Then it's a nightmare, so the BBC made a decision which I have to say we all supported, because the show would have been finished. Merton dismissed the claims made in the media that he and Hislop had stabbed Deayton in the back.
Over the years I used to have a go at him and he used to take it in good part, but in the last recording I said 'perhaps you should just resign'. It's compromising, it would compromise the show entirely," he said.
He added that he gets on with Hislop better. We were always last out of the bar on a Thursday night clapping each other on the back saying how wonderful the show was. You have to look at the production company, Hat Trick. Thankfully, though, given his lengthy success on HIGNFY and, of course, his stint on hit comedy series One Foot In The Grave, which had finished two years before, he never worried about putting food on the table.
I learned what it was like to be in demand as a celebrity, and how to be polite to fans. Friends are probably the most important part of my life. They had lunch and he agreed to take part in the Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a few members of the cast dropped out. I fancied her from the word go, but she was with someone else and so was I. It took a while, but it all turned out well in the end.
So, is this where he saw himself ending up when he embarked on his somewhat chequered career back in ? People are basing their assumptions about you on half the facts. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback.
I've got news for you! Share this article Share. Support: Angus and his partner Lise Mayer. Deayton casually said that some guests may sleep with a captain to get on the show; this one had gone as far as marrying him. Introduction, applause and then the comeback - "Why did I have to sleep with you as well?
But thank-you anyway. But the innuendo of Merton's wife and the HIGNFY host having a liaison was brought up for humour purposes by Merton himself the following week lots of "I'll give you one" non-gags afterwards and it went on for quite some time, beyond Quentin's second and final appearance, this time with hubby, a year later. Tuesday 4th November pm [Edited]. Oh well.
I'm guessing that it's re-emerged because of pre-Christmas sales of Merton's autobiography. Here's a lovely article from the DM:. Did you see the episode after the revelations came out. Merton was relentless towards Deayton. Yes indeed - there seemed to be two episodes: one when the first revelations emerged and then the second where Merton wore the infamous NOTW t-shirt. Some of the other guests and guest hosts didn't get a good rap from Merton too, one example is Ann Widdecombe.
Am I missing something here? In fact, I know nothing about current affairs. There were two teams of two. I searched for laughs wherever I suspected they may be, but without much success.
On the opposing team, the youthful editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop, did his best to enliven proceed- ings, and in the company of two other journal- ists, we stumbled through a morass of uneasy banter and tedious bickering over the scores. I was pleased to meet Ian, and as a loyal reader of his magazine I had noted how it had improved under his editorship over the past four years.
I told him this. He mistook me for a minicab driver at first, but when we were properly introduced he seemed to be a genuine fellow. The pilot of Have I Got News for You was deemed promising enough for a series to be commissioned, but John Lloyd as our chairman would not be with us. I believe he found reading the autocue tiresome and restricting.
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