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Have I Got News for You is a British comedy television panel game shown on the BBC. It began on 28 September 1990. During each episode, two teams compete to win points by answering questions on recent news events. Each team has a captain and two celebrity guests. One captain is Ian Hislop, the other is Paul Merton. The host was Angus Deayton until he was sacked in October 2002. Since then, there have been many guest presenters.

Series 61 ended in 2021.

Guest appearance tallies

Many guests have appeared on the programme multiple times.

20 appearances

14 appearances

  • Ross Noble

12 appearances

  • Marcus Brigstocke
  • Andy Hamilton

11 appearances

  • Jack Dee
  • Kirsty Young

10 appearances

9 appearances

8 appearances

  • Danny Baker
  • Mark Steel

7 appearances

6 appearances

  • Chris Addison
  • Fred MacAulay
  • Lembit Öpik
  • Linda Smith

5 appearances

4 appearances

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