Equally adored and reviled for his acerbic and 'colourful' take on... everything, Frankie Boyle will be making his return to terrestrial TV, having been offered his own show by the BBC.
The former Mock the Week veteran will be hosting his a news satire show that will riff on current affairs, but it will be delayed until June to comply with election impartiality guidelines.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland referred to Boyle as an "important" voice in today's political landscape.
"I think the thing with Frankie is he is an extraordinarily strong voice and a passionate voice and he has the ability to be able to explore some of the issues of the day in a way that will be challenging viewing," Holland told the Radio Times.
"It's important that a person like Frankie is given a place on BBC Two."
He later carried on: "If we are going to make the channel feel more contemporary, more relevant, we need to look at the issues of the day and Frankie is someone who does that."
Boyle most recently worked with the BBC on the iPlayer-exclusive Election Autopsy and American Autopsy, for which he was joined by a panel of comics to take the piss out of politicians on all sides of the most recent UK and US campaigns.
The 44-year-old Scottish comedian has often caused outrage, perhaps most famously for making a series of jokes about Paralympic athletes back in 2012.
At the time, he defended mocking the subject, saying: "Nobody thinks it's a good thing to laugh at the disabled. But it is a genuine problem that we're not allowed to laugh with the disabled."
Boyle also caused a kerfuffle after joking about Katie Price's disabled son Harvey.
As for whether Boyle's subject matter will be restricted on his currently-untitled BBC Two series, Patrick Holland would only say: "If you're on the BBC there are BBC guidelines and the producers of the show know about that. Frankie is keen to be back on BBC Two."
There's a watertight PR response if ever we've seen one,
