Have I Got News For You Hosts

Today friday 9th november 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the first guest host on have i got news for you time really does fly tonight s show hosted by homeland actor damian lewis will be the 179th episode without angus deayton.

Have i got news for you hosts. The idea of having a different guest host each week presenting the bbc s flagship topical comedy show was initially intended as a short experiment. With ian hislop paul merton angus deayton alexander armstrong. Have i got news for you often abbreviated as hignfy is a british television panel show produced by hat trick productions for the bbc between september 1990 until october 2002 the programme originally was presented by british comedian angus deayton before he was dismissed after two episodes of the 24th series whereupon the programme employed the use of guest hosts for the remainder of the. Hosted by deayton with team captains hislop magazine columnist and merton comedian joined by typically a comedian and a.

6 10 guest host richard ayoade joins ian hislop and paul merton for the topical news quiz. Hilarious totally irreverent near slanderous political quiz show based mainly on news stories from the last week or so that leaves no party personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs. Hosts should not be confused with presenters who are people whose profession whose day job as it were is presenting any other show but hignfy. The host who left bbc.

Hosts are people who have hosted have i got news for you that is they sat in the centre chair for the duration of the episode. J ust in time for its new series allegedly have i got news for you kicked up a controversy this week after team captains ian hislop and paul merton said female politicians were too reticent. Friday 9 november marks an historic landmark the 10th anniversary of the very first guest host on the perennially popular have i got news for you an experiment which has endured. Although the positions feature a variety of comedians they also have included politicians.

One of the problems we ve had over the last couple of series is that the studio manager has to keep coming on to tell us what s happening because the news quite literally happens whilst we re filming the show. The format of have i got news for you is derived from the comedy that can be generated by the guests that participate in the programme whether as a panellist as a team captain on occasions when hislop or merton have to be absent or as the host for an episode since the 25th series in 2002. Steph will be hosting have i got news for you tonight with guests miles jupp and baroness sayeeda wars who will be joining regular team leaders ian hislop and paul merton. Part of what makes have i got news for you the fastest paced comedy on telly is that its stars have to react to the news as it s happening.