Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy
- TV factual
- Channel 4
- 2023
- 1 episode
Comic documentary in which Frankie Boyle examines the past and future of the monarchy. Also features Christopher Green, Zana Cousins Greenwood, Karl Greenwood, Eleanor Janega, Guy Shrubsole and more.
Press clippings
Frankie Boyle cleared by Ofcom over Royal Family joke
Frankie Boyle has been cleared by TV watchdog Ofcom after he joked about petrol bombing members of the Royal Family.
Stuart MacDonald, The Sun, 6th June 2023Frankie Boyle under fire over vile jokes in Channel 4 show
Frankie Boyle has come under fire for making vile jokes about the Queen in a Channel 4 'anti-monarchy' show.
Aired just days before the King's Coronation, the controversial comic made a gag about bottling the Royals with a petrol bomb.
Amanda Devlin, The Sun, 1st May 2023Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy review
Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy is a welcome - and bitterly tart - antidote to the media's wall-to-wall forelock-tugging Coronation coverage, which expects us to believe the pouring of God's special oil from a gold, eagle-shaped ampulla as a perfectly normal part of a modern democracy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st May 2023Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy review
Looks like he's blown his chance of an OBE.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 30th April 2023Frankie Boyle's New World Order back but Monarchy special in doubt
Frankie Boyle's New World Order is returning for a sixth series on BBC Two, as the comic prepares to write a follow-up to his bestselling debut novel. However, the status of his Channel 4 stand-up documentary, Frankie Boyle: Monarchy, is in doubt following the Queen's death.
British Comedy Guide, 14th September 2022Frankie Boyle focuses on the monarchy for Channel 4 special
Frankie Boyle: Monarchy, a 75-minute stand-up-documentary special about the Royal Family, has been ordered by Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2022