When good TV goes bad: how Have I Got News for You shot itself in the foot
Hislop, Merton and Deayton made a formidable trio – but the bond was broken when the captains turned on their host. The show hasn’t been the same since
November 2016
The secret of a good interview? Sit back and listen
Decca Aitkenhead
When someone’s favourite subject is themselves, and they find everything else a yawn, no question can be too intrusive or impertinent
August 2016
Radio Active at Edinburgh festival review – Angus Deayton's mild media mockery
The Q&A
Angus Deayton: ‘When did I last cry? England 1 Iceland 2’
October 2015
Angus Deaton or Angus Deayton? Nobel prize win confusion sparks joke flurry
Twitter found the funny side of economist’s Nobel prize win
June 2015
Sandi Toksvig: BBC denied me host role because I'm a woman
Outgoing News Quiz presenter says her gender was the reason the corporation didn’t choose her for Have I Got News For You 25 years ago
February 2013
Comedy gold: the best standup on DVD
Comedy gold – Rowan Atkinson Live
Leo Benedictus: These early sketches may feel outdated but their irresistible skill and silliness will have you sniggering like a schoolchild
February 2012
Angus Deayton: 'I plead guilty to having an affair. But it's no one else's business'
Angus Deayton on sex, scandals and why everybody gets paid too much on TV. Interview by Decca Aitkenhead
June 2011
Angus Deayton on Swinging with the Finkels: 'Women's bodies are attractive. Men's bodies are funny' - video
Angus Deayton talks to Ian J Griffiths about swinging and stripping off in sex comedy Swinging with the Finkels
February 2011
Radio review
Radio review: It's Your Round | Victoria Derbyshire
Angus Deayton, back on BBC presenting a new panel game, was sounding pleasingly like his old self; while on 5 Live we heard from an alcoholic doctor about to go into rehab, writes Elisabeth Mahoney
December 2010
Angus Deayton to host Radio 4 show
Former Have I Got News for You presenter to front It's Your Round, his first major radio comedy series in more than 20 years. By Ben Dowell
November 2009
Media Monkey
Angus Deayton swings back to acting
Media Monkey: Have they got a film role for him
November 2008
TV and radio blog
The great Deayton-Ross debate
Angus Deayton to host British Comedy Awards
August 2008
What I see in the mirror
What I see in the mirror
Angus Deayton, TV presenter
December 2007
TV and radio blog
Put Dee in Deayton's chair
Have I Got News For You has floundered since Angus Deayton's unsightly departure. Jack Dee could put it back on top form
November 2007
Deayton rapped for Jimmy Savile gag
Angus Deayton has been censured by the BBC for making a 'pungently personal' joke about Sir Jimmy Savile and his late mother. By John Plunkett.
January 2006
TV review
Last night's TV
Sam Wollaston
Sam Wollaston on The Afternoon Play | Help Your Self With Angus Deayton.
April 2005
Deayton sees off Casanova in ratings duel
TV overnights: Angus Deayton last night completed his TV rehabilitation with ITV1 comedy drama Heartless beating BBC1's Casanova repeat in the ratings. By Jason Deans.
April 2004
Mr Smooth
Vanessa Thorpe
The Observer Profile: After a public disgrace for a pretty minor indiscretion, droll gameshow host Angus Deayton is inching his way back into the spotlight.
