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 60, Episode 1 repeated at 11:35pm on U&Dave
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HIGNFY 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 2017Preview - Have I Got News for You
One of the big questions in the comedy world at the moment is whether we are experiencing a new satire boom?
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st April 2017While HIGNFY has lost a good deal of its bite, this new series will be intriguing. Will hitherto regular Ken Livingstone be invited on to burble about Hitler? Will any Labour MPs subject themselves to Corbyn-related derision? And, with impartiality more contested than ever, what will be the Brexit angle? Socialist luvvie Patrick Stewart chairs this opener, presumably to the bloviating chagrin of right-wing newspaper columnists everywhere.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 21st April 2017Ian Hislop on Brexit, Trump and a bonkers year for news
The veteran satirist talks about the growth of his industry and the defiance of finding comedy in the worst things.
Michael Hodges, Radio Times, 21st April 2017Patrick Stewart to host HIGNFY
Former Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart has been confirmed as the host of the first episode of the new series of BBC One panel show stalwart Have I Got News for You.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 5th April 2017Fleabag, Alan Partridge and more up for BPG and TRIC awards
TV comedies including Fleabag, Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters and Mum have been nominated for more awards, as the Broadcasting Press Guild and Television And Radio Industries Club announce their shortlists.
British Comedy Guide, 20th February 2017Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 have been revealed. 60 shows are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title. Voting is now open.
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2017Gary Lineker on HIGNFY prompts keyboard fury
Gary Lineker has been accused of "mocking the elderly" and "promoting anti-Brexit propaganda" after making a joke while presenting Have I Got News For You.
Chris York, The Huffington Post, 18th December 2016Have I Got News For You uses handbag to replace MP Nicky Morgan
Have I Got News For You has replaced absent guest Nicky Morgan MP with a handbag.
British Comedy Guide, 16th December 2016