Have I Got News For You
- TV panel show
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1990 - 2024
- 610 episodes (68 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 68, Episode 7
- Catch-up on Series 68, Episode 6
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Series 54 - Have I Got 2017 News For You
Team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by a variety of guest hosts and panellists from the worlds of comedy, journalism and current affairs for a compilation that looks back at the big news of 2017.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 22nd December 2017
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
| Paul Merton | Team Captain |
| 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) |
| Giles Pilbrow | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Shaun Pye | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Christine Rose | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Nathaniel Tapley (as Nat Tapley) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Steven Dick | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Fraser Steele | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Karl Minns | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Andrew Fawn | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Christopher Armstrong | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Alan Connor | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Dan Bowman | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Stevie Cooke | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Laura Major | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Niki Wakefield | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Geoff Norcott | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Julius Nicholson | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Lorna Woolfson | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Paul Wheeler | Director |
| Lissa Evans | Director |
| Martin Lord | Director |
| Jo Bunting | Series Producer |
| Mark Barrett | Series Producer |
| Danny Carr | Producer |
| Ed Ryland | Producer |
| Richard Wilson | Executive Producer |
| Pinki Chambers | Executive Producer |
| Ruby Kuraishe | Executive Producer |
| Jon Harvey | Producer |
| Alan Tyler | Executive Producer |
| Simon Brook | Editor |
| Jon Ellis | Editor |
| Todd Dalton | Editor |
| Rich Ellis (as Richard Ellis) | Editor |
| Nick Pratt | Editor |
| Jason Boxall | Editor |
| Ben Leighton | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Mikki Rain | Production Designer |
| Hugo Keating | Production Designer |
| Karen Jackson | Costume Designer |
| Peter Raby | Lighting Designer |
| George Webley (as Big George) | Composer |
| Ian Penny | Lighting Designer |
Press
Odd to reflect that not so long ago there were mutterings HIGNFY had run out of steam. Then came Brexit. And Trump. And who knows what lies ahead next year? That said, it can still seem a little stale on those nights when Merton and Hislop rest too heavily on our familiarity with their respective personas. Tonight's episode gathers highlights, including, presumably, Jo Brand's silencing-the-boys admonishment moment.
Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 22nd December 2017