HIGNFY S05E02

Deayton, Hislop, Merton, Evans, Armstrong.
Broadcast: 23rd April 1993

[@simonvanderheijden432]

Had me looking for the tracking adjuster for a minute..

[@rexterrocks]

I remember when Chris Evans used to collect supermarket trolleys. One of my mates used to call him 'Trolley Wally', but look who's laughing now! Still me!

[@eldoofthe3rd]

You win.... What do you win? Comment of the day

[@MrDalevich]

Never noticed at the time but the headline referring to the 'footpath enthusiast' is right behind Fiona Armstrong. Funny the things you notice almost 30 years later. Glad this was uploaded, it's practically an historical document and should be preserved.

[@the_Giovanni_Jian]

Could you provide some back stories?

[@miguelurdaci7884]

Good to see Angus on to Monster Savile. He did a stronger one on WILTY. Kudos

[@kindnessyet2159]

In 1993 I was 4 years old. I remember my dad loved watching this, before i had to go to bed.

[@petersmafield8722]

The petard was a small hollowed-out fuse lit bomb that often was set before castle gates. The phrase to be "hoisted by your own petard." meant being blow-up by your own bomb.

[@geecars6263]

Hoist, not hoisted...

[@rexterrocks]

It's actually a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, it's 'hoist with his own petard'.

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@davkrod]

I always thought Chris Evans was a fictional character that parents used to scare their children.

[@exodiasmith7276]

That Saville joke feels so-foreshadowing

[@billythepigeon7345]

It was, all Jimmy Savile jokes from the BBC are, everyone in the BBC knew the truth, but kept shtum to protect their jobs. The worst was Esther Ranzen, she founded childline while at the same time keeping quiet about Savile to protect her position with the beeb.

[@eldoofthe3rd]

And people are saying kier starmer didn't know about Jimmy savile

[@andiholman2543]

Lovely little Savile jibe there but oddly enough this was probably on autocue!!

[@jeremyhowell8235]

Wow! Spot the Jimmy Saville 'terrorising children' gag ay 10'33" - and this was back in what ... 1995?

[@billythepigeon7345]

It's now well known that it was an open secret within the BBC. It does put a new light on those jokes now though.

[@eldoofthe3rd]

Exactly and yet kier starmer apparently/allegedly didn't know anything about Jimmy savile

[@gregmark1688]

John Lydon clearly knew about him as far back as 1978. It seems pretty certain that literally everyone knew about it by 1993. You just weren't allowed to talk about it. Except, Angus Dreayton had no fear (although, apparently he should have). It's just amazing that the editors allowed that line through -- they were on the BBC, weren't they?

[@Rikipedia42]

It really was an open secret, people like Angus Deayton (who also wrote some of his scripted parts for this series) we’re trying to shed light onto their crimes the only way they could. It was the same with Weinstein and his crimes, If you get a spare ten seconds take a look at Seth MacFarlane’s 2013 Oscar joke, just look at the anger in his face as he tells it…

[@Rikipedia42]

And as Greg Mark says, John Lydon definitely tried to shed light to things with Savile and even the BBC presenter immediately says (paraphrasing)“we aren’t going to air libel”

[@benrichards399]

Have u got the peter stringfellow one?

[@RIXRADvidz]

oh yeah I remember my 30th birthday, my last 24 hour, started partying the night of the 21st, all through the 22nd, to the evening of the 23rd. and then I found out Older Bodies do not recover like Younger Bodies. OLDE SUXXX

[@RIXRADvidz]

today on ReWatch : July 2023, Schofield is in the news for such ''alleged'' behavior 30 years later and STILL At It Phil?

[@karendegenerous600]

💝.

[@evo5dave]

Jeeze - James Hunt in the odd one out round. Must have been a couple of months before his death.

[@grahamhume5953]

When Paul is talking about the man having sex with pavements, the answer is in the board behind him.

[@thedolphin5428]

My God, that Jason Donovan running gag has been playing on so many HIGNFY episodes of this era. As an Aussie, I don't actually remember the British defamation case where he sued for being called gay ... but jeezus, HIGNFY sure won't let him forget it!

[@petersmafield8722]

Do you really want a telephone that tells when the other person is lying? That will be fun when speaking to your relatives, bosses, friends, or bill collectors. the new standard answer will get the "F" off my phone. I have no interest in talking to you for a couple of years."

[@slatibaadfast]

Done.

[@LoneKharnivore]

A petard is, I believe, a naval flag.

[@ladyflimflam]

A petard is a small bomb, like a grenade, not a flag.

[@billythepigeon7345]

"Hoist by his own petard" is essentially a bomb maker being blown up with his own bomb.

[@evo5dave]

@@billythepigeon7345 Hoist, not hoisted

[@billythepigeon7345]

@@evo5dave corrected.

[@nevadatan7323]

It's really sad that we ever felt this 'banter' and attitude was acceptable. Pretty straight up gross.

[@cooldude1547]

Angus is so sleazy

[@davkrod]

Rodney King was full of PCP, similar to George Floyd.

[@teipeu9033]

That's punishable by death, is it?

[@vortex63]

The police in both instances were badly trained and ill disciplined.Properly trained officers would know how to safely restrain a suspect without harming the suspect or themselves.These cops were just lazy and malicious.