Have I Got News For You Series 55, Episode 1 - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Further details
Paxman is said to have really enjoyed presenting the show, despite previously telling the show's producer "I'd rather have my testicles crushed between two bricks" when they asked him on a few years ago.
The satirical quiz show has much to debate in this new series, from spy poisonings to Brexit and Cambridge Analytica data breaches. In addition, in this first episode they also covered Teesside's finest culinary delicacy, The Parmo. Steph McGovern commented: "Ah lads you've never had a chicken parmo? [...] You haven't had a good night out until you've woken up with a bit of parmo on your face!"
Notes
Ian and Steph won, 8 points to 6.
Broadcast details
Date
Friday 6th April 2018
Time
9:30pm
Channel
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
- Thursday 5th April 2018, 18:30 at The London Studios
Cast & crew
Cast
| Ian Hislop | Team Captain |
|---|---|
| Paul Merton | Team Captain |
Guest cast
| Jeremy Paxman | Host / Presenter |
|---|---|
| Josh Widdicombe | Guest |
| Steph McGovern | Guest |
Writing team
| Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
|---|---|
| Rob Colley | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Kevin Day | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Giles Pilbrow | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Shaun Pye | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Fraser Steele | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Karl Minns | Writer (Additional Material) |
Production team
| Paul Wheeler | Director |
|---|---|
| Jo Bunting | Series Producer |
| Ed Ryland | Producer |
| Richard Wilson | Executive Producer |
| Ruby Kuraishe | Executive Producer |
| Simon Brook | Editor |
| Jon Ellis | Editor |
| Todd Dalton | Editor |
| Rich Ellis (as Richard Ellis) | Editor |
| Nick Pratt | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Mikki Rain | Production Designer |
| Hugo Keating | Production Designer |
| Karen Jackson | Costume Designer |
| Peter Raby | Lighting Designer |
| George Webley (as Big George) | Composer |
Press
The biggest problem for the makers of a satirical news quiz in 2018 must be knowing where to start. Hislop and Merton's Friday-night fixture has felt slightly flabby in recent series but Brexit, Trump and Cambridge Analytica feel like fish in a barrel, just waiting to be shot. Jeremy Paxman hosts this opener.