A Foreigners' Guide To British Panel Shows

Have I Got News For You

First Posted: 28/11/11 11:01 Updated: 28/11/11 13:12

BBC America:

You gather a panel of random funny celebrities in front of a live studio audience, have them one-up each other on some broad topic, and let the hilarity and four-letter words fly. A quick-witted host awards points to the guests with the best answers. It's part game show, part roundtable. Britain has perfected this format, termed the 'panel show,' into an art form and national pastime.

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You gather a panel of random funny celebrities in front of a live studio audience, have them one-up each other on some broad topic, and let the hilarity and four-letter words fly. A quick-witted host ...
You gather a panel of random funny celebrities in front of a live studio audience, have them one-up each other on some broad topic, and let the hilarity and four-letter words fly. A quick-witted host ...
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Paul Houston
British and a London resident
10:14 on 03/12/2011
I have shown some of my American friends "Have I Got News For You", they love it.