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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.
- Due to return for Series 68
- Series 66, Episode 8 repeated at 9:15pm on U&Dave
Episode menu
Series 56, Episode 10
Ian and Paul return for another look at the headlines, with guest host Gary Lineker and panellists Tom Allen and Ayesha Hazarika.
Notes
Paul and Tom won, 8 points to 4.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 14th December 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Thursday 13th December 2018, 18:30 at Elstree Film Studios
Cast & crew
Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
Paul Merton | Team Captain |
Gary Lineker | Host / Presenter |
Tom Allen | Guest |
Ayesha Hazarika | Guest |
Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
Kevin Day | Writer (Additional Material) |
Shaun Pye | Writer (Additional Material) |
Christine Rose | Writer (Additional Material) |
Fraser Steele | Writer (Additional Material) |
Andrew Fawn | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dan Bowman | Writer (Additional Material) |
Laura Major | Writer (Additional Material) |
Monica Long | Writer (Additional Material) |
Katie Storey | Writer (Additional Material) |
Aiden Butler | Writer (Additional Material) |
Mollie Goodfellow | Writer (Additional Material) |
Christian Manley | Writer (Additional Material) |
Tom Neenan | Writer (Additional Material) |
Martin Lord | Director |
Danny Carr | Series Producer |
Mike Rayment | Producer |
Richard Wilson | Executive Producer |
Ruby Kuraishe | Executive Producer |
Simon Brook | Editor |
Jon Ellis | Editor |
Todd Dalton | Editor |
Rich Ellis (as Richard Ellis) | Editor |
Nick Pratt | Editor |
Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
Mikki Rain | Production Designer |
Hugo Keating | Production Designer |
Karen Jackson | Costume Designer |
George Webley (as Big George) | Composer |
Luke Chantrell | Lighting Designer |
Press
Gary Lineker splits opinion as HIGNFY host
A debate over free speech and BBC impartiality has raged all week.
Simon Rushton, i Newspaper, 15th December 2018