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** Paedophiles. [[Fridge Horror|Apparently there's enough of them to be considered a demographic...]]

** [[Cultural Stereotypes]]: The middle and upper class are a frequent target of mockery, even amongst the comedians. Hugh is a frequent target, but he just rolls with the punches:

'''Hugh:''' ''(In an even posher accent than normal)'' One of you has been stealing my pheasants! I don't care who-- }}

** [[Acceptable Political Targets]]: As in, "everybody in politics". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smv8MI2q29g Some more than others, however...]

*** When [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|British National Party]] leader Nick Griffin got in an appearance on ''Question Time'':

'''Frankie''': "He looks like a plucked owl that's been fast-tracked for management at Greggs." }}

* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: Frankie Boyle has been known to make Dara (and the audience) [[Dude, Not Funny|wince]] and laugh simultaneously.

* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Frankie Boyle, almost every time he opens his mouth. Depending on your sensibilities, some of Hugh's lines may qualify (the suggestion for "Famous Last Words" of "Yeah [[John F Kennedy|Jackie]], let's go in the open-topped car today!" being an example).

** [[Too Soon]]?

** Another notable occasion is seen in the second "two hot for tv" dvd, where the unedited version of the "deleted lines from the last harry potter book" is shown, with the multiple rape jokes intact

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: the Christmas special in Series 6 manages to have two rather ambiguous ones -- first, guest Adam Hills' tale of a Santa who visited his dad's plane which was flying at Midnight on Christmas Day, which gets [[Off the Rails|derailed]] by Frankie. Second, in what must be a first for this show, a fan drawing submitted by a viewer, age 11, is proudly displayed -- {{spoiler|it shows [[Doctor Who|Daleks]] [[Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book|attacking the show's set.]] And Frankie has taken their side.}}

** One "Spinning The News" segment had Frankie doing a routine on the topic of "Kids" (cue audience groan). After a very typical gag, he told a very sweet story about his daughter:

* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: Inevitable, given the tone of some of the humour.

'''Mark Steel''': That joke was so contrived, people felt sympathy for ''Saddam Hussein''! }}

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: The camera crew seemed to like pointing out how even the other comedians were losing their shit during Stewart Francis' turn on Spinning The News.

* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: About 1:18 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxsVF6t1aVI here.]

** '''Kevin Bridges''', ''Unlikely Things to Get Through Your Letterbox'': "Dear [[Amy Winehouse|Ms Winehouse]], congratulations on turning 100, best wishes, the Queen."

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]

** After that, series 9 episode 8 of the show, where ''Balamory'' regular Miles Jupp appeared as a guest.

** The more recent series of the show have taken a break over the summer. One of the reasons for this break is because Parliament is in recess and there won't be any big new stories to cover. For 2010, this worked well in practice. For 2011, not so much, as the show went off air in the same week as the News International phone-hacking scandal broke, closely followed by the riots in London.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVkZL5tv7uk 2:20 of this video]. Presumably he [[Skyrim|took it to the knee.]]

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: After Paul Gascoigne made a surreal attempt to appease escaped killer Raoul Moat with a can of lager, a chicken, and an offer of a fishing trip (apparently they were friends), Michael McIntyre started what became a [[Mad Libs Catchphrase|Mad Libs Running Gag]] of Gazza cheering [someone] up with a [drink], a [foodstuff] and an [activity].

** "ICE FISHING!"

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Averted somewhat in Series 8 by replacing Frankie with guests as opposed to a permanent panellist.

** From Series 3's first Between The Lines:

'''Hugh''': "I ''reallllly'' think we're gonna miss Rory Bremner..." }}

* [[The Scrappy]]: For many Rory Bremner, who for two series was more of a distraction with his impressions than the lead comedian he was seemingly supposed to be.