HIGNFY S41E02 Stephen Mangan, Bob Ainsworth & Kevin Bridges

15 April 2011
with Paul Merton and Ian Hislop
Have I got news for you

[@nefwaenre]

Stephen constantly saying gordon's down by his knees, was hilarious!! :D And also, this is why i respect Ian so much, his talk about the education system and how it should've been tax money and not heavy tuition fees, was praiseworthy. So much of good education can't be accessed unless you have a rich daddy with tons of "tax-exempted" money.

[@crumpuppet]

Stephen Mangan's delivery of this line absolutely cracks me up: "We were really able to put this problem in a box. In a box marked fuckup."

[@granthurlburt4062]

One of the funniest. I admire Bob Ainsworth for coming on with all those warnings. A terrific smile that kept him going through challenges to his amour propre.

[@aprillorraine]

this is one of the best episodes i’ve seen!

[@isabellaangeline2175]

Oh wow, my daughter was only 8 days old when this was originally shown. Now she’s 11 and starting middle school later this month. Time goes by way too fast.

[@xs10086]

Same here! Where did the time go!

[@ollietaro]

She's only 11 months old now?

[@thehellyousay]

@@ollietaro your comprehension of the english written word is abysmal

[@HarringtonsApocy]

⁠@@thehellyousaytheir comprehension is SO vast that you would describe it’s vastness by comparing it to one of the most vast things; an abyss? That’s impressively vast if you ask me. But what do i know, my comprehension of the english written word is casmatic at best, trenched at worst😂

[@datgrrl_official]

thank you so very much for the upload :)

[@adzaaahhh]

Mangan should play host more often, always on form.

[@billybobkingston5604]

I watch repeats to keep me saine, like an addict has a buddy/friend thing when in rehab

[@xs10086]

Love how everyone dissing Ainsworth to defend Ian.

[@shanemckenna9416]

I love when Ainsworth calls Hislop a “ Little slaphead “ .

[@aprillorraine]

they fucking rick rolled parliament lolololol

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Not at Oxford Ian. It’s a whole lot more complex than paying your taxes.

[@deanthornby2026]

Kevin bridges saved the show as allways

[@peterbrophy3478]

Hislop can look arfta himself

[@linrob1312]

Hislop can be an rse too when it suits him.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Can dish it out but can’t take iy

[@barkebaat]

34:37 - Haha! Good one on Peter Hitchens, he is a bit of a grumbly old fart but then Matthew Parris is a right tosser.

[@alyciagordanalyciagordan5497]

Mangan should play host more often, always on form.

[@RIXRADvidz]

Gifts from Above !! you know the internet beams around on satellites, right? THX BH!!!!

[@martinjones5965]

18m30s having establish a track-record of contributing nothing amusing or informative to this point in the show Bob Ainsworth's can only manage a baseless insult of Ian. He can't even recall gaffs. His way below par for the standard of intellect this show runs on.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Put you in either of his chairs and you’d dribble like a toddler. He doesn’t need to take crap from a politically warped old Etonian

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Ta much.

[@tazpiramine2699]

Ur 1st response (don’t blame that on them!) GET OFF THE SHOW! Why can’t polictians best honest & not money grabbing?

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

The PM doesn’t do his/her own briefing, Ian.

[@thehellyousay]

say that aloud to yourself. hear the problem?

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Ainsworth is right about Ian.

[@thehellyousay]

hi bob ...

[@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 ?"

[@Yankee7000]

Making fun of space travel...... good to not having ever to take risks of any kind other than crossing a one way street , guided by a lollipop lady and a five police cars holding up traffic, but hey! Dead dog jokes, making personal fun of Gagarin, and sarcastic references to a 50 year anniversary of a seminal moment in human history.

[@markscott554]

Yeah, I don't see how it's funny at all. I keep hearing J.o.B on LBC say 'Shoot the fox' and that thing about 'drop a dead cat'. To think, they have a whole team of 'joke' writers.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Well, Ian, if you actually listen to what the students of colour SAY, it is their experience at both parts of Oxbridge that causes self selection out of the applicant pool. Read the many accounts of students who’ve attended interviews and come away in shock. Read the testimony of white students who are in shock at what they witness. A (white) PhD candidate at Cambridge withdrew a few years back in protest at what she witnessed and the dismissive attitude to her concerns that she found there. Look at Queen Mary UoL with its award winning widening participation program. Oxbridge doesn’t do this because they don’t want to widen participation. You’re as guilty as you accuse Cameron, of failing to have the decency to become informed.