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Gordon Angus Deayton (/ ˈ d iː t ən /; born 6 January 1956) [1] is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster.. Deayton was the original presenter of the satirical panel game show Have I Got News for You (1990—2002), the host of British panel show Would I Lie to You?
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, [1] [2] whereupon the programme employed the use of guest hosts for the remainder of the series and ...
The BBC and Hat Trick Productions are fined £10,000 each in the High Court for contempt of court over comments made on a 1994 edition of Have I Got News for You, in which presenter Angus Deayton referred to Ian and Kevin Maxwell as "two heartless, scheming bastards" ahead of their trial. [37]
Angus Deayton: Christine Hamilton: Rod Liddle: 12–11 6.02m 24x02 25 October 2002 Angus Deayton Ross Noble: Gerald Kaufman MP: 7–12 6.22m 24x03 1 November 2002 Paul Merton: Rich Hall: Ross Noble and Andrew Neil: 21–19 6.85m 24x04 8 November 2002 [fn 26] Anne Robinson: John O'Farrell: John Simpson: 17–20 7.62m 24x05 22 November 2002 John ...
The show was presented by Angus Deayton in 2007 and 2008, with Rob Brydon (who had appeared as a guest panellist in the second series) taking over as host in 2009. [2] Throughout the entire run of the show, the team captains have been comedians David Mitchell and Lee Mack .
In Round 1, Deayton asked a series of questions on the week's news, to be answered on the buzzer]. At the end of the round, there was a quick recap of the scores. For the End of Part 1, the viewers were shown a picture with something missing, and were asked to guess what it is during the commercial break.
Alexei Sayle's Stuff stars stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle, with a recurring cast including Angus Deayton, Mark Williams, Arabella Weir, Tony Millan, Jan Ravens, Owen Brenman, Harriet Thorpe, Felicity Montagu and Morwenna Banks.
The Hee Bee Gee Bees was a fictitious pop group which parodied pop groups and performers in the early 1980s, consisting of Angus Deayton, Michael Fenton Stevens, and Philip Pope of the UK radio series Radio Active. Their first single was "Meaningless Songs (in Very High Voices)" by the Hee Bee Gee Bees, a parody of the Bee Gees. The 'band ...