*Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Angus was almost a saint compared to some at the BBC. Angus knew he'd messed up and took all the flak like a man. Utmost respect earned!*
No he didn't. I saw him after this in other interviews and he far from saw the funny side. He's a wanker. And anyway, why would you defend some tosser who cheated on his wife? He got what he deserved.
@@AlishaMartonaSrsly? You’ll have nothing to watch if those are your standards. They have had Savile, Harris and Latham, and Toby Young! Be a little bit consistent.
@@AlishaMartona I mean nearly 80% of HIGNFY viewers wanted him to stay on as presenter. This was according to a poll conducted on the BBC's own website
@alishamartana she wasn’t his wife. And who gives a shit anyway? What you think is utterly immaterial- you have no idea what kind of relationship they had then. They are still together, naturally.
Well he was under contract, so either that or get sued for breach of contract..... And then it's either "take it like a pro" or look like a right whinny cunt who can dish it but can't take it. He really had no choice in it....
Nobody really cared about Angus' private life, but by god he had some serious balls to Come into work knowing what was going to happen. A panel show with one of the biggest dirt dishing journalists in the country, who was never shy about letting rip on air no matter who you were. I thought deayton was great as the presenter, very dry.
Well to be fair, his choices were 1. Come into work and get ripped into 2. Not turn up, get sued for breach of contract, get even more space in the news for being able to dish it but not take it.
Or. The cynic among us may suggest that after the scandal, surely his job offers would be thin on the ground and he had no choice. All the same. He had balls to come on. Albeit maybe just to keep the last hope of employment.
Apparently Stephen Fry said he'd never return to HIGNFY after this happened, he said that Angus could have been in a very dark place in his mind and in his life and destroying him on national TV was not the right thing to do.
Radio Ennui It doesn't matter how "smug" somebody is, sometimes that smugness is a mask for the true hell they are suffering inside. Depression is claiming more and more lives year after year and it's effecting everybody we know..including people you probably know, it's not a game...who knows what mental state Angus was in when he decided to do what he did.
This clip is 15 years which is coincidentally the same time as Paul Merton showed any enthusiasm for HIGNFY. Angus is a pro here. The amount of stick he takes is amazing.
I love AD, he was awesome as the host and his dry sense of humour made him perfect for it. I wish the BBC had kept him on as host. The fact he went into work and took that roasting from his colleagues on national television proves he has the biggest set of balls in the history of broadcasting. He took it in good humour and I’ve respected him a lot ever since…..he’s a good egg!
Deayton's actions meant that most saw the result as self-inflicted. Paul Merton later said the show was supposed to be *about* the news and being the news itself detracted from what the show was supposed to be. Fair comment.
@@TheRealWindlePoonssays you. But that could be true of many nonces and lushes they’ve had since. What Merton meant was, Angus overshadows me. And he was right: mission accomplished.
When you look back on this video, it's actually very impressive to see Angus host this program and remain so smooth and keep his usual presenting manner. How many other people could do that? In my opinion it does more to cement him as an extraordinarily talented presenter. My father cheated on my mother for a number of years and I hated him for it, so I have no desire to defend infidelity, but the hypocritical viciousness with which Merton and Hislop went after Deayton while they've both left alone other targets guilty of much worse crimes, and the sheer, bitter, personal venom that Merton clearly has for Deayton are both very very distasteful.
I think Merton was friends with his wife who was gravely ill at the time, so it was slightly more personal for him. Not condoning it, whilst amusing and Angus took it well, it is somewhat difficult to watch because you can only imagine how it felt. Credit where credit is due - if I were Angus, I don't think I could have gone on the show.
The issue was the hypocrisy. The show points fingers at those in the public eye and makes humour out of it. Hislop's publication ;The Spectator' does the same. They couldn't ignore it or they would look like hypocrites. They had to pursue this. But yes, Angus was remarkably composed and slick.
I remember watching this the same night. Paul and Ian were utterly ruthless. Big up Angus for coming on, though. Others would've crawled into a hole until it all blows over.
Angus's departure played a small but real part in Boris's rise to supreme power. Boris got enormous exposure from his times chairing the show, all of it positive.
@@darthkek1953 nobody has actually read tabloids for decades. Outside the sport section. This show made them what they became. It also gave the more liberal audience a false sense of security because nobody could take them seriously right? Now we have Farage getting a job on Russian TV for being sympathetic to Putin and a cabinet all caught with Kremlin bungs.
@@Concreteowl Farage went on RT more than a decade ago, prior to Brexit, as it's European wide and a bog-standard regulated media outlet in Europe and wanted to get the Brexit message out. The "sympathy for Putin" needs citation.
This clip missed put quite a lot of what was actually screened and I understand that more is recorded, so it probably was longer than 30 mins. However, I bet to Angus it seemed interminable. Balls of steel to sit there and take the best/worst that the panel could throw at him.
I grew watching this and loved Deayton as a presenter and was sad to see him go, but you don't understand this programme or people like Ian Hislop if you question their (him and Merton's) reaction to this scandal. Props to Deayton for taking it like a pro, but on a programme like this, they had to butcher him. Subsequent presenters get it rough for their hypocrisy too.
I agree that Hislop was just doing what he does, calling out hypocrisy. But after Merton's interview in Parkie I think Merton was simply tearing in into someone he profoundly dislikes.
Although Merton went a bit far at times, they couldn't have NOT brought it up. If the panelists on HIGNFY didn't make light of what was the news story of the week, the show would have lost all credibility. Which it was close to doing at the time because of Angus making it increasingly difficult for them to take the piss out of people, without him looking like a hypocrite and in turn driving the show down.
tbf jimmy carr did the exact same thing straight after his tax affairs were brought out into the public domain. But no, I couldn't see someone in the next few years doing this
If it happened today there'd probably be a load of guff about him being 'brave' and 'battling his demons' seeing as taking drugs is a sexy, glamorous illness now. The same glamour applies to drink driving and having sordid affairs with runners on TV shows
There have been some good guest presenters since and the occasional funny but bonkers ones (Blessed and Shatner come to mind) but Angus was consistently good. Angus clearly deserved a couple of punches for what he had done but the relish with which Merton in particular delivered these actually meant Angus came over as the better person.
It's good to see people sticking up for Angus. We never know what goes through people's minds and how crazy a lifestyle gets. I was diagnosed with Type II Bipolar two years ago, and it explains so much. You never know what goes on in people's private lives, despite how talented, professional and straight they may seem. Depression affects so many people, it's not spline about enough. Stephen Fry was right with his comments on this episode. That being said it's still hilarious and Angus took it like a fucking boss
bloody hell, angus sure can take a roasting. if that was preston he would've left after 5 minutes...if it was huey morgan Ian and Paul would probably be dead
another one of the funniest and talented men that made mistakes and got ripped from our screens! please bring Angus back! i'm so bored of watching so many idiots on TV that get paid way to much for boring me to Tears.. thank heavens for youtube!!
@Spongecake Squareshoes a celebrity of the month who is better known for walking off of NMTB than doing... whatever it is he did. I genuinely don't remember.
Long time ago now but Preston was a singer with a short lived band called 'the ordinary boys' and to be fair they slagged off his wife something propper. Probably walked off to avoid nuttting them, though he did come across as a nob for doing so
Guest presenter? How was he ever kicked off for this? He took it in good humour, gave his panel something to talk about and is no worse than any of the coach loads of reprobates presiding over each episode since.
+Sideshow Bob The media wouldn't leave Angus Deayton alone for weeks, as red top papers kept booking stories from the prostitute, and more was exposed. As a result, the show just wasn't working because Deayton was the centre of attention for ages.
+Sideshow Bob 1. He bacame the news rather than commenting on it, 2. Guests on the show would be able to use it against him. The fixed panel is supposed to have a spotless record that the guest's can't use against them. 3. Paul Merton really dislikes him.
+Adam Pardoe I understand and largely agree, spotless record, not so sure, but in any event to me it shows up the petty mindedness and heavily over-rated wit abilities of the sainted Paul Merton in not being able to move on (after a sensible period of putting Deayton through the wringer, which incidentally gives him Kudos when taking the P out of others. I mean, we had that witch Mrs Hamilton joining the band wagon as if her disgraced former tory MP husband was somehow no longer a bad man because a media levy was a dick. Not the same thing at all, yet the saville loving BBC thought maybe it was. Talk about poor judgement.) As for more and more being exposed, it would come to an end. Its not like he killed anyone - and even working through the karma sutra is finite. Probably interesting. If Deayton is censured for BEING the news, Merton should be retired for being as dull as dishwater.
Very interesting interview on this site between Parkie and Merton on why Angus had to go. Essentially every time he as a presenter made a good joke at the expense of a guest, based on their unacceptable behaviour as a public figure, they'd turn round and say yeah but look at what you did. So nothing was funny anymore. Won't let me post the link so search Paul Merton interview - part one - Parkinson - BBC.
In France your sex life is pretty much your own private domain, as long as it's between consenting individuals, this country is just one bigoted hell hole, it really is no ones business what consenting individuals do within there own privacy, as long as it's not illegal or harming anyone
Personally i think Angus took the whole thing very good naturedly. He knew what he was letting himself in for by being in the same room as those two after the story broke. And I don't care what you think of Paul, he's bloody quick! Love him as a commedian.
+Captain Rhodes The problem was there was another story that followed this one. There's a Merton interview where he talks about a moment where Christine Hamilton is a guest and Deayton refers to the 'disgraced Neil Hamilton' and she replies 'Just like you then', at which point Merton and Hislop knew it couldn't go on
@@craigbee Wasn't their place to be pissed off with him though. He didn't cheat on them. The only person with a right to be pissed off, his partner forgave him and they stayed together until a few years ago.
While it was funny to start with, it got relentlessly nasty but Angus got through it. I think the way the Beeb got rid of him and the way Paul went on about it was below the belt.
Did I've got news not continue with Angus after this show? I remember actually watching this episode when it was out... I can't remember what happened after... I'm here after watching Alex bellffields chanel and his episode on kay burley the sky reporter who got sacked for brekaing covid restrictions. He made reference to Angus deaton.
Even though it's hilarious, I feel sorry for Angus. All he can do is sit there and take it, knowing that he'll be unemployed straight after the show was recorded. Must have been pretty tough.
He wasn’t fired after this show, he kept on for at least a few months, it wasn’t until more allegations started appearing and they had significantly less moral high ground needed to skewer the politicians for immorality and hypocrisy
@@AliceYobby That was the reason used to justify his sacking, but let's face it, he went because Paul Merton wanted him gone, not the public. As funny as Merton can be, he can seemingly be a nasty, resentful piece of work.
Not many, if any, presenters would do what Deaton did here - present a satire show with two panellists who make their careers demolishing those in the public eye who have transgressed - knowing full well that they were that person this week. He faced it and took it and deserves a hell of a lot of respect for doing so.
Should never have lost his job. He served his time and payed the price. This was humiliation enough. He took it like a boss and this proves he really should be given the seat back.
As Thatcher put it “This was Treachery, with a Smile Upon it’s Face - I was about to be stabbed, very politely, apologetically and deferentially in The Front.... And by over a dozen of my closest Cabinet colleagues, including many of most-trusted of my fellow Ministers, going about their butchery.”
I think it's admirable how Angus was able to take it all in such good humour... I think he was a bit pissed at the end but he still didn't ever get angry... He knew what to expect from them so he was prepared for it all really... I mean, when you compare this to the Never Mind The Buzzcocks where Preston walked off after five minutes because they were taking the piss out of his wife at the time, Angus is a big man for putting up with the ribbing
It's amazing what you come across on youtube. Fair play to Deayton, he took all that was thrown at him. It's not an excuse but he didn't back down from it. He could have quite easily told producers he wasn't going to host but obviously he agreed to it. And yes, Merton and Hislop had a great time.
I suspect everyone was annoyed that deayton's composure barely cracked under the most extreme provocation, not to mention that fact that it sounded like he was having a *lot* more fun than they were
you can say whatever you want about Angus Deayton, he fitted the role of presenter for this program perfectly! It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the BBC would have just let things continue. I have a feeling with time it would have all calmed down, as with anything, and Angus may have still been presenting it to this day!
I thought the same until I watched Merton's explanation for the effect it was having on the show and I agree, over the next 6 months it would have devolved into one long roast with everyone in England wanting a piece of Deaton's ass.
Tiwaz81 , +richardsfinalfantasy angus Deayton was a fair target but the obvious venom and personal grudge with which Merton leapt at the chance to twist the knife was just grubby and classless and dirty. When are the gang that vicious and spiteful towards the politicians they ridicule?
+kingjamie2 Precisely, while both of them been biting towards politicans on this show they've never been anywhere near as harsh as what they were with Deayton. It was one thing to give him a roasting but to do so to such a level where it dominated practically the whole show was flat out bullying. I was glad he wasn't ever totally allowed to get away with it when William Hague who was a guest host in a later show was able put him in his place when he commented on it.
+kingjamie2 Merton despised Deayton for years before this, they had been pissing each other off back and forth with escalating hostility, this was just the final straw I think.
@IIWII I don't disagree with what you say about Deayton it was disgusting what he did but Merton could have had a go at him in private, why do it on tv?.
But the whole point of the show was to take the piss out of the week’s news. If they hadn’t done that, they wouldn’t have been true to what the show was about. Shame that Deayton had to leave though as they’ve rarely had a presenter who came close to his deadpan humour
You have to understand that Angus wife at the time was a long time personal friend of mertons they had known each other and been friends for years before she was married to Angus. I think Paul showed restraint considering
Angus was an amazing presenter of the show and was never really the same after for me, though they have had some great guest presenters. I don't know how well they all know each other and the ruthless ribbing was taken by Angus but it was a little too relentless and uncomfortable at times.
@Bla Bla YEah its something that might not always come across to us. I saw an interview with paul merton, where it was clear how personally he took it. Take it easy.
Say what you want about Deayton.
Balls of steel here for appearing and taking all the flak
What a legend!
Thats exactly what the prostitite said.
£50,000 per show may have been a factor.
where you getting that figure
@@LifesVoyagerthere's no way that figure is accurate
@@johnfogarty5655 of course one can't know for sure, but - www.comedy.co.uk/news/136/angus_deayton_to_return_for_hignfy_anniversary_special/
*Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Angus was almost a saint compared to some at the BBC. Angus knew he'd messed up and took all the flak like a man. Utmost respect earned!*
No he didn't. I saw him after this in other interviews and he far from saw the funny side. He's a wanker. And anyway, why would you defend some tosser who cheated on his wife? He got what he deserved.
@@AlishaMartonaSrsly? You’ll have nothing to watch if those are your standards. They have had Savile, Harris and Latham, and Toby Young! Be a little bit consistent.
@@AlishaMartona I mean nearly 80% of HIGNFY viewers wanted him to stay on as presenter. This was according to a poll conducted on the BBC's own website
A poll on the BBC website? And if they were to be believed at the time, then A nation once again is the greatest song ever.@@EndeavoursRadio
@alishamartana she wasn’t his wife. And who gives a shit anyway? What you think is utterly immaterial- you have no idea what kind of relationship they had then. They are still together, naturally.
Certainly had balls to go on the programme knowing they'd be taking the piss, and keep his cool.
Yuck Fooh
He more than likely said to them. Let rip
He knew they would but he took it like a pro
Well he was under contract, so either that or get sued for breach of contract..... And then it's either "take it like a pro" or look like a right whinny cunt who can dish it but can't take it. He really had no choice in it....
Nobody really cared about Angus' private life, but by god he had some serious balls to Come into work knowing what was going to happen. A panel show with one of the biggest dirt dishing journalists in the country, who was never shy about letting rip on air no matter who you were. I thought deayton was great as the presenter, very dry.
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Well to be fair, his choices were
1. Come into work and get ripped into
2. Not turn up, get sued for breach of contract, get even more space in the news for being able to dish it but not take it.
Or. The cynic among us may suggest that after the scandal, surely his job offers would be thin on the ground and he had no choice. All the same. He had balls to come on. Albeit maybe just to keep the last hope of employment.
owen lewis irreplaceable
@Gra Ra5 - well put.
Hat off to Angus for taking it all on the chin.
+Arthur Nichols Same to the hooker
+Nathan Place hahaha
+Nathan Place Shame there isn't a double like button for that comment!
Ah thank you haha
Unlike Dave Gorman's beard, which seems to have avoided his chin altogether.
Apparently Stephen Fry said he'd never return to HIGNFY after this happened, he said that Angus could have been in a very dark place in his mind and in his life and destroying him on national TV was not the right thing to do.
Peace Dweller but he has hosted it since this
MagnusRune Daltus No he hasn't. He never did. Last time he was even on the show was for the special with never mind the buzzcocks
Peace Dweller Yeah but he's a smug prick anyway
Radio Ennui It doesn't matter how "smug" somebody is, sometimes that smugness is a mask for the true hell they are suffering inside. Depression is claiming more and more lives year after year and it's effecting everybody we know..including people you probably know, it's not a game...who knows what mental state Angus was in when he decided to do what he did.
I'm sure fry had been on since
Deayton was actually a very good sport...he took it like a man and saw the funny side. Top bloke.
I heard he took it like a naughty schoolgirl in pigtails and knee high socks
The Sprawl mate......🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@thesprawl2361 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He did not take this well at all.
What were his options? When your own cast members show no mercy, he had no choice.
This scandal was so tame. It wouldn't eve make the second page these days.
* even *.
I love Angus' deadpan style.
7:31 is a lovely example of this.
"... is the wrong answer."
This show misses deayton so badly they need him back
Fair play to him for turning up.
He knew he was going to get annihilated.
This clip is 15 years which is coincidentally the same time as Paul Merton showed any enthusiasm for HIGNFY. Angus is a pro here. The amount of stick he takes is amazing.
"The amount of stick he takes is amazing" 👀
Merton has been on fire in recent episodes of the show, he's on it with the news and still comedically brilliant.
Pair of brass bollocks to endure that onslaught. He squirmed his way through it but kept his countenance. Now there was a professional at work
Paul Merton couldn’t wait for this. And yet he never had this energy when Savile appeared on the show.
Exactly. Infuriating
Would you have wanted to go
head to head
with that creature?!
Shame really, Angus was by far the best host.
Never the same without him.
+kobathedread no
would i lie to you is rubbish without him rob brydon is awful
@@jane9875 Said nobody ever
@@SubscribersWithoutAnySubscribe Rob Brydon is trash
Heslop and Merton were jealous he was paid much more than they were and basically roasted him.
Fair play to him for just sitting and taking it and ending up saying “Help yourselves” when the blank headlines came up 😂
Dave Gorman is like the kid at school who hovers at the edge shouting “fight!”
It's been said 1,000 times, at least in my circles, or at least in my head, it's never been the same since...
100%! angus totally made this show, and the BBC knew that which is why they never actually replaced him just kept bringing on guest presenters.
Total Britishness from Angus. Balls of steel to go on there knowing what would happen.
I love AD, he was awesome as the host and his dry sense of humour made him perfect for it. I wish the BBC had kept him on as host. The fact he went into work and took that roasting from his colleagues on national television proves he has the biggest set of balls in the history of broadcasting. He took it in good humour and I’ve respected him a lot ever since…..he’s a good egg!
I have to give respect to Deayton. It took balls to come back and do that episode and he took their (well deserved) jabs pretty well.
Fair play to Angus. He knew they wouldn't let it lie, but presented anyway. Well over due to Bring Angus Back !!!
The most eagerly anticipated show ever when this screened! Just knew Merton & Hislop were going to do an absolute demolition job on Deayton.
Deayton's actions meant that most saw the result as self-inflicted.
Paul Merton later said the show was supposed to be *about* the news and being the news itself detracted from what the show was supposed to be. Fair comment.
They did a fantastic job. It was so much fun to watch.
@@TheRealWindlePoonssays you. But that could be true of many nonces and lushes they’ve had since. What Merton meant was, Angus overshadows me. And he was right: mission accomplished.
@@AlishaMartonayou’re a sicko.
When you look back on this video, it's actually very impressive to see Angus host this program and remain so smooth and keep his usual presenting manner. How many other people could do that? In my opinion it does more to cement him as an extraordinarily talented presenter.
My father cheated on my mother for a number of years and I hated him for it, so I have no desire to defend infidelity, but the hypocritical viciousness with which Merton and Hislop went after Deayton while they've both left alone other targets guilty of much worse crimes, and the sheer, bitter, personal venom that Merton clearly has for Deayton are both very very distasteful.
I think Merton was friends with his wife who was gravely ill at the time, so it was slightly more personal for him. Not condoning it, whilst amusing and Angus took it well, it is somewhat difficult to watch because you can only imagine how it felt.
Credit where credit is due - if I were Angus, I don't think I could have gone on the show.
Loads of people could do that. It's cut down from hours of footage and he reads everything from an autocue. Not hard.
The issue was the hypocrisy. The show points fingers at those in the public eye and makes humour out of it. Hislop's publication ;The Spectator' does the same.
They couldn't ignore it or they would look like hypocrites. They had to pursue this.
But yes, Angus was remarkably composed and slick.
Hislop is Private Eye. Fredric Barclay (who he?) is Spectator.@@bkray26
@@bkray26Hislop has nothing to do with The Spectator
I remember watching this the same night. Paul and Ian were utterly ruthless. Big up Angus for coming on, though. Others would've crawled into a hole until it all blows over.
Nobody was as great as Angus Deayton. Bring him back & I might start watching this show again.
"..........is the wrong answer." HAHAHAHA, that part made me laugh the hardest
This just made me like him even more. We don’t see enough of him unfortunately
Why would you defend some loser who cheated on his wife? You're a c***.
You don't ''see enough of him'' anymore because he was cancelled after this.
@@AlishaMartonayou don’t even know what that means.
@@AlishaMartona No, he was 'cancelled' in 2009 because he dared make a joke about Saville on WILTY.
After the Angus was fired, Stephen Fry (and others) boycotted HIGNFY in support of him.
Good. I can't stand that smug git Fry.
@@grahamnancledra7036 Can you stand smug Hislop and Merton?
@@howardsend6589 so much better than the Arse Fry.
@@howardsend6589 So much better than the arse Fry. Fry is one of a very few "celebrities" that I turn off as soon as I hear the name.
@@grahamnancledra7036 why?
My late mother was a big fan of Deayton and when I asked her at the time about his behaviour she replied "He's been a very silly boy".
Angus's departure played a small but real part in Boris's rise to supreme power. Boris got enormous exposure from his times chairing the show, all of it positive.
That is a very weird, but valid, point!
Farage too.
BoJo (and Farage) only got onto HIGNFY because they were already famous or infamous in the tabloids.
@@darthkek1953 nobody has actually read tabloids for decades. Outside the sport section. This show made them what they became. It also gave the more liberal audience a false sense of security because nobody could take them seriously right? Now we have Farage getting a job on Russian TV for being sympathetic to Putin and a cabinet all caught with Kremlin bungs.
@@Concreteowl Farage went on RT more than a decade ago, prior to Brexit, as it's European wide and a bog-standard regulated media outlet in Europe and wanted to get the Brexit message out. The "sympathy for Putin" needs citation.
Fair play to Angus. He handled it so well.
Crucified, but what a man. Come back Angus, we miss you,
I'd love to see Angus present it again, would be amazing.
I remember Deayton's good humour about the whole thing draining visibly away across 30 minutes of remorseless pisstaking.
Heslop and Merton hated him off camera.
This clip missed put quite a lot of what was actually screened and I understand that more is recorded, so it probably was longer than 30 mins. However, I bet to Angus it seemed interminable. Balls of steel to sit there and take the best/worst that the panel could throw at him.
@@CS-zn6ppHislop
@@cr3237 These recordings usually last around 2-3 hours iirc. So that's a helluva long time to have to take a sustained roasting.
I grew watching this and loved Deayton as a presenter and was sad to see him go, but you don't understand this programme or people like Ian Hislop if you question their (him and Merton's) reaction to this scandal. Props to Deayton for taking it like a pro, but on a programme like this, they had to butcher him. Subsequent presenters get it rough for their hypocrisy too.
I agree that Hislop was just doing what he does, calling out hypocrisy. But after Merton's interview in Parkie I think Merton was simply tearing in into someone he profoundly dislikes.
Although Merton went a bit far at times, they couldn't have NOT brought it up. If the panelists on HIGNFY didn't make light of what was the news story of the week, the show would have lost all credibility. Which it was close to doing at the time because of Angus making it increasingly difficult for them to take the piss out of people, without him looking like a hypocrite and in turn driving the show down.
Never been same without him.
That was probably the hardest and most public character assassination that I have ever seen.
I have to credit Angus for taking it all manfully and with good humour.
Dude took it on the chin in the most incredibly graceful way. TV history right here, what a legend. This would never even be allowed to happen today.
tbf jimmy carr did the exact same thing straight after his tax affairs were brought out into the public domain. But no, I couldn't see someone in the next few years doing this
I think you will find it was the hooker that took it on the chin
If it happened today there'd probably be a load of guff about him being 'brave' and 'battling his demons' seeing as taking drugs is a sexy, glamorous illness now. The same glamour applies to drink driving and having sordid affairs with runners on TV shows
@@benmackay3573 Jimmy Carr's mistake wasn't avoiding tax, it was having the gall to make fun of people who avoid tax while doing the very same thing
The ''dude'' was a massive wanker. He cheated on his wife and got what he deserved. His career ended shortly after and good riddance too.
There have been some good guest presenters since and the occasional funny but bonkers ones (Blessed and Shatner come to mind) but Angus was consistently good. Angus clearly deserved a couple of punches for what he had done but the relish with which Merton in particular delivered these actually meant Angus came over as the better person.
I think that's very well put. Angus came across as the better person.
I've never seen anyone handle piss-taking like that before. Phenomenal play by Angus.
It's good to see people sticking up for Angus. We never know what goes through people's minds and how crazy a lifestyle gets. I was diagnosed with Type II Bipolar two years ago, and it explains so much. You never know what goes on in people's private lives, despite how talented, professional and straight they may seem. Depression affects so many people, it's not spline about enough. Stephen Fry was right with his comments on this episode. That being said it's still hilarious and Angus took it like a fucking boss
Good luck with that. It's tough.
What did Stephen Fry say about it?
@@HashimAziz1 He said he would not go on the show again after the heat Angus took from Merton in particular
@@HashimAziz1 That Deayton's sacking was "greasy, miserable, British and pathetic".
Spot on my man
Hats off to Angus, he knew he done wrong and took it on the chin.
At least he took it like a man and not like a politician
bloody hell, angus sure can take a roasting. if that was preston he would've left after 5 minutes...if it was huey morgan Ian and Paul would probably be dead
@@andymerrett they wouldn't be stupid enough to make the same mistake
The show or the hotel session?
I would love to see Huey chin Paul Merton
Yeah, you know after the whole jimmy Savile thing, this really starts to look like pathetic moralizing coming from Merton and Hislop.
They also had Harris and Latham!
The programme never recovered from his departure, sorry.
Steve Price Well it was beating up his pregnant girlfriend. That’s something that will get you vilified.
@@nicholasdickens2801 Can you prove he did that? because I've looked everywhere online and not found any source mention it.
@@nicholasdickens2801 he wasn't accused of beating up his girlfriend. Where did you get that idea?
I can't even be bothered to watch it anymore, load of lefty, middle class shit
@@classicartfoundation639 would you prefer a programme where they hurled rotten fruit at an ethnic minority
another one of the funniest and talented men that made mistakes and got ripped from our screens! please bring Angus back! i'm so bored of watching so many idiots on TV that get paid way to much for boring me to Tears.. thank heavens for youtube!!
Thanks for posting!
Angus Deayton = Legend
least he didnt walk off like preston on NMTB.
@Spongecake Squareshoes a celebrity of the month who is better known for walking off of NMTB than doing... whatever it is he did. I genuinely don't remember.
Long time ago now but Preston was a singer with a short lived band called 'the ordinary boys' and to be fair they slagged off his wife something propper. Probably walked off to avoid nuttting them, though he did come across as a nob for doing so
Preston also a kid in comparison. & Amstell while very funny was also very abrasive
Guest presenter? How was he ever kicked off for this? He took it in good humour, gave his panel something to talk about and is no worse than any of the coach loads of reprobates presiding over each episode since.
+Sideshow Bob The media wouldn't leave Angus Deayton alone for weeks, as red top papers kept booking stories from the prostitute, and more was exposed. As a result, the show just wasn't working because Deayton was the centre of attention for ages.
+Sideshow Bob 1. He bacame the news rather than commenting on it, 2. Guests on the show would be able to use it against him. The fixed panel is supposed to have a spotless record that the guest's can't use against them. 3. Paul Merton really dislikes him.
+Adam Pardoe I understand and largely agree, spotless record, not so sure, but in any event to me it shows up the petty mindedness and heavily over-rated wit abilities of the sainted Paul Merton in not being able to move on (after a sensible period of putting Deayton through the wringer, which incidentally gives him Kudos when taking the P out of others. I mean, we had that witch Mrs Hamilton joining the band wagon as if her disgraced former tory MP husband was somehow no longer a bad man because a media levy was a dick. Not the same thing at all, yet the saville loving BBC thought maybe it was. Talk about poor judgement.)
As for more and more being exposed, it would come to an end. Its not like he killed anyone - and even working through the karma sutra is finite. Probably interesting.
If Deayton is censured for BEING the news, Merton should be retired for being as dull as dishwater.
+Sideshow Bob should say "luvvie" - auto correct darn it
Very interesting interview on this site between Parkie and Merton on why Angus had to go. Essentially every time he as a presenter made a good joke at the expense of a guest, based on their unacceptable behaviour as a public figure, they'd turn round and say yeah but look at what you did. So nothing was funny anymore. Won't let me post the link so search Paul Merton interview - part one - Parkinson - BBC.
In France your sex life is pretty much your own private domain, as long as it's between consenting individuals, this country is just one bigoted hell hole, it really is no ones business what consenting individuals do within there own privacy, as long as it's not illegal or harming anyone
Personally i think Angus took the whole thing very good naturedly. He knew what he was letting himself in for by being in the same room as those two after the story broke.
And I don't care what you think of Paul, he's bloody quick! Love him as a commedian.
i think merton and hislop were right to lay into him for an episode because it was funny, but after that they should have let it go
+Captain Rhodes The problem was there was another story that followed this one. There's a Merton interview where he talks about a moment where Christine Hamilton is a guest and Deayton refers to the 'disgraced Neil Hamilton' and she replies 'Just like you then', at which point Merton and Hislop knew it couldn't go on
Daft question I know... But are you really a captain
@@davidbirchall3899 he is a captain yes
They were really pretty pissed off with Angus.
@@craigbee Wasn't their place to be pissed off with him though. He didn't cheat on them. The only person with a right to be pissed off, his partner forgave him and they stayed together until a few years ago.
Merton went over the top.
My wife and I had tickets for that recording of HIGNFY. When the story broke 3 days before the recording, my wife sold them to The Sun for £2000.
Do you ever regret not going?
@@AutisticNotWeird Not really. The money was spent on new bikes. I wrongly thought that Angus Deayton's downfall would finish off HIGNFY.
I think they should bring Angus back. :) Still the best presenter of this.
15 years later, you're still right!
While it was funny to start with, it got relentlessly nasty but Angus got through it. I think the way the Beeb got rid of him and the way Paul went on about it was below the belt.
Did I've got news not continue with Angus after this show? I remember actually watching this episode when it was out... I can't remember what happened after... I'm here after watching Alex bellffields chanel and his episode on kay burley the sky reporter who got sacked for brekaing covid restrictions. He made reference to Angus deaton.
@@ant7699 they got a bunch of guest presenters in, but mostly i gave up after angus left.
@@bodieofci5418 Ah OK. Thanks for the reply fella. Appreciated.
@@bodieofci5418yes, including Savile, Harris and Latham. Irony overload.
Imagine having to go to work knowing the shit you were in for
Angus is a legend!
I like the fact Angus went on this knowing what he was going to get. He took it well. Fair play.
Angus is the best lover I’ve ever had. That’s why he didn’t have to pay.
Even though it's hilarious, I feel sorry for Angus. All he can do is sit there and take it, knowing that he'll be unemployed straight after the show was recorded. Must have been pretty tough.
He wasn’t fired after this show, he kept on for at least a few months, it wasn’t until more allegations started appearing and they had significantly less moral high ground needed to skewer the politicians for immorality and hypocrisy
@@AliceYobby what were the other allegations? I don't think being with a prostitute is that bad, but I don't know the details
@@AliceYobby That was the reason used to justify his sacking, but let's face it, he went because Paul Merton wanted him gone, not the public. As funny as Merton can be, he can seemingly be a nasty, resentful piece of work.
Good riddance. He cheated on his wife, knowing that if it got out his career would be over. He got exactly that. Why feel sorry for him? Pathetic.
@@AlishaMartonathe people throwing a pity party for him are embarrassing tbh
Angus faced this down like a boss
Not many, if any, presenters would do what Deaton did here - present a satire show with two panellists who make their careers demolishing those in the public eye who have transgressed - knowing full well that they were that person this week. He faced it and took it and deserves a hell of a lot of respect for doing so.
Easily the best presenter of the program. It hasn't been the same since
Should never have lost his job. He served his time and payed the price. This was humiliation enough. He took it like a boss and this proves he really should be given the seat back.
more to do with the fact all the attention would be on AD rather than the show.
As Thatcher put it “This was Treachery, with a Smile Upon it’s Face - I was about to be stabbed, very politely, apologetically and deferentially in The Front.... And by over a dozen of my closest Cabinet colleagues, including many of most-trusted of my fellow Ministers, going about their butchery.”
@@michaelgove9349 Loyalty is a Much-Misunderstood Thing.
It has never been the same since he left
no one has come close to being a great host as Angus. They are idiots to lose him!
They have had great hosts though. Better ones than Nevermind the Buzzcocks anyway
the Boris episodes were pretty good
Brian Blessed should've been permanent host.
@@dantesinferno1093not if they wanted an audience.
Angus took it very well. Really gotta credit him.
I feel that Hislop and Merton's jibes at his expense seem like Victorian values with hindsight.
I think it's admirable how Angus was able to take it all in such good humour... I think he was a bit pissed at the end but he still didn't ever get angry... He knew what to expect from them so he was prepared for it all really... I mean, when you compare this to the Never Mind The Buzzcocks where Preston walked off after five minutes because they were taking the piss out of his wife at the time, Angus is a big man for putting up with the ribbing
Angus should be asked back. He was easily the best presenter.
It's amazing what you come across on youtube. Fair play to Deayton, he took all that was thrown at him. It's not an excuse but he didn't back down from it. He could have quite easily told producers he wasn't going to host but obviously he agreed to it. And yes, Merton and Hislop had a great time.
Feeling really sorry for angus. It is amazing how he takes it all. He was the best presenter and i agree, never the same without him.
Agreed!
Oh diddums, why would you feel sorry for a tosser who cheated on his wife?
Scummyu wanker who cheated on his wife. He got his comeuppance.
@AlishaMartona fair enough but maybe she was being a bitch or denying him sex. There are always 2 sides to a story.
@@AlishaMartonaWow. If only you knew. You’d have to watch Vicar of Dibley reruns for the rest of your life.
What a legend! He took it like a champ. Who cares what he did he can choose how he spends his money
Anglicans and hypocrites. Same thing really. They care a lot. Unless it’s the King, they don’t mind that he’s an adulterer.
His wife, I expect
Straight in, poking fun at himself - classic!
I suspect everyone was annoyed that deayton's composure barely cracked under the most extreme provocation, not to mention that fact that it sounded like he was having a *lot* more fun than they were
you can say whatever you want about Angus Deayton, he fitted the role of presenter for this program perfectly! It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the BBC would have just let things continue. I have a feeling with time it would have all calmed down, as with anything, and Angus may have still been presenting it to this day!
Well done Angus. The great British ability to laugh at ourselves.
He's been irreplaceable ever since.
A time when the question was asked, "are you just a poodle or a proper satirical lion?" and they did well.
Should never have been sacked
I thought the same until I watched Merton's explanation for the effect it was having on the show and I agree, over the next 6 months it would have devolved into one long roast with everyone in England wanting a piece of Deaton's ass.
Bring him back. He paid his dues more than enough and everyone now does much worse.
He took the beating here live on air. Mistake to sack him
They didn't sack him for this.he kept his job for a couple of seasons and was required to resign when he did it again with added drugs.
Tiwaz81 , +richardsfinalfantasy
angus Deayton was a fair target but the obvious venom and personal grudge with which Merton leapt at the chance to twist the knife was just grubby and classless and dirty. When are the gang that vicious and spiteful towards the politicians they ridicule?
+kingjamie2 Precisely, while both of them been biting towards politicans on this show they've never been anywhere near as harsh as what they were with Deayton. It was one thing to give him a roasting but to do so to such a level where it dominated practically the whole show was flat out bullying. I was glad he wasn't ever totally allowed to get away with it when William Hague who was a guest host in a later show was able put him in his place when he commented on it.
+kingjamie2 Merton despised Deayton for years before this, they had been pissing each other off back and forth with escalating hostility, this was just the final straw I think.
@@TheFounderUtopia They should have sacked Merton not Deayton.
@IIWII I don't disagree with what you say about Deayton it was disgusting what he did but Merton could have had a go at him in private, why do it on tv?.
On an aside...that's a young Dave Gorman!
Never gets old
took the whole brute force of it like a man. bravo.
Brutal. How did he keep it together?! Hat's off to him.
Paul and Ian really disliked Angus , I would never have guessed ….
I agree, lot of jealousy I think of Angus.
still my favourite host for the show imo, there have been some great guest hosts after Angus ,but none of them have stuck in my memory,
Ian and Paul are still hilarious but they should be ashamed for what they did to Angus, Stephen Fry had it right.
They were actually trying to help him.
@@SBandy what do you mean?
@@SBandyare you high?
@@SBandyIt’s true. They had to roast him or they’d all be hypocrites. Nothing here is personal.
Paul Merton doesn't come across well here. Kind of a smug bully. Fair play to Angus for being a sport.
Apparently Merton was a lot to do with Angus getting sacked.
But the whole point of the show was to take the piss out of the week’s news. If they hadn’t done that, they wouldn’t have been true to what the show was about. Shame that Deayton had to leave though as they’ve rarely had a presenter who came close to his deadpan humour
You have to understand that Angus wife at the time was a long time personal friend of mertons they had known each other and been friends for years before she was married to Angus. I think Paul showed restraint considering
_"Paul showed restraint considering"_
None of his business, and definitely not his job to lay into someone on a personal grievance on national TV.
@@Teeb2023 as a executive producer Paul had every right. It was lucky they could be in the same room. They certainly didn't talk afterwards.
Angus was an amazing presenter of the show and was never really the same after for me, though they have had some great guest presenters. I don't know how well they all know each other and the ruthless ribbing was taken by Angus but it was a little too relentless and uncomfortable at times.
@Bla Bla YEah its something that might not always come across to us. I saw an interview with paul merton, where it was clear how personally he took it. Take it easy.
Still funky after all these years bring back Angus
Took his slagging like a champ.