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
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Preview - 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 2016Tory MP Nicky Morgan pulls out of HIGNFY
Tory MP Nicky Morgan has pulled out of a planned appearance on Have I Got News for You, days after a row over her criticism of Theresa May's wardrobe.
BBC News, 14th December 2016Joke's over: how the TV panel show fell from grace
In their day, there was something intoxicating about the no-holds-barred panel show back-and-forth. But there seems to be little room for it in a society that has begun to appreciate empathy - and neither, conversely, in a more brutal political climate that is not particularly suitable for dissecting for cheap laughs. Perhaps, when the world lightens up again, they'll be back.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 29th November 2016