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What is Have I Got News For You mean?

Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is a British television panel show, produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, which premiered on 28 September 1990. The programme, loosely based on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, focuses on four panellists divided into two teams – captained by Ian Hislop and Paul Merton – answering questions on various news stories on the week prior to an episode's broadcast. However, the programme's format focuses more on the topical discussions on the subject of the news stories related to questions, and the satirical humour derived from these by the teams. As a result, the style of presentation had a profound impact on panel shows in British TV comedy, making it one of the genre's key standard-bearers.

The programme aired on BBC Two for its first ten years, before moving to BBC One in 2000 for future series. In 2003, extended episodes titled Have I Got a Little Bit More News for You and later simply Have I Got a Bit More News for You featuring additional content began broadcasting the following Saturday on BBC Two, later moved to Monday on BBC One and returned to BBC Two in 2021. Subsequent repeats are named Have I Got Old News for You or Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You. Until 2002, Have I Got News for You was hosted by Angus Deayton, until his sacking following several scandals about his private life in national newspapers. Since then, the programme has been hosted by various celebrities, many of them adding their own comedy.

The programme gained recognition for its performance on British television and comedy, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 British Comedy Awards and the 2016 BAFTA Television Award for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme.

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