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 4
BBC 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 2022More comedies dropped from the schedules
Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Late Night Mash, The Russell Howard Hour and Stuck have joined the schedule casualties in the wake of the Queen's death. But in some good news, the fourth series of Ghosts has been given a launch date.
Chortle, 13th September 2022New claims of BBC anti-Tory bias as Jack Dee makes c-word jibe against Boris Johnson
Have I Got News For You was accused of broadcasting a torrent of 'spiteful and crass insults' as it dedicated Friday night's episode to Mr Johnson. In one shocking moment, host Jack Dee quoted a newspaper article that referred to the departing Prime Minister as a 'cosmic ****' - a moment greeted by gales of laughter in the studio. Panellists also suggested that Mr Johnson had taken cocaine.
Chris Hastings, Sam Merriman & Georgia Edkins, Daily Mail, 4th September 2022