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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.
- Returns on Friday 4th October on BBC1 at 9pm with Series 68, Episode 1
- Series 66, Episode 9 repeated at 9:15pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 1,309
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Series 56, Episode 5
Ian and Paul return for another look at the headlines. This time, Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts, with guest panellists Janey Godley and Robert Rinder.
Notes
Paul and Robert won, 7 points to 3.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 2nd November 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Thursday 1st November 2018, 18:30 at Elstree Film Studios
Cast & crew
Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
Paul Merton | Team Captain |
Victoria Coren Mitchell | Host / Presenter |
Janey Godley | Guest |
Robert Rinder | Guest |
Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
Rob Colley | Writer (Additional Material) |
Ged Parsons | Writer (Additional Material) |
Kevin Day | Writer (Additional Material) |
Giles Pilbrow | Writer (Additional Material) |
Shaun Pye | Writer (Additional Material) |
Paul Wheeler | Director |
Danny Carr | Series Producer |
Mike Rayment | Producer |
Richard Wilson | Executive Producer |
Ruby Kuraishe | Executive Producer |
Simon Brook | Editor |
Jon Ellis | Editor |
Todd Dalton | Editor |
Rich Ellis (as Richard Ellis) | Editor |
Chloe Laing | 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 |
Press
HIGNFY fluffed a joke about GCHQ and Greggs
Episode of flagship BBC satirical comedy show, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, didn't know its GCHQ from its MI5
Phil Norris, Gloucestershire Live, 4th November 2018