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Have I Got News For You episodes list

This is a list of episodes from the satirical news based panel game Have I Got News For You.

From series 1 until series 11, are chaired by Angus Deayton, with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, with a guest on each team. Series 12 was chaired by Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop captained one team with a guest, while the other team consisted of two guests. From series 13 until episode two of series 24 it returned to its original format. Episode three of series 24 was chaired by Paul Merton with Ian Hislop as a team captain with a guest, with two guests on the opposite team. Since then Paul Merton and Ian Hislop have been captains with one guest each, and the chair has been a guest.

From series 1 until series 19, episodes were shown on BBC2, from series 20 onwards it transfered to BBC1.

1990

Series 1

Original broadcast date Ian's guest Paul's guest
29-Sep-1990 Sandi Toksvig Kate Saunders
05-Oct-1990 Jan Ravens Martin Young
12-Oct-1990 Tony Slattery Robert Harris
19-Oct-1990 Arthur Smith Gill Pyrah
26-Oct-1990 Dillie Keane Simon Hoggart
02-Nov-1990 Rory McGrath Ken Livingstone
09-Nov-1990 Clive Anderson Russell Davies
16-Nov-1990 Germaine Greer Tony Banks

1991

Season 2

Original broadcast date Ian's guest Paul's guest
04-Oct-1991 David Thomas Sandi Toksvig
11-Oct-1991 Alan Coren Tony Slattery
18-Oct-1991 Rory McGrath Tony Banks
25-Oct-1991 John Wells Robert Harris
01-Nov-1991 Clare Short Nick Hancock
08-Nov-1991 Michael White Stephen Frost
15-Nov-1991 Trevor McDonald Craig Ferguson
22-Nov-1991 Richard Ingrams Ken Livingstone
29-Nov-1991 Jan Ravens Martin Young
06-Dec-1991 Edwina Currie Kevin Day

Christmas special

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
24-Dec-1991	Clive Anderson	Harry Enfield

1992

Election special

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
09-Apr-1992	Rory Bremner	Alan Coren

Season 3

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
24-Apr-1992	Tony Slattery	John Wells
01-May-1992	Joan Bakewell	Donna McPhail
08-May-1992	Charles Kennedy	Jan Ravens
15-May-1992	John Diamond	Harry Enfield
22-May-1992	Rory McGrath	Ken Livingstone
29-May-1992	Steve Steen	Danny Baker
05-Jun-1992	Griff Rhys-Jones	Anne Robinson
12-Jun-1992	Steve Frost	Stephanie Calman
19-Jun-1992	Trevor McDonald	John Sessions
26-Jun-1992	Cecil Parkinson	Norman Willis

Season 4

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
16-Sep-1992	Griff Rhys Jones	John Sessions
23-Sep-1992	Charles Kennedy	David Baddiel
30-Sep-1992	Danny Baker	Annabel Giles
06-Nov-1992	Jerry Hayes	Frank Skinner
13-Nov-1992	Ken Livingstone	Rory Bremner
20-Nov-1992	Nick Hancock	Sandi Toksvig
27-Nov-1992	Meera Syal	Chris Tarrant
04-Dec-1992	Jo Brand	Neil Kinnock
11-Dec-1992	Douglas Adams	Peter Cook
18-Dec-1992	Frank Skinner	Stephen Fry

1993

Season 5

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
16-Apr-1993	Jonathan Ross	Peter Cook
23-Apr-1993	Fiona Armstrong	Chris Evans
30-Apr-1993	Frank Skinner	Richard Littlejohn
07-May-1993	Baz Bamigboye	Caroline Quentin
14-May-1993	Amanda Platell	Meera Syal
21-May-1993	David Steel	Mark Thomas
28-May-1993	John Simpson	Alan Coren
04-Jun-1993	Tony Slattery	Rt. Hon. Tub of Lard MP

Season 6

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
29-Oct-1993	Derek Hatton	Edwina Currie
05-Nov-1993	Tony Hawks	Roy Hattersley
12-Nov-1993	Alexei Sayle	Gerald Kaufman
19-Nov-1993	Jo Brand	Frank Bough
26-Nov-1993	Jimmy Tarbuck	Vitali Vitaliev
03-Dec-1993	Kathy Burke	Martin Young
10-Dec-1993	Maria McErlane	Jon Snow
17-Dec-1993	Maureen Lipman	Lesley Abdela
24-Dec-1993	Griff Rhys Jones	Bob Geldof

1994

Season 7

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
22-Apr-1994	Eddie Izzard	Jonathan Ross
29-Apr-1994	Caroline Quentin	Kathy Lette
06-Mar-1994	Melvyn Bragg	Bob Monkhouse
13-May-1994	Diane Abbott	Jack Dee
20-May-1994	John Stalker	Hugh Dennis
27-May-1994	Maureen Lipman	Rhodes Boyson
03-Jun-1994	Neil Kinnock	Mariella Frostrup
10-Jun-1994	Donna McPhail	Salman Rushdie

Season 8

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
28-Oct-1994	Martin Clunes	James Pickles
04-Nov-1994	Arthur Smith	Richard Coles
11-Nov-1994	Andrew Morton	Lee Hurst
18-Nov-1994	Nick Hancock	David Icke
25-Nov-1994	Teddy Taylor	Helen Atkinson-Wood
09-Dec-1994	Jack Docherty	Moray Hunter
16-Dec-1994	Michael Buerk	Hugh Dennis
23-Dec-1994	Kelvin MacKenzie	Alexei Sayle

1995

Season 9

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
21-Apr-1995	Diane Abbott	Julian Clary
28-Apr-1995	Michael Winner	Eddie Izzard
05-May-1995	John Bird	John Fortune
12-May-1995	Alan Cumming	Steve Wright
19-May-1995	Germaine Greer	Fred Macaulay
26-May-1995	Frank Skinner	Raoul Heertje
02-Jun-1995	Terry Major-Ball	Tim Rice
09-Jun-1995	Spike Milligan	Andrew Neil

Have I Got Unbroadcastable News for You (video)

Original release date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
Oct. 30, 1995	Richard Wilson	Eddie Izzard

Season 10

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
27-Oct-1995	Gordon Kennedy	Paula Yates
03-Nov-1995	Bob Mills	Alex Salmond
10-Nov-1995	Melvyn Bragg	Mike Yarwood
17-Nov-1995	Alan Coren	Terry Christian
24-Nov-1995	Neil Morrissey	Teresa Gorman
01-Dec-1995	Alan Davies	Ken Livingstone
08-Dec-1995	Craig Charles	P.J. O'Rourke
15-Dec-1995	Lee Hurst	Mark Little, Colin the Parrot
23-Dec-1995	(1995 highlights)	(1995 highlights)

1996

Season 11

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Guest team
16-Apr-1996	Paul Merton	Charles Kennedy, Eddie Izzard
26-Apr-1996	Dermot Morgan	Janet Street-Porter, Eddie Izzard
03-May-1996	Alan Davies	Mohammad al-Massari, Clive Anderson
10-May-1996	Claire Rayner	Neil Morrissey, Martin Clunes
17-May-1996	Max Clifford	Fred MacAulay, Eddie Izzard
24-May-1996	Felix Dexter	Piers Morgan, Clive Anderson
31-May-1996	Rich Hall	Rupert Allason, Alan Davies
07-Jun-1996	Richard Wilson	John Bird, John Fortune

Season 12

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
04-Oct-1996	Greg Proops	Ken Livingstone
11-Oct-1996	Peter Stringfellow	Rhona Cameron
18-Oct-1996	Mark Davies	Nigel Lawson
25-Oct-1996	Maureen Lipman	Tony Parsons
01-Nov-1996	Elvis Costello	Gordon Kennedy
08-Nov-1996	Vincent Hanna	Tony Hawks
15-Nov-1996	Mark Hurst	Francis Wheen
22-Nov-1996	Eve Pollard	Jack Docherty
29-Nov-1996	Alan Davies	Jennifer Paterson
20-Dec-1996	(1996 highlights)	(1996 highlights)

1997

Season 13

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
18-Apr-1997	Fred MacAulay	Swampy
25-Apr-1997	Hugh Dennis	Will Self
01-May-1997 (Election special)	Richard Wilson	Nick Ross
09-May-1997	Maureen Lipman	Neil Hamilton, Christine Hamilton
16-May-1997	Greg Dyke	Jack Docherty
30-May-1997	Martin Clunes	Michael Parkinson
23-May-1997	Eve Pollard	Sue Perkins
06-Jun-1997	Dominic Holland	Germaine Greer

Season 14

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
24-Oct-1997	Bob Monkhouse	Ken Livingstone
31-Oct-1997	Max Boyce	Alex Salmond
07-Nov-1997	Dermot Morgan	Francis Wheen
14-Nov-1997	Graeme Garden	Kirsty Young
21-Nov-1997	Arabella Weir	Tony Livesey
28-Nov-1997	Hattie Hayridge	Warren Mitchell
05-Dec-1997	Jeff Green	Brian Sewell
12-Dec-1997	Alan Davies	Matthew Parris

The Official Pirate Video

Original release date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
UK 3 Nov 97	Martin Clunes	Neil Morrissey

1998

Season 15

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
17-Apr-1998	Patrick Kielty	Stephen Bayley
24-Apr-1998	Janet Street-Porter	Boris Johnson
01-May-1998	Will Self	John Humphrys
08-May-1998	Phil Hammond	Patrick Moore
15-May-1998	Jonathan King	John Sergeant
22-May-1998	Germaine Greer	Chris Donald
29-May-1998	Antony Worrall-Thompson	Oona King
05-Jun-1998	Danny Baker	Richard Wilson

Season 16

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
23-Oct-1998	John Simpson	Magnus Magnusson
30-Oct-1998	Ian McCaskill	Michael Mansfield
07-Nov-1998	Jackie Mason	Michael Crick
14-Nov-1998	Alan Titchmarsh	Stephen Bayley
21-Nov-1998	Loyd Grossman	Bob Marshall-Andrews
28-Nov-1998	Linda Smith	Gavin Esler
04-Dec-1998	Charles Kennedy	George Melly
11-Dec-1998	Tom Baker	Muriel Gray
18-Dec-1998	(best of 1998)	(best of 1998)

1999

Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

A special programme for Comic Relief combining element from Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and They Think Its All Over.

Original broadcast date	Chair	Team A	Team B
12-Mar-1999	Angus Deayton

Season 17

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
16-Apr-1999	Richard Whiteley	David Aaronovitch
23-Apr-1999	Paul Daniels	Charlie Whelan
30-Apr-1999	Trevor Phillips	Bill Bailey
07-May-1999	Peter Hitchens	Clarissa Dickson-Wright
14-May-1999	Stephen Fry	Richard Littlejohn
21-May-1999	Meera Syal	Brian Sewell
28-May-1999	Jimmy Savile	Diane Abbott
04-Jun-1999	Pauline McLynn	Edward Stourton

Season 18

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
22-Oct-1999	Lembit Öpik	Martin Clunes
29-Oct-1999	Gordon Ramsay	Francis Wheen
05-Nov-1999	Glenda Jackson	The Earl of Onslow
12-Nov-1999	John Sergeant	Mark Seddon
19-Nov-1999	Gyles Brandreth	Michael Cole
26-Nov-1999	Anna Ford	Alex Salmond
03-Dec-1999	Boris Johnson	Janet Street-Porter
10-Dec-1999	Bill Deedes	Will Self
17-Dec-1999	(best of 1999)	(best of 1999)

2000

Season 19

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
14-Apr-2000	Stephen Fry	David Shayler
21-Apr-2000	Dominic Holland	David Steel
28-Apr-2000	Michael Brown	Max Clifford
05-May-2000	Angela Rippon	Peter Kilfoyle
12-May-2000	Sheila Hancock	Robert Reed
19-May-2000	Clive Anderson	Liza Tarbuck
26-May-2000	Jon Snow	Phil Hammond
02-Jun-2000	Richard Wilson	Michael Brunson

Season 20

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
20-Oct-2000	Richard Blackwood	John Simpson
27-Oct-2000	Lauren Booth	Andrew Warnsley
03-Nov-2000	Germaine Greer	Charles Kennedy
10-Nov-2000	Rich Hall	Siôn Simon
17-Nov-2000	Linda Smith	Jeremy Bowen
24-Nov-2000	Lembit Öpik	Lorraine Kelly
01-Dec-2000	Sanjeev Bhaskar	Matthew Collings
08-Dec-2000	Peter Stringfellow	Nigella Lawson
15-Dec-2000	(best of 2000)	(best of 2000)

2001

Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

A special programme for Comic Relief combining element from Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and They Think Its All Over.

Original broadcast date	Chair	Team A	Team B
16-Mar-2001

Season 21

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
20-Apr-2001	John Humphrys	Tracey Emin
27-Apr-2001	Bill Bailey	Dermot Murnaghan
04-May-2001	Sean Lock	Jane Moore
11-May-2001	Dom Joly	David Aaronovitch
18-May-2001	Keith Chegwin	Michael Grade
25-May-2001	Janet Street-Porter	Ray Johnson
01-Jun-2001	Will Self	Derek Draper
08-Jun-2001 (Election Special)	Giles Brandreth	Clive Anderson

Series 22

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
19-Oct-2001	Rich Hall	Michael Crick
26-Oct-2001	Andrew MacKinlay	Jennie Bond
02-Nov-2001	Shazia Mirza	Boris Johnson
09-Nov-2001	Rosie Boycott	Richard Bacon
16-Nov-2001	Adam Boulton	Carol Thatcher
30-Nov-2001	Omid Djalili	Clement Freud
07-Dec-2001	Sara Cox	Andrew Marr
14-Dec-2001	Francis Wheen	James Naughtie
21-Dec-2001	Charles Kennedy	John Sergeant
31-Dec-2001	(best of 2001)	(best of 2001)

2003

Series 23

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
19-Apr-2002	Phill Jupitus	Evan Davis
26-Apr-2002	Charlotte Church	Ben Miller
03-May-2002	Penny Smith	Graeme Garden
10-May-2002	Matthew Wright	Mark Steel
17-May-2002	Neil Fox	Bill Deedes
24-May-2002	Dave Gorman	Ken Livingstone
31-May-2002	Linda Smith	David Dickinson
07-Jun-2002	Ross Noble	Katie Derham

Season 24

Original broadcast date	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
18-Oct-2002	Christine Hamilton	Rod Liddle
25-Oct-2002	Ross Noble	Gerald Kaufman

Original broadcast date Guest chair Ian's guest guest team
01-Nov-2002 Paul Merton Rich Hall Andrew Neil, Ross Noble

Original broadcast date Guest chair Ian's guest Paul's guest
08-Nov-2002 Anne Robinson John O'Farrell John Simpson
22-Nov-2002 John Sergeant Germaine Greer Lorraine Kelly
29-Nov-2002 Boris Johnson Stephen K. Amos Clive Anderson
06-Dec-2002 Liza Tarbuck Fred MacAulay Janet Street-Porter
13-Dec-2002 Charles Kennedy Robert Winston Will Self
20-Dec-2002 Jeremy Clarkson Mo Mowlam Michael Grade

2003

Season 25

Original broadcast date	Guest chair	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
25-Apr-2003	Martin Clunes	Ruby Wax	Glenda Jackson
02-May-2003	William Hague	Linda Smith	Jeremy Clarkson
09-May-2003	Charlotte Church	Jimmy Carr	Jennie Bond
16-May-2003	Alexander Armstrong	Mark Steel	Phil Hammond
23-May-2003	John Sergeant	Dara O'Briain	Lembit Öpik
30-May-2003	Hugh Dennis	Gyles Brandreth	Martin Freeman
06-Jun-2003	Sanjeev Bhaskar	Rebecca Front	Nick Robinson
13-Jun-2003	Bruce Forsyth	Marcus Brigstocke	Natasha Kaplinksy

Season 26

Original broadcast date	Guest chair	Ian's guest	Paul's guest
17-Oct-2003	Jack Dee	Clement Freud	Clare Balding
24-Oct-2003	Martin Clunes	The Earl of Onslow	Linda Smith
31-Oct-2003	John Humphrys	Sean Lock	Kirstie Allsopp
07-Nov-2003	Jimmy Carr	Ross Noble	Ian McKellen
14-Nov-2003	Alexander Armstrong	Phill Jupitus	Julia Hartley-Brewer
28-Nov-2003	Kirsty Young	Will Self	Jonathan Aitken
05-Dec-2003	Dara O'Briain	John O'Farrell	George Galloway
12-Dec-2003	Boris Johnson	Rick Wakeman	Kate Garraway
19-Dec-2003	Gyles Brandreth	Carol Smillie	Chris Addison

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