot of muck otherwise. The show would probably be better if it was just Frankie on his own with maybe one guest popping on for a chat about the week.

Hodors Appletart · 08-10-2020 04:03PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Suppose it's possible that Frankie makes up his own mind and chooses his own guests.

yeah I don't think he was ever anti-woke was he? he just skewers everything and makes off colour jokes

Welsh Megaman · 15-10-2020 06:48PM

Last in the current series tonight.

Penn · 15-10-2020 07:46PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Last in the current series tonight.

Highlights and unseen bits according to the TV guide though.

Frankie Boyle’s New World Order - Thursdays 10pm BBC2

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