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Selena Gomez is the most followed individual on Instagram, with over 130 million followers.
This list contains the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram.[1] As of November 2017, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 228 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 130 million followers. Seven accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
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1 Top accounts
1.1 All-time
1.2 By country
2 See also
3 References
Top accounts
All-time
The following table lists the top 50 most followed accounts on Instagram, with each total rounded to the nearest million followers, as well as the profession of each user and country of origin.
Rank
Chg
Account name
Owner
Followers
(millions)
Profession
Country
1. @instagram[2] Instagram 228 Social media platform USA
2. @selenagomez[3] Selena Gomez 131 Musician and actress
3. @cristiano[4] Cristiano Ronaldo 116 Footballer POR
4. @arianagrande[5] Ariana Grande 116 Musician and actress USA
5. @beyonce[6] Beyoncé 109 Musician
6. @kimkardashian[7] Kim Kardashian 105 Reality TV personality
7. @taylorswift[8] Taylor Swift 105 Musician and actress
8. @kyliejenner[9] Kylie Jenner 99 Reality TV personality
9. @therock[10] Dwayne Johnson 96 Actor and professional wrestler
10. @justinbieber[11] Justin Bieber 94 Musician CAN
11. @kendalljenner[12] Kendall Jenner 85 Model USA
12. @neymarjr[13] Neymar 85 Footballer BRA
13. @nickiminaj[14] Nicki Minaj 84 Musician TRI
14. @leomessi[15] Lionel Messi 84 Footballer ARG
15. @natgeo[16] National Geographic 83 Magazine USA
16. @nike[17] Nike 75 Sportswear multinational corporation
17. @mileycyrus[18] Miley Cyrus 73 Musician and actress
18. @jlo[19] Jennifer Lopez 70 Musician and actress
19. @khloekardashian[20] Khloé Kardashian 70 Reality TV personality
20. @katyperry[21] Katy Perry 68 Musician
21. @ddlovato[22] Demi Lovato 63 Musician and actress
22. @kourtneykardash[23] Kourtney Kardashian 60 Reality TV personality
23. @badgalriri[24] Rihanna 58 Musician BAR
24. @victoriassecret[25] Victoria's Secret 58 Lingerie retailer USA
25. @kevinhart4real[26] Kevin Hart 55 Comedian
26. @realmadrid[27] Real Madrid C.F. 54 Football club ESP
27. @fcbarcelona[28] FC Barcelona 53
28. @theellenshow[29] The Ellen Show 49 Comedian USA
29. @justintimberlake[30] Justin Timberlake 47 Musician and actor
30. @zendaya[31] Zendaya 46 Actress
31. @vindiesel[32] Vin Diesel 46 Actor
32. @shakira[33] Shakira 44 Musician COL
33. @9gag[34] 9GAG 43 Social media platform HKG
34. @davidbeckham[35] David Beckham 41 Footballer GBR
35. @chrisbrownofficial[36] Chris Brown 41 Musician USA
36. @caradelevingne[37] Cara Delevingne 41 Model and actress GBR
37. @emmawatson[38] Emma Watson 41 Actress
38. @champagnepapi[39] Drake 39 Musician CAN
39. @gigihadid[40] Gigi Hadid 37 Model USA
40. @kingjames[41] LeBron James 34 Basketball player USA
41. @jamesrodriguez10[42] James Rodríguez 34 Footballer COL
42. @garethbale11[43] Gareth Bale 32 Footballer GBR
43. @zacefron[44] Zac Efron 31 Actor USA
44. @adele[45] Adele 31 Musician GBR
45. @nikefootball[46] Nike 31 Sportswear multinational corporation USA
46. @maluma[47] Maluma 30 Musician COL
47. @iamzlatanibrahimovic[48] Zlatan Ibrahimović 29 Footballer SWE
48. @nasa[49] NASA 29 Government space agency USA
49. @ronaldinho[50] Ronaldinho 28 Footballer BRA
50. @vanessahudgens[51] Vanessa Hudgens 27 Actress and musician USA
As of November 27, 2017
By country
Rank
Chg
Country
Account name
Owner
Followers
(millions)
Profession
1. United States @instagram[2] Instagram 228 Social media platform
2. Portugal @cristiano[4] Cristiano Ronaldo 116 Footballer
3. Canada @justinbieber[11] Justin Bieber 94 Musician
4. Brazil @neymarjr[13] Neymar 85 Footballer
5. Trinidad and Tobago @nickiminaj[14] Nicki Minaj 84 Musician
6. Argentina @leomessi[15] Lionel Messi 84 Footballer
7. Barbados @badgalriri[24] Rihanna 58 Musician
8. Spain @realmadrid[27] Real Madrid C.F. 54 Football club
9. Colombia @shakira[33] Shakira 44 Musician
10. Hong Kong @9gag[34] 9GAG 43 Social media platform
11. United Kingdom @davidbeckham[35] David Beckham 41 Footballer
12. Sweden @iamzlatanibrahimovic[48] Zlatan Ibrahimović 29
13. Uruguay @luissuarez9[52] Luis Suárez 25
14. France @chanelofficial[53] Chanel 25 Clothing retailer
15. Germany @adidasfootball[54] Adidas 23 Sportswear multinational corporation
16. Indonesia @ayutingting92[55] Ayu Ting Ting 23 Musician
17. Ireland @thenotoriousmma[56] Conor McGregor 21 Mixed martial artist
18. India @deepikapadukone[57] Deepika Padukone 20 Actress
19. Italy @gucci[58] Gucci 19 Fashion line
As of November 27, 2017
See also
List of most-liked Instagram pictures
List of most-liked pages on Facebook
List of most-followed Twitter accounts
List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
List of most-viewed YouTube videos
List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
References
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Instagram Users by Followers- Socialblade Instagram Stats | Instagram Statistics". Socialblade. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@instagram". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@selenagomez". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@cristiano". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@arianagrande". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@beyonce". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@kimkardashian". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@taylorswift". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@kyliejenner". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@therock". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@justinbieber". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@kendalljenner". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@neymarjr". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@nickiminaj". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@leomessi". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@natgeo". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@nike". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@mileycyrus". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@jlo". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@khloekardashian". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@katyperry". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@ddlovato". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@kourtneykardash". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@badgalriri". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@victoriassecret". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@kevinhart4real". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@realmadrid". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@fcbarcelona". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@theellenshow". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@justintimberlake". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@zendaya". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@vindiesel". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@shakira". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@9gag". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@davidbeckham". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@chrisbrownofficial". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@caradelevigne". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@emmawatson". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@champagnepapi". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@gigihadid". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@kingjames". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@jamesrodriguez10". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@garethbale11". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@zacefron". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@adele". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@nikefootball". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@maluma". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "@iamzlatanibrahimovic". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@nasa". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@ronaldinho". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@vanessahudgens". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@luissuarez9". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@chanelofficial". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@adidasfootball". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@ayutingting92". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@thenotoriousmma". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@deepikapadukone". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "@gucci". Instagram. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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Have I Got News for You
Also known as
Have I Got a Bit More News for You (extended version)
Have I Got Old News for You (repeats)
Genre
Comedy Panel game
Created by
Harry Thompson
Presented by
Angus Deayton (1990–2002)
Guest presenters (2002 onwards)
Starring
Ian Hislop
Paul Merton
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
54
No. of episodes
468 (as of 6 October 2017[update]) (list of episodes)
Production
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The London Studios (until 2018)
Riverside Studios (2018–)
Running time
30 minutes (standard)
40 minutes (extended)
Production company(s)
Hat Trick Productions
Release
Original network
BBC Two (1990–2000)
BBC One (2000 onwards)
BBC One HD (2011 onwards)
Picture format
576i 4:3 (1990–1998)
576i 16:9 (1998–2010)
1080i 16:9 (2011 onwards)
Original release
28 September 1990 (1990-09-28) – present
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Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is loosely based on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been regularly broadcast since 1990. The show has cultivated a reputation for sailing close to the wind in matters of libel and slander with its topical and satirical remit.
Have I Got News for You is often cited as beginning the increasing domination of panel shows in British TV comedy, and remains one of the genre's key standard-bearers. In recognition of this, the show received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 British Comedy Awards.[1] It was the first time the honour had been bestowed upon a collective instead of an individual or double act. In 2016 they also received a BAFTA in the Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme category.
For its first 10 years, the programme was shown on BBC Two. In 2000, the BBC moved its nightly BBC One news bulletin, the BBC Nine O'Clock News, from nine o'clock to ten o'clock (now known as the BBC News at Ten) after ITV moved their long-running ten o'clock bulletin, News at Ten, to eleven o'clock. This left a gap in the schedules, and Have I Got News for You was moved as a result to 9pm on Friday nights on BBC One, where it has remained since, apart from two series in 2010 when the show was broadcast on Thursday nights.
There have been 54 series of the programme broadcast. The UKTV channel Dave carries regular repeats of the show.
Contents
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1 Participants
1.1 Guest presenters
1.2 Guest appearance records
1.3 Guest appearance tallies
2 Format
2.1 Main section
3 Controversy and litigation
4 Video exclusives
5 DVDs
6 Internet spin-offs
7 Other shows based on the Have I Got News for You format
8 Episodes
9 Notes
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Participants[edit]
The original line-up, from 1990 to 2002, was Angus Deayton as chairman, with Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye,[2] and comedian Paul Merton as team captains. Each captain was accompanied by a guest, usually a politician, journalist or comedian, or somebody particularly relevant to recent news.
Merton took a break from Have I Got News for You during the 11th series in 1996, making only one appearance as a guest on Hislop's team. He was variously replaced as opposing team captain by Clive Anderson, Alan Davies and Eddie Izzard (with another two episodes featuring an equal-billing double act as the opponents of Hislop's team). Merton later explained that at the time he was "very tired" of the show and that he thought it had become "stuck in a rut". Nevertheless, he added that he felt his absence gave the programme the "shot in the arm" it needed and that it had been "better ever since".[note 1]
In May 2002, following newspaper headlines of his sex with a prostitute and use of illegal drugs,[3] Deayton was relentlessly ridiculed on the show by Hislop and Merton (along with guests Dave Gorman and Ken Livingstone).[4] Following a second round of revelations about his private life later in the year, leading to further mockery, Deayton was fired in October, two shows into series 24.[5]
At short notice, Merton hosted the first episode after Deayton's departure, and was described as "merciless" in his treatment of his former co-star.[6] A series of guest hosts appeared for the remainder of the series, including Anne Robinson, Boris Johnson, and Jeremy Clarkson.[7] Despite an initial search for a permanent successor to Deayton, having a different guest host each week proved successful, with average audience figures increasing from 6 million to 7 million.[8] It was therefore announced in June 2003 that this feature would continue permanently.[9]
Hislop is the only person to have appeared in every episode — despite suffering from appendicitis during one 1994 edition and having to go to hospital immediately afterwards.[10] Merton is one of three people to have played all three roles of the show's format at various points: he has been captain of his own team, was the first post-Deayton presenter (series 24, episode 3), and has also been a guest on a team (Hislop's team, in series 11, episode 1). The others who have occupied all three positions are Clive Anderson and Frank Skinner, who have both stood in for Merton as team captain (in series 11, episodes 3 & 6 and series 36, episode 5 respectively).[11] Anderson also filled in for Merton at the last minute for the special live edition for 24 Hour Panel People for Red Nose Day 2011. (Martin Clunes could be considered the fourth person to have done all three roles, after sitting in Merton's usual seat in series 11, episode 4, but with his teammate being Men Behaving Badly co-star Neil Morrissey, the duo were given equal billing, with no captain).
Apart from Merton, there are twelve other people who have appeared as a panellist after being a guest host: Clive Anderson, Gyles Brandreth, Marcus Brigstocke, Jimmy Carr, Jeremy Clarkson (who subsequently appeared as a guest host again), Alan Johnson, Charles Kennedy, Richard Madeley, Richard Osman, Robert Peston, John Prescott and Liza Tarbuck. The only guests to have also worked on the production off camera are Kevin Day and John O'Farrell who have both had stints on the writing team.
Guest presenters[edit]
Main article: List of Have I Got News for You presenters
Guest appearance records[edit]
Alexander Armstrong holds the record for both most appearances as guest presenter, as well as most guest appearances in total, having appeared 30 times in the central chair. He has never appeared in any other role. Andy Hamilton holds the record for appearances as a guest panellist, with 20.
Guest appearance tallies[edit]
Many guests have appeared on the programme multiple times. The list below includes guests who have appeared as presenter or panelist, and does not include the two video-exclusive releases, Have I Got Unbroadcastable News for You and The Official Pirate Video, nor the various Comic Relief specials.
List complete up to 15 December 2017.
30 appearances
Alexander Armstrong
21 appearances
Jo Brand
20 appearances
Andy Hamilton
19 appearances
Ross Noble
15 appearances
Martin Clunes
Victoria Coren Mitchell
14 appearances
Jack Dee
Kirsty Young
13 appearances
Marcus Brigstocke
Jeremy Clarkson
David Mitchell
Janet Street-Porter
12 appearances
Reginald D. Hunter
Ken Livingstone
Frank Skinner
10 appearances
Clive Anderson
Germaine Greer
9 appearances
Danny Baker
Gyles Brandreth
Miles Jupp
Charles Kennedy
Stephen Mangan
Will Self
Mark Steel
8 appearances
Julia Hartley-Brewer
Richard Osman
Jon Richardson
7 appearances
Bill Bailey
Charlie Brooker
Roisin Conaty
Dr Phil Hammond
Armando Iannucci
Boris Johnson
6 appearances
Chris Addison
Kevin Bridges
Eddie Izzard
Damian Lewis
Fred MacAulay
Lembit Öpik
Nick Robinson
Katherine Ryan
Linda Smith
Joe Wilkinson
5 appearances
Clare Balding
Jimmy Carr
Richard Coles
Sara Cox
Alan Davies
Rich Hall
Nick Hewer
Maureen Lipman
Camilla Long
Lee Mack
Bob Marshall-Andrews
Andrew Neil
Dara Ó Briain
Sara Pascoe
Sue Perkins
John Sergeant
Francis Wheen
4 appearances
Diane Abbott
Frankie Boyle
Fern Britton
Kathy Burke
Ed Byrne
Susan Calman
Alan Coren
Hal Cruttenden
Hugh Dennis
Alan Duncan
Miranda Hart
Alan Johnson
Quentin Letts
Graham Linehan
Sean Lock
John O'Farrell
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Griff Rhys Jones
Alex Salmond
Peter Serafinowicz
John Simpson
Tony Slattery
Kirsty Wark
Henning Wehn
Jack Whitehall
Richard Wilson
Format[edit]
The Have I Got News for You studio
Have I Got News for You began on BBC Two on 28 September 1990 and transferred to BBC One in October 2000.[12] "Myself and Ian, we did a disastrous pilot for it," Paul Merton said nine years later.[13] "It was a beautiful summer's afternoon in 1990. Far too nice to be in a television studio, but I think the BBC had already bought it, so that's how it became a series."
Two series are made every year. At first, the number of episodes per series was inconsistent. However, a pattern soon formed whereby the spring series between April to June comprises eight episodes and the autumn series between October to December contains nine, with a one-week break in the middle to allow the broadcasting of Children in Need.
The 39th series, broadcast in early 2010, moved the show to a Thursday night slot. The 40th series remained in this new time slot, despite one episode being broadcast the day after due to the Royal Variety Performance; both series featured an extra episode, with the spring series now featuring 9 episodes and the autumn series 10 episodes.
Over an hour's worth of material is recorded for each 30-minute programme for broadcast the following day, allowing the programme to remain topical while the BBC's lawyers have time to request cuts of potentially defamatory material. As for its popularity, Merton explained that it was mostly word-of-mouth: "No reviewer could possibly review it in that time. We started off with an audience of two million, and somebody might have mentioned it to their friend, and then it sort of built up a momentum of its own."[13]
In recent years, the late-night weekend repeat has occasionally contained extra material from the week's recording. This became a permanent feature from the spring 2007 series, with the repeat having a running time of 40 minutes, and being titled (in the TV listings) Have I Got a Bit More News for You.[14]
The programme is recorded at the London Studios, former home of London Weekend Television, although the 2001 Election special episode was recorded at BBC Television Centre on the Friday morning after the election. The quiz aspect and scores are largely ignored in favour of the panellists' witty exchanges and jokes, and the format seems to change frequently.
"There's been a lot of confusion, with people saying, 'Well, they see the questions beforehand,' which we do," revealed Merton in 1999. "But some people say we see the answers, which we don't, because that would rob it of being a quiz."[13]
"There is a certain amount of show business that goes on in putting on a show," continued Merton. "We found very early on that it's worth seeing the questions beforehand so that you can work out your depth of ignorance. If you really don't know, you think, 'Well, I've really got to try and say something here.' It's much better to be doing that for ten or fifteen minutes before the show than be doing it when the cameras are rolling, in front of an audience, going, 'Well, who's he?'"[13]
Norman Tebbit wrote an article in The Mail on Sunday criticising the whole programme: 'Well, of course Have I Got News for You is all edited. These people, they couldn't improvise live. You put them on a stage, they wouldn't be able to improvise.' Merton said of this: "Well, when Norman Tebbit said I couldn't improvise, I was... [blows out cheeks and then goes silent]."[15]
Main section[edit]
The main section of the show comprises several rounds, although, as noted above, this is liable to change. Since the show originally aired, several rounds have been dropped from the original format, but a typical show will usually consist of the following:
Round 1 is the "Film Round". Silent video clips, usually from news reports, are played to the teams. Two points are awarded for correctly identifying the story – but as the round covers the major stories of the week, the quiz aspect is downplayed here in favour of discussion and banter. The host will still ask questions to highlight details of a story, but no further points are awarded for the answers.
Sometimes, the clips used have been specially chosen from particular sources, such as in the 2008 Christmas special, which used clips from Christmas specials of various other TV programmes to provide the clues. The 1993 'Thatcher special' presented a slight variation called Who Dares Loses?, where the teams had to identify who in the clip 'lost'.
On rare occasions, sound is added to the clip, such as a "ker-ching" in the montage that depicted the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal or the Blue Peter theme tune in the week that presenter Richard Bacon had been caught taking drugs.
The only occasion that the video clip element of this round has been deviated from was during series 37, when one of the clips was audio only with no pictures. The question was about the Hum, which none of the panel could hear anyway.
Early series featured two similar games later in the show; the "Connections Round", with the panel identifying the individuals and the story that linked them, and the "Archive Round", featuring pre-1990 news footage in a 'what happened next?' format. Both were dropped as the more popular rounds began to use up more time.
Round 2 was originally the "Tabloid Headlines Round", in which the panellists identified and commented on the more flippant stories of the week from sufficiently pun-filled tabloid headlines.
Another of the original rounds later dropped was the similar "Mini-Headlines Round", where the panel had to identify a story from the four words used in the original tabloid report as effective chapter headings.
In 2004, the headlines were filtered out and replaced with a picture game. An image is slowly revealed to the teams, the object being for one to buzz in before the other and guess how the resulting person or object is relevant to the week's news. Originally this took the form of the "Picture-Spin Quiz". Regular variants since have included the "Jigsaw of News" and the Christmas-themed "Giblets of News", while others have featured wieldy props for the host, such as the "Wheel of News", the "One-Armed Bandit of News" and the "Strengthometer of News". A few versions have been more specific to that week's guest host; e.g. Dominic West, star of American cop drama The Wire, had the "Squad Car of News".
Occasionally the round is themed around one topic. In these instances, it usually becomes a more straightforward Q&A 'fingers-on-buzzers' round.
Another slight variation is a spoof of an existing quiz/gameshow, often done when pertinent to the current guests. For example; a mock Mastermind game when Magnus Magnusson appeared or the infamous "Play Your Iraqi Cards Right" from Bruce Forsyth's first time as host, which took the format of the presenter's former game show, as well as referencing a special deck of cards produced by the Americans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Round 3 is the "Odd One Out Round", where four personalities, characters and/or objects are presented to a team, whereupon they must identify the interloper, and the topical, amusing or ridiculously obscure link between the other three. In one episode, Merton's "Odd One Out" selection consisted of 16 images and in another, the round comprised four photos of Michael Howard. On another occasion the four choices were Hislop, Merton and both guests, Germaine Greer and Charles Kennedy. The four pictures used were the live remote feeds from the studio cameras. (This technique was also used in an episode hosted by Ronnie Corbett, when the comedian featured as one of the choices.) One week, after it had been revealed that a group of celebrities had taken out press injunctions, the round consisted of four blanked out images, with the host, Rhod Gilbert, explaining that they were unable to reveal who exactly was the odd one out, or the reason.
A short-lived variant was another take on the aforementioned "Connections Round", with images of three people given, the teams working out what linked them.
When Bruce Forsyth was host, this round was replaced by "Conveyer Belt Connections", a reference to the final round of The Generation Game. One of the belts consisted of people and objects whose resulting connection was that they had all been the Odd One Out in previous editions of the show. This included the disparate grouping together of raw sewage, The Hay Wain, Tinky Winky and Osama bin Laden.
Round 4 is the "Missing Words Round", where newspaper headlines are displayed, with choice words blanked out. The panellists then suggest what these could be. Since 1994, a regular feature of this round is that some of the banners are taken from that week's choice of obscure "guest publication". Over the years, these have included Goat World, Arthritis News, International Car Park Design, "The Caravan Times" and Diarrhoea Digest. Examples of Missing Words are "I'll take Edward up the _____", "Church may be forced to sell _____" and "PM sucked into _____".
After the final scores are read out, there is often an additional Caption Competition, where potentially amusing pictures are shown, to which the panellists are invited to provide an apt headline. No points are awarded for this section.
Controversy and litigation[edit]
In a 1994 episode, Deayton read out the following: "The BBC are cracking down on references to Ian and Kevin Maxwell, in case programme-makers appear biased in their treatment of these two heartless, scheming bastards." However, the Maxwell brothers were about to go on trial, and on 26 July 1996, the BBC and Hat Trick Productions were fined £10,000 each in the High Court for contempt of court.[16] The risky nature of the joke was readily apparent on the night itself, with Hislop and Merton humorously claiming that Deayton might genuinely have to prepare himself for a spell in prison because of it.
In 1996, a book based on the series, Have I Got 1997 for You, noted about Conservative MP Rupert Allason that "...given Mr Allason's fondness for pursuing libel actions, there are also excellent legal reasons for not referring to him as a conniving little shit". Allason then pursued a libel action against BBC Worldwide and Hat Trick Productions over the remark, but lost the case.[17]
In April 2003, three-time guest panellist Stephen Fry announced that he was boycotting the show following the sacking of Angus Deayton. Fry described Deayton's disposal as "greasy, miserable, British and pathetic".[18]
On 23 November 2007, Ann Widdecombe appeared as a guest host for the second time, with Jimmy Carr as Hislop's teammate. However, owing to Carr's risqué material, Widdecombe vowed she would never appear on Have I Got News for You again. She said, "His idea of wit is a barrage of filth and the sort of humour most men grow out of in their teens. There's no amount of money for which I would go through those two recording hours again. At one stage I nearly walked out."[19] The following week, Will Self appeared as a guest. Self, one of the most frequent guests on HIGNFY, said that he would not appear on the show again either. He said, "I'm afraid that without the reality element, the programme has become just like any other pseudo-panel contest, where funny fellows sit behind desks cracking jokes. Moreover, in the post-Hutton Inquiry era, the BBC seems to have lost its bottle so far as edgy satire is concerned: the sharpest crack I made all evening — and the one that received the most audience laughter — was cut for transmission."[20]
The edition of 26 April 2013 prompted over 100 complaints to the BBC and Ofcom for its perceived anti-Scottish stance during a section discussing Scottish independence. Ian Hislop had suggested Mars bars would become the currency of a post-independence Scotland, while guest host Ray Winstone added, "To be fair the Scottish economy has its strengths – its chief exports being oil, whisky, tartan and tramps."[21]
A June 2017 general election special episode of the programme featured a tweet allegedly from Conservative Member of Parliament "James Conwyn" of Earlingford. No such politician exists, nor does the Earlingford constituency. The BBC apologised for the mistake and stated they will amend any repeats of the episode.[22]
Video exclusives[edit]
Four VHS videos were released, two containing specially made editions of the programme:
Have I Got News For You, Volume 1 (1993), containing clips from the first five series plus the complete 1992 election night special. Also released on Video CD.
Have I Got Unbroadcastable News For You (1995), featuring guests Eddie Izzard, Richard Wilson and a surprise appearance from Germaine Greer (specially produced).
Classic Battles & Bust-Ups (1996), three full-length episodes featuring the Tub of Lard, Paula Yates and Germaine Greer, among others.
Have I Got News For You: The Official Pirate Video (1997), featuring guests Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey (specially produced).[note 2]
DVDs[edit]
The Very Best of Have I Got News For You (2002), a compilation of highlights from the first 12 years of the show, from the beginning up until the episode made after Deayton hit the tabloids. The running time is just over three hours long, and there are several hours of extras, including, among other things, running commentary of the whole presentation by Merton and Hislop. Also featured is a clip of Sir Terry Wogan on Room 101, nominating the programme as one of his pet hates. (Wogan's appearance came during the period when Room 101 was hosted by Nick Hancock and not HIGNFY's own Paul Merton.) In addition, interviews with political figures (taken from the Channel 4 Politics Awards) reveal their opinions on the series.
Have I Got News For You: The Best of the Guest Presenters (2003), which, as well as including the normal half-hour cut of Boris Johnson's first guest-hosting, also included a bonus disc, "The Full Boris", which showed a far longer cut of the same episode (lasting slightly under 60 minutes).[23] Slightly longer versions of the shows featuring Martin Clunes, William Hague and Bruce Forsyth as chairman were also included, as well as a compilation of clips taken from other editions from the first two series with guest hosts (with only the episode hosted by Liza Tarbuck not represented). There are also several small extra features, including a discussion between Paul Merton and Boris Johnson regarding Johnson's appearance as presenter, filmed during his appearance as the celebrity guest on the Merton-hosted Room 101.
Have I Got News For You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Vol. 2 (2005), which is nearer in content to the first "Best of" DVD compilation than its direct predecessor. It contains four 45-minute compilations of the Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004 and Spring 2005 series, rather than complete episodes; although it does again contain a bonus disc with an uncut version of Boris Johnson's second stint as presenter. This episode lasts about 80 minutes. "The A to Z of HIGNFY" is also included on the second disc. Each letter is used to stand for a different term or name often associated with the show, each highlighted by various example clips – except for the "problem letters" of X, Y and Z, which just lead into a selection of random outtakes. This feature also includes some behind-the-scenes content, with Marcus Brigstocke guiding the viewer around the studio and backstage, on a recording night.
Internet spin-offs[edit]
During the late 1990s, the website haveigotnewsforyou.com, run in association with Freeserve, featured interactive versions of the show's games, including the missing words round and the caption competition, with prizes up for grabs.
Have I Got News for You started broadcasting a video podcast, The Inevitable Internet Spin-off, on 13 April 2007.[14] It was initially planned to run for six series, from series 33 to 38, taking it to the end of 2009. Referred to as "webisodes", episodes are available via both the BBC iPlayer and YouTube.
From the beginning of Series 37, a new internet feature, Have I Got News for You, News... for You, was introduced. A short programme featuring typical opening and closing sequences (without the presence of a live audience) as well as other short sketches, it has so far been presented by Alexander Armstrong, and run fortnightly, bridging the gap between series 37 and 38.[24]
Other shows based on the Have I Got News for You format[edit]
Similar shows based on the Have I Got News for You format exist in other countries:
American weekly radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was started in 1998 on public radio network NPR.[25] Based in Chicago, the show follows a similar format with three panellists competing to win but no teams. They play some of the same games including fill in the missing headline, however many games are off limits due to their visual nature. Frequently the same stories are covered on both Wait Wait and Have I Got News for You. Differences include, listeners calling in to win mini games and a celebrity interview and quiz in the middle of the show. Wait Wait is more closely related to The News Quiz which is also the inspiration for Have I Got News for You.[26]
Dutch comedian Raoul Heertje appeared on the original Have I Got News for You in May 1995. A year later he became team captain in the newly launched Dutch version of the show: Dit was het nieuws ("This was the news"). On 19 December 2009, the last episode was broadcast.[27] RTL ran new episodes between May 2011 and October 2015; in December 2017, the show returned to the public broadcaster AVROTROS.[28]
In Finland a show called Uutisvuoto (literally "newsleak"; the pun works as well in both languages) has been aired since 1998.
In Australia, Paul McDermott hosted Good News Week (GNW), first on ABC TV from 1996 to 2000 and later on Network Ten from 2008 to 2012. The Ten version also had a weekend broadcast, Good News Weekend, taking its format from Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2001, the company also developed a similar programme to Good News Weekend called The Glass House on ABC TV.
Sveriges Television of Sweden aired their version of the show called Snacka om nyheter (literally: "Talk about news") between 1995 and 2003 (which reappeared for a new series in 2008, this time on Kanal 9).
In Denmark. a localised version of the programme, Ugen Der Gak aired on TV2 from 1995 to 1999, and a new version started airing in 2009 called Nyhedsministeriet (Translation: "The News Ministry").
In Norway, NRK broadcasts the show Nytt på nytt (literally: "News on News"). It is one of the most popular TV shows in the country around a million viewers every week (out of a total population of five million). Nytt på nytt first aired in 1999, and is still aired each week on NRK1.
Loosely based on the theme of Have I Got News for You, ITV in the United Kingdom aired a show in 2004 called Bognor or Bust, also fronted by Angus Deayton, which discussed current affairs.
ITV made a second attempt at the Have I Got News for You format in 2007, broadcasting News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald in the United Kingdom. It was presented by newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald and made by Hat Trick Productions, the same production company which makes Have I Got News for You.
In Israel, a similar show called Mishak Makhur ran for 54 episodes.
In Ireland, RTÉ made one pilot episode of a licensed Have I Got News for You clone, with Dermot Morgan as the presenter sometime in the early 1990s. It was never named or made into a full series. However, a topical news and current affairs quiz appeared entitled Don't Feed the Gondolas, which was comparable to a cross between Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Another attempt at an equivalent began in 2010 with That's All We've Got Time For.
Germany had a version called 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (literally "Seven Days, Seven Heads")
Inspired by Have I Got News for You, Pakistan's News, Views & Confused went on air on one of Pakistan’s leading TV channels, AAJ TV from 11 April 2007. The show is hosted by TV personality and journalist Fasi Zaka and co-hosted by eccentric journalist and writer, Nadeem F. Paracha and fashion journalist, Mohsin Sayeed.
Iceland had a version called Þetta Helst (Translation: "Top Stories") in the mid-nineties, which aired on RÚV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service).
The Estonian version called Teletaip ("TV uptake"), first aired in 2000 on ETV and a total of seven series have been produced. Its two main hosts have been the comedian Tarmo Leinatamm and current MEP Indrek Tarand.[29]
New Zealand has a similar show called 7 Days which began in August 2009 on TV3 and is hosted by Jeremy Corbett.
In the USA on 20 November 2009, NBC taped a pilot episode for an American version of the programme, with host Sam Seder and team captains Greg Giraldo and Michael Ian Black.[30]
A weekly panel show the Russian Channel One called Projektorparishilton (Прожекторперисхилтон) uses similar format. Four hosts discuss in a satirical manner current affairs read from local and international newspapers and magazines, with one (occasionally, two or more) celebrity guest joining them in the midst of the show. The first episode was aired on 17 May 2008.
The Taiwanese talk show Kangxi Lai Le has elements similar to Have I Got News for You's topical discussion and comedic bantering. However, the comedy is mostly written for the hosts and guests.
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Have I Got News for You episodes
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ The Very Best of Have I Got News for You (2002): DVD commentary
Jump up ^ Hat Trick Productions: VHS VC6587.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "2011 Winners". The British Comedy Academy. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Ian Heslop: My 20 Years at the Eye". Independent. 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
Jump up ^ "Deayton 'feels a fool' over reports". BBC News. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Deayton in the lion's den". BBC News. 24 May 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Quiz host Deayton fired by BBC". BBC News. 30 October 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Show goes on after Deayton exit". BBC News. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "HIGNFY Jeremy Clarkson". BBC Press Office. BBC. 7 December 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
Jump up ^ "TV quiz denies Clunes is new host". BBC News. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ Deans, Jason; Tryhorn, Chris (10 June 2003). "Forsyth boost for BBC news quiz". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
Jump up ^ ""I Hope the Lawyers Are Getting All This!" — The ''Have I Got News For You'' Story". Off the Telly. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ Fletcher, Alex (2008-11-21). "Merton misses 'Have I Got News' with illness". Digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
Jump up ^ "Have I Got News For You". IMDB. 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d The South Bank Show, 26 September 1999
^ Jump up to: a b "A lot more news for you : News 2007 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
Jump up ^ Quote taken from a show on Merton's "and this is me PAUL MERTON" tour of 1999, as featured in The South Bank Show on 26 September 1999
Jump up ^ "Contempt of Court – 1996". Swarb.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Ex-Tory MP loses libel action". BBC News. 21 January 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Fry boycotts 'pathetic' quiz". BBC News. 16 April 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ Media Monkey (28 November 2007). "Widdecombe disgusted by Carr's 'filth'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Self, Will (4 December 2007). "Have I got news for you: TV satire's lost its teeth". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "Ray Winstone calls Scots 'tramps' on TV quiz show". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
Jump up ^ "BBC - Corrections and Clarifications - Help and Feedback". www.bbc.co.uk.
Jump up ^ "Have I Got News For You Guest Hosts". METRO. 9 Nov 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Parker, Robin (22 April 2009). "Have I Got News for You internet spin-off to bridge TV run". BroadcastNow. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "NPR Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me". NPR. 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
Jump up ^ "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me... « Night Listeners". Nightlisteners.com. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Dit was het Nieuws stopt na dertien jaar". Trouw. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
Jump up ^ "Jan Jaap van der Wal en Peter Pannekoek naast Harm Edens in Dit was het nieuws". AVROTROS. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "Viga!" (in Estonian). err.ee. [permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ "Have I Got News For You". 20 November 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
Further reading[edit]
Have I Got News For You: The Shameless Cash-in Book, BBC Books, 1994, ISBN 0-563-37111-0
Have I Got 1997 for You, BBC Books, 1996, ISBN 0-563-38783-1
External links[edit]
Have I Got News for You on IMDb
Have I Got News for You at BBC Programmes
Have I Got A Bit More News for You at BBC Programmes
Have I Got Old News for You at BBC Programmes
Have I Got News for You at Hat Trick Productions
Have I Got News for You at UKGameshows.com
Have I Got News for You at the British Film Institute
Have I Got News for You at British Comedy Guide
TVWeek: American Adaptation
Have I Got News for You Video Clips on BBC Comedy
"Deayton in the lion's den". Jonathan Duffy, 24 May 2002. BBC News Online.
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