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Angus Deayton was the original host from series 1 to 24 (1990–2002)

Have I Got News for You (often abbreviated as HIGNFY) is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. From its inception in September 1990 until October 2002, the programme was presented by British comedian Angus Deayton, before he was dismissed after two episodes of the 24th series in the wake of revelations about his private life in the press,[1][2] whereupon the programme employed the use of guest hosts for the remainder of the series and the 25th series, before making it permanent in June 2003.[3] As of 26 April 2024, in the wake of Deayton's dismissal, the programme has seen 130 people host at least one episode. While the majority have made only one appearance, several have made successive appearances in later series.

List of guest presenters[edit]

Alexander Armstrong has made the most appearances as guest presenter having hosted 41 episodes.
Paul Merton, regular team captain, was the first guest host.
Jeremy Clarkson was the first person to make their debut on the show as a guest host.
Charlotte Church is the youngest person to present an episode, being 17 years old at the time.
John Torode and Gregg Wallace were the first co-hosts of an episode.[4]
Sir Roger Moore was the oldest person to present an episode, being 85 at the time.
Boris Johnson is the only British prime minister to have previously been a guest host.

The following is a list of the guest presenters that have appeared on the programme. The list denotes them by the order in which they first appear by default, and details number of appearances made, the year and series they appeared in, and if they appear or appeared on the programme as a panellist:

# Guest presenter Panellist No. Duration Series
1 Paul Merton Yes
1
 2002 24
2 Anne Robinson Yes
1
 2002 24
3 John Sergeant Yes
2
 2002–03 24–25
4 Boris Johnson Yes
4
 2002–03, 2005–06 24, 26, 30, 32
5 Liza Tarbuck Yes
1
 2002 24
6 Charles Kennedy Yes
1
 2002 24
7 Jeremy Clarkson Yes
12
 2002, 2005–08, 2010, 2012, 2014–15 24, 29–31, 33–36, 39, 43–44, 47, 50
8 Martin Clunes Yes
14
 2003, 2009–11, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2019–21 25–26, 38–40, 42, 46–48, 51, 54, 58–59, 62
9 William Hague No
3
 2003–05 25, 27, 29
10 Charlotte Church Yes
2
 2003, 2012 25, 44
11 Alexander Armstrong No
41
 2003–24 25–27, 29–50, 52–56, 58–62, 64–67
12 Hugh Dennis Yes
1
 2003 25
13 Sanjeev Bhaskar Yes
1
 2003 25
14 Bruce Forsyth No
2
 2003, 2010 25, 39
15 Jack Dee Yes
17
 2003–09, 2011, 2014–15, 2021–23 26, 28, 30–31, 34–38, 41, 47–49, 62–64, 66
16 John Humphrys Yes
1
 2003 26
17 Jimmy Carr Yes
1
 2003 26
18 Kirsty Young Yes
14
 2003–05, 2007–09, 2011–14, 2017, 2023 26–29, 33–35, 38, 42–43, 46–47, 53, 66
19 Dara Ó Briain Yes
4
 2003–05 26–27, 29
20 Gyles Brandreth Yes
1
 2003 26
21 Greg Dyke Yes
1
 2004 27
22 Des Lynam No
3
 2004–05 27–29
23 Andrew Marr Yes
1
 2004 28
24 Robin Cook No
1
 2004 28
25 Jane Leeves No
1
 2004 28
26 Marcus Brigstocke Yes
2
 2004–05 28–29
27 Neil Kinnock Yes
1
 2004 28
28 Ronnie Corbett No
1
 2004 28
29 Nicholas Parsons No
1
 2005 29
30 Michael Aspel No
2
 2005, 2007 30, 34
31 Chris Langham Yes
1
 2005 30
32 Anna Ford Yes
1
 2005 30
33 Lorraine Kelly Yes
1
 2005 30
34 Joan Collins No
1
 2005 30
35 Trevor McDonald Yes
1
 2006 31
36 Sean Lock Yes
1
 2006 31
37 Julian Clary Yes
2
 2006, 2008 31, 35
38 Michael Buerk Yes
1
 2006 31
39 Carol Vorderman Yes
1
 2006 31
40 Gordon Ramsay Yes
1
 2006 32
41 Alistair McGowan No
1
 2006 32
42 Jeremy Bowen Yes
1
 2006 32
43 Damian Lewis No
7
 2006, 2009–10, 2012, 2014, 2020 32, 37, 40, 43–44, 48, 60
44 Ronni Ancona No
1
 2006 32
45 Ann Widdecombe No
2
 2006–07 32, 34
46 Rob Brydon No
1
 2006 32
47 Adrian Chiles No
1
 2007 33
48 Fern Britton Yes
2
 2007–08 33, 36
49 Bill Bailey Yes
6
 2007–09, 2011, 2021, 2023 33, 35, 38, 41, 62, 66
50 Chris Tarrant Yes
1
 2007 33
51 Moira Stuart No
1
 2007 33
52 Omid Djalili Yes
1
 2007 34
53 Jo Brand Yes
28
 2007–23 34, 36, 38–60, 62–63, 66
54 Clive Anderson Yes
1
 2007 34
55 Richard Madeley Yes
1
 2007 34
56 Brian Blessed No
2
 2008, 2013 35, 45
57 Lee Mack No
6
 2008–11, 2018 35, 37, 39–40, 42, 55
58 Tom Baker Yes
1
 2008 36
59 Al Murray No
1
 2008 36
60 David Mitchell Yes
13
 2008–09, 2011–16, 2018–19, 2021 36–38, 42, 44, 46–48, 50, 52, 56, 58, 61
61 Jerry Springer No
1
 2008 36
62 Frank Skinner Yes
6
 2009–10, 2013–15, 2018 37, 40, 45, 48–49, 55
63 Rolf Harris No
1
 2009 37
64 Ruth Jones No
1
 2009 37
65 Miranda Hart Yes
3
 2009–11 38, 40, 42
66 Dominic West No
1
 2009 38
67 Robert Webb Yes
1
 2010 39
68 Eamonn Holmes No
1
 2010 39
69 John Prescott Yes
1
 2010 39
70 Benedict Cumberbatch No
1
 2010 40
71 John Bishop Yes
1
 2010 40
72 Chris Addison Yes
1
 2010 40
73 Stephen Mangan Yes
13
 2011–17, 2019–21 41–43, 45, 47, 49, 51–52, 54, 58–60, 62
74 Rhod Gilbert No
4
 2011, 2017–19 41, 54–55, 57
75 John Torode and Gregg Wallace No
1
 2011 41
76 Alan Johnson Yes
2
 2011, 2019 41, 57
77 Sharon Horgan No
1
 2011 41
78 Dan Stevens No
1
 2011 42
79 Sue Perkins Yes
3
 2011, 2014–15 42, 48, 50
80 Kathy Burke Yes
3
 2012–13, 2015 43, 46, 50
81 William Shatner No
1
 2012 43
82 Alastair Campbell No
1
 2012 43
83 Clare Balding Yes
1
 2012 44
84 Roger Moore No
1
 2012 44
85 Jack Whitehall Yes
2
 2012–13 44, 46
86 Daniel Radcliffe No
2
 2012, 2015 44, 49
87 Warwick Davis No
1
 2013 45
88 Ray Winstone No
1
 2013 45
89 Mel Giedroyc No
5
 2013, 2016–17, 2022–23 45, 52, 54, 63, 65
90 Robert Lindsay No
2
 2013 45–46
91 Richard Osman Yes
1
 2013 46
92 Stephen Merchant No
1
 2013 46
93 Jennifer Saunders Yes
4
 2014, 2018, 2020 47–48, 56, 60
94 Victoria Coren Mitchell Yes
18
 2014–23 48–64, 66
95 Robert Peston Yes
1
 2015 49
96 Gary Lineker No
4
 2015–16, 2018 49, 51–52, 56
97 Charlie Brooker Yes
5
 2015–16, 2019–20, 2023 50, 52, 58–59, 65
98 Michael Sheen No
1
 2015 50
99 David Tennant No
8
 2015–21, 2023 50–51, 54, 56–57, 59, 61, 65
100 Tracey Ullman No
2
 2016, 2018 51, 55
101 Frankie Boyle Yes
2
 2016–17 51, 53
102 Katherine Ryan Yes
3
 2016–17, 2019 51, 54, 57
103 Nick Clegg No
1
 2016 52
104 Tom Hollander No
1
 2016 52
105 Patrick Stewart No
1
 2017 53
106 David Harewood No
1
 2017 53
107 Ed Balls No
1
 2017 53
108 Adil Ray Yes
4
 2017, 2019–20, 2022 53, 58, 60, 64
109 Richard Ayoade No
11
 2017–23 54–57, 60–66
110 Jeremy Paxman No
1
 2018 55
111 Steph McGovern Yes
8
 2018–23 56–61, 64–65
112 Danny Dyer No
1
 2018 56
113 David Dimbleby No
1
 2019 57
114 Helen McCrory No
1
 2019 58
115 Romesh Ranganathan Yes
3
 2020–21 59–61
116 Adrian Dunbar No
1
 2021 61
117 Aisling Bea No
1
 2021 61
118 Clive Myrie Yes
5
 2021–24 62–65, 67
119 Jess Phillips Yes
1
 2021 62
120 Anna Maxwell Martin No
1
 2022 63
121 Miles Jupp Yes
1
 2022 63
122 Jon Richardson Yes
1
 2022 63
123 Gary Neville No
1
 2022 64
124 Diane Morgan Yes
1
 2023 65
125 Naga Munchetty Yes
2
 2023 65–66
126 Harry Hill No
1
 2023 65
127 Hannah Fry Yes
2
 2023–24 66–67
128 Guz Khan No
1
 2023 66
129 Martin Lewis No
1
 2024 67

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Was the BBC right to sack Angus Deayton?". BBC Online. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Quiz host Deayton fired by BBC". BBC Online. 30 October 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ "TV quiz denies Clunes is new host". BBC News. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ^ Love, Ryan (21 April 2011). "MasterChef duo for Have I Got News For You". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 April 2011.

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