Have I Got News For You
- TV panel show
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1990 - 2025
- 620 episodes (69 series)
Long-running topical panel game with a strong political slant, featuring team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Also features Angus Deayton.
- Continues tomorrow on BBC1 at 9pm with Series 69, Episode 8
- Catch-up on Series 69, Episode 7
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Clarkson's HIGNFY appearance pulls in 4.46 million
Jeremy Clarkson's long-awaited appearance hosting Have I Got News For You was Friday's (October 2) highest-rated show outside of soaps.
Tasha Hegarty, Digital Spy, 3rd October 2015Review: Have I Got News For You series 50 episode 1
Overall, this wasn't HIGNFY's finest (half) hour. However, it still provided a neat blend of political satire, slapstick and incisive political comment that is sorely missing on TV. Not too bad for a show entering its twenty-fifth year.
Rhys Thompson, Nouse, 3rd October 2015Whatever happened to Jeremy Clarkson? He doesn't seem to have been on TV much lately but here he is, hosting the first edition of the unstoppable topical quiz's 50th series. Expect zingers about the refugee crisis and Jeremy Corbyn's sandals, plus perhaps some insight into what his friend David Cameron gets up to in the Oxfordshire countryside. Flanking the Jezmeister are regular captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, as well as Pointless star Richard Osman and Camilla Long.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 2nd October 2015Live coverage of Jeremy Clarkson on HIGNFY
Join Helena Horton for live updates as the disgraced former Top Gear presenter returns to the BBC to host Have I Got News For You - his first appearance since his high-profile sacking.
Helena Horton, The Telegraph, 2nd October 2015Jeremy Clarkson's HIGNFY roasting gets mixed reaction
TV panellist Richard Osman was praised for ripping into the disgraced Top Gear host but some viewers were questioning whether he went too far.
Nicola Agius, The Mirror, 2nd October 2015Have I Got News For You - Jeremy Clarkson, review
Clarkson was like a boyfriend reconnecting with an ex and beginning to regret it, says Ed Power.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 2nd October 2015Jeremy Clarkson battered on Have I Got News For You
The former Top Gear host is the butt of every gag on this week's Have I Got News For You.
Halina Watts, The Mirror, 1st October 2015Have I Got News For You: the best presenters and guests
Have I Got News For You has just turned 25. Captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton will return to our screens this Friday for the 50th series premiere, presented by none other than Jeremy Clarkson. Over the years a succession of guests and - following Angus Deayton's controversial sacking in 2002 - presenters have graced the show. We round up the best.
Max Williams, GQ, 28th September 2015Jeremy Clarkson on HIGNFY: 1st BBC show since sacking
The ex-Top Gear host pulled out of presenting the satirical panel show after the high profile furore following his fracas with a producer.
Carl Greenwood, The Mirror, 18th September 201525 years of Have I Got News For You: A timeline
A quarter of a century ago this month, Maggie still ruled Britain, the Soviet Union still existed and a new topical panel show came to BBC Two. The host and team captains of Have I Got News For You were all in their earlier thirties and while not unknown were not exactly household names either.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 17th September 2015