Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett
Have I Got News For You

Have I Got News For You

  • TV panel show
  • BBC One / BBC Two
  • 1990 - 2024
  • 600 episodes (67 series)

Long-running topical panel game with a strong political slant, featuring team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Also features Angus Deayton.

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Piers Morgan's revenge plot on Ian Hislop falls flat

When Ian Hislop was rude about Piers Morgan on Have I Got News For You many years ago, the then Daily Mirror editor was anxious to get revenge.

Patrick Kidd, The Times, 12th April 2024

Martin Lewis to guest host Have I Got News For You

On Friday 26th April, Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis will guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time.

British Comedy Guide, 10th April 2024

The Office named top landmark comedy of the last 50 years

The Office was the highest-placed comedy in a Broadcasting Press Guild list of the top 50 landmark programmes of the last 50 years.

British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2024

Have I Got Sport For You in development

A sports-based spin-off from Have I Got News For You is reportedly in development.

British Comedy Guide, 29th February 2024

Ghosts was the most-watched TV comedy of 2023

Ghosts, Michael McIntyre's Big Show, Have I Got News For You, Blankety Blank and Mrs Brown's Boys were the most-watched British comedies on TV in 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 10th January 2024

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024

It's time the BBC put Have I Got News For You out of its misery

It was once the sharpest satire on TV. Now it's complacently predictable liberal-left pap.

Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 12th December 2023

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty stuns viewers with X-rated joke

Naga Munchetty stunned Have I Got News For You viewers with an X-rated joke on air.

The BBC Breakfast star, 48, was in the hosting seat for the latest episode of the comedy quiz show.

Alex Doyle, The Sun, 9th December 2023

It's OK for Have I Got News For You to mock Laurence Fox

The BBC has rejected complaints that Have I Got News For You was 'inappropriate' for the way in mocked Laurence Fox. On the episode that aired on October 6, presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made reference to how the actor-turned-activist had been fired by GB News for his sexist rant against political journalist Ava Evans.

Chortle, 8th December 2023

Guz Khan laughs off Have I Got News For You complaints

Writing on X, the 37-year-old joked he was glad that was the only controversy engulfing him, joking: 'Man, I thought they had the CCTV footage of me eating haraam McDonalds chicken nuggets in a car park in Coventry. That would have been career ending...because I was ENJOYING them. God forgive me.'

Chortle, 29th November 2023

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