Have I Got News For You
- TV panel show
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1990 - 2021
- 553 episodes (62 series)
Long-running topical panel game with a strong political slant, featuring team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Also features Angus Deayton.
- Series 54, Episode 3 repeated tomorrow at Midnight on Dave
Episode menu
Series 59, Episode 1
Notes
Paul and Helen won, 7 points to 4.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 3rd April 2020
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Thursday 2nd April 2020, 19:00 at Riverside Studios (Coronavirus cancelled - no audience)
Repeats
Show past repeats
Cast & crew
| Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
| Paul Merton | Team Captain |
| Steph McGovern | Host / Presenter |
| Miles Jupp | Guest |
| Helen Lewis | Guest |
| Pete Sinclair | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Rob Colley | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Ged Parsons | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Dan Gaster | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Kevin Day | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Shaun Pye | Writer (Additional Material) |
| James Farmer | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Katie Storey | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Jo Bunting | Series Producer |
| Mike Rayment | Producer |
| Richard Wilson | Executive Producer |
| Ruby Kuraishe | Executive Producer |
| James Branch | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Mikki Rain | Production Designer |
| George Webley (as Big George) | Composer |
| Dave Whyte | Graphics |
Press
What happens when a joke is followed by silence
Now, I'm not the funniest person in the world. (Maybe the fourth, or fifth? I try to stay humble.) But when I started doing live comedy, I was even worse than I am now. Nothing teaches you how to generate a laugh--or makes you more keen to get one--than ending a sentence and being greeted with the howling sound of absolute silence.
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8th April 2020Why it's great news that HIGNFY back
Paul and Ian are exactly what we need right now, says Emma Bullimore.
Emma Bullimore, Radio Times, 3rd April 2020Have I Got News For You, review
Satire institution proves it can actually thrive on the current chaos.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 3rd April 2020Producers will build virtual set around Hislop & Merton
Ian Hislop and Paul Merton will be in their seats and the satire promises to be as sharp as ever, but movement restrictions and a ban on studio audiences means the team captains, host Steph McGovern and panellists Miles Jupp and Helen Lewis will trade topical quips from the safety of their front rooms, speaking to remotely-controlled cameras.
Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 1st April 2020