I honestly think the moment angus left and the guest hosts started is what gave the show the variety it needed to become as special as it is, and I think having permanent team captains able to take the piss out of the host is a fantastic dynamic that couldn't be scripted from the start of a show
@@1famekouby Give it a rest - no one forced Angus to buy sex and snort coke; and after that, how could he reliably take the piss out of anyone for anything?
Both Ian and Paul's ability to control the room is really fun to watch. Paul is a stand-up and improv actor, he knows how to read a room and tell jokes, a powerful combination. Ian is a journalist who has been through the legal wringer at this point in the show and knows what he can and can't get away with in British media. It's as milquetoast as political humor can get, but they know how to riff off each other and work the audience
Angus was doomed by this. If you are vulnerable to being made morally inferior by Mrs Hamilton, you’re toast. Hislop and Merton were hilariously ruthless in applying the butter and marmalade.
He could easily have survived this, as despite what Merton thought, he was sharp-witted enough to deal with the insults that came his way, and the newspaper allegations would soon have been forgotten anyway. But, Paul Merton in particular didn't like him, and so used the opportunity to take him down, under the guise of it being for the good of the show. Paul Merton is a talented comedian, but a phoney human being. Angus Deayton spent his entire time on Have I Got News For You, under the false impression that he and Merton got on perfectly well, as they always parted on friendly terms after each show.
Everybody has some skeleton or other in their closet. The real touchstone of character is whether you try to take criticism with humor and good grace, or writhe around grinning and laughing like a goon making a big show of being a sport while flinging mud around in an effort to make yourself look virtuous by comparison.
Watching how Boris hosts, or attempts to, really gives you an insight into how his tenure as PM, especially during COVID, was managed. When bluster and big words meets reality.
My dad was crew on the Angus period of this show…and he’s always said regardless of anything he did… it took metal balls and a strong mind to walk in and carry on working in this show for as long as he did.. because it’s not just the filming portion, there were the rehearsals and scripts reads and also having Paul and Ian literally having to double down on him because of their stance on other guests …. There were talks that hat trick want Angus back…. I think it would be good…
@@B.A.Pilgrim ohhh rats, pilgrim got me, yep it’s all a lie, they don’t have crews on these shows, it’s all robots and animals doing the jobs, they don’t have crew or set builders and production hands ….., well done pilgrim, a medal for you … Imagine being such a depressing dick that your first reaction is “ nah, he’s lying” poor petal, ps you missed a question mark on your comment…
But without him we've had a range of talents and fan favourites, such as Tom Baker, Brain Blessed, Roger Moore, William Shatner, David Tennent, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Forsythe, Martin Clunes, Alexander Armstrong.....bugger Angus, the new format is waaaaaay better
Hannah Jordan I would rather not. There have been many good question masters over the series, true. However, bugger Angus was able to banter more effectively with Ian and Paul.
portglasgoejuniors agreed the banter between the 3 was so good. Ian, Paul feel mean having a go at the guests. They’ve tried (Boris Johnson springs to mind) but the guests can’t cope like Angus did.
Theres a number of reason for that mainly a lot of guest no that ur going to get the piss taken out of you and most people arent prepared for that and the fact BBC censors a lot of stuff. Never mind the buzzcocks was brilliant until after Preston walked off and "celebrity" worried about how they were being perceived
I've watched it since the very start in 1990, that shows my age. It used to be so much funnier. I recently got rid of home taped videos but before I did so I checked with BBC they hadn't wiped old episodes 😅
The host who first appears at 31:12 was my country’s head of government. During some very important international trade negotiations with the majority of our key strategic geopolitical security partners.
Yeah I mean, they seriously tore into Angus on so many occasions for the sleaze, but at that point Ian looked so angry it was as if Angus had been shagging Ian’s wife… never seen Ian look so genuinely disgusted. Can you enlighten me, is there more to this story? Was there something personal between these two?
6:06 genuinely believe that this is moment Angus' position became untenable. When you've lost the high ground, to Christine Hamilton of all people, you can't spend every week mocking others for any sort of sleeze. He was great, but he need to stay free of controversy.
That's what Paul said on Parkinson, but I think it's BS. It was funny and Angus had a great comeback. They regularly had and have had since people with patchy pasts and they've taken the piss out of them, why couldn't they do it with Angus? It would've been funny if done properly. Paul is the one who made it a problem by making it serious with that 'resigned for the sake of the programme' comment. Seemed like Paul had some really petty childish dislike of him for no real reason and just wanted to get rid of him.
I know it's two totally different scenarios, but it's so interesting to see the difference between how HIGNFY took the mick out of Angus versus how 8 Out of 10 Cats laid into Jimmy for tax evasion. No excuses to either of them, despite me liking them both. But man.... It's funny how one recovered simply by embracing his shame and the other got jettisoned from his post.
I think the issue is HIGNFY has politicians and "celebrities" - I use the word loosely - on who have misbehaved in one fashion or another and then Ian and Paul skewer them, and it would be difficult bordering on impossible for the show to keep doing that if the person being skewered could simply turn around and start doing the same thing to Angus. Ergo, he had to go. 8 Out Of 10 Cats doesn't skewer its guests, or at least not in the same way, so there was opportunity there for Jimmy to take his lumps and carry on.
I'm most impressed that both of them didn't try to weasel their way out of it. No double speak, no excuses Just "I fucked up, and I broke the 11th commandment. I'm taking it right on the chin"
Jimmy's evasion was seen as immoral and not illegal, it was helped by the fact then PM David Cameron was one of the ones laying into him for it and Jimmy pointed out that many Tories and other rich people were using similar tax evasion schemes.
Ian and Paul were total shits to Angus. What they finally realized was once they chased Angus away, they both had better be very well behaved, or else they'd be labelled HYPOCRITES for the rest of their lives. Must be difficult to have to toe the line. Of course it didn't stop them from haranguing Charles Kennedy, nor supporting the paedophiles who came on their show.
Love this show, have done for years, but in retrospect Ian and Paul treatment of Angus was unnecessarily harsh. I understand Paul's comments about the direction of the show but they would have got over it.
I think Christine Hamilton skewering him showed that unfortunately, maybe they wouldn't. I agree Angus was generally an excellent host and it's a shame he had to go, but in a show that's trying to hold people accountable, I think they had no choice but to hold him accountable too.
I always knew about the angus scandal and I saw the comedy of him playing an adulterer in pram face, but having compared the dates of this series and nighty night then damn that's topical
Because BJ's job isn't to mock politicians and celebrities, it's lying to the British people. Angus' job was to banter with the team captains and mock the guests, and he ended up becoming the butt of the guests' jokes and pissing off Ian & Paul. And why would he want to come back exactly? They're not going to have him come back full-time, especially considering that guest hosts actually work for this show, and any one-off would just be him being laughed at about how he was fired.
@@davidhopkins8967 Angus didn't return for the 30th anniversary special or any retrospectives. The relationship between Paul, Ian and Angus crossed a bridge that doesn't look like it'll ever be dealt with again in the foreseeable future. Alexander Armstrong would be a good permanent replacement for a host if he wasn't host of another show already... but I hear Dara O'Brian is available...
the show doesnt work if the guy in the middle cant say anything about scandals without guests saying: and what about you? that moral highground is essential to the show format. Their roasting is on-brand, irrespective of their actual views of a bloke they work with being unfaithful and in such a gross way
I really enjoyed the ribbing Angus Deyton got, I think he took it brilliantly and I loved his comeback at Christine Holman-Hamilton - “we’ve both been disgraced but at least I haven’t been banging on about family values for 7 years “… or something to that effect. At one point however, Ian looked genuinely furious with Deyton… as if it was Ian’s wife Angus had been shagging and seriously looked like he could get up and clout him. Can anyone enlighten me, do these two have a genuine dislike for each other?
Ian got along with Angus and thought he did a great job. But as the sleaze kept leaking out, Angus' position was untenable and the BBC had told Merton and Hislop not to elaborate too much on it. So they were being held back because of Angus' misdeeds. Paul Merton did not get along with him but conceded Angus was a fantastic host. Its funny because Angus has gone on to have a great career and didn't really need the show. Merton needs HIGNFY as any outside project he's been involved with has flopped. Hislop being editor of Private Eye doesn't need the show either and is a staple on other political shows.
To any Americans watching who might not know who the bumbling host was, it was Boris Johnson. Quite a likeable chap really as a TV celebrity but then by some extraordinary turn of events ended up as Prime Minister and it was a disaster. I mean... can you imagine?
how on earth has no-one mentioned that this episode, aired 20 years ago, had jokes about Jonathan Dimbleby and Epstein's island, when it only came out that he was in Epstein's black book 3 years ago??
The show today is definitely a shell of what it once was, though still worth a watch some weeks. The first 10 or so years with guest presenters were great, but the novelty has long since worn off and the number of topical, interesting or controversial people willing to appear has fallen sharply. As a result, the producers keep booking the same dozen or so "safe" guests, which leaves things feeling a little stale. I wouldn't be surprised if HIGNFY has vanished from our screens in 10 years' time.
Kind of horrifying to observe how this show allowed Boris to present himself as a harmless buffoon. Hard not to think it didn't play its role in him (much) later becoming PM.
@Martin Evans It seems we live in alternate universes😄How is British 'democracy' looking in Scotland? Oh we have none, and have instead to deal with the short-sighted stupidity and ignorance of the average English voter. You are just a sheep, easily coralled into voting against your own best interests 😏 lurching right with the crowd when we should so obviously have been sprinting left. Keep believing everything Murdoch prints and you will continue to sound like a cretin on this and many other topics😐
This is the problem with people mistaking total incompetence for likeability and then voting for them on that basis. That’s how we had a clown like Johnson as PM. Merton and Hislop saw through the act though.
Angus was the best host they ever had and him going led to the rise of Boris and possibly Brexit. Considering they have had guests on with much bigger indiscretions than Angus, it was foolish to force him out.
Merton & Hislop don't come out of this looking particularly good after all of these years. Sneering contempt is not a good look, even if you consider yourselves the self proclaimed arbiters of decency.....
Deayton knew he'd be roasted and it would have made the show look utterly hypocritical if he weren't. And iirc, it was the second time he'd been in some scandal so it would've undermined the whole ethos of the show if it were glossed over. PE didn't make much of it at all so I think it was the expected response from the show. I think the villains of the piece are the BBC Moral Conduct Police who sacked him after he put himself through what he knew would be the equivalent of a public execution. If he was brave enough to turn up that week, they should have kept him, seeing as they were too uwu to make the decision before. I don't think the general public cared and it would, as you say, have been chip paper by the next week.
interesting, the queen did the masonic handshake with everyone apart from Michael Owen hahahaha. Furthermore the fact that Boris became Prime Minister of Britain is proof that politics is a big theatre. I means nothing . Corporations and monarchies run the world.
I honestly think the moment angus left and the guest hosts started is what gave the show the variety it needed to become as special as it is, and I think having permanent team captains able to take the piss out of the host is a fantastic dynamic that couldn't be scripted from the start of a show
Panda..
ABSOLUTELY NOT!! When did you start watching it from?
@@1famekouby Give it a rest - no one forced Angus to buy sex and snort coke; and after that, how could he reliably take the piss out of anyone for anything?
Bollocks, it was far better when Angus presented it.
Yeah plus Angus was just really boring
@@karendegenerous600 actually I have watched everything at least twice, it's my special interest...
Both Ian and Paul's ability to control the room is really fun to watch. Paul is a stand-up and improv actor, he knows how to read a room and tell jokes, a powerful combination. Ian is a journalist who has been through the legal wringer at this point in the show and knows what he can and can't get away with in British media. It's as milquetoast as political humor can get, but they know how to riff off each other and work the audience
Paul is alright, calling him a comedian is a bit far though.
@@brelshar4968his entire career has been comedy. He used to have his own shows and everything, it’s like you’ve only ever seen him on this.
Paul : Prophetic description of Boris' management style.
Exactly
Over 30yrs on and Merton and hislop are still as brutal and as razor sharp as ever
Laughed out loud so many times. Thanks, I needed this!
Paul’s comment about the Weakest Link is true about me. I started watching it at first only because the Simpsons were on afterwards
I remember that. The bit about only watching the last five minutes waiting for the Simpsons to come on definitely struck a chord with the audience.
Same
It was like a routine you never knew you got into. hahahaha.... i wasn't the only one
Angus was doomed by this. If you are vulnerable to being made morally inferior by Mrs Hamilton, you’re toast. Hislop and Merton were hilariously ruthless in applying the butter and marmalade.
To be fair Angus was right. He hadn't been carping on about family values for the last 30 years. So it was a good comeback from him
I love your metaphor
He could easily have survived this, as despite what Merton thought, he was sharp-witted enough to deal with the insults that came his way, and the newspaper allegations would soon have been forgotten anyway. But, Paul Merton in particular didn't like him, and so used the opportunity to take him down, under the guise of it being for the good of the show.
Paul Merton is a talented comedian, but a phoney human being. Angus Deayton spent his entire time on Have I Got News For You, under the false impression that he and Merton got on perfectly well, as they always parted on friendly terms after each show.
Everybody has some skeleton or other in their closet. The real touchstone of character is whether you try to take criticism with humor and good grace, or writhe around grinning and laughing like a goon making a big show of being a sport while flinging mud around in an effort to make yourself look virtuous by comparison.
Thank you for the upload, been listening to it as I work towards my degree deadline in lockdown! Stay safe all.
I hope you passed
Watching how Boris hosts, or attempts to, really gives you an insight into how his tenure as PM, especially during COVID, was managed. When bluster and big words meets reality.
Respect to Angus Deaton who showed frankly Herculean patience at the relentless joshing from Paul Merton. Bravo Sir.🍌🍌🍌
coked off his tits i doubt he even knows
Sir Cocaine With Hookers
Nah.. wanker..
He had 24 years of experience
@@jaymercer4692Punishment? For what? He took drugs and got his end away.
Love old Angus! Terrific!
Paul looked genuinely pissed off when that audience member shouted, 'Leave him alone!'
That’s because he’s a thin skinned, attention seeking twat. Anyone who goes against him, he then goes scorched earth on them.
I often wish Paul would leave most of his own jokes alone… he doesn’t half go on. Makes it about himself too much.
I forgot there was an episode that Paul hosted, absolutely golden.
Thanks for posting,
I was in stitches when Boris was on, to think they made him prime minister 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for posting
I'll give Angus his due. He took all the shots from Merton and Hislop on the chin.
My dad was crew on the Angus period of this show…and he’s always said regardless of anything he did… it took metal balls and a strong mind to walk in and carry on working in this show for as long as he did.. because it’s not just the filming portion, there were the rehearsals and scripts reads and also having Paul and Ian literally having to double down on him because of their stance on other guests …. There were talks that hat trick want Angus back…. I think it would be good…
course your dad did - why make up something like that
@@B.A.Pilgrim ohhh rats, pilgrim got me, yep it’s all a lie, they don’t have crews on these shows, it’s all robots and animals doing the jobs, they don’t have crew or set builders and production hands ….., well done pilgrim, a medal for you …
Imagine being such a depressing dick that your first reaction is “ nah, he’s lying” poor petal, ps you missed a question mark on your comment…
To be honest, Angus Deayton wasn’t the worst thing to happen to the BBC
"Well, daddy's dead"
@@markmiller6402 presumably they didn't think he was important enough to cover up
Laughed for 5 minutes at the Tony Benn clip XD
Still enjoy, but Angus was the true quizmaster.
Yeah, he was alright.
But without him we've had a range of talents and fan favourites, such as Tom Baker, Brain Blessed, Roger Moore, William Shatner, David Tennent, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Forsythe, Martin Clunes, Alexander Armstrong.....bugger Angus, the new format is waaaaaay better
Hannah Jordan I would rather not. There have been many good question masters over the series, true. However, bugger Angus was able to banter more effectively with Ian and Paul.
portglasgoejuniors agreed the banter between the 3 was so good. Ian, Paul feel mean having a go at the guests. They’ve tried (Boris Johnson springs to mind) but the guests can’t cope like Angus did.
I was 4 when this aired, however this seems a lot funnier to me than the last few years, just me?
The Cummings episode was funny mind
I was 18 months when it first broadcast. Definitely become a bit more restricted in terms of topics they cover.
Theres a number of reason for that mainly a lot of guest no that ur going to get the piss taken out of you and most people arent prepared for that and the fact BBC censors a lot of stuff. Never mind the buzzcocks was brilliant until after Preston walked off and "celebrity" worried about how they were being perceived
Sam Walker Sam?
I've watched it since the very start in 1990, that shows my age. It used to be so much funnier. I recently got rid of home taped videos but before I did so I checked with BBC they hadn't wiped old episodes 😅
The host who first appears at 31:12 was my country’s head of government. During some very important international trade negotiations with the majority of our key strategic geopolitical security partners.
It was funny when he was mayor of London, because I don’t live in London.
39:38 Boris predicts his own future !!
Thanks too HIGNFY
Laughing at the pure disgust in Ian's face at 12:36 at Angus' sleaze
Maybe I don't know the full story, but I don't understand why he's *so* disgusted with him.
I'd love to see Ian run for primeminister.
@@SkyWidows snorting cocaine off of a couple of hookers. Seems positively quaint and even a holy act looking back from 2020
@@matthewgodding777 watching it back now I feel a bit bad for Angus. The tension from Ian and Paul must’ve been tough
Yeah I mean, they seriously tore into Angus on so many occasions for the sleaze, but at that point Ian looked so angry it was as if Angus had been shagging Ian’s wife… never seen Ian look so genuinely disgusted. Can you enlighten me, is there more to this story? Was there something personal between these two?
@@nf413 And unnecessary.
Angus was fantastic. Bring back Angus.
6:06 genuinely believe that this is moment Angus' position became untenable. When you've lost the high ground, to Christine Hamilton of all people, you can't spend every week mocking others for any sort of sleeze.
He was great, but he need to stay free of controversy.
I thought his comeback was pretty good, and this would have all blown over given a bit of time.
That's what Paul said on Parkinson, but I think it's BS. It was funny and Angus had a great comeback. They regularly had and have had since people with patchy pasts and they've taken the piss out of them, why couldn't they do it with Angus? It would've been funny if done properly. Paul is the one who made it a problem by making it serious with that 'resigned for the sake of the programme' comment. Seemed like Paul had some really petty childish dislike of him for no real reason and just wanted to get rid of him.
And given Merton's history with cocaine he was just as hypocritical.
Mick Mickymick if he didn’t quit HIGNFY was to be axed as Paul said on Parky
@@LoneKharnivore what history with cocaine?? Hahaha so talking bollox
I know it's two totally different scenarios, but it's so interesting to see the difference between how HIGNFY took the mick out of Angus versus how 8 Out of 10 Cats laid into Jimmy for tax evasion. No excuses to either of them, despite me liking them both. But man.... It's funny how one recovered simply by embracing his shame and the other got jettisoned from his post.
there is ntohign wrong with tax evasion
I think the issue is HIGNFY has politicians and "celebrities" - I use the word loosely - on who have misbehaved in one fashion or another and then Ian and Paul skewer them, and it would be difficult bordering on impossible for the show to keep doing that if the person being skewered could simply turn around and start doing the same thing to Angus. Ergo, he had to go. 8 Out Of 10 Cats doesn't skewer its guests, or at least not in the same way, so there was opportunity there for Jimmy to take his lumps and carry on.
I'm most impressed that both of them didn't try to weasel their way out of it.
No double speak, no excuses
Just "I fucked up, and I broke the 11th commandment. I'm taking it right on the chin"
That’s the difference between the BBC and Channel 4 for you 😂
Jimmy's evasion was seen as immoral and not illegal, it was helped by the fact then PM David Cameron was one of the ones laying into him for it and Jimmy pointed out that many Tories and other rich people were using similar tax evasion schemes.
6:06 and 11:09 - thats when Angus had to go. He was the story.
Great fun - better times
“40:18 “You’ve got a government in power which is getting away with absolute murder and mayhem” Johnson was looking ahead to his time as PM
At 41:10 I bet Tony Blair wished there was a walk in fridge nearby.
thank you from closed down connecticut.
are the new series still on schedule for mid april?
Al Thomas I read the first episode will be this Friday, April 3, without a studio audience. Fingers crossed.....there is so much to discuss!
@@lindahart6049 thanks, Linda. I will keep looking.
Keep safe.
I never realized the BoJo episode was this early in the run of guest hosts lmao
All the stick Paul gave Angus about his job being easy and just about reading. But when Paul hosted the show he was dreadful at it.
What was the bookies odds for Paul to be the permanent host?? 500-1??
John Sargeent should've been made host, because when he had his opportunity, he totally nailed it!
He was caught taking Coca inexpensive 😄😨😩😩
He was caught taking Cocaine 😄😨😩😩
Ian and Paul were total shits to Angus. What they finally realized was once they chased Angus away, they both had better be very well behaved, or else they'd be labelled HYPOCRITES for the rest of their lives. Must be difficult to have to toe the line. Of course it didn't stop them from haranguing Charles Kennedy, nor supporting the paedophiles who came on their show.
Love this show, have done for years, but in retrospect Ian and Paul treatment of Angus was unnecessarily harsh. I understand Paul's comments about the direction of the show but they would have got over it.
I think Christine Hamilton skewering him showed that unfortunately, maybe they wouldn't.
I agree Angus was generally an excellent host and it's a shame he had to go, but in a show that's trying to hold people accountable, I think they had no choice but to hold him accountable too.
Paul and Ian have really mellowed to be honest, they used to be nasty buggers especially paul, right piece of work wasn't he
To each other too. There appeared to be general anger at some moments. It was basically who could one up the other.
Never saw the point of him on the program, he's a mediocre comedian, and more annoying than anything else.
@@Jin-Ro He makes the show. Would be rubbish without him.
Totally agree. He was really unnecessarily vindictive and nasty here.
Don't forget Paul was good friend's with Angus' wife at the time so he genuinely hated Angus for what he did.
20 years. We come so far.
Not really.
You’re doing god’s work with these videos 😘
prob breaking alot of laws
@@pyrogian and?
Didn't see God in the credits, what did he contribute to the show?
@@TheEvilCheesecake it’s a funny little turn of phrase I used 11 months ago … you ok mate?
@@jenchapman6807 which part is the funny part? let me ask god
I know it would never happen, but it would be great to see Angus back in the chair.
I would swap him for Merton any day.
I like the way Angus is dressed in his last episode. He must have known the BBC was going to treat him like shit so he turned up looking like one.
Poor Charles Kennedy. RIP
Thank you.
Is that a young Rod Liddle at the beginning ?
There's no such thing as a young rod liddle
I always knew about the angus scandal and I saw the comedy of him playing an adulterer in pram face, but having compared the dates of this series and nighty night then damn that's topical
Why can Angus not come back? You have a bloody prime minister who got caught cheating?
I read a while back that he’s offered a guest slot every series, but always refuses...
Because BJ's job isn't to mock politicians and celebrities, it's lying to the British people. Angus' job was to banter with the team captains and mock the guests, and he ended up becoming the butt of the guests' jokes and pissing off Ian & Paul.
And why would he want to come back exactly? They're not going to have him come back full-time, especially considering that guest hosts actually work for this show, and any one-off would just be him being laughed at about how he was fired.
Also unless something’s changed over the years Ian & Paul can’t stand working with him
@@davidhopkins8967 Angus didn't return for the 30th anniversary special or any retrospectives. The relationship between Paul, Ian and Angus crossed a bridge that doesn't look like it'll ever be dealt with again in the foreseeable future. Alexander Armstrong would be a good permanent replacement for a host if he wasn't host of another show already... but I hear Dara O'Brian is available...
Angus is horrible in just about everything I’ve seen him in. The show is much better without him. Same with Would I Lie To You.
How is this so old and yet all seems still relevant.
Blimey. Prime ministers question Time must take days. ..
6:00 is the moment that Angus lost his place on this show.
jesus they were brutal with angus
the show doesnt work if the guy in the middle cant say anything about scandals without guests saying: and what about you? that moral highground is essential to the show format. Their roasting is on-brand, irrespective of their actual views of a bloke they work with being unfaithful and in such a gross way
@@stephaniewaters1777 Yeah he had to go, but let's not clutch too many pearls, it was hardly the crime of the century.
Fucking PC brigade are to blame. I bet if he was gay he'd still be hosting it ..
Anyone else notice the dunst cap over Boris's head?
we unique in britain can take the piss out our politicians w/o death or goolags long live freedom of expression
I really enjoyed the ribbing Angus Deyton got, I think he took it brilliantly and I loved his comeback at Christine Holman-Hamilton - “we’ve both been disgraced but at least I haven’t been banging on about family values for 7 years “… or something to that effect. At one point however, Ian looked genuinely furious with Deyton… as if it was Ian’s wife Angus had been shagging and seriously looked like he could get up and clout him. Can anyone enlighten me, do these two have a genuine dislike for each other?
Apparently Merton and Hislop lobbied for the ousting of Angus, which was a shame because he was funnier than both, which may account for it.
Ian got along with Angus and thought he did a great job. But as the sleaze kept leaking out, Angus' position was untenable and the BBC had told Merton and Hislop not to elaborate too much on it. So they were being held back because of Angus' misdeeds. Paul Merton did not get along with him but conceded Angus was a fantastic host. Its funny because Angus has gone on to have a great career and didn't really need the show. Merton needs HIGNFY as any outside project he's been involved with has flopped. Hislop being editor of Private Eye doesn't need the show either and is a staple on other political shows.
@@sickpup820 yeah I suppose I never really thought about the fact that Merton is the only one who wouldn’t have a career without HIGNFY
In the opening segment, is that Boris Johnson in a black wig , on Paul's team?
32:08 - 32:14 That sum up Boris government this year during the coronavirus crisis.
@Matthew Kirkham They couldn't have done much worse.
@Matthew Kirkham would've done a better job than this collapsing clown car
@@joiedeceivre 😂
@@ChadSlampiece 😂
I can only assume that anybody who ever voted for Boris has never seen this programme.
That's not Jesus that's Frank Zappa
To any Americans watching who might not know who the bumbling host was, it was Boris Johnson.
Quite a likeable chap really as a TV celebrity but then by some extraordinary turn of events ended up as Prime Minister and it was a disaster.
I mean... can you imagine?
WOW////
Will ALWAYS LOVE ANGUS ❤❤❤ PART OF THE BEST OF THESE GREAT SHOWS
20y you say Ian, before boris would come to power. why couldn't you have said 3000
OCH! Ian - A twinkly, lovely little person! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!
Who's the first woman?
Incredibly, he became the UK Prime Minister.........
Bank!
Bumbling politician fails to control a bunch of comedians. Oddly prophetic
Think Angus would be sacked in 2023?
16:25 Hislop ahead of his time, Pronce Andrew was VERY MUCH the odd one out.
Yes John Simpson you did do bad things - you wrote FHILISTINE in your book too mean very derogatory.
Boris was still a sadist back then
24.01 Christine Hamilton, google her, she's been on this show before, and her general appearances are well worth a look, she's all you see here.
That's not Christine Hamilton at 24:01. That's Anne Robinson, who has had a lot of plastic surgery now.
What did the woman call out ?
"Leave him alone"
how on earth has no-one mentioned that this episode, aired 20 years ago, had jokes about Jonathan Dimbleby and Epstein's island, when it only came out that he was in Epstein's black book 3 years ago??
Nadine Dorries, you ARE the weakest link - one of many - Goodbye ! What Downing Street currently needs.
Maybe Ian Hyslop will be our next PM 😅 worth a try
I still feel it was shitty on Angus overall, he was a very good host on comedy panel shows, he also did would I lie to you sadly
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And this is your PM.....good luck...and don't forget your life jacket and the end of 2020
anyone from Trumpland has no room to talk.
The Hamiltons are always good value.
Done
Merton is and always was talentless.....
The show today is definitely a shell of what it once was, though still worth a watch some weeks. The first 10 or so years with guest presenters were great, but the novelty has long since worn off and the number of topical, interesting or controversial people willing to appear has fallen sharply. As a result, the producers keep booking the same dozen or so "safe" guests, which leaves things feeling a little stale.
I wouldn't be surprised if HIGNFY has vanished from our screens in 10 years' time.
I wouldn't give it 5 years even. Merton has lost his wit and edge. Neither Paul or Ian are particularly likable either IMO.
What after a measly 40yr run?
Kind of horrifying to observe how this show allowed Boris to present himself as a harmless buffoon. Hard not to think it didn't play its role in him (much) later becoming PM.
@Martin Evans It seems we live in alternate universes😄How is British 'democracy' looking in Scotland? Oh we have none, and have instead to deal with the short-sighted stupidity and ignorance of the average English voter. You are just a sheep, easily coralled into voting against your own best interests 😏 lurching right with the crowd when we should so obviously have been sprinting left. Keep believing everything Murdoch prints and you will continue to sound like a cretin on this and many other topics😐
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Kinda like the Apprentice did for Trump.
This is the problem with people mistaking total incompetence for likeability and then voting for them on that basis. That’s how we had a clown like Johnson as PM. Merton and Hislop saw through the act though.
Who murdered Ann then?
Who the fuck is "Wionna Ryder"?
0:36 lost it
Looking at this you could wonder HOW THE HELL he became the leader of Britain? Then again it's said people get the leaders they deserve.
I really love Boris here, he’s excellent! I just hate him as PM. People confuse the two
Angus was the best host they ever had and him going led to the rise of Boris and possibly Brexit. Considering they have had guests on with much bigger indiscretions than Angus, it was foolish to force him out.
Merton & Hislop don't come out of this looking particularly good after all of these years. Sneering contempt is not a good look, even if you consider yourselves the self proclaimed arbiters of decency.....
Deayton had a metaphorical target on his back and the pair of them showed him no mercy. There are a lot of people who have done a lot worse.
Their reasoning at that time about Angus Deayton was that if you don't have the moral high ground over Neil Hamilton, who can you satirise?
Deayton knew he'd be roasted and it would have made the show look utterly hypocritical if he weren't. And iirc, it was the second time he'd been in some scandal so it would've undermined the whole ethos of the show if it were glossed over. PE didn't make much of it at all so I think it was the expected response from the show.
I think the villains of the piece are the BBC Moral Conduct Police who sacked him after he put himself through what he knew would be the equivalent of a public execution. If he was brave enough to turn up that week, they should have kept him, seeing as they were too uwu to make the decision before. I don't think the general public cared and it would, as you say, have been chip paper by the next week.
You could argue what Jimmy Carr did was worse and he didn't resign.
Way too much boris Johnson boredom in this beat bit cut. It’s usually much more selective with what is included
If you can get past the fact she's a malevolent tory witch Christine is oddly entertaining in a way I hadn't noticed before
Paul and Ian were plonkers with Angus.
You mean the junkie wife beater Angus
26:55 Sorry, Ian, tuition fees are right and just.
interesting, the queen did the masonic handshake with everyone apart from Michael Owen hahahaha. Furthermore the fact that Boris became Prime Minister of Britain is proof that politics is a big theatre. I means nothing . Corporations and monarchies run the world.
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Stay Stay and Stay Free 14:08 😂
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How the f**k did he become PM??
Tory incompetence, some how he's worse then Thresea May.
The exact thing you just watched is a good example of how. Bumbling etonian cunt does lovable bumbling cunt act and the audience laps it up.
@@Jack-OatesThat, combined with public incompetence.
Brilliant!! Boris in the making ...
You can tell that both Ian and Paul are jealous of Angus.
12:55 The moment a dozen years of brilliance end and two decades of mediocrity begin (except for the Play Your Iraqi Cards Right bit).