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 27th December on BBC1 at 10pm with Series 68, Highlights Special
- Catch-up on Series 68, Episode 10
Streaming rank this week: 113
Press clippings Page 14
Paul Merton still fears HIGNFY will be canned
The comedian, who has been on the show since its launch in 1990, says he 'can't afford to be complacent'.
Mark Jefferies and Nicola Methven, The Mirror, 29th November 2017Viewers complain about Have I Got News For You episode
The episode of Have I Got News For You in which Jo Brand had to rebuke the panel for seemingly not taking allegations of sexual harassment seriously has received over 200 complaints from viewers.
British Comedy Guide, 16th November 2017HIGNFY attacked for anti-Tory bias
Have I Got News for You makes five times more jokes about the Tories than Labour, a Sun probe discovered. Conservative MPs branded the BBC show propaganda yesterday.
Joe Kasper, The Sun, 9th November 2017Jo Brand stands up for women on HIGNFY
Jo Brand calls out the Have I Got News For You panel for not taking sexual harassment seriously.
Emma Kelly, Metro, 4th November 2017Preview - Have I Got News for You
The BBC's long-running satirical panel show enters its 54th series tonight.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 6th October 2017As HIGNFY returns for its 54th series, it's hard to know how to feel about this telly institution. It has undoubtedly lost something of its bite with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton having long since adopted roles they could play in their sleep. Plus, the show is probably marginally to blame for the ascent of Boris Johnson. But, still, in these absurd times, someone's got to take the mickey. The urbane Alexander Armstrong hosts.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 6th October 2017Preview - Have I Got News For You
A General Election campaign is fertile ground for the panel on Have I Got News For You but this one has exceeded expectation in its ludicrosity - with manifesto lies, ministers who can't do basic arithmetic, a prime minister who refuses to debate and caustic interviewers who won't let them get a word in edgeways.
Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 2nd June 2017My strange crush: Ian Hislop
I have never seen into Ian Hislop's eyes. But I can see into his soul, and I know he's a good man.
Sophie Wilkinson, Refinery 29, 30th May 2017HIGNFY viewers appalled by Andy Hamilton dementia jokes
Have I Got News for You viewers were left "disappointed" by Andy Hamilton's dementia jokes on tonight's episode.
Helen Daly, The Daily Express, 6th May 2017HIGNFY slammed for 'shamelessly' bashing Jeremy Corbyn
Have I Got News For You viewers have accused the BBC of having a "Tory bias" after a particularly lengthy "bashing" of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The Daily Express, 29th April 2017