Main article: List of Have I Got News for You episodes Criticism, controversy and litigation [ edit ]

The Norwegian version called Nytt på nytt ("The news anew") started on NRK in 1999, and is still broadcast as of November 2022 [update]. [43] [44] It also became the most popular show on Norwegian TV in 2017. [45] Ray Winstone calls Scots 'tramps' on TV quiz show". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 1 May 2013 . Retrieved 1 January 2014.In August, Edinburgh Zoo admitted that a koala bear escaped in 2015 and was on the loose for seven months before being captured on a farm sixteen miles away. In April 2013, the programme received over 100 complaints for an episode that involved discussions on a news article on Scottish independence. The focus of the complaints was on comments deemed to promote anti-Scottish sentiment, made by Hislop and by guest host Ray Winstone, who joked that the Scottish economy relied chiefly on exporting "oil, whisky, tartan and tramps" and encouraged the audience to vote for "...them to bugger off". [29] Each episode consists of a general format that is largely unchanged since the programme first premiered. All begin with an introduction by the host, who gives out a set of satirical, fictional comedic news stories that are often accompanied with a video clip from news programmes or general public recordings to provide the joke, followed by introductions of the episode's guest panellists. After this, the episode focuses on four rounds that generally follow the same arrangement:

On 1 October 2009, the last " webisode" episode was made available via both the BBC iPlayer and YouTube. [34] Other shows based on the Have I Got News for You format [ edit ] Have I Got News For You Heidi Allen episode pulled due to Euro elections". BBC News. 11 May 2019 . Retrieved 11 May 2019. a b "A lot more news for you: News 2007: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. 11 April 2007 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.Madame Tussauds caved to pressure in April and removed waxworks of Osama bin Laden and Myra Hindley. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. In May 2019, the BBC had to postpone an episode as it featured Heidi Allen, then leader of the political party Change UK, who was standing in that month's European elections; it was broadcast the following month. [31]