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 5
More 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 2022The UK TV panel show is dying (but it's probably for the best)
The cancellation of Mock The Week marked another nail in the coffin for UK TV panel shows. Is this the end of an era?
Alice Pattillo, Den Of Geek, 1st September 2022HIGNFY announces Boris Johnson special
Have I Got News For You will return in September for its 64th series, opening with a Boris Johnson-themed special.
British Comedy Guide, 16th August 2022Angus Deayton on being sacked from Have I Got News For You
Twenty years since being sacked from Have I Got News For You after a tabloid scandal, the actor and presenter talks truth, ageing and why he'll never write a memoir.
Simon O'Hagan, i Newspaper, 4th August 2022How does blind comedian Chris McCausland play the HIGNFY picture round?
When blind comedian Chris McCausland appears on Have I Got News For You complaints often follow. The Liverpudlian says viewers get very frustrated on his behalf and regularly turn to Twitter to vent their frustration.
Beth Rose, BBC, 24th June 2022Sphere launches new collectible series with HIGNFY quiz book
Sphere has signed Have I Got News For You: The Quiz Of 2022 and a second quiz book for publication in November 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 3rd May 2022Ian Hislop says 'entire Tory party' should resign for supporting PM
Ian Hislop was met with cheers on Have I Got News For You as he said that the "entire Tory party" should resign for defending Boris Johnson amid the partygate scandal.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 16th April 2022Have I Got News For You is living a dreary panel show Groundhog Day
The stalwart BBC series begins its 63rd series tonight, with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton returning as perennial team captains. The series is a British TV institution, writes Louis Chilton - but why does it feel like it's just peddling the same tired schtick?
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 1st April 2022Victoria Coren Mitchell to guest present HIGNFY
Joining her on the panel for the second episode in the forthcoming series will be Chief Political Commentator at the Sunday Times Tim Shipman and comedian Ria Lina.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2022