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 55, Episode 7 repeated at 10pm on U&Dave
Press clippings
Most-watched TV comedies of 2024 revealed
Gavin & Stacey, Wallace & Gromit, Outnumbered, Ludwig and Michael McIntyre's Big Show were amongst the most-watched British comedies on TV in 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2025Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 shortlists revealed
Shortlists for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, recognising the best television and radio comedy programming, have been announced today after an initial round of voting.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2025Have I Got News For You USA to return for Series 2
The American version of Have I Got News For You has been renewed by CNN for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024Have I got news for you
Political journalist Matt Chorley describes being a guest panellist on Have I Got News For You.
Matt Chorley, Substack, 22nd November 2024Jason Manford to host Have I Got Sport For You
Have I Got Sport For You, the spin-off pilot from Have I Got News For You which will air this December, will be hosted by Jason Manford.
British Comedy Guide, 20th November 2024Ian Hislop and Paul Merton on making Have I Got News For You
'My mother came along to the filming of the pilot episode' says Hislop - 'and afterwards she said, "Oh, never mind, darling"'.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 4th November 2024Have I Got News For You: how does the US version compare?
The long-running topical comedy show made its way stateside in September and it's turned out to be a far different proposition than the original.
Callum Jones, The Guardian, 1st November 2024HIGNFY USA presenter Roy Wood Jr to guest host UK version
Roy Wood Jr, the host of the new American version of Have I Got News For You, is also going to front the BBC One version on Friday 8th November.
British Comedy Guide, 17th October 2024Andrea Jenkyns accused HIGNFY of fixing the audience and Ian Hislop's A++ comeback was simply magnificent
Bravo to Ian Hislop and Paul Merton for his little gag at the expense of guest host Amol Rajan which was the icing on the cake.
John Plunkett, The Poke, 12th October 2024Two-tier comedy is alive and well on HIGNFY... a world where Boris and Liz are PM, not Keir
If ever there was a case of a show being careful what it wished for it was Friday's HIGNFY, where they had Starmer, Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband and all of Labour's other misfits at their mercy and couldn't bring themselves to land one decent blow.
Ally Ross, The Sun, 10th October 2024