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 tomorrow at 11:35pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 829
Press clippings Page 4
Have I Got News For You 'not offensive to gingers'
When Diane Abbott said Jewish people did not face racism, but prejudice similar to gingers, it was inevitably going to make Have I Got News For You. But the jokes satirising the Labour MP for her antisemitism angered one viewer who complained to the BBC that the section was offensive... to redheads.
Chortle, 4th August 2023Clive Myrie pulled from BBC News At Ten over Boris Johnson jokes
Clive Myrie was pulled from the BBC's News At Ten last Friday over fears of an anti-Tory bias because an episode of Have I Got News For You featuring him as the host was being shown that evening.
Alex Farber, The Times, 22nd June 2023BBC cuts make Have I Got News For You the last satire standing
Topical comedy is the big TV casualty as Romesh Ranganathan faces the axe.
Alex Farber, The Times, 31st March 2023Have I Got News For You returns 14th April with Charlie Brooker
Have I Got News For You returns on 14th April, and Charlie Brooker will be the first guest host.
British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2023Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023HIGNFY viewers cringe as Gary Neville ridiculed over Qatar World Cup role
Have I Got News For You viewers were left squirming as Gary Neville was 'ripped to shreds' over his Qatar World Cup role as the panellists and fans branded it 'hypocritical'.
Jasmine Allday, The Mirror, 4th November 2022BBC 'failed' blind comedian on show
The BBC has defended its decision not to change the format of Have I Got News For You to accommodate Jamie MacDonald, a blind comedian. Several viewers complained about his treatment when he appeared as a guest last week.
Stuart MacDonald, The Times, 3rd November 2022BBC hits back at Have I Got News For You critics
Blind comic Jamie MacDonald didn't want format changed, so he could make jokes about it.
Chortle, 3rd November 2022Mock The Week bows out, HIGNFY speedily updates show...
Spare a thought for Mock The Week. The very final new edition of the show goes out on Friday night but was recorded the night before Liz Truss resigned.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th October 2022Rupa Huq pulls out of HIGNFY
Labour MP Rupa Huq has pulled out of a planned appearance on next week's Have I Got News For You after she was suspended from her party for describing Kwasi Kwarteng as 'superficially' black.
Paul Revoir, Daily Mail, 30th September 2022