Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6691 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-10-27
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 168 minutes

DVD Description
More than 160 minutes of the best moments from the top TV comedy news quiz, with a different guest presenter in the chair each week. Includes the uproarious episode hosted by Boris Johnson, together with specially extended version of the shows presented By Martin Clunes, William Hague and Bruce Forsyth. Plus a compilation of the highlights from other shows in the series with guest presenters Paul Merton, Anne Robinson, John Sergeant, Charles Kennedy, Jeremy Clarkson, Charlotte Church, Alexander Armstrong, Hugh Dennis and Sanjeev Bhaskar, including out-takes.

Ever wondered what it's like to be in the Have I Got News For You studio during a recording? Now you can share in the experience - the bonus disc features a double-length version of the Boris Johnson show.

Special Features
DVD Bonus disc - The Full Boris

• Boris Johnson chats to Paul Merton - a previously unbroadcast off-the-cuff discussion on the set of Room 101.
  
• William Hague and Bruce Forsyth - specially recorded interviews in which both talk frankly about their experiences as host of HIGNFY.
  
• Ian Hislop and Paul Merton - in conversation, discussing how the programme has moved on since the arrival of the guest presenters, and reflecting on the performance of those who've taken their turn in the HIGNFY hot-seat of the guest presenters.

  DVD Technical Information:
  

  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
    
  • Main Soundtrack: English Stereo
    
  • PAL
    
  • Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing
    
  • Running Time: 168 minutes (main programme), 88 minutes (extras)
    
  • Region Code: 2

  Synopsis
  With the loss of iconic anchorman Angus Deayton, the witty and caustic topical news quiz tries out guest presenters. What a motley crew they turn out to be. From politician Charles Kennedy and THE WEAKEST LINK's hard woman Anne Robinson to comedians Hugh Dennis and Sanjeev Bhaskar. They cope with varying degrees of comedic success. Particularly fine at fielding sarcasm and witty retorts from the resident team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop were Bruce Forsyth, Boris Johnson, Martin Clunes and one-time Conservative Party leader William Hague.

Customer Reviews

!!!!!!!!!
Well Johnson was terrible. So terrible in fact that everyone loved him. Incidentally, I actually watched the documentary.

Give those producers a coconut!
This is possibly the best satire television programme in the world, and now it is here on DVD. When Angus Deayton was infamously fired from the hosting of this show, I was deeply saddened along with many other HIGNFY fans. However, the post Deayton episodes are as good as ever, with the added fresh qualities that other comedic quiz shows fail to achieve. The only quarrel that I do have is that the (side splitting) Boris Johnson episode is shown here twice: Once as the version that went out on television, and again as the full, unedited version. It would make more sense to me to just put the unedited version in and perhaps show an alternative episode it its place. The content of the show is fantastic, and the guests shown are excellent, ranging from Charles Kennedy to Martin Clunes, to Charlotte Church. The diversity of each presenter brings an unexpected angle to each episode and makes the post-Deayton HIGNFY as good as, if not better, than before.

I laughed 'till I cried
We now live in the USA and are therefore deprived of good TV. I was delighted when my husband got both of these DVDs for me and I almost( literally) fall out of my chair laughing when I watch them!