I wondered what she did.
Can't make much of a living out of it, can she? Easiest 30 mins work anybody could do.

Surely if you call it HIGNFY you also have to use WILTY?

Thought DMs comment about not being bothered whether Call Me Dave dies was over the top and far worse than anything levelled at Corbyn in the show, particularly as Chris Bryant was present

You have to become a national treasure of a programme before that is allowed: TMS, EE, SCD etc.

I think he likes him okay - or else he wouldn't continually return as guest host. I get the impression Paul is quieter when the other guests are keeping the show ticking over and Hislop is on form.

I think Paul is more vocal when he doesn't like a guest.

Ian's anti-Brexit spoutings are becoming a little tedious now. As mentioned above, the David Cameron dying comments were inappropriate (that's not satire).
No idea why the "comedienne" was on - ill informed and unfunny. Is it correct they are required to have at least one female on each episode? If it is true, I think we could have made an exception this week if that's the best they can find.
For an MP Bryant was quite personable (& at least he spoke). A so-so show this week, but I feel I am hanging in there watching each week rather then really enjoying it - as mentioned before Would I Lie To You is much funnier so I don't know if Have I Got News feels a bit of an anti climax (I suppose we'll find out next week when there's no WILTY).

It used to be said that Angus got £20,000 and the other two got a lot less. Now he's gone and the other two are key, I would expect them to get around £20,000 each, or £40,000 for the duo as Boris said. However, that's for regulars, and the show wouldn't exist without them. Other guests and even guest hosts I'd expect to get a lot less. £5,000 would seem generous for some of them, given they also benefit from the exposure.

HIGNFY is starting to go the way of The Last Leg. What used to be a really funny show becoing very 'finger wagging' and a bit obnoxious.

This series feels flat, which is a shame. Ian Hislop needs to understand it's a comedy show not Question Time.

I voted for Brexit, but don't mind satire and fun being poked at, but the last few episodes have been a bit too much. The awful Rosain Conaty (sp) and the Jo Brand eps were a little sneering and unfunny.

Totally agree, Corbyn himself I personally think is a great man, and as I said I joined Labour to support him. But the way I was randomly attacked on twitter for simply putting it out there that I enjoyed David hosting was beyond absurd. I used to think there wasn't anything in this 'bullying mentality' thing people talked about within his support but that really changed my mind. Corbyn fans need to learn a thing or two about satire and stop thinking everyone is running a right wing conspiracy that's out to get them when in actuality a lot of people, like myself are on the same page.

I thought David's comments were brilliant. He's never been shy to express his hatred of tories and neither am I. It was just a joke after all. And as you said far worse than anything he said about Corbyn.

This cosy little BBC show really needs retiring.

Don't see why. It's consistently funny.

the politician made a good effort whereas the rest of them were just lazy , did that 'comedienne' say anything ?

"I'm a big fan of the dictionary" said the TOWIE bint Priceless - absolutely bloody priceless, PMSL.

After some deliberation I finally worked out that SCD is Strictly Come Dancing, but I haven't a clue about the other two.

I find HIGNFY consistently enjoyable, whereas I'm already starting to feel that funny though it can be, the WILTY format is starting to wear a bit thin. I feel that Lee Mack and David Mitchell carry the show and the two of them could make almost any game show funny. With one exception; I really don't think they could replace Paul Merton and Ian Hislop on HIGNFY. I'm also not convinced that David Mitchell would be anywhere near as funny without Lee Mack.

Test Match Special and EastEnders.

You hatred of the Tories runs to not caring if their former leader and Britain's recent Prime Minister were dead?
I cared nothing for Cameron, don't like Corbyn and loath Blair but regard it harsh, insensitive and crass for a quiz show host on prime-time TV to wish any of them dead.

"we should be like promoting the dictionary anyway because it is like a massive, historical British thing."

So embarrassing, did she go to school? Know wot ah mean like?

As I said It's a joke, something David then stressed immediately after saying it before adding 'I just wouldn't mind if he did.' or words to that effect. This whole program is satire and jokes! It's not serious political commentary. Not to get too heavily into this, but the thing is about people such as Cameron, May, and Blair in my opinion is they just don't seem to care about the average person, why should we care about them? It's taking that feeling to another level for humour and I admire David for not being afraid to make these kinds of jokes.

I like David Mitchell generally. He's sharp and witty; very clever wordsmith but 'joking' that you want to see someone dead is at best, in very poor taste. In fact I do not see how it was in anyway funny and his rejoinder which could have diffused his callous remark simply reinforced it.

Pasted from the BBC website report about the Essex Girls feature:
"Speaking on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show, former Towie star Grace Andrews said she backed the campaign "100 million per cent".

I think maybe irony is lost on them

Yes she did, but not very much! And I think the term 'comedian' is preferred these days for both sexes.

RE The guests fees. I'm pretty certain MP's dont actually get one, owing to the episode a few years back with Lembit Opik. He'd just lost his seat and Paul and Ian were merciless with him.
His quote was along the lines of 'Well, the good thing is now I'm not an MP anymore, I don't have to put up with this abuse for nothing.'

Agreed, it is lazy 'satire' but typical of his generation of 'comedians'. Pity because he occasionally can be funny.

Can I get a contract if I list all the Labour, Liberal, SNP etc politicians that I wish would die? Surely it would be considered hilarious.

I think they do get paid for appearing, certainly on entertainment programmes. Corbyn was criticised because of his payments for his regular appearances on Russian RT(?) and Iranian Press(?) TV channels. I am sure I have seen figures for appearances on programmes like Have I Got News For You disclosed.

From the Daily Mail in 2011 so not sure how accurate


Also this piece of Diane Abbott.

Some interesting figures given here

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2...-tv-and-radio/