The best of Hignfy series 23

[@str1tsa]

Hi everyone. For those of you who wonder where series 22 is. It was blocked for most of the world, so I've uplaoded it to dailymotion. So if anyone's intrested, here's the link to Best of series 22: dai.ly/x7sqj4v

[@mikeh996]

This is freaking GOLD!!😂 I've only really picked up this show a few years ago and being slowly working my way though the no longer topical 😊shows. I knew that Angus had being kicked, id assumed the time as wilty but apart from the odd sly comment or innuendo, didn’t really know why. Now, not only do i know but in THE most hilarious tv broadcasted way!!! I soooo wish i had seen it at the time 😮😝🤪😜

[@EleanorPeterson]

Mount Everest's extra 2' usually goes unnoticed because it's on the bottom, not at the top.

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

Yes, well done.

[@judycater2832]

😂😂😂

[@MrMartinmozz]

Poor Angus. Always liked him, very funny guy and a good actor.

[@MrDavey2010]

He was quite a sport to hold his nerve in the face of all the fla from the two regulars.

[@MrDavey2010]

Shame he went.

[@eatmywords]

yes. destroyed the show for me. but at least those guest hosts rolf harris and jimmy saville restored the moral respectability of the bbc.

[@MrMartinmozz]

@@eatmywords lol good point!

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

A shame as well. I am not excusing what he did - in the end it cost him both his HIGNFY job and longer term his relationship. But for me, he was the host of HIGNFY.

[@GeorgeProwse]

All-time top 10 role models with Ryan Giggs, Britney Spears, Rolf Harris and Lester Piggot... Oh how time has changed...

[@dusssss631]

Quite

[@wavydavy9816]

Jimmy Saville was number 11 😂

[@meganwright2680]

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[@zapfanzapfan]

Wow, how young they look and it doesn't feel like it was that long ago. Afraid to look in the mirror now...

[@philippdase3626]

I’m surprised at how well Angus took the jokes about him shagging a brass and doing gear. I would have been mortified but then again the news of the world isn’t around to hack into my phone.

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@Koraxbear]

Angus had a lot of guts to come on considering the amount of burn he got, most people these days would just hide or not turn up.

[@robertadams8192]

The funny thing about the 28,002 feet is that the person who did the measurement actually had determine it was 28,000 feet tall but thought no one would believe such a number would be anything other then a rounded off estimate so he added 2 feet to it so it would appear more accurate. The really strange thing is that later it was found he had miscalculated and it actually had been 28,002 feet tall. BTW, the height changes over time.

[@brianaustin5467]

It is 29,031.7 ft high (8848.86 metres). Calculated in 2020.

[@robertadams8192]

@@brianaustin5467 I should have double checked my original comment. I should have said 29,000 and 29,002 feet. I had written a very detailed response to your comment (which is correct), but accidentally erased it, so I will keep this simple (no figures). First, any answer given, no matter how accurate, is only accurate for a short period of time. The official height given in 2020 is an agreed upon compromised between China and Nepal ... and is a measurement taken only to determine if and how mach a local earthquake had changed things. But, even if that was 100% accurate both Everest and sea levels are rising, just at different rates: currently sea level is slower then Everest's ... but that will probably not always be the case. And, to further complicate things, sea level, near Everest, is not only effected by ice melt but also by the fact that as Everest grows (as does the rest of the mountain range), so does its gravitational pull on nearby body's of water, which also raises the sea level that Everest's height is being measured against. Fun times.

[@brianaustin5467]

@@robertadams8192 Yes, i know. My main point was about the 28k, I just added the rest as this was the latest agreed figure. It is ironic that we can now measure the distance to the Moon, using laser technology, to less than a mm. This of course changes by the minute due to eccentricity in its orbit. Science is wonderful.

[@wavydavy9816]

@@robertadams8192 Dude. It is one of THE most annoying things when you accidentally erase your own epic comment. Occasionally, I'm typing my tome and the timer runs out on my autoplay and the next video starts which closes your comment straight away 😳🤬 Respect to both of you guys for wanting to get things right (dammit!) 👍 FACTS! (not fiction)

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@jul30ie]

The banter was so good between the 3 of them. I do like the idea of guest presenter but I miss Angus and the dynamic between them all.

[@ozzieparky]

Never been as good

[@DamoMcDermott]

He was the best presenter and boris

[@mfranzusan3014]

If Angus wasn't in the news as often as he was having affairs with women, he'd probably still be presenting

[@peteconrad2077]

Merton and Hislop sabotaged Deatons career by constantly bringing up his peccadilloes.

[@johnhealy6676]

Pete Conrad Agreed They had an agenda If I were Dayton I would have given them a hiding

[@MoanTheCelts]

9:50 the amount of ‘Role Models’ hasn’t aged well

[@aTruster]

"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone".

[@EleanorPeterson]

Yeah, some people think it'll be easier to take a ribbing if they're stoned. But they still get crucified.

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

@@EleanorPeterson Yes, well done.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

There’d be no stones thrown. Where would these bellends get their humour then?

[@nez9751]

Angus was a good presenter, and didn’t deserve to be cancelled for something that many other have done, and much much worse. To me he was good at reading autocues

[@padraigodonnell6081]

9:36 oh dear. That list hasn't aged well.

[@MaikuWotaharu]

Been waiting for this one for a while. Superb!

[@brandongill2577]

"Good evening and before we start the show tonight, we'd like to welcome regular viewers of the new digital channel, BBC Four. There they are." (A stern guy in the audience) "Thanks for coming."

[@StevenJackson215]

I'll say this: Angus Deayton took the whole scandal episode much better than people give him credit for. Neither Ian or especially Paul, would have been as reserved as Angus was. In short: Props to Angus 🙌

[@vdd]

Dave Gorman must have been gutted to get booked that week "Oh wow, I'm going on HIGNFY, this will be a great chance to showcase myself to a new audience. Let's just hope something big doesn't happen during the week to overshadow my appearance..."

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Even if it didn't happen, Dave Gormless still wouldn't be funny and would be overshadowed.

[@stjimmy1642]

He's a tool is gorman

[@ThisIsRiky]

He could’ve tried to be humorous. He came across witless

[@user-vh6ts9uf6c]

Probably did him a favour because he's about as funny as an onion in a toilet

[@peterhandy2551]

​@@user-vh6ts9uf6c😂😂😂😂😂

[@luke-alex]

11:50 They are talking about allegations of cash-for-access between the then Labour government and Richard Desmond (aka Dirty Des), who just very recently was involved in a similar story regarding a minister of the current Tory government. The more things change...

[@amelia6150]

Fantastic thanks str1

[@cuzned1375]

I was never a massive fan of Angus, myself. He enjoyed his “churlish smart aleck” character more than i did, but everyone likes different things. For me, episode 2306 was the best of his run. His willingness to gamely absorb Paul and Ian’s barbs is refreshing, even all these years later.

[@rdgrdg1632]

Really

[@andyc3088]

At 9:39 top ten role models for child including Rolf Harris!!! F**king Hell

[@RobG001]

Yes with the benefit of hindsight Angus was a fun-loving chap, so what if he kept a few ladies of the night employed and was partial to a bit of white powder, at least he was not going around molesting children like other presenters of that era I could mention. Mind you after seeing this episode, maybe he was fired for crimes against fashion, what the hell was that jacket he was wearing?? Bring back Angus (but not that jacket) :)

[@michaelhope8899]

9:43 How times change

[@ForestKicks]

"... yes in a way it's our fault isn't it" Genius.

[@pigeonheadedman5225]

How old was Charlotte church here shes got to be about sixteen

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

I think she must of been, as she said that she was going to take her GCSEs that year(in the episode she appeared in).

[@ewen666]

That’s insane. I thought she did really well

[@kevincaldwell4707]

That girl in the blue outfit is stunning...no idea of her name or what she does but oh my

[@bostavely204]

CHARLOTTE CHURCH

[@zapfanzapfan]

Voice of an angel.

[@joeboorer5341]

@@zapfanzapfan liver of a wine'0

[@hootsmon4723]

She held her ground with the 4 of them .

[@hootsmon4723]

@@TokenishTrinket how old is Kevin Caldwell don't jump to conclusions yaa daft bastard. Oh and by the way I have 2 daughters he said nothing pervy.

[@toddmarryatt443]

Paul and Ian had asked Angus if more scandal would be showing up. He said no. They thought if they gave him a good going over that that could be the end of it. There was more scandal forthcoming, and Angus was given the boot. Angus was very good on the show and it was too bad he was made to go...considering what the BBC had been hiding and for who. Two faced to say the least. This was about grown-ups having sex...who cares.

[@BrutalTurtle]

Charlotte Church was 16 in this? Wtf?

[@ewen666]

That’s crazy brave of her to go on one of the most cutting shows on TV

[@marknewton7164]

The treatment of Angus by Merton and Hislop was way over the top. Yes Angus made a mistake but shouldn't have had his career ruined by it. Angus was a great presenter

[@BumMcFluff]

Regardless of what you think about what Angus did, you have to admire his professionalism in trying to get through the show properly while the other two, who I have liked in every other show they've done, just descend into childish and nasty taunts and digs. It was much worse than what Jimmy Carr went through later on 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

[@capnskiddies]

Well ya see, Jimmy paid the tax and he doesn't host a show knocking elites down a peg or two. You can't unfuck a prostitute or exhale cocaine. Not suggesting Angus deserved all he got, just pointing out the differences.

[@BumMcFluff]

@@capnskiddies I agree, and I'm not condoning either behaviour, I was just saying that I think Angus copped it worse from Ian and Paul, than Jimmy did from Sean and Jon, but Angus held himself well throughout it. Although, I do think Jimmy was expecting much worse from the look on his face at the beginning on that episode.

[@stephenmurray2851]

@@BumMcFluff what is the Jimmy Carr thing?

[@BumMcFluff]

@@stephenmurray2851 Jimmy got done for tax evasion in 2012.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Yes it’s really shown them in a different light.

[@BassaiDai123]

13:46 for the good stuff, boys and girls

[@billrichardson2553]

The best presenter of this show - ever - was Angus Deayton

[@suzandemir1293]

Bring back Angus

[@DeanMoxley87]

Offered the chance of returning for series 50 Ep 1 & he declined

[@adamhardcourt9428]

Yes deayton was the best comedian to read from a cue card I've ever seen on ty

[@thechazzler8934]

God Paul did not stop with Angus, it was really funny, you could almost feel anger in some of his jokes

[@mickymack1230]

Yes merton is very good at being sanctimonious and in my opinion he let his well documented personal dislike of Angus Deayton to cloud his judgement in some of the remarks he made."I,m surprised you turned up this week to be honest" Talk about sticking the knife in! Yes it was all good humour (Deayton was stellar in his acceptance of the banter) but Hislop and Merton can sometimes come across as a pair of altar boys where butter wouldn't melt. There is not a human being alive without some sort of skeleton in their closet. The hipocracy of the critics of Angus Deaton at the time was for me, hard to take. I mean Deayton was possibly guilty of what a vast majority of the male population between the ages of 19 and 55 in london were doing every weekend. He wasn't F***ing a junior member of staff like another silver haired presenter in more recent times (May 2023) and that paticular individual will probably quickly reinstated as his sexuality is in more trend! Hislop using the news of the World article as truth to ridicule Deayton was ridiculous when you consider the events to befall that publication in the years to follow(Levison Enquiry) totally absurd. Deayton was disliked by Merton because he was just as sharp and quick witted if not more so and is a great comic and straight actor.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

It was funny? How?

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@mickymack1230exactly. Some of that hypocrisy going on in these comments, too.

[@mossy642]

In the end, if he hadn’t gone, it would have become the Angus Deayton show, and that isn’t fair, right or sustainable.

[@FlintF]

What, you think Hislop and Merton would have let the show slip out of their hands? It's a guaranteed income, a free soapbox, and free advertising for their products.

[@spazzymax5854]

Where is BEST OF SERIES 22 :( ?

[@Sheffield_Steve]

The same survey was also showed that the average man was surprised that Dave Gorman was a "comedian".

[@bobgledhill123]

AD was the epitome of a smug git. Things are so much better with guest presenters.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@@bobgledhill123 I think they should have just picked one rather than guests. I would vote John Sargent, who hit the right level of sarcasm, wit & satirical humour. I certainly wouldn't have put BoJo on so many times if any whatsoever. That's why we ended up in the mess we're in!

[@Yankee7000]

Merton never got along with Angus so this was an opportune moment. However the penchant of the British for the salacious is inexhaustible and dare I say shameful. Angus was always fantastic and while the guest host idea is fine none of them have the panache or the suavity of Angus....

[@agnesvanya2329]

Those two acted like especially mean schoolyard bullies and made Angus look good for taking it all on the chin. Even after all these years, I think it's disgraceful that he was sacked. I'd like to take a microscope to the lives of the bureaucrats who decided to fire him.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Hundred billion percent. I’m just watching now and I’ve lost respect for both of him. Why are they so moralistic? Must be more to it.

[@agnesvanya2329]

@@lizziebkennedy7505 Paul and Ian were being paid considerably less than Angus was. That might have had something to do with their bitter and vindictive attitude. The two of them are so relentlessly far left now that I can't bear to watch the show any longer.

[@justinbowen2509]

Would you mind re-uploading series 22?

[@str1tsa]

I've tried five times already, Still blocked for 89% of the world. You can watch it by clicking this link: dai.ly/x7sqj4v

[@maximumlvl5001]

Why are the earlier series blocked in the uk ?

[@portglasgoejuniors]

Still a disgrace he was sacked.

[@brantlambermont1657]

angus? didn't he do blow off a hooker's tits or something?

[@jul30ie]

Yeh but they were turning a blind eye to Saville at the same time. In fact they were enabling peadophilia. Hypocrites really.

[@martinnolan4800]

Completely agree, who did he (Angus) do any harm to ?

[@davebox588]

It was an dubious decision, but not a disgrace. There was a lot of friction between Deayton and the regulars by this time, and if you end up in the press for what at the time was still a scandal, there are few worse people to do it in front of than Hislop and Merton. They were after all the stars. Drayton just read the autoqueue in a rather flat and boring voice. I can't think of another TV company at the time who wouldn't have done the same.

[@portglasgoejuniors]

Dave Box 😂😂😂😂

[@SimonDavies-g7s]

Poor old Angus. Absolutely classic episode, but he really didn't do anything wrong. OK the coke's illegal but everyone does it; absolutely nothing wrong in any sense with shagging a sex worker though. They shouldn't have got rid of him for this.

[@loki6626]

9:40 Oh dear, number 6 on "Children's role models" didn't turn out well.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Who is the Welsh girl? {:o:O:}

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

@@justanotherpersonontheweb.8709 Really? Wow, she looks different. {:o:O:}

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

@@justanotherpersonontheweb.8709 Yes, that would do it! 🤣 {:o:O:}

[@leetucker6016]

ROLF HARRIS 😳

[@delphipascal]

So... Whos the girl?

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

creep detected

[@chrisburn7178]

Gosh how I wish all our politicians etc. were doing these days was shagging and a few lines of coke.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

OMG exactly

[@Sou1defiler]

And amazingly, series 24 was when i stopped watching... Funny that.

[@hugorune766]

Farting... honestly, I was farting during this...

[@markc8956]

Paul should be as ashamed as Angus for what he did to him,watching it back. Very nasty . What Angus did was disgusting but it verged on bullying with Paul and Ian also. Show hasn't been the same since tbh

[@jaydraps]

None of the guest presenters since, who have presented it multiple times, have come close to Angus' quality. There have been some fantastic performances from guest presenters but it attests more to their own personality and style rather than being better suited. Des Lynam, Bruce Forsythe, Brian Blessed are some examples of this in my opinion. It would be great if Angus came back as full time host if/when Ian and Paul get dropped because of the woke culture or if he is the last guest presenter when the show gets axed for the same reason. He didn't behave very well but it was 18 years ago.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Woke culture? Srsly, not every single thing you like can be dismissed by the ill-defined term ‘woke’. And yo7 claim the left is easily offended? How precious can you be. 🤦‍♀️

[@pallasathena1555]

Think he. Meant Tony Blair should be doing a stretch

[@portglasgoejuniors]

Paul was a pure FUD over Angus’ newspaper fame. Should have stopped much earlier with his comments. But... it is Paul Merton, doesn’t like people being more popular than himself🤬

[@simonvanderheijden432]

Angus showed some major stones taking all those jokes. To bad Paul and Ian stabbed him in the back..

[@slatibaadfast]

Done

[@JoeyRhubarb]

Why is there a child on the show?

[@Sheffield_Steve]

20:34 Did the survey discover that the average man thought Dave Gorman is funny?? Of course not!

[@AICabal]

This show went downhill after they sacked Angus. The guest format was novel for a while, but never really worked out. Merton and Hislop were practically bullying him at this point.

[@spinynormanbest6410]

Merton is loathsome

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

He sure is here

[@ryanmorgan280]

People would have balls like that anymore

[@DamoMcDermott]

Charlotte church❤

[@ferrumignis]

She is lovely!

[@johnflynn5044]

Angus was brilliant .. Merton really unpleasant to Angus and had much to do with Angus leaving the show. Merton got all pious and sanctimonious about Angus getting linked in the press to drugs and sex parties I never understood why Merton rounded on Deighton quite so agressively

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Does anyone offer an explanation?

[@MarkSmith-tp6zc]

The Merton Megaphone show. Tedious.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

So, after Angus, getting in guest hosts that include a right-wing racist buffoon and giving him prominence to end up becoming Mayor of London, then even more laughably Foreign Secretary, then not so funny to become PM, do you think Ian & Paul have a lot of that moral high ground they were stood on by the end of Series 24?

[@vortex63]

@sm_uk They don't choose the guests or guest presenters. Furthermore,do you really think the electorate who voted for Johnson are that stupid and gullible that their decision on who to vote for was based on 7 appearnaces on a t.v. programme,the last of which was in 2006?????

[@Jack-fs2im]

The loud burst if laughter sound so fake and american

[@sharonmullins1957]

What have Americans ever done to you? Oh, that's right kicked your ass, and then came to your rescue.

[@JoeyRhubarb]

@@sharonmullins1957 Came to who's rescue?

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@JoeyRhubarbBlighty’s. More than once.

[@JoeyRhubarb]

@@lizziebkennedy7505 Ah that good old revisionist history taught by American high schools. Read a book sometime lady, and I don't mean a colouring book.

[@chrisp4170]

Paul overdid it regarding Angus.

[@peteglanton9259]

There was a kid at my school like Paul Merton - constantly interrupting the class with relentlessly unfunny dad jokes and puns. At least I can mute him on KZbin. Or just watch something else.

[@rolandtomassi3486]

Hislop the weasel

[@alunchurcher7060]

peodo ring covering up bbc sack man for spending his free time as he wished to only illegal part was the drugs. get rid of the bbc fast and save yourself some hard earned money.

[@lauriesicardaskey]

The two characters suddenly turned i ntlo a couple of nasty turds. I didn't like that.or the turds....

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Yes, horrifying.

[@magnamarianneczagany8970]

Too old in every aspect. Where is the latest season ?

[@redchthonic]

[@kj-759]

what a shame 👩🏻‍🦽👩🏻‍🦽🚽