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Have I Got News for You
Comedy1990Rated 7.6
Each week a guest host quizzes two teams on the week's news, with two guest panellists and two permanent captains. Rounds cover silent news clips, picture puzzles, odd one out and missing headline words.
Starring Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Angus Deayton
Next episodeIn 2 days
S72E05Fri 30 Oct, 15:30
Season 72, Episode 5 of Have I Got News for You airs on Friday, 30 October 2026 at 7.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
Is it for me?
Viewers who like their news with the knives out and the scoreboard ignored will feel at home. Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, brings the facts, and Paul Merton undercuts him with a dry aside.
Before you start
Every episode is a self-contained quiz, so start with whichever week has a host or guest you like.
72 seasons, 642 episodes, 30 min each, about 321 hours so far
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Each week a guest host quizzes two teams on the week's news, with two guest panellists and two permanent captains. Rounds cover silent news clips, picture puzzles, odd one out and missing headline words.
Starring Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Angus Deayton
Is it for me?
Viewers who like their news with the knives out and the scoreboard ignored will feel at home. Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, brings the facts, and Paul Merton undercuts him with a dry aside.
Before you start
Every episode is a self-contained quiz, so start with whichever week has a host or guest you like.
72 seasons, 642 episodes, 30 min each, about 321 hours so far
- E01Sandi Toksvig, Kate SaundersAired Sat 29 Sept
- E02Jan Ravens, Martin YoungAired Fri 5 Oct
- E03Tony Slattery, Robert HarrisAired Fri 12 Oct
- E04Arthur Smith, Gill PyrahAired Fri 19 Oct
- E05Dillie Keane, Simon HoggartAired Fri 26 Oct
- E06Rory McGrath, Ken LivingstoneAired Fri 2 Nov
- E07Clive Anderson, Russell DaviesAired Fri 9 Nov
- E08Germaine Greer, Tony BanksAired Fri 16 Nov
- S01E01Sandi Toksvig, Kate Saunders29 Sept 1990
- S01E02Jan Ravens, Martin Young5 Oct 1990
- S01E03Tony Slattery, Robert Harris12 Oct 1990
- S01E04Arthur Smith, Gill Pyrah19 Oct 1990
- S01E05Dillie Keane, Simon Hoggart26 Oct 1990
- S01E06Rory McGrath, Ken Livingstone2 Nov 1990
- S01E07Clive Anderson, Russell Davies9 Nov 1990
- S01E08Germaine Greer, Tony Banks16 Nov 1990