Why does paul merton always win

It's just a very tongue-in-cheek scoring mechanism! As for Ian Hislop's behaviour with John Prescott last night, that was definitely out of character for him. Perhaps there's something we don't know between them! Not as good as last weeks show with Brucie and Ross Noble which was absolutely hilarious. Last edited: Jun 4, Shaun Well-known Member. TonyA said:. I didn't see this last night as I always watch the extended version. Maybe that edition may explain. Flimber Distinguished Member.

They get a nice pay cheque whwther they win or not. I'm still enjoying it. Flimber said:. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads. Boo Radley75 Oct 30, General Chat 2. Replies 36 Views Oct 31, mij. People sometimes think that people in showbiz all live together in lovely house; Dale Winton's doing the cooking and Judith Chalmers is upstairs clearing out the drains or whatever," he said.

I get on with Ian a lot better than I did with Angus really. I like Ian," Merton added. Merton and Deayton are both nominated for best entertainment performance at the Bafta TV awards on Sunday night, and he joked that if the former HIGNFY host won, he would "get up on stage before him, grab the Bafta and make a run for it". Well if he wins, we know how he's going to celebrate don't we? It subsequently moved to Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, and its upcoming series will be the first to record at the newly reopened Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

The upcoming 60th series will see the reintroduction of a studio audience after the last run was filmed virtually. The audience in the studio will be socially distanced and at a reduced capacity. There are also plans for a second socially-distanced audience to watch the record from a separate screening room, with their live reactions being used to recreate the impact of a full audience.

Follow us. Terms Privacy Policy. I love doing that. What else? Now there are people being unpleasant to each other on Twitter. The worst, the best, in the middle? The show has been credited with raising the electoral appeal of Boris Johnson. Guilty as charged? Paul The first time he came on was a bit of a disaster for him. Ian was trying to pin him down on the stuff about Darius Guppy and Boris was trying desperately not to talk about that.

Paul As soon as you do that, your programme is dead. Paul Their loyalty can switch from one person to another, if they think that someone is being bullied or something. Paul, you took a break from the show in , saying you were tired. Have I Got News is still huge fun to do and if it remains fun to watch then I want to go on making it. Obviously I think that news and the presentation and distortion of it is endlessly interesting.