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 60, Highlights Special repeated tomorrow at Midnight on U&Dave
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The UK TV panel show is dying (but it's probably for the best)
The cancellation of Mock The Week marked another nail in the coffin for UK TV panel shows. Is this the end of an era?
Alice Pattillo, Den Of Geek, 1st September 2022HIGNFY announces Boris Johnson special
Have I Got News For You will return in September for its 64th series, opening with a Boris Johnson-themed special.
British Comedy Guide, 16th August 2022Angus Deayton on being sacked from Have I Got News For You
Twenty years since being sacked from Have I Got News For You after a tabloid scandal, the actor and presenter talks truth, ageing and why he'll never write a memoir.
Simon O'Hagan, i Newspaper, 4th August 2022How does blind comedian Chris McCausland play the HIGNFY picture round?
When blind comedian Chris McCausland appears on Have I Got News For You complaints often follow. The Liverpudlian says viewers get very frustrated on his behalf and regularly turn to Twitter to vent their frustration.
Beth Rose, BBC, 24th June 2022Sphere launches new collectible series with HIGNFY quiz book
Sphere has signed Have I Got News For You: The Quiz Of 2022 and a second quiz book for publication in November 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 3rd May 2022Ian Hislop says 'entire Tory party' should resign for supporting PM
Ian Hislop was met with cheers on Have I Got News For You as he said that the "entire Tory party" should resign for defending Boris Johnson amid the partygate scandal.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 16th April 2022Have I Got News For You is living a dreary panel show Groundhog Day
The stalwart BBC series begins its 63rd series tonight, with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton returning as perennial team captains. The series is a British TV institution, writes Louis Chilton - but why does it feel like it's just peddling the same tired schtick?
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 1st April 2022Victoria Coren Mitchell to guest present HIGNFY
Joining her on the panel for the second episode in the forthcoming series will be Chief Political Commentator at the Sunday Times Tim Shipman and comedian Ria Lina.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2022Clive Myrie to host Have I Got News For You
The episode will air on Friday 1st April, BBC One, 9pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2022Labour MP Jess Phillips is laughing all the way to the bank
Her constituents may struggle to pay their heating costs in the coming weeks - but Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips is likely to have few concerns about her own bills.
The MP for Yardley in Birmingham received an astonishing £15,000 to present a single edition of BBC1's Have I Got News For You.
Emily Prescott, Daily Mail, 6th February 2022