Thoroughly enjoyed the latest Have I Got News For You, which featured foxy newsreader Kate Silverton, superpoet Ian McMillan and car lunatic and oil guzzler Jeremy Clarkson on hosting duties.

The highlight was surely Clarkson being reduced into fits of giggles following a slightly cruel - but very funny - reference to the sex offenders register courtesy of Paul Merton.
The one big shame is of course that the series’ runs are too short, giving time for Ian Hislop to continue in his bid to become the “New Michael Palin”…

Share This!

It’s back - the most consistently funny comedy panel game/topical news quiz on television anywhere returns this evening with regular captains Ian Hislop and the excellent Paul Merton joined by Jack Dee in the chair.

Deadpan Jack Dee has been one of the better guest hosts, having sat in the chair 5 times now since Angus Deayton’s departure in 2002.

Expect some stinging Gordon Brown baiting, as the new PM doesn’t seem to have any idea of the meaning of presentation, and the BBC seems to be increasingly ambivalent towards Labour in their editorials.

Also expect plenty of digs at celebrity culture, Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty are good bets there, as well as references to the sport Hislop knows nothing about (football) and if you’re very lucky, an Ian Hislop impersonation of one of only one people he can impersonate!

Have I Got News For You might have been on tv for 18 or so years, but it remains one of the most entertaining ways to spend 30 minutes in front of a television, and returns tonight at 9pm, BBC One.

Share This!