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Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme
- TV chat show that was never made
- Channel 4
- 2011
Frankie Boyle follow-up Channel 4 project after Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights. Also features Reginald D Hunter, Jack Whitehall and Afua Hirsch.
Key details
- Genre
- Chat Show
- Added to BCG
- 2011
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Stars
- Frankie Boyle, Reginald D Hunter, Jack Whitehall and Afua Hirsch
- Writers
- Dominic English, Aiden Spackman, Shaun Pye, Dan Swimer, Charlie Skelton and Neil Webster
- Director
- Richard Valentine
- Producers
- Greg Bower, Russell Balkind, Richard Osman, Peter Holmes, Ruth Phillips and Frankie Boyle
- Company
Pilot from Frankie Boyle, following on from the critically panned and highly controversial sketch show Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights.
Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme is a topical, argument-fuelled studio pilot in which Frankie is confronted by celebrities and members of the public who attempt to change his uncompromising world view in a series of funny, informed debates.
People going up against Frankie might be excited about the upcoming Stone Roses reunion, passionate about caravanning, or massive Twilight fans - "Frankie isn't, and he'll happily tell them why they're all really, really wrong."
Producers, with tongue firmly in cheek, says: "It's very much like Parkinson or Wogan, but with paedo jokes."
Channel 4's Shane Allen told The Guardian: "Frankie is just a bit pissed off that he's portrayed as this one-setting shock machine. He's a very politically aware, bright bloke who wants to show his intellectual muscle a bit more."
The pilot of Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme was recorded 1st December with guests Jack Whitehall and Reginald D Hunter. Produced by Endemol.
In January 2012 it was revealed that Channel 4 would not be going forward with the project. News story
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Recording details
- Riverside Studios - Run-throughs on 8th, 11th, 22nd and 24th November 2011. Pilot at Riverside Studio 1st December 2011