Have I Got News for You to launch in the US in autumn
Adaptation of hit comedy quiz will begin airing on CNN on Saturday nights to coincide with presidential election
December 2023
Observer New Review 2023 puzzles special
Who replaced Nicola Sturgeon – and why was Hugh Grant miffed? The Have I Got News for You quiz of 2023
Are the past 12 months fresh in your mind, or is it already lost in the festive haze? The question-setters of the politics quiz show are here to test you…
October 2023
TV tonight
TV tonight: frosty festivities for the Worsley family as Breeders returns
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard endure an unhappy Christmas. Plus: Ghosts continues its inspired ramble towards the pearly gates. Here’s what to watch this evening
December 2022
Observer New Review 2022 puzzles special
The Have I Got News for You 2022 quiz of the year
It was another big year for bizarre news stories, but how good is your recall? Test your knowledge, from Partygate to Ukraine
October 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Have I Got News for You begins its 62nd series
Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are back, and they will not be short of material. Plus: the finale of The North Water. Here’s what to watch this evening
April 2021
All white on the night: the perennial problem with TV panel shows
The format should give comic talents a time to shine. So why don’t our flagship shows reflect the diversity of comedy in 2021?
November 2020
BBC defends comic's 'bomb Glastonbury' joke about Corbyn fans
Fin Taylor said on Have I Got News For You that he hated politician because of ‘fanatics’
May 2020
Notebook
Eid should be a time of togetherness. How should we celebrate when we're apart?
Nosheen Iqbal
This year’s festival to mark the end of Ramadan will be bereft of squabbles and dodgy photos, the stuff of family life
October 2019
When it comes to politics, the UK suffers from a chronic disease. It’s called satire
Stuart Jeffries
Shows like Have I Got News for You merely invite audiences to laugh at what they don’t have the gumption to change, says features writer Stuart Jeffries
May 2019
Change UK asks BBC to explain pulling Have I Got News For You
Heidi Allen asks BBC: why did you pull Have I Got News for You?
April 2019
The one positive of Brexit? It might make Have I Got News for You watchable again
The panel show hasn’t been funny since at least 2012. But the sheer stupidity and self-destructiveness of our politics may just help it rediscover its bite
March 2019
Have I Got News for You: David Dimbleby to host satirical TV show
Former Question Time presenter says return to BBC One is ‘an intriguing invitation’
April 2018
The watcher
Is it time to put Have I Got News for You out of its misery?
Have I got news for women? Not really. We already know men make the best clowns
Catherine Bennett
Have I Got News For You: women hit back against ‘too modest’ claims
Ian Hislop and Paul Merton under fire for female host remarks
It’s not funny being the only woman on a TV panel show
Natalie Haynes
Women too modest to host Have I Got News For You, Hislop claims
November 2017
Have I Got News for You where Jo Brand rebuked all-male panel tops complaints
Show in which comedian criticised lineup for not taking sexual harassment claims seriously listed in fortnightly figures
