Angus Deayton's Final Episode | Have I Got News for You | Hat Trick Comedy

[@me282uk]

There's more to it than just this episode. Remember the one where Paul brought the paper on with headlines about it? The floor manager took it off him, then Paul pulled out a second one. When this was taken off Paul, he then revealed he had printed it on a t-shirt he was wearing.

[@ScrungoJones]

Wasn't that the joke where he was promoting his book? Or was the book promotion a callback to what you're describing?

[@mindlessgonzo]

@@ScrungoJones Yeah, it was him promoting his book, but Paul did have a printed t-shirt during one of the episodes right in the wake of Deayton's scandal. Search up 'HIGNFY angus deayton scandal best bits'.

[@kurtodrome1206]

@@ScrungoJones No, you're right. Paul suddenly popped up a copy of his book Silent Comedy. They took it off him. He took out another copy. They took that one too. He then revealed the shirt. (In the Angus episode, it was Ian who brought the copy of the newspaper. Paul didn't have one. Paul only revealed the shirt with the printed cover that he was wearing under his hoodie in the final round.)

[@AG-ni8jm]

In hindsight Angus' scandal seems minor and novel

[@j.x.x.r3645]

Yeah from what I gather he didn't even break any laws

[@huginstarkstrom]

he had the wrong job. If he had been a musician, that would have been absolutely required behavior.

[@gazfish]

He could run as Prime Minister or President these days

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@j.x.x.r3645 Using cocaine and hiring prostitutes are still illegal, if he was ever charged for those crimes is another matter.

[@philmitchell91]

Especially at the BBC of all places

[@CallumKray]

This episode.. Year 2024: "You call that a scandal?"

[@OldschoolTruths]

Angus is brilliant, even when he knew they,d take the piss. Top man.

[@bfapple]

And this is what lead to Forsyth’s comeback…

[@farxake]

Both the best and worst episodes, because although these scandal episodes were hilarious, at the same time, it also led to Angus getting sacked.

[@kurtodrome1206]

The title is a bit misleading, it's not the big scandal episode with the newspaper cover. This is from the start of the next series: Angus and his agent had promised the producers there were no more scandal stories available and he managed to keep his job. Only for another story to break at the start of the next series. Paul and Ian didn't hold back at all this time, obviously because Angus had blatantly lied to the makers of the show. After this came the final stab in the form of Christine Hamilton ("If my husband's disgraced, then what are you?") and Angus was out. I almost wanted to write the 'second' scandal, but I've heard of an even earlier one in the BBC2 years of the show. That one seemed to have gotten less coverage, though Paul apparently made some references to it on the shows around that time.

[@thomasaevans]

Well this is not the scandal ep, this is Angus' last ep.

[@Yankee7000]

While his leaving lead to the current format, his hosting still stands the test of time.

[@Kate-lk6tw]

Beautifully put.

[@jameshastie3864]

They should have Angus back as a guest host for old time’s sake.

[@stevenbrake7707]

He refused to participate in the thirtieth anniversary documentary a few years ago.

[@juliamcwilliam]

I don't really blame him for wanting nothing to with it anymore​@@stevenbrake7707

[@williamcallaghan2023]

@@stevenbrake7707 don't blame him

[@JJONNYREPP]

The Angus Deayton Scandal | Have I Got News for You | Hat Trick Comedy 18.11.24 1858pm i wouldn't have sacked him...

[@this0033]

I think they should bring him back, full stop. Had some right idiots in that seat since he left.

[@cinhofilms]

I think 22 years is enough time served; please ask Angus back.

[@thomasbland5450]

He doesn't want to. They asked him a while ago and he declined.

[@sickpup820]

Doesn't want to. He turned them down a few times.

[@isaak.studio]

This scandal was measured out in three full episodes.

[@jrwwebb58]

The best host ever!!. Still the right decision, it's just the world that has dropped into the gutter.

[@BossySwan]

*_Is it a dolphin in a Bathtub?_*

[@bradw8102]

Considering the show also had guests including Savile, Rolf Harris and an array of politicians mired in all sorts, Deayton's troubles were rather tame in comparison.

[@mindlessgonzo]

Sadly, when they were on, nobody knew until the news broke out years later after their appearances. But Deayton's occurred while he was still presenter, and continued to present until he got fired.

[@twombley]

and Johnson. Several times...

[@Kate-lk6tw]

Absolutely. And Boris!

[@Kate-lk6tw]

@@mindlessgonzoBoris is still going!

[@sickpup820]

Angus was the news at the time. So it was hard for him to continue on tbh as he was obviously going through a rough patch. I know him and Merton aren't friendly but it would be interesting to bring him in as a guest host. Compared with scandals in subsequent years, ahem. Problem is however Angus refused to take part in the 30th anniversary documentary a few years ago, so he might not want anything to do with HIGNFY.

[@worldmikel]

I think they ought to invite him as a guest on the US version. He's a choir boy compared to all the real criminals in the news these days.

[@ryanking7787]

All the bad things so many others at the BBC got away with and Angus lost his job over this. At least his prostitute would have been old enough to consent. Angus clearly didn't have friends in very high places.

[@sirbuftontufton5846]

To be fair to the team, they tried to continue with Deayton for a while, but it was hard to parody public figures when the host was a parody himself. As Paul Merton said: "The person in the middle can't do jokes about Jeffrey Archer if people then say 'yes, but what about you?'". It all fell apart when Deayton got slaughtered by Christine Hamilton of all people. He wasn't fired directly because of the scandal, but because his continued presence made the show untenable.

[@josiahscurlock]

Oh, man, how must you feel about yourself as a person when CHRISTINE HAMILTON takes the moral high ground on you?

[@Recessio]

He got sacked because he explicitly lied to the producers when he said the first incident was it and there was no more stories... And then the second story broke.

[@spinmaster0]

Yes, it was a combination of things - Christina Hamilton complaining afterwards about the joke, Angus repeatedly being the subject of the news instead of the commentator, more stories exposed more him when he told the producers there was nothing more, etc. Christina did say she felt bad afterwards and sent him a letter of apology, though she got no reply back. Angus did say the whole truth about his sacking was not revealed but after so much time passing, nobody would remember everything behind the scenes so who would know what really happened. At the time, they just couldn't continue with Angus especially as Paul and Ian repeatedly targeted him. I remembered watching it overshadowing anything else that happened on the show. Actions have consequences but he paid for it a long time ago.

[@Kate-lk6tw]

@@spinmaster0Some actions. Others are over looked. Angus had to go, Boris is fine.

[@spinmaster0]

@@Kate-lk6tw Boris was a guest and a figure of fun for Ian and Paul to attack. Even as a special host, Boris was ridiculed but that was what drew people to the show. Angus however was THE host. Now he could not take shots at others without them firing back at him. As amazing as he was, the attack against him by Ian and Paul was relentless and eventually made his position untenable.

[@jameswinters9751]

they turned on him in a very nasty manner. angus was a talented man.

[@andymerrett]

Ian Hislop - perhaps very intelligent and so on, but really quite a slimy little self-righteous twerp.

[@macsmiffy2197]

You couldn’t have host taking the p*** out of guests for doing similar things when they would always turn it back on him, eg, Christine Hamilton. It would undermine the whole show. Having said that, the presenter is the glue which holds the show and it rests on them whether the programme is funny or not.

[@cinhofilms]

Repentance and forgiveness.

[@commandert5]

I feel bad for the audience woman who got ripped apart for standing up for Angus

[@Bondek1996]

If I remember from another video, she was the woman he shagged/did the drugs with and set up here by News of the World/other. She got her quidsworth

[@ludoviclemaignen9432]

She should have said: "leave him alone or sack him"

[@mrj3473]

I thought the program went downhill after Angus left. Some of the guest presenters have been awful. Never quite seemed to have the same magic

[@AdrianColley]

Where's the bit where Paul jokes about cutting up cocaine with a Barclaycard, and the camera switches so fast you can see Angus realizing he's lost every sponsorship ever?

[@itsneveramannequin8737]

And yet the BBC were allowing Jimmy Savile to keep his job with them. I understand it was ridiculous for Angus to continue in his role as he WAS the news. I was about 9 when this happened but I remember it well 😂 (my stepdad used to watch it every week)

[@Kate-lk6tw]

This!

[@tan4eva]

You don’t really hear from Angus Deyton these days. Does anyone know what he is up to? Also, RIP Gerald Kauffman.

[@petersp63]

I miss Angus the show has never quite hit the mark since apart from Shatner of course that was GOLD!

[@Torquemada70]

Never mind about back when you still made funny TV, are you going to apologise to Graham Lineham yet?

[@theDingbat]

It was the right decision to sack Deayton but Merton and even Hislop were behaving like petulant children. It was blatant that Paul didn’t like him - he must’ve been delighted to find out that he could indulge himself once the scandal broke.

[@Charlieb82]

Tbf they probably thought he put their jobs in danger too, so no wonder they didn't like him

[@sslaytor]

A bit vague about the scandal. For anyone who doesn't know what was going on it doesn't let you know!

[@mindlessgonzo]

News of the World reported Deayton took drugs and slept with prostitutes in May of 2002. More allegations occured Oct. of that year, forcing Deayton off the show.

[@njujuznem6554]

Merton comes off quite badly here to be honest

[@sickpup820]

A lot of history between Angus and "Mr Caroline Quentin"

[@vikingforties]

Forgiveness is a great quality and one the satire should very occasionally practice.

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Censored

[@DeadlyPants123]

A bit disgusting how everyone treated Angus in the end

[@parsnip5401]

Paul Merton said later in an interview that Angus had promised that there wasn't anything more after the first scandal broke, they absolutely ribbed him for it and thought it could then be put to bed. And then it turned out that there was more, and everything was now just about Angus and not about politics. So it was him or the show. Comparing it to Jimmy Carrr's tax scandal, he was also torn to shreds, but that was it, he paid the money back and there was no further scandal. The tone in this clip really shows how much Ian and Paul wanted him out, they could no longer trust that it wouldn't just be Angus the centre of attention in any given week.

[@captainspongeboy]

They rip into people in politics who have acted badly every episode. Would have been very hypocritical not to rip into the host.

[@jeffnettleton3858]

Plus, he made a comment about Christine Hamilton's disgraced politician husband and she fired right back with something to the effect of "If he's disgraced what are you?" At that point, it was made clear that Angus' own scandals were a detriment to calling out politicians for corruption and sleazy behavior. Quite frankly, I don't have a lot of sympathy for Angus. To be in the public eye, on a major program and then get yourself caught up in sex scandals just showed a major lack of judgement, if not morals. I don't care what you do in your private life, provided it is consensual; but keep it private. Angus was reckless with his private life and he paid for it. As said, Jimmy Carr had his tax trouble and he owned up to it and made restitution and hasn't had any further mishaps. Angus wasn't exactly contrite about things, offering as his best defense that some things in press articles were distorted or incorrect, but not everything. Hugh Grant owned up to his pecadillos, years back and demonstrated that he knew he acted like an idiot and learned from the experience. People moved on. I;m not saying Angus should have done decades of penance; but, he didn't help his situation, then.

[@pete1942]

⁠@@jeffnettleton3858He was reckless, but, if not all the accusations were true, it would have been very difficult for him to defend himself. Saying ‘yes I had an affair but no I didn’t do drugs’ for example is not going to win anyone over. And admitting to everything if it’s not true is not going to be anyone’s first choice. On the flip side, he didn’t suffer as badly as some people think. He lost the HIGNFY gig, but carried on working afterwards including for the BBC. In interviews he’s said he always found it funny that people would talk about his ‘comebacks’ because in his words, he never went away. Different world back then though. These days, that sort of behaviour won’t stop you becoming PM.

[@smokerjim]

To follow on with the Jimmy Carr comparison, you can see Deayton is uncomfortable and feels picked on and wants to change the subject away from himself. Carr on the other hand was advised by a producer to suck it up on the night, and had a good laugh about it in front of the cameras and still references it in his act today. Also Carr didn't try to damage limitation any revelations, but Deayton did to Hislop, Merton and the production, instead of coming clean.

[@GeorgeCooper-o7o]

I remember reading that Paul Merton wanted Angus Deayton off the show after that scandal, so this is actually pretty brutal. Kind of went off Paul Merton after this.

[@sheppo]

Ian is very dismissive of rape claims there.

[@derekscanlan4641]

he is rightly pointing out that people are innocent until proven guilty

[@niallmcardle7]

To be fair, most progressive countries don't name defendants until found guilty. And rightly so.

[@thomaslippiatt4132]

For the people that say they were harsh the whole point of the show was to mock people in government and high positions for their shortcomings snd sleaze they couldn’t do that and leave Angus alone

[@TomWHuxley]

back when this programme was actually funny

[@ohheyitskevinc]

The only scandal was him being let go

[@TheLinkoln18]

The way Hat Trick and the BBC handled this was painfully transparent, they used Angus as a ratings magnet… Was so scripted.

[@dominichazell7862]

I love HIGNFY but I hate Merton and Hislop for driving Angus off the show. Angus still did very well after leaving but the show has never been the same without him. I don’t like watching Lorraine Kelly hosting or Clive Myrie and the likes.

[@jaexiusnem1267]

No after the scandal his position was untenable & the show for a while became more interesting with the guest hosts.

[@dominichazell7862]

@@jaexiusnem1267 The same cycle of guests is boring now. I just wish they’d settle on one.

[@fatboydim.7037]

The show never had the same impact when he left. It was the same when Frankie Boyle got the boot from MTW. Having 'guest' presenters was always hit and miss for me. It has been years since I have watched the show but I do know that I stopped watching shortly after he left. In fact I think it looks very dated as does most of the BBC. Move it over to youTube and bring Deayton back or even X where free speech and general humour are most accepted. I'm sure Musk would be in stitches at it.

[@Edditaur]

Musk would hate it because they'd spend a large portion of each episode slagging him off lmao

[@bird6691]

X is literally dead

[@Aethelhald]

Frankie Boyle stopped being funny though. When the left went mental and started destroying comedians for jokes they told, Boyle went woke.

[@kipperrepublic3568]

Hislop and Merton were the guys egging on the bully at school so they wouldn't get bullied. Can't stand this type of roasting. Unusual type of entertainment.

[@tynebar]

Briutal

[@JJONNYREPP]

The Angus Deayton Scandal | Have I Got News for You | Hat Trick Comedy 18.11.24 1857pm everyone's heavily into resigning... and becoming useless..

[@alonzowurlitzer5617]

I stopped watching when Deayton was removed. Just thought the show wasn't the same (it definitely wasn't as good).

[@LUNATIC75]

When Angus got the "heave-ho" I stopped watching. Shame really.

[@worldmikel]

Merton and Hislop, for being as smart and witty as they are, sure didn't have a sense of how history would make them look like stuffed shirts for pushing Deayton out. All three of them were super on the show. Look at his shenanigans compared to all the UK politicians and TV celebs and just today, Trump and the MAGAts. Deayton's "crimes" could have been pardoned and a source of comedy in perpetuity.

[@frankdunne-gp6oy]

What is doing on.30+ yrs old.