Have I got News for You Reviews

The show has never been quite the same since Angus Deayton was given his marching orders. There have been some decent guest presenters and some truly horrendous ones since, but nobody has managed to match Angus Deayton's wit and deadpan style. The show has run for donkeys years now and is still going strong. It relies heavily on the ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You is a current affairs celebrity panel quiz show which first started in 1990. It is usually aired around 9pm on Friday nights on BBC, with repeats of old episodes shown on Dave. The panel features a presenter and two teams; one of which is headed up by Ian Hislop (Private Eye editor) and Paul Merton (actor and ...  Read the complete review

Have I got News for you is a topical comedy programme based around the weekly news. It was originally hosted by Angus Deayton who had to leave after being discovered in a brothel, as they never found a host who they felt was entirely suitable, the show has a different host each week, the only ever presents are satirical writer Ian Hislop and ...  Read the complete review

Everyone must be a fan of Have I Got News For You. A current-affairs based comedy panel quiz show that's been running for years and years. The prototype has been copied to a degree numerous times over. But why is it that popular and why has it shown such longevity? Originally hosted by Angus Deayton until a run-in with his personal life ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You is a BB2 comedy quiz show that's been going for years. It used to have a regular presenter but he got the sack and now they have a different guest presenter every week. Last night it was Martin Clunes and he was brill, I'm watching an old one on Dave at the minute and it's Alexander Armstrong as the host and he is so ...  Read the complete review

Weekly topical news quiz 'Have I got News For You' has been running for nearly twenty years now, and remains as intelligent and funny as ever. The panel show has two team captains played by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and comedian Paul Merton, and two weekly guests in the form of MPs, journalists, comedians and general celebrities as well as a ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You (or HIGNFY as you'll generally see it when written online) has been running since 1990, and I started watching it in about 1991 when a friend of mine who had a thing for Paul Merton introduced me to it. I have the thank that friend, because it's one of the best comedy shows the BBC have ever ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You (Herein after called HIGNFY, for brevity) is sometimes referred to as the 'thinking person's' quiz show, although it is less a quiz show than a showcase for razor - sharp, comedic wit, whether designed or impromptu. I have been watching HIGNFY more or less from its inception in the early '90s, initially with the ...  Read the complete review

Have I got news for you has been going for 19 years now! Wow, 19 years! That's a long time and really shows how popular a show this has been! If you have never seen it, Have I got news for you is a comedy panel show. For the first twelve years it was hosted by the brilliant Angus Deayton. For the last 7 years there have been all ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You is a weekly comedy news quiz aired at various times throughout the year on BBC1. First broadcast in 1990, Have I Got News For You has now amassed over 300 episodes and is seemingly as popular as ever. It's not difficult to see why as team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are very likable ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News for You? is a news-based panel show originally broadcast in 1990 and has been running for 38 seasons. I truly adore this show even though I only began watching at about series 30. The format of the show is fairly standard, there is one chairman who reads out the questions and gives out points etc. positioned in the ...  Read the complete review

Have I got news for you is a brilliant show that has been a hugely successful since is started in 1990. The show is a comedy quiz show with two panels and a host. The host used to be Angus Deayton until he was sacked after controversy in the press about his private life. The regular panelist on the show are Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, they work ...  Read the complete review

Have I got news for you is a quiz show based on current affairs with a comic twist, mocking polticians and celebrities. The show was originally presented by Angus Deyton, but recently the host has changed from show to show from newreaders to polticians. There are two teams of two, one featuring Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, and the ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For you is a weekly quiz show that is screened on BBC2 and repeats can be found on Dave most weekday evenings. The show has been airing since 1990 and was hosted by Angus Deayton until 2002 since which it has been aired by guest presenters including Jeremy Clarkson, Moira Stewart and Boris Johnson. FORMAT: The quiz ...  Read the complete review

One of the funniest programmes on the BBC this is a topical quiz show, shown on a Friday night on BBC1. Following the sacking of host Angus Deayton for some very dodgy behavior, the show has continued with a variety of different guest hosts each week. The show has two team captains, the political writer, Ian Hislop and the comedian, ...  Read the complete review

I have been a keen viewer of "Have I Got News For You" for quite a while now; for me it is a great way to keep in touch with the news and at the same time have a good laugh. It is shown weekly for 30 minutes on BBC 2 between 9pm and 10pm. It's two presenters, who appear each week, are Ian Hislop and Paul Merton who together ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You, is one of the best political satire programmes that a person can currently watch on TV. Currently in its 37th season, programme started in 1990 on BBC Two, and in 2001 the programme moved to BBC One and is promoted as one of the BBC's best programme on Fridays. The original line up of the show was Angus Deaton, ...  Read the complete review

Ah Friday Nights on BBC, surely means only one thing: Have I got News For You. Originally started in the very early 90s, this show took a satirical swipe at the weeks news in the form of a gameshow. Angus Deayton presided over two teams of two, captained by Private Eye Editor Ian Hislop and Improv Comedy King, Paul Merton. Guests came from either ...  Read the complete review

Have I Got News For You is a topical news (of the previous week leading up to transmission) quiz based panel show that is screened on BBC television after the 9 p.m. watershed. It is made by Hat trick Productions of whom Jimmy Mulville (of Who Dares Wins fame) is one of the joint founders and owners. There have been over 300 episodes made which ...  Read the complete review

*Introduction* Since I have been with my boyfriend, the type of programmes that I watch has changed simply because we had to compromise what we watch to suit us both. Have I Got News For You was one of the television shows that he thought that we would both enjoy which I hadn't previously watched. Now I'm completely obsessed with it and ...  Read the complete review