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 16
Arriving for a 52nd series, HIGNFY has rarely been more welcome. Over the next 11 weeks, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton will, as ever, captain the teams skewering the increasing ludicrousness of world affairs. They'll be running over the US presidential election, too, which is likely to provide ample quarry for some terrifying hilarity. Nick Clegg has a go in the host's chair, while Kevin Bridges is one of the week's guest panellists.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 7th October 2016Isabel has news for Hislop
Political journalist Isabel Oakeshott has declined an invitation to appear on HIGNFY in brutal fashion.
Order Order, 15th September 2016Frankie Boyle's Queen jokes censored by BBC bosses
Frankie Boyle was censored by BBC bosses after a string of offensive jokes on Have I Got News For You. Appearing in the guest presenter slot, the Scottish stand-up star fired off a series of withering political gags but saved his most cutting jibes for the Queen.
The Mirror, 14th May 2016Ally Ross: HIGNFY should not have won a BAFTA
Have I Got News For You? "They have to be kidding?" I heard myself yelp. It hasn't had an award-worthy episode since William Shatner guest-hosted in 2012 and the decline has been so relentless I can't even remember when it started.
Ally Ross, The Sun, 10th May 2016BAFTA TV Award Winners 2016
Michaela Coel, Peter Kay, Leigh Francis, Have I Got News For You and Car Share have won at the BAFTA Television Awards 2016. Meanwhile Galton & Simpson and Lenny Henry picked up special prizes.
British Comedy Guide, 8th May 2016Ian Hislop: making IDS cry & why we should pay more tax
"If it had been Blair or someone, you would have thought: 'He's been rehearsing this for the last month...' But I just thought: This is very odd."
Harry Wallop, The Telegraph, 5th April 2016Peter Kay's Car Share leads BAFTA TV Awards comedy nominations
Car Share leads the comedy related nominations in the 2016 BAFTA Television Awards shortlists. Other nominations include Chewing Gum, Peep Show and People Just Do Nothing.
British Comedy Guide, 30th March 2016Have I Got News For You wins special prize at Broadcast Awards
Have I Got News For You has won special recognition at the Broadcast Awards 2016. Catastrophe, Car Share and So Awkward were amongst the prize winners.
British Comedy Guide, 10th February 2016Alex Salmond 'highest paid politician' on HIGNFY
A payment of £1,800 Mr Salmond listed in his register of MPs interests as his fee for appearing on the show last month was £300 higher than that recorded by the five other senior UK politicians who featured in the same series.
Andrew Whitaker, The Scotsman, 15th January 2016Radio Times review
Heaven knows, there's not much to laugh about in the news, which almost perversely means we need more than ever the pungent satire of Have I Got News for You. If we can't make fun of our fears, then we're lost.
Scotland's former First Minister Alex Salmond, now MP for Gordon at Westminster, is one of the guests. He has appeared on the show before, though some years ago, back when everyone, including him, had more hair.
Also trying to help us to forget our troubles is Sara Pascoe, a cheerful stand-up who's clever enough and observant enough not simply to be the female comedian who fills the "we need a woman" chair.
Hosting is everyone's favourite, the twinkly and urbane Alexander Armstrong. As MC of Pointless, he's king of the daytime quiz show, and also recently topped the classical music charts with his first album, A Year of Songs. Let's hope he gives us a tune.
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 24th November 2015