Best Episodes
Based on the week's news, Have I Got News For You is fronted by guest hosts and features two regular team captains, Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. Each week the show invites two guests to cast a jaundiced eye over the week's news, resulting in a fast flow of anarchic, spontaneous and hugely entertaining wit and humour.Guests typically represent the world of politics, comedy, show-business and journalism, and are often themselves particularly newsworthy participants. The final touches of Have I Got News For You are put together only hours before recording, allowing guests to comment on the late-breaking news stories of the day.
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Michael Sheen acts as host, inviting regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events, alongside guest panellists comedian Jon Richardson and Ruth Davidson MSP.
The episode was rated 7.36 from 33 votes.
Compilation of the satirical current affairs quiz, looking back at the big news events of 2015, with team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, and a variety of guest hosts and panellists.
The episode was rated 7.41 from 22 votes.
Alexander Armstrong hosts as SNP MP Alex Salmond and comedian Sara Pascoe join regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to take potshots at the week's headlines and other stories.
The episode was rated 7.55 from 31 votes.
Sue Perkins acts as host, inviting regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events, alongside guest panellists comedienne Roisin Conaty and Labour MP Sadiq Khan.
The episode was rated 7.56 from 34 votes.
Actor David Tennant assumes the role of guest host, inviting artist Grayson Perry and comedian Katherine Ryan to join forces with regular eam captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events.
The episode was rated 7.56 from 39 votes.
Jo Brand hosts the satirical current affairs quiz, joined by team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, with comedian Josh Widdicombe and Leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron on the panel.
The episode was rated 7.57 from 30 votes.
Comedy actress Kathy Burke hosts as panellists Cathy Newman and Ross Noble join in the fun on the satirical current affairs quiz, alongside regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton.
The episode was rated 7.57 from 35 votes.
Charlie Brooker hosts the current affairs quiz, alongside regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Labour MP Diane Abbott and stand-up comedian Nish Kumar are this week's guest panellists.
The episode was rated 7.70 from 30 votes.
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the satirical current affairs quiz, joined by team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, with guest panellists Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and comedian Hal Cruttenden.
The episode was rated 7.75 from 36 votes.
David Mitchell guest-hosts as Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark and writer-comedian Andy Hamilton join in the fun on the satirical current affairs quiz, with regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton.
The episode was rated 7.77 from 31 votes.
Regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Jeremy Clarkson and panellists Richard Osman and Camilla Long.
The episode was rated 8.18 from 38 votes.
