HIGNFY S39E02 Alexander Armstrong, Victoria Coren & Richard Herring

Have I Got News for You with team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton

[@asterix811]

How to improve any BBC panel show: add Victoria Coren Mitchell to the line up.

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

I love the fact that she's just sitting there adding up Scrabble tiles in her head.

[@DanDownunda8888]

@@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. Well, she did say that a Y is worth 5 points......

[@Tiger-Baby]

I saw her and David on wilty the other week. They're so sweet together. We've grown up with this show. It's so nice that people have fallen in love along the way I need my depressing political confirmed WITH lots of humour. I'm watching these over. And every episode I'm crying in silence, at how obvious it was that everything was gonna go pear shaped. I LOVE watching fast minds at work and a comedian or two thrown in.

[@dlamb2840]

I just adore Victoria. Super intelligent, very funny and just completely beautiful. Lucky David Mitchell.

[@stephenmurray2851]

Super intelligent?

[@IMortage]

What is your standard to doubt it? Yes, she is very intelligent.

[@andrewbaumann2661]

@leslie graham I bet you wouldn't dare say that to her face.

[@samharper5881]

Well, he's the funniest man in England; she hit the jackpot too.

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

@leslie graham I'm sure she'd take that as a compliment coming from someone who is clearly a complete dumbarse.

[@clarefreeman3909]

Victoria Coren is brilliant but so are the others, they are all great wits. I'm watching this in 2023 in Australia and its still as good as the day it was made. You just can't beat British commedy, best in the world and it never ages

[@carolgarland3282]

I agree Clare, wonderful.

[@iluvdissheet]

I see Victoria, I click! I'm in America and I agree these British panel shows are superb

[@philipnerland1394]

You Folks are right she is very smart and anytime she is on I watch . She is beautifully understated

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Gods, Victoria and David are such an incredibly perfect match.........

[@oldsandface]

Every time she smiles, my hearts leaps a little...

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

I know what you mean. A certain part of my anatomy seems to be seriously affected by her too. Nobody has made my left ear throb in such a way ever before.

[@RaymondvanNiekerk]

Victoria definitely on that ideal dinner party list. Amazing woman.

[@thebigdog6647]

victoria is so cute, i love her

[@iluvdissheet]

I can't get over Richard's mustache 😭

[@patrickenglish1629]

Is Victoria Coren Mitchell the most gorgeous, intelligent, captivating woman on the planet? Yes. The answer is yes.

[@gerardoneill1513]

Victoria absolutely priceless, sorry triple word score.

[@markloveless1001]

"served cold'. That didn't get the applause deserved. Look at Alexander, quoting Klingon proverbs. Subtle, minimal, God I wish our American TV could begin to approach. I'm not kidding here, you'd never see such an intelligent ad-lib.

[@beenaplumber8379]

US TV has its bright spots too! Che & Jost have done a lot of ad lib on SNL's Weekend Update in recent years, and those guys are hilarious! Kimmel and Colbert are also fantastic when they go off script, and during guest interviews. Conan was always at his best and wittiest when he was doing interviews. (I haven't seen him since he left NBC. I'm sure he's still awesome!)

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@datgrrl_official]

thank you very much for the upload :)

[@Mark_Lacey]

My late Aunt was editor of PM on radio 4....tough cookie (her husband, Julian, was editor of Radio 4 Today in the 70's).

[@jonathaneffemey944]

tHANKS FOR POSTING

[@icarusandtherabbit]

I think it’s really ‘right on’ that the BBC had no issues with Richard’s toothbrush moustache. Shame he didn’t get to ask Alexander an emergency question.

[@beenaplumber8379]

Right on! to the BBC, and Right on! to Richard for his bold public statement, which I'm sure comes at some personal risk. My only criticism is that it doesn't suit him as it is. It just looks out of place and distracting. Maybe if he added mutton chops or a chin beard of some sort. I'd say just get a shorter haircut, but with his thin brown hair that would probably be even more of a risk. My bottom line is that I think it's wonderful when people dare to challenge public assumptions, and I love that he's wearing that mustache for his own reasons.

[@RIXRADvidz]

this is the show that introduced me to Richard Herring. I went on to find RHLSTP and enjoy his talents and guests. telling the audience, ''Fuck You'' is what won me over as a Fan.

[@zapfanzapfan]

25:44 The Coren death stare :-) Damn, she's hot!

[@jeova0sanctus0unus]

Someone did NOT like that joke.

[@whatshisname3304]

she knows her scrabble, turns me on. well not really.

[@usercarefree44]

She can get quite pithy when one disagrees with her...lol

[@Chris-wq3pe]

40:22 Victoria has the most beguiling smile. what a woman, my goodness me.

[@samharper5881]

Her smile really is spectacular.

[@ebba3098]

victoria’s energy during this whole show is just: of course i support men’s rights❤️🥰men’s right to shut the fuck up!!!😃and i Love it

[@treborretsnom6186]

VICTORIA'S RESPONSE TO HITLER STACHE ON THE PANTS LAUNDRY MADE ME DIE WITH LAUGHTER 👍

[@veronicatisa]

his impression of how young people react to the rule of "proper nouns" is so accurate cos we all forget what that means

[@LoneKharnivore]

That sausage roll thing pissed me off. It was ambient as opposed to chilled!

[@MsStack42]

Where can I get one of them granite bags?

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Where can I get one of that Victoria ??!

[@jam-trousers]

Richard herring is really sharp. God knows why he’s not more famous tbh

[@sroycze9284]

Love richard,very funny guy,and a great person

[@beenaplumber8379]

Maybe it's the mustache. I applaud him for his bold choice. He's actively challenging public assumptions, and at some cost to his personal safety, I'm sure. I'm glad he's doing it (or did it), but some people are not going to like it at all, so it might have limited his potential reach.

[@sroycze9284]

@@beenaplumber8379 that mustache was grown for a show he did. He shaved it off soon,and doesnt have it anymore.

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@sroycze9284 Thanks! I'm American, and I'm not familiar with his work outside this one episode of this one show. Still, I'm glad he wore it so publicly and unashamedly. Maybe his fans who knew him thought nothing of it because they understood the context, but it looked pretty impressive this side of the pond! It's a shocking look without the context, and I still applaud his boldness. I mean, can you imagine what it must be like walking down the high street with that mustache? How would people react?

[@veronicatisa]

literally never know who's scoring what on this show lmao

[@toripurgers9769]

Hi, this is 2019. If only we had stuck with grante over plastic....

[@finlaycox8026]

Six Mile Bottom is in Cambridgeshire! :)

[@BadWebDiver]

Have you been there?

[@SpeccyMan]

@@finlaycox8026 It's nice to be regular, eh?

[@JustJason1977]

LMAO 25:44 Victoria's face! I love her!

[@clinteranovic8075]

I saw her first so back off.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

@@clinteranovic8075 . I IMAGINED her before either of you ever saw her , so... stop looking.

[@mediapark101]

2010 - A simpler time. How little did we know.

[@RIXRADvidz]

so true, the portal opening in 2016, pulling us into the BIZARRO! universe, hopefully when it cycles around again in 2020, America will get it's shit together and Kick Trump/Putin in the Balls by Electing A Woman President.

[@owenfitzgerald3219]

That Wet Leisure Assisstant just sounds wrong.

[@asterix811]

Right out of highschool in the 80s I pumped gas at a local ARCO (no longer exists) station. I used to tell people I was a petrol sales representative for Atlantic Richfield Corporation.

[@biff67uk]

Rich the legend

[@Reichieru1]

You can easily score over 30 points with the word "pizza". You just have to place the Z in the right spot.

[@DanDownunda8888]

P on a blank square, I on Triple word, Z on triple letter, Z 'spare' on blank square, A on double word on very top or very bottom rows = 216?

[@usercarefree44]

I like Armstrong hosting...hes really easy going.

[@slatibaadfast]

Victoria really is cute. Mitchell is a very lucky man.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

@bina nocht . I disagree. I would have been a much better match for her.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

He certainly WAS for a while. (Loved your work on the Norwegien fjords, by the way.)

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

.Thanks.

[@joebloggs3757]

little did they know that talking up Cameron led to brexit and ended up making the country poorer and worse off since the 70's

[@Tiger-Baby]

Talking up Cameron? And if anyone got somewhere they should never have been, its bloody Bongo Johnson. G3t them all off panel shows, and get them working. Cancel the stupid and sickening PR stunts of visiting the people they're about to make even more destitute, then MOCK them with a load of guffaws. Noth sides absolutely mix socially, how can you serve as an opposition when you're going to swanky restaurants with them, on our dime somehow. Pay them all the same. They work their way up by doing A job. A good one hopefully. 2nd jobs, mistresses, sleaze... We've had it. We've effectively been gelded if you like. We have quite rightfully haven't most of the 'empire', back. We won't. Should never have been such a massively important vote, winning by such a small country, and nowhere near full voter turn out. That is NOT that I call the will of the country. Plus, employees rights and their tax loopholes ending and we had to leave bef0re then. No one knows what was in the final draft Not even conservatives who engineered its creation. This isn't a lefty show. Leave it be. Its one of the only places STILL getting the word out about the scandalous government and shadow... Lier brought in to make sure a democratic socialist in. Just like in America with Bernie. We're in hell. And going down.

[@RIXRADvidz]

call it random, but on this round of ReWatch2020 : Victoria and Alexander always seem to be on the show together more often than not.....

[@datgrrl_official]

they are cousins...

[@byronelenica8329]

Victoria - the Muhammad Ali of panel shows.

[@2nd3rd1st]

she's neither black nor muslim

[@toprod9493]

Victoria. Yummie. ❤

[@usercarefree44]

Prissy mare...lol

[@j.j.c.s2802]

VCM was the last known person to perm the hair of Kevin Keegan.

[@deborahcrawford9079]

the moustache?!

[@chrisnessuanne]

He explains it about 5 minutes in!

[@harrycook9041]

Mogshade There is in Germany!

[@mattsmith5267]

I know, the moustache looked more embarrassed than he did!

[@rebeccabennett4344]

I can hardly watch the show it’s so foul.

[@RIXRADvidz]

by the reactions I can still see society hasn't made it past ''Hair Issues'' long hair on men, short hair on women, shaved heads on women, a tooth-brush mustache, Reg Hunter's ponytails, Rebecca Bennett declares it ''foul''. Hair Issues.

[@ladyflimflam]

Occasionally I forget what a tool Richard herring is. Then he reminds me.

[@rikhumphreys]

Although he does get more and bigger laughs in this than any of the other panellists. He can be irritatingly puerile a lot of the time, but then he shocks with some truly show stopping wit.

[@iamtheoz]

It irritates me how he brings me to the very edge of shutting off whatever program he's involved with and suddenly broadsides me with excellent wit, but metaphorically immediately scoots his arse on the rug right after. Made it hard to watch this episode and Taskmaster during his appearance. Man amazes and irritates me.

[@AND-od5jt]

Hislop is an old word for hazel tree...

[@beenaplumber8379]

Who spends over 17,000 quid on a toilet and measures its value by how many times it gets used in a year? First, that's way too much to spend on a damned toilet, especially if you consider inflation. Second, public toilets should be provided based on there being a public need, or a benefit to their simply existing, not on their profitability. If it's about money, you need to consider the actual consequences of not providing a toilet, such as streets that reek of urine, people pissing in private gardens on their way home from the pub, and a sometimes impossible situation for people with certain medical conditions. It's also a one-time investment to improve a community. IMO, the cost of maintaining the facility is more important than the purchase price. Still, 17,000?

[@tazpiramine2699]

Is this the worst thing u ever did Richard? (Tash)

[@blainer8374]

Actually, a Y is worth 4 points. So Alexander was correct.

[@zeeox]

Not the first time Victoria's made a mistake about Scrabble tile values. I think I also remember her stating the 'K' was worth 4 on another show a long time ago. Poker's her game by all accounts though, so I'll let it go. She's pretty good at that I hear.

[@usercarefree44]

She got owned on equators too...she gets a bit prissy at times. 😊

[@therealmusician]

"Vote for Change. Vote Conservative." Do they not know what 'conservative' means?

[@notdaveschannel9843]

I wonder if Paul Merton got bored with being on this show even before we got bored with Paul Merton being on this show.

[@oldgit4260]

I wish he'd do something else, he's been lazy for years on this stuck up show

[@mwiinga6052]

Bad Alibi i see does stand up tours here + there, I want to see what he's like 😅

[@soeffingwhat]

@@mwiinga6052 His touring shows are great, they're the "Who's line is it anyway" shows.

[@daftirishmarej1827]

Just A Minute...?!!!

[@johnthekeane]

I would rather have an actual herring.

[@thetessellater9163]

John Keane - What would you call yours?

[@LiliFromHali]

thank god ian mentioned it i thought i was hallucinating...

[@garydufresne7542]

Hitler Mustache??

[@Michele-zn5yi]

The mustache looks ridiculous.

[@SkyWidows]

Test

[@jamesbutler6253]

Oh what a coincidence, there used to be a funny comedian years ago called Paul Merton.

[@brucemckay6615]

I don’t get why Richard Herring is funny here but completely unfunny everywhere else....

[@sroycze9284]

I find him very funny.you shoukld chevk out his books,standups and his podcast RHLSTP

[@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?"

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Is that your only comment ? I've noticed the very same one before , posted on something else that ALSO had NOTHING TO DO WITH FAWLTY TOWERS, let alone the episode with that particular script. Just one or two times is a bit shit, but if you print that comment for EVERYTHING uploaded to KZbin, EXCEPT anything to do with Fawlty Towers or John Cleese or Torquay (that would be crap), that would start to amuse me. In fact, if I was you, I would have to reply to THIS comment with that same bit of script and nothing else at all. And yes, I think I have started to really fancy that Victoria too.

[@fredflintstoner596]

@@Rugmunchersauce3 ARE YOU THE COMMENT POLICE !

[@whiteshadowmausu3044]

I still can’t believe that there’s a fee for public bathrooms in Europe.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Not all of them.

[@LindseyHolmes-d9r]

Have I got Stooge for You.

[@cupcakesporty123]

Don’t know why he’s trying to reclaim that moustache as if charlie chaplin was a good person?

[@pakde8002]

Is Victoria actually British? I mean her teeth are so white and straight... really strange.

[@mofa9745]

usual left-wing vitriol

[@jeova0sanctus0unus]

yea yea yea you are triggered because someone publicly disagrees. We get it.

[@faisalahmed-oo6jr]

Typical right wing comment

[@Coffeeluke1]

Typical right wing troll.

[@pakde8002]

It's not vitriol... rather witticisms. Vitriol comes from your side.

[@DanDownunda8888]

I doubt that you'll ever see my reply, but what the hell. I only started watching HIGNFY recently and I thought the same as you. Then I watched older and older episodes and they did exactly the same things to the Labour party. Thank God for calling to account any political party that is in power.

[@joepublic4909]

Why does my BBC tax still waste money on this pish ?

[@SaracenBill]

I surmise that most of the humour is way above your IQ level.

[@reuben8140]

Mouth breather alert

[@oldgit4260]

@@reuben8140 explain?

[@rheghimself5072]

because the bbc doesnt cater exclusively to you, other people exist

[@mwiinga6052]

Rheg Himself Right on 😅😅👏🏿

[@topperharley2593]

I couldn't watch this. That man's moustache is unacceptable. If he's trying to be funny, he's clearly racist. If he's NOT trying to be funny, then there are two problems

[@finlaycox8026]

www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/may/14/richard-herring-behind-the-joke-hitler-moustache I'm not trying to change your mind on anything, I just think Herring's (the guy with the toothbrush moustache) position on this is intriguing :)

[@Eisenwulf666]

In which way is a moustache unacceptable?

[@BadWebDiver]

Seriously, you're fussing over some facial hairstyle due to some unfortunate circumstance of history 70 years after it was relevant????

[@thetessellater9163]

Topper Harley - Yeah, it's like people with one arm pretending to be Napoleon! Disgusting!

[@SpeccyMan]

@@BadWebDiver I'm guessing they're a snowflake.

[@redchthonic]