Have I Got News For You - BBC 1, Fri 2nd Dec 9pm

[jobrodie]

Every episode of the long-running political comedy panel show is hosted by a different guest presenter and this week it will be Tom Hollander! The show will be recorded the night before (Thu 1 Dec) but I've checked and it's totally sold out so I don't think I'll get to see that. I'll have to watch the broadcast on catch-up as I'm out on Friday night anyway. Bother ;)

9pm, BBC One, Friday 2nd December

It'll be on catch-up here - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084kwdx

Late on Monday evenings there's usually a 'Have I Got A Bit More News For You' which is a slightly longer version of the programme. Generally an hours' worth of material is recorded but edited into half an hour - sometimes the editing is also to remove libellous stuff! The longer programme is 45 minutes.

The programme's hashtag on Twitter is #HIGNFY.

Really looking forward to this! Tom will be a fantastic presenter - he strikes me as someone who has the right combination of intelligence, wit, sense of the ridiculous and sarcasm for this show :D

Jo

[lintu]

Do you know what is the topic for the show ? And if we can see it in America ? Maybe online after it airs ? The only BBC station I get on cable is BBC America .

[Ale Smallbone]

So it will be possible to watch it on BBC's site, even if we like outside the UK? 
Not possible, oh no!   

[jobrodie]

lintu - I'm not sure if the programme has a theme (other than 'what's in the news this week' and lots about politics) to be honest. I've watched a lot of them and not picked that up... It's very topical but also picks out the sillier news stories of the preceding week.

Ale Smallbone - I don't know much about watchability outside of the UK. Are you able to watch previous episodes? My only other suggestion would be to investigate VPNs (Virtual Private Network) which hides your location from websites. Not sure about the legality or morality of that though...

Jo

[lintu]

I'm hoping that the show will be posted somewhere like youtube after it airs maybe . I think I have seen recent episodes there so cross fingers that someone gets it up there

[lintu]

 I had  to  delete  the link  per   Jo's   secuirity   advice   about  my  twitter  log on  ... thanks  so  much  and  sorry  and  thanks for  relinks

[jobrodie]

Well that was good fun and he seemed to slot right in with the regulars so I hope he'll come back and do more of them. I've got a really bad cough at the moment so it was quite painful to laugh! Interestingly he's polarised people on Twitter a bit with some thinking he's 'brilliant' at presenting HIGNFY and others thinking he's 'awful'. Mind you people are equally polarised towards the other guests too.

Lintu's link is correct, but I'd be careful with the linkis dot com site as it's quite spammy. If you're watching on that one don't give it your Twitter login authorisation. Instead I'd recommend using this link www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwvAhe8_jSU

There should be a longer edition broadcast on Monday at 11.15pm (Have I Got A Bit More News For You) so I hope that makes it on to YouTube too.

Jo

[lintu]

Dec 3, 2016 11:20:24 GMT -5 jobrodie said:

Well that was good fun and he seemed to slot right in with the regulars so I hope he'll come back and do more of them. I've got a really bad cough at the moment so it was quite painful to laugh! Interestingly he's polarised people on Twitter a bit with some thinking he's 'brilliant' at presenting HIGNFY and others thinking he's 'awful'. Mind you people are equally polarised towards the other guests too.

Lintu's link is correct, but I'd be careful with the linkis dot com site as it's quite spammy. If you're watching on that one don't give it your Twitter login authorisation. Instead I'd recommend using this link www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwvAhe8_jSU

There should be a longer edition broadcast on Monday at 11.15pm (Have I Got A Bit More News For You) so I hope that makes it on to YouTube too.

Jo

Omg  Jo thanks  so  much  for the  security   advice    I   did  not  even  realise  my   twitter  log on  was  showing  up . 
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[lintu]

I look forward to the extended version also . I though he was very funny .

[jobrodie]

Hi Lintu - sorry to worry you We can't access your Twitter account from the link you gave so no security risk that I'm aware of. Whenever someone shares a linkis link the page loads and then a few seconds later it popups with an opportunity to connect your Twitter account. If you authorise it then whenever you share a link from Twitter the app adds a linkis link to it so that the popup appears when others view the page, and so on and so on. It's harmless but annoying spam and not damaging (as far as I'm aware). But we can't know your login details so all is well, hurrah!

Jo

[lintu]

Dec 3, 2016 18:54:40 GMT -5 jobrodie said:

Hi Lintu - sorry to worry you We can't access your Twitter account from the link you gave so no security risk that I'm aware of. Whenever someone shares a linkis link the page loads and then a few seconds later it popups with an opportunity to connect your Twitter account. If you authorise it then whenever you share a link from Twitter the app adds a linkis link to it so that the popup appears when others view the page, and so on and so on. It's harmless but annoying spam and not damaging (as far as I'm aware). But we can't know your login details so all is well, hurrah!

Jo

Well  thats  a  relief . Hope  you had  a Merry Xmas   and  great  Boxing Day  .  Any  good  presents  ? 
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[jobrodie]

Thanks Lintu - it was nice, but a bit odd (my dad died in November) so I escaped and went to stay with friends. Best present definitely the comedy slippers shaped like rabbits they gave me which are now keeping my feet warm