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Is it all living with robots? Not quite. The UK's most fearless and uncompromising comic is at the top of his game as he satirises everything we love and loathe about British culture, delivering comedy that's not for the faint-hearted. Expect brass neck and laughs in abundance. Channel 4 Commissioning Editor Shane Allen says: "Frankie's a fearlessly inventive comic and no one can carve a joke to the bone like he does.

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He added: "I had no idea Rebecca Adlington was as famous as she was or that she had been a huge success. Asked by his counsel, David Sherborne, whether he was forced to quit Mock the Week over the gag, Boyle said: "Absolutely not.

The idea you would be forced to quit the show for saying someone looks like they are looking in the back of a spoon, it just seems ridiculous because they just don't sack people on those panel shows.

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This article is more than 9 years old. Comedian defends sketches from Channel 4 show in Mirror libel trial including jokes about Muslim women and immigration. Frankie Boyle told the court his jokes about immigration were intended as a parody of 'racism at the heart of British policy'. Photograph: Rex Features. The trial before Mr Justice Eady continues.