Frankie Boyle's New World Order

Boyles early stuff was excellent. Really funny. Sadly this stuff is awful. The jokes are too political and contrived, and the program format doesn't work. It's basically a bunch of lefties sat around talking a bit of politics (no-one disagrees) and trying to out-talk the others. Like mock the week, but worse. Saw the first episode of the second series last night - Sarah Pascoe's self loathing monalogue for being white (and how bad and embarrassed she is of that!?) was toe-curlingly cringeworthy. (Doesn't she realise she's embarrassing herself?) They had David Baddeil on to discuss the anti-semitism in the Labour Party, but he wasn't allowed to say much for some so-called gags the others tried to put in and talk over the guy. If you're more left wing than Jeremy Corbyn you'll probably find it funny. Personally I find it a sad cul-de-sac that Boyle has driven his career down and I'd streer clear.

The reviews I've seen so far are like " OOO Frankie you used to be soo edgy and true back in the day" without realising the massive left wing bias he always had ffs? I'm sorry but did you really think the edgy comedian from Glasgow was conservative fml.

Yes general cultural standards change but being offensive isn't inherently funny obviously! So you guys are showing yourselves up to be complete melts who laugh at attack helicopter jokes.

There are some awkward moments on the show but personally i think its amazing relative to all other political content on tv (Honestly guys just move to the internet already).

If there's anything I would suggest it would be to stop bringing a guest on for one segment its very jarring and exemplifies the awkwardness.

I have noticed a few comments on here stating that this is leftie drivel. Wrong! They do however talk about current affairs and look at them from a moral standpoint (It seems that when people talk about human rights abuses this is how they are labelled). Hence the reason they were attacking labour about the anti-Semitism in the party.

Your opening and closing monologues are arguably the only funny part of the show, and even they're like a ghost of what you used to come out with.

Giving female comics such a high-profile platform is laudable, but the ones you've had on have largely been awful.

The show is nowhere near as dangerous as it obviously sees itself as being, the topics discussed and the arguments made both trite and lazy.

There IS an appetite for a funny, genuinely transgressive political comedy show but this isn't it - and, gallingly, once upon a time, you'd have made it.

This is leftist propaganda masquerading as comedy.