My husband and I used to shout "it's on" when tv was young!! It remains my fave programme and our son loves it too...carrying on tradition. Thanks so much for making our Fridays a hoot...whatever the week had been xx❤

Tom Baker was the greatest ever host, even better than Brian Blessed. Loved it.

god i miss when "wiff-waff" was the biggest thing that boris johnson seemed to be capable of

The original video got blocked because of Boris Johnson waving a flag at the closing ceremony of the Beijing olympics. So I edited that clip out and reuploaded this video

Paul and Ian are legends. You have to be straight up and informed to survive. Brutal, tactile, brilliance.

Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are one of the best comedy double acts of all time. XD

what a fine time capsule this is

Love the Spider part when Paul says it will be our new currency in a few years time. Nowadays it could be a NFT for a price of $233,39 lol.

the tom baker clips had me in stitches

The politics of England were invented on a dinner table and our politics are called riff raff.

Thank you for this!!

Thanks for posting.

Thanks for posting

thanks for your uploads str1sa vids got me through lock down.

This is the best of the best of have I got news for you I believe. This particular series.

Paul Merton is a comedy wizard

Thanks for upload.

I cant look at Tom Baker without thinking of the drunken sailor in Blackadder and laughing... He was a class act and a British treasure

i like that they have guest hosts still,,,but if they hadn't sacked Angus, we wouldn't have had Boris make a couple of appearances which in hindsight only helped his image

It's happening all the time. They pissed themselves when they thought Boris had a chance at London mayor!! That was before Prime minister. Love this show.

Tom Baker was so good

Quick Get It Watched Before It’s Removed From The Country It Actually Airs In 👍

Greetings from Amsterdam And loyal subscriber

Just realising how wrong all those people were back then thinking; "Finally, America has seen the worst President in US history leave the White House office!"

Notice Sarah Millican all young and silent BUT laughing madly at the wit of the others. She's come a long way!

49:24 This man invented NFTs!

That Rolf Harris clip is a bit awkward now...

22:26 Yes, you do, if you've watched the show.

If Tom Baker and Brian Blessed aren't the first and second choices on your "5 people to have dinner with" list then you are a fool.

36? Boy. Tom is 1209, and looking wonderful, might I add?

47:32 Meryl Streep in her greatest role! What a performance!

Great entertainment!

who is the cardboard cut-out with Ian ?

God you Jerry. Absolute legend

Scary seeing Rolf Harris !

Fnar. 31 mins in, the segment about Helvetica Bold - that was moi, writing under a pseudonym. Jo Brand - WRONG.

Who is the man in Ian's team in the very first clip?

hilarious x ❤

R.I.P. Jerry.

57:20 is that Sara Millican coz shes lost a lot of weight how old is this episode ?

51:17 these were actually sensational

At 1:26:48, Paul is showing off his psychic powers again.

After watching this, I feel a greater appreciation for the intelligence and integrity of our political leaders today.

49:46 It's a 7 legged spider . Was it born like that or has it been fighting

Why is the former danish prime minister Paul Nyrup Rasmussen shown in a clip?

I usually love Hislop but what he says at 3:35 is utter cringe 😖

COME BACK

Paul Merton - "Is it a mermaid in a bath tub."

49:23 is that the origin of NFTs?

28:47 Such a great delivery of this joke

Lord forgive if he was ever to be prime minister

Love you Augustus !

One would like to think that the editor of a magazine, (excellent magazine), who graduated from Oxford University, would know the difference between someone being 'hanged' and someone being 'hung'. People are hanged, pictures are hung, Ian, for goodness sake, lol.

Love Frank.

Apparently if you went to Oxbridge you’re guaranteed a job for life at the BBC.

1:21... Foreshadowing from Clarkson...

Footage of Boris at 1hr 3m could have been any of the attempts to interview him since 2016

At,east he didn’t have far to fall.

WIFF WAAF WHOM HAD DINING ROOM TABLES AS BIG AS A PING PONG TABLE ?

50:40 I live for this stuff.

2008//////

Tom baker 🥰

Poggers

I really want to hear the debate between Ian and Germaine when they're discussing the sex workers but Mark Watson jumping in with that inane comment turns what could be an interesting discussion into a really annoying moment.

Ministry of laughter.

11.00....and SA is completely finished now...

Miranda sounds a lot like Diana

God, Sarah Millican has always been gorgeous.

What's the name of the 12 year old? The one who professes to be in his 30s and is so vocal about his disappointment in Tom Baker. He puts a downer on this whole episode.

When someone said bowling and shoot a moose they got the American exactly right cuz I am one I have bowled but you can bet I would never shoot a moose unless it shot me first love this new show I just discovered

Why didn't the cat ever get pregnant because the owner fitter a back door flap.

18:39 To be fair, I also would have called him a boy, and I'm 36 lol.

Holy shit Millican is smoking!!🤎

Man, I forgot how hard McCain leant into the Obama/Osama stuff. Weird that history kind of forgot that.

The best of HIGNFY was over 10 years ago. It's just sunk in every way ever since!

39:25 😂❤ 39:32 😂

My gosh... sad watching the clips of bush thinking that was as bad as it could get... imagine if trump isn't rock bottom. 😱😱😱

I love how how much we hated the old labour government and thinking they where the worst we could get and yet in the year of 3 prime ministers I’d rather have the Blair/Brown governments

😁😁😁

How prophetic of Paul to suggest a picture would be currency. He predicted NFTs

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Tbf the bank points no very poltical since the Torys wanted even more deregulation

21:17 - Oh dear, this bit hasn't aged well 🤮

When Paul retires, James Acaster is more than qualified.....just putting it out there.

TYstr1tsa!

Miranda, you are much prettier than Margaret Beckett, similar enough to be related but her chin is way much more pointy than yours.

24:43~25:07 How insulting John Sargent is not that fugly.

51:15

Interesting as Mrs McCartney was on ITV saying Paul knows I know the truth she meant if course he was replaced before the white album

I thought we were going to avoid having to hear Toby Young's whining voice. At least it was only 3 words. Just enough to stop him complaining about lack of free speech. Oh, wait...

BORIS

am I alone in thinking that Brian Blessed is tiresomely tiresome?

While Merton can be quick on the draw he can at times over do it and just be annoying.

"We thought every day would be fucking torture!". Merton is really annoying but THAT was very witty.

Who was it who ever decided frank skinner was funny??

@26 and @27 some unknowingly racist comments

Jerry Springer was not a good host.

Broadcasted.....FFS

Fuck me Sarah Millican has literally doubled in volume.

A good reason to cancel your licence fee