HIGNFY S05E04

Deayton, Hislop, Merton, Quentin, Bamigboye. Quentin and Merton were married at this time.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Bring back Angus

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Are you going to pay him in coke and prozzies??🤣🤣

[@RIXRADvidz]

And Frankie to Mock the Week.

[@simsum1argh882]

Damn!! Right.. 👍🏽

[@S7EVE_P]

The irony is that Paul never got on with Angus and never liked him and claimed the show was saved by him leaving. I disagree - i cant watch the show now, it was better with Angus

[@CashelOConnolly]

Merton isn’t exactly popular himself

[@Tailssonic1999x]

Angus is a lot more entertaining than Merton. Paul Merton has the odd real good line, but most of his stuff would not be missed. While there's a few guest hosts who did really well, most arent as good as Angus

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@Rikipedia42]

5:00 Loose is a fairly large village in Maidstone, Kent.. they also have a “Loose Women’s Institute” that they strategically always put “(West Kent)” in the middle of.

[@fatfrreddy1414]

thanks for these...good fun.

[@LoneKharnivore]

I didn't know Quentin and Merton were ever married. Til.

[@antster1983]

"You want to get out more." Paul revealed in the DVD commentary for _The Best of Have I Got News for You_ that he'd been saying that to Caroline at home a lot, so when she said it back to him on the show it threw him for a moment.

[@antster1983]

Ian: I could recommend a good lawyer. Caroline: I expect you know a few... No you don't actually, do you?

[@Tailssonic1999x]

Was that his wife?

[@antster1983]

@@Tailssonic1999x Yes.

[@jeanmyers1787]

He’s married again now.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Not sure what "were married at the time" has anything to do with anything, as we know that never stopped Charles and Camilla, nor others from living other lives when their marriages were obviously over... But hey, yeah🤣🤣

[@exessex3522]

Wasn't Caroline Ahearne also Mrs Merton for a while?

[@anonUK]

No. Caroline *Quentin* was married to Paul Merton, but never took that surname in her acting career. Mrs Merton, mother of a disabled son and later a chat show host, was indeed a character played by the late Caroline Aherne.

[@SimonWhovian]

By law, she could have been Mrs Martin, if she had so chosen.

[@rickyneedham9060]

Yes she was but only as a character

[@ivaneames4354]

Yes but that was a character she played, no relationship to Paul and completely unfunny.

[@eatmywords]

everything about these comments confuses me. that was the joke Angus was making because the mrs merton show ran between 1993-98, at which point she went on to write and star in the royale family.

[@artvanwag3257]

What was going off between Caroline and Paul i could feel the Tension in the Air

[@sturussell6599]

I think that was deadpan. My wife and I "argue" loads in the shops just for a laugh.

[@slatibaadfast]

Done.

[@davidwilkinson8136]

Easy to see why they got divorced.

[@lfcizdabest]

They are playing up to it tbf.

[@karendegenerous8044]

Karen DeGenerous. LOL.

[@TheKillingJoker1980]

It did occur to me, especially in the episode they were on the same side, that they didn't have much chemistry between them, at least comically.

[@sophiee.h]

7 May 1993

[@ferraridinoman]

When HIGNFY was funny!

[@markc8956]

It stiil IS. Angus as great as he was,deserved what he got. You can't have a presenter that IS the news every week.

[@deepzepp4176]

@@markc8956 He didn’t say it was because of Angus, or not because of Angus. It’s just not as funny anymore, in general.

[@exodiasmith7276]

A black man was a Daily Mail journalist? Especially in the 90's? Bizarre

[@anonUK]

They were ok with him as he was a Royal. Snobbery overtook racism.

[@exodiasmith7276]

@@anonUK Oh ok! Interesting

[@jasrust]

Research, people. Baz was (maybe still is) the Mail's Showbiz Correspondent. He basically lived in Hollywood, stalking stars at premiers, and reported gossip. He was the Mail's token.

[@lizclegg7556]

You and your racist assumptions.

[@nickhirst999]

@@jasrust OMG! I'm suffering from the Mandela effect! I could have sworn Baz Bamigboye died a year or so ago!

[@ebutboy1]

Perhaps she thought she was funny. I imagine Paul really really misses her!

[@SassiLassi]

Paul cheats again!!

[@TheGwydion777]

Cringefest, if you're that sensible.