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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HIGNFY: Once un-missable, now un-watchable

One viral video shown on Have I Got News For You was Fenton the dog chasing deer in a London park. After it was shown Paul Merton asked 'Why did people think that was entertaining?'

Alan Varley, Chortle, 10th June 2013

Tory MP Fabricant gets Twitter mauling following HIGNFY

Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has received a rather hostile reaction from viewers after appearing on BBC news quiz show Have I Got News For You.

Daniella Graham, Metro, 11th May 2013

Ray Winstone divides Have I Got News For You fans

Actor Ray Winstone has become the latest big name to take the guest host slot on Have I Got News For You - but not everyone was impressed with his performance.

Metro, 27th April 2013

BBC responds to HIGNFY Thatcher complaints

The BBC has responded to complaints made by viewers of Have I Got News For You who felt comments made about Margaret Thatcher were offensive.

Metro, 17th April 2013

100 viewers complain about Margaret Thatcher jokes

100 viewers complain about Have I Got News For You references to late PM.

Paul Cockerton, The Mirror, 16th April 2013

Brian Blessed divides opinion on HIGNFY

Having assumed hosting duties on a Have I Got News For You that was predictably dominated by Margaret Thatcher jokes, Brian Blessed stole the show and divided opinion at the same time.

Metro, 13th April 2013

Pointless giant Richard Osman tears himself away from his desk by Alexander Armstrong's side to slide into one of the guest seats for the first of a new series of the topical news quiz. Osman is surely destined for the guest host gig at some point but tonight it's down to Stephen Mangan to give Ian Hislop and Paul Merton free rein to roam around the lunatic fringes of the news, while Osman's fellow guest, Joan Bakewell, offers sage titbits.

Carol Carter and Ann Lee, Metro, 5th April 2013

The satrical edge on HIGNFY has dulled very slightly over the years. These days, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton don't so much lacerate the week's events and personalities as chew them over with the odd comic flight of fancy.

Occasionally, let's be honest, that makes for an underwhelming episode, where the panellists never get up a head of steam and only the host's scripted gags keep things rolling. But more often, the big old beast of a show rouses itself and delivers an enjoyably surreal spin on the news, providing us with a neat comedy coda to the week. One of the best episodes of the last series had Richard Osman as a guest, punning about David Cameron's "mandate" on gay marriage and showing an almost shameful knowledge of Spice Girls hits. Happily, he's back again tonight, with the excellent Stephen Mangan in the host's chair for the first show of series (drumroll, please...) 45.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 5th April 2013

Ross Noble Elephant Man joke cleared by BBC Trust

Comedian Ross Noble's impression of "elephant man" John Merrick in an edition of Have I Got News For You has been ruled to be "at the margins of acceptability" by the BBC Trust.

BBC News, 12th March 2013

BBC angered by ITV panel show pilot

The BBC is reportedly 'angry' about a new ITV topical panel show from the makers of Have I Got News For You.

British Comedy Guide, 1st March 2013

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