# List of Have I Got News for You presenters

Have I Got News for You (often abbreviated as HIGNFY) is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. From its inception in September 1990 until October 2002, the programme was presented by British comedian Angus Deayton, before he was dismissed after two episodes of the 24th series in the wake of revelations about his private life in the press, whereupon the programme employed the use of guest hosts for the remainder of the series and the 25th series, before making it permanent in June 2003. As of 1 November 2024, in the wake of Deayton's dismissal, the programme has seen 135 people host at least one episode. While the majority have made only one appearance, several have made successive appearances in later series.

## List of guest presenters

The following is a list of the guest presenters that have appeared on the programme. The list denotes them by the order in which they first appear by default, and details number of appearances made, the year and series they appeared in, and if they appear or appeared on the programme as a panellist:
| # | Guest presenter | Panellist | No. | Duration | Series |
| 1 | Paul Merton | Yes | 1 | 2002 | 24 |
| 2 | Anne Robinson | Yes | 1 | 2002 | 24 |
| 3 | John Sergeant | Yes | 2 | 2002–03 | 24–25 |
| 4 | Boris Johnson | Yes | 4 | 2002–03, 2005–06 | 24, 26, 30, 32 |
| 5 | Liza Tarbuck | Yes | 1 | 2002 | 24 |
| 6 | Charles Kennedy | Yes | 1 | 2002 | 24 |
| 7 | Jeremy Clarkson | Yes | 12 | 2002, 2005–08, 2010, 2012, 2014–15 | 24, 29–31, 33–36, 39, 43–44, 47, 50 |
| 8 | Martin Clunes | Yes | 15 | 2003, 2009–11, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2019–21, 2024 | 25–26, 38–40, 42, 46–48, 51, 54, 58–59, 62, 67 |
| 9 | William Hague | No | 3 | 2003–05 | 25, 27, 29 |
| 10 | Charlotte Church | Yes | 2 | 2003, 2012 | 25, 44 |
| 11 | Alexander Armstrong | No | 41 | 2003–24 | 25–27, 29–50, 52–56, 58–62, 64–67 |
| 12 | Hugh Dennis | Yes | 1 | 2003 | 25 |
| 13 | Sanjeev Bhaskar | Yes | 1 | 2003 | 25 |
| 14 | Bruce Forsyth | No | 2 | 2003, 2010 | 25, 39 |
| 15 | Jack Dee | Yes | 17 | 2003–09, 2011, 2014–15, 2021–23 | 26, 28, 30–31, 34–38, 41, 47–49, 62–64, 66 |
| 16 | John Humphrys | Yes | 1 | 2003 | 26 |
| 17 | Jimmy Carr | Yes | 1 | 2003 | 26 |
| 18 | Kirsty Young | Yes | 14 | 2003–05, 2007–09, 2011–14, 2017, 2023 | 26–29, 33–35, 38, 42–43, 46–47, 53, 66 |
| 19 | Dara Ó Briain | Yes | 4 | 2003–05 | 26–27, 29 |
| 20 | Gyles Brandreth | Yes | 1 | 2003 | 26 |
| 21 | Greg Dyke | Yes | 1 | 2004 | 27 |
| 22 | Des Lynam | No | 3 | 2004–05 | 27–29 |
| 23 | Andrew Marr | Yes | 1 | 2004 | 28 |
| 24 | Robin Cook | No | 1 | 2004 | 28 |
| 25 | Jane Leeves | No | 1 | 2004 | 28 |
| 26 | Marcus Brigstocke | Yes | 2 | 2004–05 | 28–29 |
| 27 | Neil Kinnock | Yes | 1 | 2004 | 28 |
| 28 | Ronnie Corbett | No | 1 | 2004 | 28 |
| 29 | Nicholas Parsons | No | 1 | 2005 | 29 |
| 30 | Michael Aspel | No | 2 | 2005, 2007 | 30, 34 |
| 31 | Chris Langham | Yes | 1 | 2005 | 30 |
| 32 | Anna Ford | Yes | 1 | 2005 | 30 |
| 33 | Lorraine Kelly | Yes | 1 | 2005 | 30 |
| 34 | Joan Collins | No | 1 | 2005 | 30 |
| 35 | Trevor McDonald | Yes | 1 | 2006 | 31 |
| 36 | Sean Lock | Yes | 1 | 2006 | 31 |
| 37 | Julian Clary | Yes | 2 | 2006, 2008 | 31, 35 |
| 38 | Michael Buerk | Yes | 1 | 2006 | 31 |
| 39 | Carol Vorderman | Yes | 1 | 2006 | 31 |
| 40 | Gordon Ramsay | Yes | 1 | 2006 | 32 |
| 41 | Alistair McGowan | No | 1 | 2006 | 32 |
| 42 | Jeremy Bowen | Yes | 1 | 2006 | 32 |
| 43 | Damian Lewis | No | 7 | 2006, 2009–10, 2012, 2014, 2020 | 32, 37, 40, 43–44, 48, 60 |
| 44 | Ronni Ancona | No | 1 | 2006 | 32 |
| 45 | Ann Widdecombe | No | 2 | 2006–07 | 32, 34 |
| 46 | Rob Brydon | No | 1 | 2006 | 32 |
| 47 | Adrian Chiles | No | 1 | 2007 | 33 |
| 48 | Fern Britton | Yes | 2 | 2007–08 | 33, 36 |
| 49 | Bill Bailey | Yes | 7 | 2007–09, 2011, 2021, 2023–24 | 33, 35, 38, 41, 62, 66–67 |
| 50 | Chris Tarrant | Yes | 1 | 2007 | 33 |
| 51 | Moira Stuart | No | 1 | 2007 | 33 |
| 52 | Omid Djalili | Yes | 1 | 2007 | 34 |
| 53 | Jo Brand | Yes | 29 | 2007–24 | 34, 36, 38–60, 62–63, 66, 68 |
| 54 | Clive Anderson | Yes | 1 | 2007 | 34 |
| 55 | Richard Madeley | Yes | 1 | 2007 | 34 |
| 56 | Brian Blessed | No | 2 | 2008, 2013 | 35, 45 |
| 57 | Lee Mack | No | 6 | 2008–11, 2018 | 35, 37, 39–40, 42, 55 |
| 58 | Tom Baker | Yes | 1 | 2008 | 36 |
| 59 | Al Murray | No | 1 | 2008 | 36 |
| 60 | David Mitchell | Yes | 13 | 2008–09, 2011–16, 2018–19, 2021 | 36–38, 42, 44, 46–48, 50, 52, 56, 58, 61 |
| 61 | Jerry Springer | No | 1 | 2008 | 36 |
| 62 | Frank Skinner | Yes | 6 | 2009–10, 2013–15, 2018 | 37, 40, 45, 48–49, 55 |
| 63 | Rolf Harris | No | 1 | 2009 | 37 |
| 64 | Ruth Jones | No | 1 | 2009 | 37 |
| 65 | Miranda Hart | Yes | 3 | 2009–11 | 38, 40, 42 |
| 66 | Dominic West | No | 1 | 2009 | 38 |
| 67 | Robert Webb | Yes | 1 | 2010 | 39 |
| 68 | Eamonn Holmes | No | 1 | 2010 | 39 |
| 69 | John Prescott | Yes | 1 | 2010 | 39 |
| 70 | Benedict Cumberbatch | No | 1 | 2010 | 40 |
| 71 | John Bishop | Yes | 1 | 2010 | 40 |
| 72 | Chris Addison | Yes | 1 | 2010 | 40 |
| 73 | Stephen Mangan | Yes | 13 | 2011–17, 2019–21 | 41–43, 45, 47, 49, 51–52, 54, 58–60, 62 |
| 74 | Rhod Gilbert | No | 4 | 2011, 2017–19 | 41, 54–55, 57 |
| 75 | John Torode and Gregg Wallace | No | 1 | 2011 | 41 |
| 76 | Alan Johnson | Yes | 2 | 2011, 2019 | 41, 57 |
| 77 | Sharon Horgan | No | 1 | 2011 | 41 |
| 78 | Dan Stevens | No | 1 | 2011 | 42 |
| 79 | Sue Perkins | Yes | 3 | 2011, 2014–15 | 42, 48, 50 |
| 80 | Kathy Burke | Yes | 3 | 2012–13, 2015 | 43, 46, 50 |
| 81 | William Shatner | No | 1 | 2012 | 43 |
| 82 | Alastair Campbell | No | 1 | 2012 | 43 |
| 83 | Clare Balding | Yes | 1 | 2012 | 44 |
| 84 | Roger Moore | No | 1 | 2012 | 44 |
| 85 | Jack Whitehall | Yes | 2 | 2012–13 | 44, 46 |
| 86 | Daniel Radcliffe | No | 2 | 2012, 2015 | 44, 49 |
| 87 | Warwick Davis | No | 1 | 2013 | 45 |
| 88 | Ray Winstone | No | 1 | 2013 | 45 |
| 89 | Mel Giedroyc | No | 5 | 2013, 2016–17, 2022–23 | 45, 52, 54, 63, 65 |
| 90 | Robert Lindsay | No | 2 | 2013 | 45–46 |
| 91 | Richard Osman | Yes | 1 | 2013 | 46 |
| 92 | Stephen Merchant | No | 1 | 2013 | 46 |
| 93 | Jennifer Saunders | Yes | 4 | 2014, 2018, 2020 | 47–48, 56, 60 |
| 94 | Victoria Coren Mitchell | Yes | 19 | 2014–24 | 48–64, 66–67 |
| 95 | Robert Peston | Yes | 1 | 2015 | 49 |
| 96 | Gary Lineker | No | 4 | 2015–16, 2018 | 49, 51–52, 56 |
| 97 | Charlie Brooker | Yes | 6 | 2015–16, 2019–20, 2023–24 | 50, 52, 58–59, 65, 68 |
| 98 | Michael Sheen | No | 1 | 2015 | 50 |
| 99 | David Tennant | No | 8 | 2015–21, 2023 | 50–51, 54, 56–57, 59, 61, 65 |
| 100 | Tracey Ullman | No | 2 | 2016, 2018 | 51, 55 |
| 101 | Frankie Boyle | Yes | 2 | 2016–17 | 51, 53 |
| 102 | Katherine Ryan | Yes | 3 | 2016–17, 2019 | 51, 54, 57 |
| 103 | Nick Clegg | No | 1 | 2016 | 52 |
| 104 | Tom Hollander | No | 1 | 2016 | 52 |
| 105 | Patrick Stewart | No | 1 | 2017 | 53 |
| 106 | David Harewood | No | 1 | 2017 | 53 |
| 107 | Ed Balls | No | 1 | 2017 | 53 |
| 108 | Adil Ray | Yes | 4 | 2017, 2019–20, 2022 | 53, 58, 60, 64 |
| 109 | Richard Ayoade | No | 11 | 2017–23 | 54–57, 60–66 |
| 110 | Jeremy Paxman | No | 1 | 2018 | 55 |
| 111 | Steph McGovern | Yes | 8 | 2018–23 | 56–61, 64–65 |
| 112 | Danny Dyer | No | 1 | 2018 | 56 |
| 113 | David Dimbleby | No | 1 | 2019 | 57 |
| 114 | Helen McCrory | No | 1 | 2019 | 58 |
| 115 | Romesh Ranganathan | Yes | 3 | 2020–21 | 59–61 |
| 116 | Adrian Dunbar | No | 1 | 2021 | 61 |
| 117 | Aisling Bea | No | 1 | 2021 | 61 |
| 118 | Clive Myrie | Yes | 5 | 2021–24 | 62–65, 67 |
| 119 | Jess Phillips | Yes | 1 | 2021 | 62 |
| 120 | Anna Maxwell Martin | No | 1 | 2022 | 63 |
| 121 | Miles Jupp | Yes | 1 | 2022 | 63 |
| 122 | Jon Richardson | Yes | 1 | 2022 | 63 |
| 123 | Gary Neville | No | 1 | 2022 | 64 |
| 124 | Diane Morgan | Yes | 1 | 2023 | 65 |
| 125 | Naga Munchetty | Yes | 2 | 2023 | 65–66 |
| 126 | Harry Hill | No | 1 | 2023 | 65 |
| 127 | Hannah Fry | Yes | 3 | 2023–24 | 66–68 |
| 128 | Guz Khan | No | 1 | 2023 | 66 |
| 129 | Martin Lewis | No | 1 | 2024 | 67 |
| 130 | Jason Manford | Yes | 1 | 2024 | 67 |
| 131 | Phil Wang | Yes | 1 | 2024 | 67 |
| 132 | Alex Horne | No | 1 | 2024 | 67 |
| 133 | Kevin Bridges | Yes | 1 | 2024 | 68 |
| 134 | Amol Rajan | No | 1 | 2024 | 68 |