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Have i got news for you tub of lard. British satire has a long and successful history dating back to the 1960s. 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. His clownish reputation was symbolised by the famous moment in 1993 when he failed to turn up as a guest on the quiz programme have i got news for you and was replaced by a tub of lard. 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 the programme loosely based on the bbc radio 4 show the news quiz focuses on four panellists divided into two teams captained by ian hislop and paul merton answering questions on various news stories on the week prior to an episode s.

With ian hislop paul merton angus deayton alexander armstrong. The tub of lard was on merton s team which went on to win supposedly despite attempts. Featuring tony slattery and filling in for roy hattersley the rt. When roy hattersley failed to appear for the 4 june 1993 episode it was the third time he had cancelled at the last minute he was replaced with a tub of lard credited as the rt.

Tub of lard mp. When have i got news for you made its screen debut aiming jibes at saddam hussein and the sdp viewers immediately hailed a cutting rival to itv s spitting image. Watch have i got news for you season 5 episode 8 tony slattery rt. Tub of lard mp.

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Hosted by deayton with team captains hislop magazine columnist and merton comedian joined by typically a comedian and a. Written by kathryn robinson.