HIGNFY S39E05 Jo Brand, Jon Richardson & Lembit Opik

7 May 2010
Election reaction 2010.
Have I Got News for You with team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton

[@nijnij3988]

"you should really write porn" "too busy living it, mate" Paul was on fire tonight

[@ktom5262]

Opik is surprisingly witty and good fun.

[@williamparker1085]

and a good sport

[@kathowed]

The most fun way to catch up on British history. I look forward to seeing Lembit Opik on the comedy circuit. Thanks, BH.

[@rukeyser]

YES. 2023.

[@TyTigerbbb]

I think about how they talked about Boris Johnson in the 30th Anniversary ep being better for comedy than politics and I feel like Lembit fits a very similar bill. He seemed to genuinely to take all of this like a champ.

[@jameshenderson1498]

Paul is on fire this episode. Big fan of the Hislop-Merton coalition!

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

Love Jo Brand. Surprised at Lembit Opik; he's very funny as a Eeyore-type.

[@18Alpine]

I've not seen this episode before. Thank you for posting.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@bonnafide2606]

13:34 Portillo's is a famous restaurant in Chicago. They serve buckets of ribs and Italian beef subs.

[@janeeyre1990]

Also a cake milkshake that is a slice of cake shoved into a normal milkshake

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting,

[@FinnRenard]

Thanks for sharing. Great show.

[@martinjones5965]

Paul and Ian on same side - gave me goosebumps :)

[@tomhassell7985]

poor old Limpit. no more expenses

[@cs_fl5048]

Gordon Brown went on to provide a lot of fodder for future episodes of this show....

[@peterbrophy3478]

very funny

[@RIXRADvidz]

previously on HIGGY, Angus is still in the driver's seat, paul has gone on to other projects eddie izzard is in paul's usual seat, and paul comes on as ian's team mate, it has happened way way back in the days of long ago, Angus in the seat, that long ago

[@RicardoNadejas]

S11E01 - Paul took sabatical from the season 11, however he appeared in the first episode on Ian's team, just as you said

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

I think Ian drank too much raspberryade before this one, or smoked too much crack 😅

[@m.brizzy5407]

Very close to being one of the best ever. But who is this guy Lembit???? Never heard of him.

[@mulrich]

He was a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Democrats for nineteen years. He'd lost his seat just the day before they recorded this show. He'd been on the show several times before as well.

[@theotheronethere4391]

Also had a relatively high-profile dating life for a politician. He dated a famous Welsh weather presentation and then dated a member of a Romanian singing twin duet group called "the Cheeky Girls."

[@RIXRADvidz]

Mondays are MOANdays unless you add a Bigg Lump of Lembit. today on ReWatch : Lembit Opik Day. Wake 'n' Bake, sit back and observe Opik all day long. THX BH!!

[@baskingblackbird]

Are you ok?

[@RIXRADvidz]

@@baskingblackbird quite well, thank you, I have few responsibilities, a stocked larder, free flowing wifi and time. a very stress free existence, I hope everyone can obtain this level early in their lives and not have to do it when you're old and about to depart the mortal coil. oh yeah, quite well.

[@baskingblackbird]

@@RIXRADvidz Sounds nice :)

[@DennisMoore664]

The great coalition episode

[@carolineg1872]

Oh look, it's Limp Biskit.😒

[@neonskyline1]

People actually believe that Politicians run a country, twilght zone stuff

[@brettb9194]

full of adverts

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

Brand and Richardson 🙄 The good ones were busy that week.

[@nevillewissmann9605]

Two of my favourites. I guess we all have our own choice to watch or not, lol

[@roonil3931]

Jon is brilliant. I bet you can’t add.