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 on Friday on BBC1 at 10pm with Series 68, Highlights Special
- Catch-up on Series 68, Episode 10
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Series 6 - Have I Got News For You: The Downing Street Years
On 16 November 1990, the first series of this topical comedy quiz show came to an end. The following week, Margaret Thatcher resigned. In a special programme to start a new series, Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop, Paul Merton and their guests, this week including Derek Hatton, endeavour to make a connection.
Notes
Ian and Derek are the winners.
This episode was broadcast as part of an After Margaret programming block.
This episode is considered by Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to be the worst Have I Got News For You episode ever made. Hislop considers sitting next to Hatton to be a career low.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 29th October 1993
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Angus Deayton | Host / Presenter |
| Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
| Paul Merton | Team Captain |
| Edwina Currie (as Edwina Currie MP) | Guest |
| Derek Hatton | Guest |
| John F.D. Northover | Director |
| Ben Gosling Fuller (as Ben Fuller) | Director |
| Jimmy Mulville | Series Producer |
| Harry Thompson | Producer |
| Colin Swash | Producer |