Have I Got News for You

TV Series
1990–
15
29m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

5.7K

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Ian Hislop and Paul Merton in Have I Got News for You (1990)

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News Parody Quiz Show Satire Comedy Game Show

A news quiz show offering satirical and surreal comic observations on current events.A news quiz show offering satirical and surreal comic observations on current events.A news quiz show offering satirical and surreal comic observations on current events.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

5.7K

YOUR RATING

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Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 12 wins & 41 nominations total

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Trivia
Ian Hislop sat through the 2 June 1994 recording of the show with appendicitis, having discharged himself from hospital. He had an appendectomy straight after the show.

Goofs
James May describes a "Science Experiment" on Global Warming where he watched ice cubes melting in a drink and noticed the level in the glass didn't get any higher, which made him skeptical of sea-level rises. The ice displaces its own volume in the drink, and as the melting continues the ice displaces less and less volume as the melting water takes up more and more, so overall the level doesn't change. Sea-level rises are predicted because of melting land ice and because warmer water is expanded compared to colder water. (The same principle applies as when a metal sphere no longer fits through a similar-sized hoop when it is heated.)

Quotes
Piers Morgan: Is the answer jam?
[no one laughs]
Angus Deayton: Not in so many words, no.
Piers Morgan: I only said that because last week Eddie Izzard said that and you roared with laughter, as if it was hilarious. Just thought I'd say it.
Ian Hislop: People like him.

Alternate versions
Repeats shown weeks or months after original broadcast are often re-titled "Have I Got Old News For You".

Connections
Edited into The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002)

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Biting political and showbiz satire quiz.

Eleven years and still going strong. This is a topical news quiz which is never short of hilarious in its biting satire and ceaseless wit. In the chair is Angus Deyton, and competing are two teams, each made up of a regular captain and a different guest each week. The captains are comedian Paul Merton and Prive Eye editor and former 'Spitting Image' script-writer Ian Hislop. Guests over the years have included a wide range of politicians, celebrities and other well-known faces including Neil Kinnock, Ken Livingstone, Tom Baker, Charles Kennedy, Boris Johnson, Bob Monkhouse, Clive Anderson, Jo Brand, Harry Enfield, Rory Bremner, Jimmy Saville, Peter Hitchens, Trevor McDonald, Cecil Parkinson and many others. Here's to another eleven years.