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Have I Got News for You (aka HIGNFY) is a British television panel show . It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show.
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The original line-up, from 1990 to 2002, was Angus Deayton as chairman, with Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye, and comedian Paul Mertonas team captains. Each captain is accompanied by a guest, usually a politician, journalist or comedian, or somebody particularly relevant to recent news. Merton took a break from Have I Got News for You during ...
The series being a comedy show, has had many funny and notable moments during it's long broadcasting history, including Roy Hattersley being replaced on Paul Merton's team with a tub of lard and the two team captains and guests tormenting and teasing Angus Deayton after he appeared in the papers regarding revelations about his private life. Deayton...
The longest running gag in the programme first emerged in 1992, when Merton revealed that he achieved a CSE ungraded qualification in metalwork at school, in an effort to prove the rather less classical nature of his education in comparison to Hislop's. As of 2008, this gag is still occasionally made. This originates from both Merton's appearances ...
In a 1994 episode, Deayton read out the following: "The BBC are cracking down on references to Ian and Kevin Maxwell, in case programme-makers appear biased in their treatment of these two heartless, scheming bastards." However, the Maxwell brothers were about to go on trial, and on 26 July 1996, the BBC and Hat Trick Productions were fined £20,000...
16 appearances 1. Alexander Armstrong 10 appearances 1. Jack Dee 9 appearances 1. Clive Anderson 2. Germaine Greer 3. Charles Kennedy 4. Ross Noble 5. Will Self 6. Kirsty Young 8 appearances 1. Marcus Brigstocke 2. Jeremy Clarkson 3. Andy Hamilton 4. Ken Livingstone 5. Frank Skinner 6. Mark Steel 7 appearances 1. Danny Baker 2. Martin Clunes 3. Dr ...
Have I Got News for You is nominally a panel show, the two teams competing to get the higher score by answering more questions than their opponents. The questions are mostly about recent news events and are posed in multiple distinct rounds, such as the Picture-Spin Quiz and the Missing Words round. These rounds have been swapped out and ...
Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been regularly broadcast since 1990. The show has cultivated a reputation for sailing close to the wind in matters of libel with its topical and satirical remit.
Have I Got News for You is a non-fiction comedy panel game show created by Harry Thompson and Jimmy Mulville which premiered on 28 September 1990 on BBC Two, and later moved to BBC One. The series is typically presented by Paul Merton and Ian Hislop.
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Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is a British television panel show, produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, which premiered on 28 September 1990. [3] The programme focuses on two teams, one always captained by Ian Hislop and one by Paul Merton , each plus a guest panelist, answering questions on various news stories on the week prior to ...
