List of Have I Got News for You episodes

This is a list of episodes from the BBC's satirical news-based panel game Have I Got News for You.

Contents

Series: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 · 49 · 50 · 51

Scores · Footnotes · References · External links

History

From series 1 (1990) until series 10 (1995) the show was chaired by Angus Deayton, with team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton and a guest on each team. For series 11 (1996), Merton – aside from the first episode where he appeared as Hislop's guest – took a sabbatical, and so his team comprised two guests. Clive Anderson, Alan Davies and Eddie Izzard were all assigned 'guest captain' status in their appearances, although there were two episodes where Hislop's opponents were considered a 'double act' and neither was referred to as captain. The original line-up was restored for the following series, and remained that way until series 24 (2002).

Following tabloid newspaper revelations about his private life, Angus Deayton was sacked after two shows of series 24. His spot has been taken since by many different guest hosts. Due to the suddenness of Deayton's dismissal, and with no time to book a seasoned replacement, Merton himself filled the position for the first programme after the departure (with Ross Noble filling the vacant captain's chair).

For its first 19 years, the show was recorded on Thursdays and broadcast the following evening. For the two series in 2010, the show was moved back a day to Thursday (recorded on Wednesday), with the exception of the episode after the 2010 general election, but returned to the original setup the following year.^[1]

Frequent guests

The most prolific post-Deayton host so far has been Alexander Armstrong, whose regular appearances in the central chair saw him quickly become the show's most frequent guest ever. As of 4 December 2015, he has been on 27 editions of the show, each time as the host.^[2] He is followed by Jo Brand with 18 appearances, and then the most frequent guest panellists in the show's history, Andy Hamilton and Ross Noble, who have both made 17 appearances. They are followed by Jack Dee with 14 appearances, and then Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Clarkson, Martin Clunes and Kirsty Young, each on 13.

The other guests to have reached double figures are Victoria Coren Mitchell, Reginald D. Hunter, Ken Livingstone, David Mitchell, Frank Skinner and Janet Street-Porter with 12, and Clive Anderson and Germaine Greer with 10.

With the sacking of Deayton, Ian Hislop became the last remaining person to have appeared in every edition of HIGNFY. To this day, there has still not been an episode without him.^[2] This dedication even once saw him temporarily discharge himself from hospital for a recording night in series 7 (1994). Paul Merton, in addition to his break during series 11, has been forced to miss one other episode due to ill health in series 36 (2008). His position on that occasion was taken by Frank Skinner.^[2]

Episode list

As of 6 May 2016, 444 episodes of the show have been broadcast, not including the twelve compilation shows (shown once a year from 1995–2001 and again from 2010 onwards). There have also been two exclusive-to-video editions, three Comic Relief crossovers with fellow BBC panel shows and a 60-minute live webcast version, also for Comic Relief.

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

– indicates Ian's team won

– indicates Paul's team won

– indicates the game ended in a draw

Series 1

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
01x01	28 September 1990	Sandi Toksvig	Kate Saunders	25–21
01x02	5 October 1990	Jan Ravens	Martin Young	23–25
01x03	12 October 1990	Tony Slattery	Robert Harris	23–25
01x04	19 October 1990	Arthur Smith	Gill Pyrah	24–26
01x05	26 October 1990	Dillie Keane	Simon Hoggart	22–20
01x06	2 November 1990	Rory McGrath	Ken Livingstone MP	22–24
01x07	9 November 1990	Clive Anderson	Russell Davies	19–21
01x08	16 November 1990	Germaine Greer	Tony Banks MP	18–21

Series 2

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
02x01	4 October 1991	Sandi Toksvig	David Thomas	^{[fn 1]}
02x02	11 October 1991	Tony Slattery	Alan Coren	21–25
02x03	18 October 1991	Rory McGrath	Tony Banks MP	25–18
02x04	25 October 1991	John Wells	Robert Harris	16–18
02x05	1 November 1991	Nick Hancock	Clare Short MP	20–18
02x06	8 November 1991	Stephen Frost	Michael White	12–22
02x07	15 November 1991	Craig Ferguson	Trevor McDonald	11–14
02x08	22 November 1991	Richard Ingrams	Richard Littlejohn	13–19
02x09	29 November 1991	Jan Ravens	Martin Young	14–15
02x10	6 December 1991	Kevin Day	Edwina Currie MP	23–17
02x11	24 December 1991^{[fn 2]}	Harry Enfield	Clive Anderson	26–31

1992 General Election Special

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
Sp.	9 April 1992^{[fn 3]}	Rory Bremner	Alan Coren	20–22

Series 3

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
03x01	24 April 1992	John Wells	Tony Slattery	15–23
03x02	1 May 1992	Donna McPhail	Joan Bakewell	20–18
03x03	8 May 1992	Jan Ravens	Charles Kennedy MP	21–19
03x04	15 May 1992	Harry Enfield	John Diamond	16–23
03x05	22 May 1992	Rory McGrath	Ken Livingstone MP	11–17
03x06	29 May 1992	Danny Baker	Steve Steen	16–21
03x07	5 June 1992	Anne Robinson	Griff Rhys Jones	17–19
03x08	12 June 1992	Stephen Frost	Stephanie Calman	14–18
03x09	19 June 1992	John Sessions	Trevor McDonald	18–23
03x10	26 June 1992	Norman Willis	Cecil Parkinson	12–17

Series 4

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
04x01	16 October 1992	John Sessions	Griff Rhys Jones	17–16
04x02	23 October 1992^{[fn 4]}	David Baddiel	Charles Kennedy MP	16–17
04x03	30 October 1992	Danny Baker	Annabel Giles	13–11
04x04	6 November 1992	Frank Skinner	Jerry Hayes MP	13–18
04x05	13 November 1992	Rory Bremner	Ken Livingstone MP	17–13
04x06	20 November 1992	Sandi Toksvig	Nick Hancock	18–16
04x07	27 November 1992	Chris Tarrant	Meera Syal	16–18
04x08	4 December 1992	Jo Brand	Neil Kinnock MP	18–15
04x09	11 December 1992	Peter Cook	Douglas Adams	11–17
04x10	18 December 1992^{[fn 2]}	Stephen Fry	Frank Skinner	12–18

Have I Got A Question of Sport for You

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
Sp.	12 March 1993^{[fn 5]}	Frank Bruno	Bill Beaumont

Series 5

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
05x01	16 April 1993	Jonathan Ross	Peter Cook	11–13
05x02	23 April 1993	Chris Evans	Fiona Armstrong	15–17
05x03	30 April 1993	Frank Skinner	Richard Littlejohn	17–15
05x04	7 May 1993	Caroline Quentin	Baz Bamigboye	16–17
05x05	14 May 1993	Meera Syal	Amanda Platell	17–21
05x06	21 May 1993	Mark Thomas	David Steel MP	18–20
05x07	28 May 1993	Alan Coren	John Simpson	18–11
05x08	4 June 1993	Tony Slattery	The Rt. Hon. Tub of Lard MP^{[fn 6]}	16–20

Series 6

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
06x01	29 October 1993^{[fn 7]}	Derek Hatton	Edwina Currie MP	18–12
06x02	5 November 1993^{[fn 8]}	Tony Hawks	Roy Hattersley MP	13–21
06x03	12 November 1993	Alexei Sayle	Gerald Kaufman MP	13–17
06x04	19 November 1993	Jo Brand	Frank Bough	16–20
06x05	26 November 1993	Jimmy Tarbuck	Vitali Vitaliev	20–14
06x06	3 December 1993	Kathy Burke	Martin Young	17–19
06x07	10 December 1993	Maria McErlane	Jon Snow	13–21
06x08	17 December 1993	Maureen Lipman	Lesley Abdela	17–19
06x09	24 December 1993^{[fn 2]}^{[fn 9]}	Griff Rhys Jones	Bob Geldof	10–23

Series 7

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
07x01	22 April 1994	Jonathan Ross	Eddie Izzard	15–21
07x02	29 April 1994	Kathy Lette	Caroline Quentin	21–14
07x03	6 May 1994	Bob Monkhouse	Francis Wheen	13–24
07x04	13 May 1994	Jack Dee	Tony Hawks	17–16
07x05	20 May 1994	Hugh Dennis	John Stalker	19–17
07x06	27 May 1994	Maureen Lipman	Sir Rhodes Boyson MP	15–16
07x07	3 June 1994^{[fn 10]}	Mariella Frostrup	Neil Kinnock MP	16–18
07x08	10 June 1994	Donna McPhail	Salman Rushdie	9–14

Series 8

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
08x01	28 October 1994	Martin Clunes	James Pickles	14–15
08x02	4 November 1994	Arthur Smith	Richard Coles	13–14
08x03	11 November 1994	Lee Hurst	Andrew Morton	12–11
08x04	18 November 1994	Nick Hancock	David Icke	19–12
08x05	25 November 1994	Helen Atkinson-Wood	Sir Teddy Taylor MP	17–25
08x06	2 December 1994	Hattie Hayridge	Glenda Jackson MP	13–14
08x07	9 December 1994	Jack Docherty	Moray Hunter	13–15
08x08	16 December 1994	Hugh Dennis	Michael Buerk	12–13
08x09	23 December 1994^{[fn 2]}	Alexei Sayle	Kelvin MacKenzie	13–11

Series 9

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
09x01	21 April 1995	Diane Abbott MP	Julian Clary	14–17
09x02	28 April 1995	Eddie Izzard	Michael Winner	10–14
09x03	5 May 1995	John Fortune	John Bird	15–16
09x04	12 May 1995	Steve Wright	Alan Cumming	8–18
09x05	19 May 1995	Fred MacAulay	Germaine Greer	14–12
09x06	26 May 1995	Frank Skinner	Raoul Heertje	17–10
09x07	2 June 1995	Tim Rice	Terry Major-Ball	13–14
09x08	9 June 1995	Spike Milligan	Andrew Neil	11–13

Have I Got Unbroadcastable News for You

Episode	Release date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
Video	30 October 1995^{[fn 11]}	Richard Wilson	Eddie Izzard	29–26

Series 10

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
10x01	27 October 1995	Gordon Kennedy	Paula Yates	12–13
10x02	3 November 1995	Bob Mills	Alex Salmond MP	12–11
10x03	10 November 1995	Melvyn Bragg	Mike Yarwood	13–8
10x04	17 November 1995	Alan Coren	Terry Christian	11–7
10x05	24 November 1995	Neil Morrissey	Teresa Gorman MP	8–13
10x06	1 December 1995	Alan Davies	Ken Livingstone MP	11–14
10x07	8 December 1995	Craig Charles	P. J. O'Rourke	13–5
10x08	15 December 1995	Lee Hurst	Mark Little (and Colin^{[fn 12]})	10–11
10x09	23 December 1995	1995 highlights

Series 11

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Guest team	Scores
11x01	19 April 1996	Paul Merton	Eddie Izzard and Charles Kennedy MP	13–7
11x02	26 April 1996	Dermot Morgan	Eddie Izzard and Janet Street-Porter	8–10
11x03	3 May 1996	Alan Davies	Clive Anderson and Mohammad al-Massari	13–15
11x04	10 May 1996	Claire Rayner	Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey	8–7
11x05	17 May 1996	Fred MacAulay	Eddie Izzard and Max Clifford	15–11
11x06	24 May 1996	Felix Dexter	Clive Anderson and Piers Morgan	11–10
11x07	31 May 1996	Rich Hall	Alan Davies and Rupert Allason MP	5–13
11x08	7 June 1996	Richard Wilson	John Bird and John Fortune	17–10

Series 12

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
12x01	4 October 1996	Greg Proops	Ken Livingstone MP	13–18
12x02	11 October 1996^{[fn 13]}	Rhona Cameron	Peter Stringfellow	8–11
12x03	18 October 1996	Mark Little	Nigel Lawson	9–10
12x04	25 October 1996	Maureen Lipman	Tony Parsons	9–11
12x05	1 November 1996	Gordon Kennedy	Elvis Costello	14–17
12x06	8 November 1996	Tony Hawks	Vincent Hanna	15–13
12x07	15 November 1996	Mark Hurst	Francis Wheen	6–19
12x08	22 November 1996	Jack Docherty	Austin Mitchell MP	15–8
12x09	29 November 1996	Alan Davies	Jennifer Paterson	15–10
12x10	20 December 1996	1996 highlights

Series 13

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
13x01	18 April 1997	Fred MacAulay	Swampy	16–11
13x02	25 April 1997	Hugh Dennis	Will Self	12–11
13x03	1 May 1997^{[fn 3]}	Richard Wilson	Nick Ross	13–12
13x04	9 May 1997	Maureen Lipman	Neil Hamilton and Christine Hamilton^{[fn 14]}	14–13
13x05	16 May 1997	Jack Docherty	Greg Dyke	12–10
13x06	23 May 1997	Sue Perkins	Eve Pollard	9–15
13x07	30 May 1997	Martin Clunes	Michael Parkinson	10–11
13x08	6 June 1997	Dominic Holland	Germaine Greer	8–13

Series 14

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
14x01	24 October 1997	Bob Monkhouse	Ken Livingstone MP	9–13
14x02	31 October 1997	Max Boyce	Alex Salmond MP	15–16
14x03	7 November 1997	Dermot Morgan	Francis Wheen	7–12
14x04	14 November 1997	Graeme Garden	Kirsty Young	12–11
14x05	21 November 1997	Arabella Weir	Tony Livesey	6–13
14x06	28 November 1997	Hattie Hayridge	Warren Mitchell	11–13
14x07	5 December 1997	Jeff Green	Brian Sewell	16–9
14x08	12 December 1997	Alan Davies	Matthew Parris	20–21
14x09	19 December 1997	1997 highlights

The Official Pirate Video

Episode	Release date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
Video	3 November 1997^{[fn 15]}	Martin Clunes	Neil Morrissey	12–21

Series 15

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
15x01	17 April 1998	Patrick Kielty	Stephen Bayley	6–12
15x02	24 April 1998	Janet Street-Porter	Boris Johnson	13–12
15x03	1 May 1998	Will Self	John Humphrys	10–17
15x04	8 May 1998	Dr. Phil Hammond	Patrick Moore	8–13
15x05	15 May 1998	Jonathan King	John Sergeant	11–10
15x06	22 May 1998	Germaine Greer	Chris Donald	11–15
15x07	29 May 1998	Antony Worrall Thompson	Oona King MP	10–16
15x08	5 June 1998	Danny Baker	Richard Wilson	10–14

Series 16

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
16x01	23 October 1998	John Simpson	Magnus Magnusson	8–13
16x02	30 October 1998	Ian McCaskill	Michael Mansfield	7–13
16x03	6 November 1998	Jackie Mason	Michael Crick	13–10
16x04	13 November 1998	Alan Titchmarsh	Stephen Bayley	10–14
16x05	20 November 1998	Loyd Grossman	Bob Marshall-Andrews MP	8–9
16x06	27 November 1998	Linda Smith	Gavin Esler	12–15
16x07	4 December 1998	Charles Kennedy MP	George Melly	10–11
16x08	11 December 1998	Tom Baker	Muriel Gray	10–6
16x09	18 December 1998	1998 highlights

Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

Episode	Air date	Phill Jupitus' team	Nick Hancock's team	Scores
Sp.	12 March 1999^{[fn 16]}	Meat Loaf and Jo Brand	Carol Barnes and Phil Tufnell	4–5

Series 17

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
17x01	16 April 1999	Richard Whiteley	David Aaronovitch	17–8
17x02	23 April 1999	Paul Daniels	Charlie Whelan	12–14
17x03	30 April 1999	Trevor Phillips	Bill Bailey	16–11
17x04	7 May 1999	Peter Hitchens	Clarissa Dickson Wright	14–16
17x05	14 May 1999	Stephen Fry	Richard Littlejohn	13–12
17x06	21 May 1999	Meera Syal	Brian Sewell	11–13
17x07	28 May 1999	Sir Jimmy Savile	Diane Abbott MP	10–14
17x08	4 June 1999	Pauline McLynn	Edward Stourton	13–12

Series 18

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
18x01	22 October 1999	Martin Clunes	Lembit Öpik MP	11–14
18x02	29 October 1999	Gordon Ramsay	Francis Wheen	7–13
18x03	5 November 1999^{[fn 17]}	Glenda Jackson MP	The Earl of Onslow	12–15
18x04	12 November 1999	John Sergeant	Mark Seddon	9–15
18x05	19 November 1999	Gyles Brandreth	Michael Cole	13–9
18x06	26 November 1999	Anna Ford	Alex Salmond MP	17–10
18x07	3 December 1999	Boris Johnson	Janet Street-Porter	9–14
18x08	10 December 1999	Bill Deedes	Will Self	13–14
18x09	17 December 1999	1999 highlights

Series 19

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
19x01	14 April 2000	Stephen Fry	David Shayler^{[fn 18]}	14–9
19x02	21 April 2000	Dominic Holland	David Steel	14–10
19x03	28 April 2000	Michael Brown	Max Clifford	11–9
19x04	5 May 2000	Angela Rippon	Peter Kilfoyle MP	12–13
19x05	12 May 2000	Sheila Hancock	Robert Reed^{[fn 19]}	12–14
19x06	19 May 2000	Clive Anderson	Liza Tarbuck	11–12
19x07	26 May 2000	Jon Snow	Dr. Phil Hammond	11–16
19x08	2 June 2000	Richard Wilson	Michael Brunson	16–10

Series 20

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
20x01	20 October 2000	Richard Blackwood	John Simpson	10–13
20x02	27 October 2000	Lauren Booth	Andrew Rawnsley	11–13
20x03	3 November 2000^{[fn 20]}	Germaine Greer	Charles Kennedy MP	10–10
20x04	10 November 2000^{[fn 21]}	Rich Hall	Siôn Simon	13–12
20x05	18 November 2000^{[fn 22]}	Linda Smith	Jeremy Bowen	17–15
20x06	24 November 2000	Lembit Öpik MP	Lorraine Kelly	12–10
20x07	1 December 2000^{[fn 23]}	Sanjeev Bhaskar	Matthew Collings	11–10
20x08	8 December 2000	Peter Stringfellow	Nigella Lawson	11–10
20x09	15 December 2000	2000 highlights

Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

Episode	Air date	Sean Hughes' team	Nick Hancock's team	Scores
Sp.	16 March 2001^{[fn 16]}	Phill Jupitus and Róisín Murphy	Stephen Fry and David Gower	9–13

Series 21

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
21x01	20 April 2001	John Humphrys	Tracey Emin	11–12
21x02	27 April 2001	Bill Bailey	Dermot Murnaghan	8–14
21x03	4 May 2001	Sean Lock	Jane Moore	13–12
21x04	11 May 2001	Dom Joly	David Aaronovitch	13–15
21x05	18 May 2001	Keith Chegwin	Michael Grade	7–9
21x06	25 May 2001	Janet Street-Porter	"Sir Elton John"^{[fn 24]}	9–7
21x07	1 June 2001	Will Self	Derek Draper	10–9
21x08	8 June 2001^{[fn 3]}	Clive Anderson	Gyles Brandreth	5–3

Series 22

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
22x01	19 October 2001	Rich Hall	Michael Crick	7–8
22x02	26 October 2001	Andrew MacKinlay MP	Jennie Bond	8–5
22x03	2 November 2001	Shazia Mirza	Boris Johnson MP	4–8
22x04	9 November 2001	Rosie Boycott	Richard Bacon	7–9
22x05	23 November 2001	Adam Boulton	Carol Thatcher	13–5
22x06	30 November 2001	Omid Djalili	Sir Clement Freud	8–9
22x07	7 December 2001	Sara Cox	Andrew Marr	8–10
22x08	14 December 2001	Francis Wheen	James Naughtie	9–7
22x09	21 December 2001^{[fn 2]}	Charles Kennedy MP	John Sergeant	10–12
22x10	31 December 2001	2001 highlights

Series 23

Episode	Air date	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
23x01	19 April 2002	Phill Jupitus	Evan Davis	7–6
23x02	26 April 2002	Ben Miller	Charlotte Church^{[fn 25]}	5–15
23x03	3 May 2002	Penny Smith	Graeme Garden	4–14
23x04	10 May 2002	Matthew Wright	Mark Steel	8–10
23x05	17 May 2002	Bill Deedes	Neil Fox	8–10
23x06	24 May 2002	Dave Gorman	Ken Livingstone	7–7
23x07	31 May 2002	Linda Smith	David Dickinson	11–9
23x08	7 June 2002	Ross Noble	Katie Derham	6–13

Series 24

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
24x01	18 October 2002	Angus Deayton	Christine Hamilton	Rod Liddle	12–11
24x02	25 October 2002	Angus Deayton	Ross Noble	Gerald Kaufman MP	7–12
24x03	1 November 2002	Paul Merton	Rich Hall	Ross Noble and Andrew Neil	21–19
24x04	8 November 2002^{[fn 26]}	Anne Robinson	John O'Farrell	John Simpson	17–20
24x05	22 November 2002	John Sergeant	Germaine Greer	Lorraine Kelly	14–18
24x06	29 November 2002	Boris Johnson MP	Stephen K. Amos	Clive Anderson	13–16
24x07	6 December 2002	Liza Tarbuck	Fred MacAulay	Janet Street-Porter	15–20
24x08	13 December 2002	Charles Kennedy MP	Robert Winston	Will Self	10–11
24x09	20 December 2002	Jeremy Clarkson	Michael Grade	Mo Mowlam	11–16

Series 25

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
25x01	25 April 2003	Martin Clunes	Ruby Wax	Glenda Jackson MP	9–7
25x02	2 May 2003	William Hague MP	Linda Smith	Jeremy Clarkson	9–14
25x03	9 May 2003	Charlotte Church	Jimmy Carr	Jennie Bond	18–9
25x04	16 May 2003	Alexander Armstrong	Mark Steel	Dr. Phil Hammond	11–7
25x05	23 May 2003	John Sergeant	Dara Ó Briain	Lembit Öpik MP	9–7
25x06	30 May 2003	Hugh Dennis	Gyles Brandreth	Martin Freeman	10–9
25x07	6 June 2003	Sanjeev Bhaskar	Rebecca Front	Nick Robinson	13–10
25x08	13 June 2003	Bruce Forsyth	Marcus Brigstocke	Natasha Kaplinsky	16–21

Series 26

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
26x01	17 October 2003	Jack Dee	Sir Clement Freud	Clare Balding	7–10
26x02	24 October 2003	Martin Clunes	The Earl of Onslow	Linda Smith	7–12
26x03	31 October 2003	John Humphrys	Sean Lock	Kirstie Allsopp	9–7
26x04	7 November 2003	Jimmy Carr	Ross Noble	Sir Ian McKellen	12–14
26x05	14 November 2003	Alexander Armstrong	Phill Jupitus	Julia Hartley-Brewer	13–9
26x06	28 November 2003	Kirsty Young	Will Self	Jonathan Aitken	8–17
26x07	5 December 2003	Dara Ó Briain	John O'Farrell	George Galloway MP	12–13
26x08	12 December 2003	Boris Johnson MP	Rick Wakeman	Kate Garraway	8–10
26x09	19 December 2003	Gyles Brandreth	Chris Addison	Carol Smillie	11–15

Series 27

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
27x01	16 April 2004	Alexander Armstrong	Les Dennis	Germaine Greer	10–9
27x02	23 April 2004	Greg Dyke	Armando Iannucci	Danny Baker	6–8
27x03	30 April 2004	Des Lynam	Marcus Brigstocke	Robert Kilroy-Silk	7–13
27x04	7 May 2004	William Hague MP	Claudia Winkleman	Stanley Johnson	7–8
27x05	14 May 2004	Dara Ó Briain	Carol Vorderman	Sir Michael Gambon	12–7
27x06	21 May 2004	Alexander Armstrong	Griff Rhys Jones	Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall	9–12
27x07	28 May 2004	Dara Ó Briain	Julia Hartley-Brewer	Clive James	7–13
27x08	4 June 2004	Kirsty Young	Dave Gorman	John Bird	10–4

Series 28

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
28x01	15 October 2004^{[fn 27]}	Jack Dee	Trisha Goddard	Adam Hart-Davis	13–14
28x02	22 October 2004	Andrew Marr	Shobna Gulati	Ross Noble	10–11
28x03	29 October 2004	Robin Cook MP	P. J. O'Rourke	Dr. Phil Hammond	8–11
28x04	5 November 2004	Jane Leeves	Daisy Sampson	Mark Steel	9–8
28x05	12 November 2004	Des Lynam	Kaye Adams	Sean Lock	8–6
28x06	26 November 2004	Marcus Brigstocke	Michael Buerk	Tony Livesey	10–9
28x07	3 December 2004	Neil Kinnock	Will Self	Linda Smith	6–8
28x08	10 December 2004	Kirsty Young	Julian Fellowes	Ian McMillan	10–12
28x09	17 December 2004^{[fn 2]}	Ronnie Corbett	Amanda Donohoe	Tracey Emin	9–12

Series 29

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
29x01	15 April 2005	Jeremy Clarkson	Germaine Greer	Danny Baker	10–12
29x02	22 April 2005	Alexander Armstrong	Michael Winner	Jo Caulfield	10–9
29x03	29 April 2005	Nicholas Parsons	Julia Hartley-Brewer	Chris Langham	6–8
29x04	6 May 2005^{[fn 3]}	Kirsty Young	Andy Hamilton	Peter Oborne	5–6
29x05	13 May 2005	Dara Ó Briain	Stephen Frost	Stephen Pound MP	3–12
29x06	20 May 2005	Marcus Brigstocke	Robert Llewellyn	Daisy Sampson	9–12
29x07	27 May 2005	William Hague MP	Mark Mardell	Peter Serafinowicz	11–7
29x08	3 June 2005	Des Lynam	David Mitchell	Evan Davis	8–8

Series 30

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
30x01	14 October 2005	Jack Dee	Tony Livesey	Claudia Winkleman	7–10
30x02	21 October 2005	Michael Aspel	Will Self	Bill Bailey	10–10
30x03	28 October 2005^{[fn 28]}	Chris Langham	Ross Noble	Alan Duncan MP	8–9
30x04	4 November 2005	Jeremy Clarkson	Andy Hamilton	Mark Steel	9–10
30x05	11 November 2005^{[fn 29]}	Alexander Armstrong	Ian McMillan	Fi Glover	7–12
30x06	25 November 2005	Boris Johnson MP	Dr. Phil Hammond	Sara Cox	7–9
30x07	2 December 2005	Anna Ford	David Mitchell	Bob Marshall-Andrews MP	7–7
30x08	9 December 2005	Lorraine Kelly	Robert Webb	Nick Robinson	8–9
30x09	16 December 2005^{[fn 2]}	Joan Collins	Michael Winner	Peter Serafinowicz	7–8

Series 31

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
31x01	21 April 2006	Sir Trevor McDonald	Lembit Öpik MP	Marcus Brigstocke	8–9
31x02	28 April 2006	Sean Lock	Shami Chakrabarti	Peter Capaldi	9–11
31x03	5 May 2006	Julian Clary	Quentin Letts	Alun Cochrane	9–11
31x04	12 May 2006	Michael Buerk	David Mitchell	Diane Abbott MP	7–6
31x05	19 May 2006	Alexander Armstrong	Fern Britton	Andy Hamilton	14–11
31x06	26 May 2006	Carol Vorderman	Richard E. Grant	Dr. Phil Hammond	6–9
31x07	2 June 2006	Jeremy Clarkson	Julia Hartley-Brewer	Mark Steel	7–10
31x08	9 June 2006	Jack Dee	John O'Farrell	Liza Tarbuck	8–12

Series 32

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
32x01	13 October 2006	Gordon Ramsay	Peter Serafinowicz	Andrew Neil	4–7
32x02	20 October 2006	Alistair McGowan	Alan Duncan MP	Fern Britton	8–10
32x03	27 October 2006	Jeremy Bowen	June Sarpong	Fred MacAulay	7–11
32x04	3 November 2006	Alexander Armstrong	Charlie Brooker	Ross Noble	13–0
32x05	10 November 2006	Damian Lewis	Dom Joly	Neil Mullarkey	4–9
32x06	24 November 2006	Ronni Ancona	Stewart Lee	Andy Hamilton	7–7
32x07	1 December 2006	Ann Widdecombe MP	Lucy Porter	Danny Baker	7–4
32x08	8 December 2006	Rob Brydon	Claudia Winkleman	Frankie Boyle	13–7
32x09	15 December 2006^{[fn 2]}	Boris Johnson MP	Emily Maitlis	Sue Perkins	10–7

Series 33

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
33x01	13 April 2007	Jeremy Clarkson	Michael McIntyre	Krishnan Guru-Murthy	8–6
33x02	20 April 2007	Adrian Chiles	Daisy McAndrew	Mark Steel	7–10
33x03	27 April 2007	Fern Britton	Reginald D. Hunter	Adam Boulton	6–10
33x04	4 May 2007	Bill Bailey	Adam Buxton	Armando Iannucci	4–10
33x05	11 May 2007^{[fn 30]}	Kirsty Young	Dr. Phil Hammond	Bob Marshall-Andrews MP	1–45
33x06	18 May 2007	Chris Tarrant	Lembit Öpik MP	Andy Hamilton	5–9
33x07	25 May 2007	Alexander Armstrong	James May	Nick Robinson	6–6
33x08	2 June 2007^{[fn 31]}	Moira Stuart	Marcus Brigstocke	Jim Jeffries	9–7

Series 34

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
34x01	12 October 2007	Kirsty Young	Robert Harris	Ross Noble	6–7
34x02	19 October 2007	Alexander Armstrong	Ed Byrne	Bob Marshall-Andrews MP	6–10
34x03	26 October 2007	Omid Djalili	Julian Fellowes	Danny Baker	7–4
34x04	2 November 2007	Jo Brand	Julia Hartley-Brewer	Andy Hamilton	7–9
34x05	9 November 2007	Michael Aspel	Reginald D. Hunter	Sara Cox	7–10
34x06	23 November 2007	Ann Widdecombe MP	Jimmy Carr	Alex James	5–8
34x07	30 November 2007	Clive Anderson	Will Self	Chris Addison	7–9
34x08	7 December 2007	Jack Dee	Russell Brand	Charlie Brooker	4–10
34x09	14 December 2007	Richard Madeley	Stephen K. Amos	Lauren Laverne	9–10

Series 35

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
35x01	18 April 2008	Jack Dee	Bob Marshall-Andrews MP	Peter Serafinowicz	8–6
35x02	25 April 2008	Julian Clary	Ed Byrne	Andrew Neil	7–8
35x03	2 May 2008	Brian Blessed	Alan Duncan MP	Marcus Brigstocke	7–11
35x04	9 May 2008	Bill Bailey	Nick Robinson	Reginald D. Hunter	11–5
35x05	16 May 2008	Kirsty Young	Charlie Higson	Frankie Boyle	7–10
35x06	23 May 2008	Lee Mack	Shami Chakrabarti	John O'Farrell	5–9
35x07	30 May 2008	Alexander Armstrong	Clare Balding	Michael McIntyre	8–5
35x08	6 June 2008	Jeremy Clarkson	Kate Silverton	Ian McMillan	5–5

Series 36

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
36x01	17 October 2008	Fern Britton	Tom Bradby	Mark Steel	9–7
36x02	24 October 2008^{[fn 32]}	Alexander Armstrong	Frank Skinner	Kevin Maguire	7–8
36x03	31 October 2008	Tom Baker	Vince Cable MP	Chris Addison	4–5
36x04	7 November 2008^{[fn 33]}	Jo Brand	Toby Young	Reginald D. Hunter	5–7
36x05	21 November 2008^{[fn 34]}	Jack Dee	Miranda Hart	Frank Skinner and Quentin Letts	9–6
36x06	28 November 2008	Al Murray	Mark Watson	Germaine Greer	4–9
36x07	5 December 2008	David Mitchell	Sarah Millican	Andy Hamilton	10–7
36x08	12 December 2008	Jerry Springer	Ken Livingstone	Katy Brand	7–6
36x09	19 December 2008	Jeremy Clarkson	Ed Byrne	Charles Kennedy MP	4–5
36x10	24 December 2008^{[fn 2]}^{[fn 35]}	Alexander Armstrong	Frank Skinner	Noddy Holder	6–8

Series 37

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
37x01	24 April 2009	Frank Skinner	Katy Brand	Alan Duncan MP	7–5
37x02	1 May 2009	Damian Lewis	Chris Addison	Janet Street-Porter	5–6
37x03	8 May 2009	Jack Dee	Fred MacAulay	Clare Balding	2–9
37x04	15 May 2009	Rolf Harris	Andy Hamilton	Julia Hartley-Brewer	3–4
37x05	22 May 2009	Alexander Armstrong	Stuart Maconie	Reginald D. Hunter	5–3
37x06	29 May 2009	David Mitchell	The Rev. Richard Coles	Andrew Maxwell	5–9
37x07	5 June 2009	Ruth Jones	Clive Anderson	Jo Caulfield	6–7
37x08	12 June 2009	Lee Mack	Shappi Khorsandi	Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall	5–7

Series 38

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
38x01	16 October 2009	Martin Clunes	Charlie Brooker	Arlene Phillips	5–9
38x02	23 October 2009	David Mitchell	Ed Byrne	Grayson Perry	6–7
38x03	30 October 2009	Miranda Hart	Andrew Neil	Mark Steel	9–8
38x04	6 November 2009	Kirsty Young	Kevin Maguire	Ross Noble	7–6
38x05	13 November 2009	Jack Dee	Rebecca Front	Marcus Brigstocke	4–6
38x06	27 November 2009	Alexander Armstrong	Jimmy Carr	Bob Crow	7–4
38x07	4 December 2009	Jo Brand	Jon Richardson	Quentin Letts	4–6
38x08	11 December 2009	Dominic West	Reginald D. Hunter	James May	3–4
38x09	18 December 2009^{[fn 2]}	Bill Bailey	Mark Watson	Charles Kennedy MP	5–6

Series 39

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
39x01	1 April 2010	Lee Mack	Kevin Bridges	Nigel Farage MEP	5–7
39x02	8 April 2010	Alexander Armstrong	Victoria Coren	Richard Herring	5–9
39x03	15 April 2010	Robert Webb	David Threlfall	Marcus Brigstocke	5–9
39x04	22 April 2010	Jeremy Clarkson	Clare Balding	Andy Hamilton	8–7
39x05	7 May 2010^{[fn 3]}^{[fn 36]}	Jo Brand	Jon Richardson^{[fn 37]}	Lembit Öpik	2–7
39x06	13 May 2010	Martin Clunes	Julia Hartley-Brewer	Chris Addison	7–8
39x07	20 May 2010	Eamonn Holmes	Armando Iannucci	Robert Peston	5–8
39x08	27 May 2010	Bruce Forsyth	Laura Solon	Ross Noble	3–6
39x09	3 June 2010	John Prescott	John Bishop	Penny Smith	2–6

Series 40

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
40x01	14 October 2010	Benedict Cumberbatch	Victoria Coren	Jon Richardson	5–6
40x02	21 October 2010	Frank Skinner	Janet Street-Porter	Reginald D. Hunter	7–2
40x03	28 October 2010	John Bishop	Miles Jupp	Andy Hamilton	6–5
40x04	4 November 2010	Chris Addison	James Blunt	Nick Robinson	5–5
40x05	11 November 2010	Jo Brand	Sally Bercow	Charlie Higson	4–5
40x06	18 November 2010	Damian Lewis	Clive Anderson	Kevin Bridges	7–7
40x07	25 November 2010	Martin Clunes	Jimmy Carr	Grayson Perry	7–5
40x08	2 December 2010	Lee Mack	Sarah Millican	Ken Livingstone	6–7
40x09	9 December 2010	Miranda Hart	Greg Davies	Marcus Brigstocke	3–7
40x10	17 December 2010^{[fn 2]}^{[fn 38]}	Alexander Armstrong	Ross Noble	Micky Flanagan	8–6
40x11	24 December 2010	2010 highlights

Comic Relief live special

Episode	Air date	Host	David Walliams' team	Clive Anderson's team	Scores
Sp.	6 March 2011^{[fn 39]}	Patrick Kielty	Holly Walsh	Lembit Öpik

Series 41

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
41x01	8 April 2011	Jack Dee	Caroline Wyatt	Jon Richardson	8–9
41x02	15 April 2011	Stephen Mangan	Kevin Bridges	Bob Ainsworth MP	6–7
41x03	22 April 2011	Rhod Gilbert	Louise Bagshawe MP	Marcus Brigstocke	5–7
41x04	6 May 2011	Alexander Armstrong	Victoria Coren	Ross Noble	5–8
41x05	13 May 2011^{[fn 40]}	John Torode and Gregg Wallace	Samira Ahmed	Richard Herring	6–5
41x06	20 May 2011^{[fn 41]}	Alan Johnson MP	Miles Jupp	Graham Linehan	5–7
41x07	27 May 2011	Bill Bailey	Jack Whitehall	Armando Iannucci	3–9
41x08	3 June 2011	Sharon Horgan	Joe Wilkinson	Richard Madeley	6–9
41x09	10 June 2011	Jo Brand	Joanna Scanlan	Reginald D. Hunter	4–7

Series 42

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
42x01	14 October 2011	Jo Brand	Victoria Coren	Graham Linehan	6–7
42x02	21 October 2011	Alexander Armstrong	Louise Mensch MP	Danny Baker	6–7
42x03	28 October 2011	Lee Mack	Victoria Derbyshire	Ross Noble	9–7
42x04	4 November 2011	Stephen Mangan	Greg Davies	Grace Dent	8–10
42x05	11 November 2011	David Mitchell	Roisin Conaty	Andy Hamilton	4–9
42x06	25 November 2011	Dan Stevens	Miles Jupp	Susan Calman	2–5
42x07	2 December 2011	Kirsty Young	Gyles Brandreth	Marcus Brigstocke	6–10
42x08	9 December 2011	Miranda Hart	Tom Watson MP	Reginald D. Hunter	5–4
42x09	16 December 2011	Sue Perkins	Jack Whitehall	Nick Hewer	5–4
42x10	23 December 2011^{[fn 2]}	Martin Clunes	Rebecca Front	David O'Doherty	8–4
42x11	30 December 2011	2011 highlights

Series 43

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
43x01	13 April 2012	Stephen Mangan	Grace Dent	Miles Jupp	8–7
43x02	20 April 2012	Jo Brand	Humphrey Ker	Graham Linehan	7–5
43x03	27 April 2012	Damian Lewis	Chris Packham	Susan Calman	7–8
43x04	4 May 2012	Jeremy Clarkson	Nancy Dell'Olio	Kevin Bridges	7–9
43x05	11 May 2012	Alexander Armstrong	Nadine Dorries MP	Reginald D. Hunter	9–5
43x06	18 May 2012	Kathy Burke	Ken Livingstone	Joe Wilkinson	4–7
43x07	25 May 2012	William Shatner	Charlie Brooker	Andy Hamilton	6–4
43x08	1 June 2012	Alastair Campbell	Ross Noble	Nick Hewer	2–55
43x09	8 June 2012	Kirsty Young	Greg Davies	Victoria Coren	5–8

Series 44

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
44x01	12 October 2012	Clare Balding	Graham Linehan	Ken Livingstone	6–10
44x02	19 October 2012	Jo Brand	Will Smith	Richard Bacon	6–10
44x03	26 October 2012	Alexander Armstrong	Victoria Coren	Conrad Black	5–10
44x04	2 November 2012^{[fn 42]}	Jeremy Clarkson	Will Gompertz	Tony Law	9–14
44x05	9 November 2012	Damian Lewis	Nigel Farage MEP	Harry Shearer	5–7
44x06	23 November 2012	Sir Roger Moore	Rachel Johnson	Marcus Brigstocke	8–7
44x07	30 November 2012	Jack Whitehall	Baroness Trumpington^{[fn 43]}	Nick Hewer	6–8
44x08	7 December 2012	David Mitchell	Susan Calman	Janet Street-Porter	5–6
44x09	14 December 2012	Charlotte Church	Richard Osman	Miles Jupp	9–5
44x10	21 December 2012^{[fn 2]}	Daniel Radcliffe	Andy Hamilton	Sara Cox	9–7
44x11	27 December 2012	2012 highlights

Series 45

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
45x01	5 April 2013	Stephen Mangan	Joan Bakewell	Richard Osman	11–7
45x02	12 April 2013	Brian Blessed	Ken Livingstone	Bridget Christie	6–6
45x03	19 April 2013	Warwick Davis	Joe Wilkinson	Gyles Brandreth	6–7
45x04	26 April 2013	Ray Winstone	Camilla Long	Reginald D. Hunter	8–6
45x05	3 May 2013	Mel Giedroyc	The Rev. Richard Coles	Ross Noble	5–9
45x06	10 May 2013	Jo Brand	Michael Fabricant MP	John Cooper Clarke	3–5
45x07	17 May 2013	Robert Lindsay	Deborah Meaden	Johnny Vegas	7–4
45x08	24 May 2013	Alexander Armstrong	Josie Long	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	4–6
45x09	31 May 2013	Frank Skinner	Matt Forde	Miles Jupp	5–7

Series 46

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
46x01	4 October 2013	David Mitchell	Cathy Newman	Danny Baker	7–6
46x02	11 October 2013	Richard Osman	Dan Snow	Mark Steel	7–11
46x03	18 October 2013	Stephen Merchant	Gabby Logan	Hal Cruttenden	11–5
46x04	25 October 2013	Jo Brand	Gyles Brandreth	John Prescott	7–9
46x05	1 November 2013	Kirsty Young	Max Keiser	Tony Law	7–8
46x06	8 November 2013	Alexander Armstrong	Victoria Coren Mitchell	Godfrey Bloom MEP	12–8
46x07	22 November 2013	Jack Whitehall	Janet Street-Porter	Richard Bacon	5–10
46x08	29 November 2013	Robert Lindsay	Katherine Ryan	Alan Johnson MP	7–8
46x09	6 December 2013^{[fn 44]}	Kathy Burke	Tim Loughton MP	Miles Jupp	6–8
46x10	13 December 2013	Martin Clunes	Jennifer Saunders	Bernard Cribbins	9–5
46x11	20 December 2013	2013 highlights

Series 47

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
47x01	4 April 2014	Jennifer Saunders	Sadiq Khan MP	Richard Osman	10–6
47x02	11 April 2014	Stephen Mangan	Roisin Conaty	Nigel Farage MEP	7–6
47x03	18 April 2014	Jeremy Clarkson	Henning Wehn	Camilla Long	8–10
47x04	25 April 2014	Martin Clunes	Johnny Vegas	Jo Coburn	9–6
47x05	2 May 2014	Jack Dee	Bridget Christie	Charlie Brooker	4–6
47x06	9 May 2014	David Mitchell	Andy Hamilton	Susan Calman	10–9
47x07	16 May 2014	Jo Brand	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	Kevin Bridges	7–6
47x08	23 May 2014	Kirsty Young	Ross Noble	John Cooper Clarke	9–4
47x09	30 May 2014	Alexander Armstrong	Joe Wilkinson	Victoria Coren Mitchell	2–7

Series 48

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
48x01	3 October 2014	Jennifer Saunders	Peter Bone MP	Armando Iannucci	8–9
48x02	10 October 2014	Sue Perkins	Nick Hewer	Tony Law	5–12
48x03	17 October 2014	Frank Skinner	Nick Robinson	Sara Pascoe	9–10
48x04	24 October 2014	Victoria Coren Mitchell	Katherine Ryan	Janet Street-Porter	7–10
48x05	31 October 2014	Damian Lewis	Roisin Conaty	Andy Hamilton	8–3
48x06	7 November 2014	Jo Brand	Caroline Lucas MP	Richard Osman	7–9
48x07	21 November 2014	David Mitchell	Sara Cox	Alan Johnson MP	5–10
48x08	28 November 2014	Alexander Armstrong	Josh Widdicombe	Germaine Greer	7–6
48x09	5 December 2014	Jack Dee	Mark Watson	Joan Bakewell	6–9
48x10	12 December 2014	Martin Clunes	Kirsty Wark	Reginald D. Hunter	8–5
48x11	19 December 2014	2014 highlights

Series 49

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
49x01	10 April 2015	Daniel Radcliffe	Diane Morgan	Armando Iannucci	8–7
49x02	17 April 2015	Victoria Coren Mitchell	Alun Cochrane	John Prescott	5–8
49x03	24 April 2015	Stephen Mangan	Camilla Long	Miles Jupp	6–5
49x04	1 May 2015	Alexander Armstrong	Katherine Ryan	Michael Grade	7–5
49x05	8 May 2015^{[fn 3]}	Jo Brand	Romesh Ranganathan	Jon Snow	4–2
49x06	15 May 2015	Robert Peston	Rob Delaney	Roisin Conaty	3–7
49x07	22 May 2015	Frank Skinner	Cariad Lloyd	Jon Ronson	9–7
49x08	29 May 2015	Gary Lineker	Sara Pascoe	Andy Hamilton	6–10
49x09	5 June 2015^{[fn 45]}	Jack Dee	James Acaster	Janet Street-Porter	5–10

Series 50

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
50x01	2 October 2015	Jeremy Clarkson	Camilla Long	Richard Osman	5–6
50x02	9 October 2015	Charlie Brooker	Nish Kumar	Diane Abbott MP	4–5
50x03	16 October 2015	Sue Perkins	Roisin Conaty	Sadiq Khan MP	8–7
50x04	23 October 2015	Michael Sheen	Jon Richardson	Ruth Davidson MSP	7–5
50x05	30 October 2015	David Tennant	Grayson Perry	Katherine Ryan	6–5
50x06	6 November 2015	Kathy Burke	Cathy Newman	Ross Noble	7–8
50x07	20 November 2015	Victoria Coren Mitchell	Hal Cruttenden	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	4–7
50x08	27 November 2015	Jo Brand	Josh Widdicombe	Tim Farron MP	6–4
50x09	4 December 2015	Alexander Armstrong	Sara Pascoe	Alex Salmond MSP MP	6–10
50x10	11 December 2015	David Mitchell	Kirsty Wark	Andy Hamilton	6–5
50x11	18 December 2015	2015 highlights

Series 51

Forthcoming guest hosts for this series include Martin Clunes and Katherine Ryan.^[3]

Episode	Air date	Host	Ian's team	Paul's team	Scores
51x01	8 April 2016	Stephen Mangan	Henning Wehn	Suzanne Evans	4–6
51x02	15 April 2016	Tracey Ullman	Clive Myrie	The Rev. Richard Coles	3–5
51x03	22 April 2016	Victoria Coren Mitchell	Romesh Ranganathan	Eddie Izzard	4–6
51x04	29 April 2016	Jo Brand	Diane Morgan	Nick Hewer	7–5
51x05	6 May 2016	David Tennant	Phil Wang	Janet Street-Porter	6–6
51x06	13 May 2016	Frankie Boyle	Adil Ray^[4]
51x07	20 May 2016	Gary Lineker	Ross Noble^[5]
51x08	27 May 2016
51x09	3 June 2016

Scores

Ian	Paul
Series wins (9 drawn)
5	36
Show wins (11 drawn)
153	280

Footnotes

↑ The scores were not stated at the end of this episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Christmas special
1 2 3 4 5 6 Election special
↑ The game finished as a tie at 16-16, so the caption competition was used a tie-breaker, where Paul earned the biggest laugh. This is the only time points have ever been awarded for this section.
↑ Special programme for Comic Relief, combining elements of Have I Got News for You with another popular panel show, A Question of Sport.
↑ The tub of lard was a stand-in for Roy Hattersley, who had pulled out of a recording at the last minute for the third time. Angus explained that Hattersley and the lard were "imbued with many of the same qualities". This marks the only occasion to date that the panel has consisted of fewer than five people.
↑ Margaret Thatcher Special, focusing on her period as Prime Minister. Agreed by both Ian and Paul to be the show's 'worst' episode, due to the two guests doing nothing but "spit poison at each other".
↑ The 50th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ In a typical example of the occasional 'end of season japes', Ian and Paul swapped seats – and dress senses – for this episode.
↑ It was during this episode that Ian was suffering from Appendicitis.
↑ Included a special guest appearance by Germaine Greer in the Odd One Out round, and extra features including a video diary from The Rt. Hon. Tub of Lard MP.
↑ Colin was a parrot that had been trained to squawk out various heckles at Angus, but its only contribution was a brief "Hello" towards the end. Paul Merton later explained that gimmicks like this contributed to his decision to take the following series off.
↑ The 100th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ Originally, only Christine had been due to appear, but she requested an extra seat be reserved for husband Neil (only a week after Martin Bell had famously ousted him from Parliament in that year's general election). This marked the first occasion where the panel has consisted of more than five people.
↑ The end of this episode featured a walk-on guest appearance by Mr. Bramley, where he was "awarded" to the losers.
1 2 Special programmes for Comic Relief, combining elements of Have I Got News for You with the other then-leading comedy quizshows on BBC TV; Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and the now-defunct They Think It's All Over. Although the latter two are/were made by a different production company to HIGNFY, there was one crucial link between all three besides basic format; producer Harry Thompson.
↑ The 150th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ Due to the legal circumstances surrounding him at the time, Shayler's contribution was recorded via satellite linkup from a studio in Paris, which was fed into a monitor on set. Merton was visibly unimpressed with the arrangement, as it left his guest two seconds behind everyone else, affecting the timing of the comedy.
↑ Robert Reed was a member of Conservative Future who, in the footsteps of William Hague (by this point the party's leader), had made a speech at the previous year's Conservative Party Conference at the age of 16. Conservative Conference – Bad day, good day guardian.co.uk, 6 October 1999
↑ The game finished as a draw at 10–10. Ian and Paul were made to play Stone, Paper, Scissors to find a winner. Ian chose Paper and Paul chose Scissors, thus making Paul's team the winners.
↑ Ian's team had won the show 13–12, but as a 'tribute' to American guest Rich Hall, Paul's team were made the winners. This was a reference to the-then ongoing American election controversy, where George W. Bush was going to win the election even though Al Gore had seemingly received more votes than him.
↑ Moved back a day because of BBC One's coverage of Children in Need. All autumn series following this would skip Children in Need week altogether.
↑ The game finished as a draw at 10–10, so Angus asked a tie-break question, which was "What is the capital of Albania?", which Sanjeev correctly answered as Tirana, thus making Ian's team the winners, with the bonus point visibly shown on screen after the correct answer was given.
↑ The real Elton John was due to appear, (Elton has News for You BBC News, 22 May 2001) but pulled out at the last minute. He was replaced by taxi driver Ray Johnson (credited as 'Ray Elton John Son'), who at the time had a side earning as the musician's lookalike. However, Johnson was introduced to the audience as if he genuinely was "Sir Elton John" and kept silent for the whole recording. On-screen captions between rounds were the only part of the show that openly admitted the deception, where the real Elton John was frequently referred to as a "bastard".
↑ Making her first appearance at the age of 16, Charlotte Church holds the record for the show's youngest ever guest (when ranking by age on appearance).
↑ The 200th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ The game actually finished as a tie at 13–13, however Ian complained about leaving the score as a tie and Jack Dee duly awarded an extra point to Paul's team, thus making them the winners.
↑ The 250th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ Dedicated to creator and original producer Harry Thompson, who died before broadcast
↑ Ian's team were winning for the majority of the show (and actually won outright), but at the end the scores were fixed to say 45–1 to Paul's team, on account of Dr Phil Hammond's remarks that he was told he could host the show if his team won.
↑ Moved back a day because of BBC One's coverage of England's first match at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium, against Brazil.
↑ The 300th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ US Election special
↑ Paul Merton was ill so Frank Skinner took his place
↑ This episode also included a guest appearance by Brian Blessed, dressed as Father Christmas.
↑ Moved back a day to the Friday slot that was regular before this series. If left, as originally scheduled, on voting day itself – before the polls closed – then the programme would have been duty bound by broadcasting impartiality rules to not show any opinionated comment on the key issues of the election.
↑ Temporarily swapped places with Paul Merton, as the two captains accepted the offer of a coalition (in a reference to the election's result of a hung parliament), which lasted for one round.
↑ Moved back a day due to the Royal Variety Performance.
↑ Broadcast live on the BBC website as part of 24 Hour Panel People, a fund-raising day-long marathon of panel shows, all featuring David Walliams, who took the role of captain for HIGNFY. Neither of the regular captains were present, though Paul Merton was originally scheduled to appear, before pulling out because of illness. Clive Anderson took his place in the second captain's seat.
↑ Dedicated to theme composer Big George, who died before broadcast
↑ The 350th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ The show ended in a 6–6 draw, so a quickfire tiebreak round was played where the panel had to identify the waxworks of the Louis Tussaud museum in Great Yarmouth, which had featured as a news item earlier in the show as it was facing closure. The attraction is infamous for the poor quality of its waxworks and the fact that most of the figures are not contemporary.
↑ Making her first appearance at the age of 90, Baroness Trumpington holds the record for the show's oldest ever guest (when ranking by age on appearance).
↑ The 400th broadcast episode of HIGNFY
↑ This episode ended with a tribute to former leader of the Liberal Democrats and nine-time HIGNFY guest Charles Kennedy, who had died earlier in the week.

References

↑ "Have I Got News For You returns to Friday nights". What's on TV. IPC Media. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
1 2 3 John McEntee (9 May 2010). "Still a whizz of a quiz: Why Have I Got News For You hits the target even after 20 years". Mail Online. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
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External links

Have I Got News for You at BBC Programmes
List of Have I Got News for You episodes at TV.com
List of Have I Got News for You episodes at the British Comedy Guide
List of Have I Got News for You episodes at the Internet Movie Database

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