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Kevin Bridges to host Have I Got News For You for the first time
Kevin Bridges will guest host the opening episode of Series 68 of Have I Got News For You on BBC One on Friday 4th October.
British Comedy Guide, 25th September 2024Father Dougal to meet the Pope
Ardal O'Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan, Patrick Kielty, Stephen Merchant and Ian Hislop get an audience at the Vatican.
Chortle, 9th June 2024Piers Morgan's revenge plot on Ian Hislop falls flat
When Ian Hislop was rude about Piers Morgan on Have I Got News For You many years ago, the then Daily Mirror editor was anxious to get revenge.
Patrick Kidd, The Times, 12th April 2024The week in audio: Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes - review
At least, Hislop makes it jolly.
Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 27th January 2024It's time the BBC put Have I Got News For You out of its misery
It was once the sharpest satire on TV. Now it's complacently predictable liberal-left pap.
Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 12th December 2023Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 26 photos looking back at the Fringe in the 1980s
So many memories from August in Edinburgh in the 1980s.
Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd July 2023Ian Hislop hugs ITV at last
The scandal at This Morning has been a trial for the Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, who has had to break the habit of a lifetime and watch ITV so he understands how important the departure of Phillip Schofield really is.
Patrick Kidd, The Times, 8th June 2023Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive review
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive had an embarrassment of such riches, enabling it to achieve the seemingly impossible task of shedding new light on this one-of-a-kind comedic titan.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th December 2022Spike review
The post-show Q&A with Nick Newman and Ian Hislop proved more enlightening, and often funnier.
David Upton, British Theatre Guide, 16th November 2022Spike at Richmond Theatre, review
There is still lots of fun to be had for Goon aficionados.
Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub, 9th November 2022