
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.
- Series 61, Episode 2 repeated at 11:55pm on U&Dave
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Series 55, Episode 3

Ian and Paul return with further topical comedy games.Regular captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by guest host Lee Mack and panellists Janet Street-Porter and Sara Pascoe.
Notes
The teams drew, 8 points each.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 20th April 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Thursday 19th April 2018, 18:30 at The London Studios
Cast & crew
Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
Paul Merton | Team Captain |
Lee Mack | Host / Presenter |
Janet Street-Porter | Guest |
Sara Pascoe | Guest |
Pete Sinclair | Writer (Additional Material) |
Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
Rob Colley | Writer (Additional Material) |
Ged Parsons | Writer (Additional Material) |
Kevin Day | Writer (Additional Material) |
Shaun Pye | Writer (Additional Material) |
Karl Minns | Writer (Additional Material) |
Paul Wheeler | Director |
Jo Bunting | Series Producer |
Ed Ryland | Producer |
Richard Wilson | Executive Producer |
Ruby Kuraishe | Executive Producer |
Simon Brook | Editor |
Jon Ellis | Editor |
Todd Dalton | Editor |
Rich Ellis (as Richard Ellis) | Editor |
Nick Pratt | 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 |
Videos
Janet Street-Porter buying booze at 7:30
We're all aware of when shops stops selling booze in the evening, but there are perhaps fewer of us that know when they stop selling booze in the morning. Janet Street-Porter knows but she may regret telling that story.
Featuring: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Lee Mack, Janet Street-Porter & Sara Pascoe.
Wind sweeps up the Pope's clothes
Lee Mack explains why there were one or two blushes in the Vatican as the Pope's clothes were whipped up by the wind.
Featuring: Paul Merton, Lee Mack & Sara Pascoe.