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Frankie Boyle catapulted onto the comedy scene when he won 1996's Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award for best new British stand-up comedian.

Since then, Glaswegian Frankie has performed extensively in the UK , supporting touring artists such as Men in Coats, headlining a series of shows in Dubai and starring in the Cottier Theatre during the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

Frankie's highly original, well-honed and intelligent material is punctuated by copious amounts of topical content. He is in great demand as a writer, is currently developing several television ideas, and in 2003 and 2004 has made several radio pilots for BBC Radio Scotland and Radio 4 with the Comedy Unit.

A regular and popular compere at clubs across the UK , his first performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe included headlining ‘The Comedy Zone' at the Pleasance. In 2003 he co-starred with The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III (Jim Muir), in a hard-hitting, original and critically acclaimed comedy show.

This led to Frankie being asked to write for Channel 4's new Jimmy Carr series ‘Distraction' which was a big success. Frankie is subsequently writing on the second series as well as the satirical animation series ‘2DTV'. Other writing work includes the pilot for the new Cilla Black panel quiz show, ‘Celebrity' on BBC1.

In 2002, he starred as a regular weekly performer on series one and two BBC Scotland's smash-hit stand-up comedy showcase "Live Floor Show".

In January 2003, as a result of its' success, the BBC extended the show to a third, national, 10-part series on BBC 2 which went out on Saturday nights. Frankie was a key writer on this series as well performing stand-up comedy. When in 2004, the format changed and became ‘Floor Show', Frankie was again very much involved as a main writer on the BBC Scotland series.

Other television credits include The World Stands Up (Comedy Central, Comedy Channel UK & USA ); The Stand up Show (BBC1) and Comedy Network (C5). He was also a regular panelist on BBC Scotland's "Caledonia McBrains", but we won't hold that against him. He became the main writer on the second series, an appointment that saw the series' ratings improve markedly.

Radio work includes presenting the travelogue 'Fear and Loathing on the West Highland Way'; team captain on celebrity quiz 'Famous for 5 Minutes' and several pilot shows made with the Comedy Unit for BBC Radio 4, including 'Frankie Boyle and Miles Jupp's Alpine Convenience Store and Celebrity Retreat' and 'The Boyle Inquest'.