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Comedy improvisation is a skill, not a talent, according to Frankie Boyle. He knows this for a fact, he says. "You learn it from doing it a lot" And he has certainly been doing it a lot. He's currently on our screens every Sunday night in BBC2's Mock the Week, which follows on from the (frankly dreadful) FAQ U on Channel 4, both shows being uninspired offcuts of Have I Got News for You.
The 32-year-old agrees that television comedy is getting very dull and predictable. "People are trying to get commissioned and they're trying to make shows that are very tight. It's not just that they're not looking for original formats, it's also that they're trying...