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The Best Seasons of Have I Got News for You

Every season of Have I Got News for You ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Have I Got News for You!

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Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

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Season 71

10 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2026

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Episode 6 8.0

Season 72

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2026

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 8.1

Season 65

10 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2023

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · David Tennant, Lucy Beaumont, Richard Osman 7.9

Other Seasons

Season 36

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2008

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Jeremy Clarkson, Charles Kennedy, Ed Byrne 8.0

Season 43

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2012

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Jo Brand, Humphrey Ker, Graham Linehan 10.0

Season 42

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2011

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Sue Perkins, Nick Hewer, Jack Whitehall 10.0

Season 66

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2023

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Jo Brand, Zoe Lyons, Feargal Sharkey 7.6

Season 62

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2021

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Clive Myrie, Miles Jupp and Camilla Long 7.9

Season 39

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2010

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Bruce Forsyth, Ross Noble, Laura Solon 7.9

#10

Season 69

10 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2025

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · David Tennant, Miles Jupp, Beth Rigby 7.8

#11

Season 35

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2008

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Brian Blessed, Alan Duncan MP, Marcus Brigstocke 9.3

#12

Season 63

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2022

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Clive Myrie, Andy Hamilton and Helen Lewis 7.6

#13

Season 67

10 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2024

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Phil Wang, Baroness Ruth Davidson, Richard Osman 7.5

#14

Season 68

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2024

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Amol Rajan, Miles Jupp, Dame Andrea Jenkyns 7.6

#15

Season 70

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2025

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 7.5

#16

Season 64

7 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Richard Ayoade, Mick Lynch, Roisin Conaty 7.4

#17

Season 60

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2020

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Steph McGovern, Miles Jupp, and Baroness Warsi 7.6

#18

Season 34

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2007

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Ann Widdecombe MP, Alex James, Jimmy Carr 8.0

#19

Season 58

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2019

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · David Mitchell, Maisie Adam, Rory Stewart MP 7.4

#20

Season 61

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2021

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · David Tennant, Jack Dee and Helen Lewis 7.5

#21

Season 57

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2019

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · David Tennant, Zoe Lyons, Johnny Mercer MP 7.4

#22

Season 38

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2009

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Martin Clunes, Charlie Brooker, Arlene Phillips 7.7

#23

Season 51

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2016

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · David Tennant, Phil Wang, Janet Street-Porter 7.5

#24

Season 55

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2018

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Rhod Gilbert, Andy Hamilton, Baroness Warsi 7.3

#25

Season 40

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2010

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Benedict Cumberbatch, Victoria Coren, Jon Richardson 8.5

#26

Season 37

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2009

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Frank Skinner, Katy Brand, Alan Duncan MP 7.8

#27

Season 44

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2012

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Damian Lewis, Nigel Farage, Harry Shearer 8.0

#28

Season 31

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2006

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Sir Trevor McDonald, Lembit Öpik MP, Marcus Brigstocke 7.2

#29

Season 47

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2014

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Stephen Mangan, Roisin Conaty, Nigel Farage MEP 7.1

#30

Season 1

8 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1990

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Sandi Toksvig, Kate Saunders 8.0

#31

Season 23

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2002

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Dave Gorman, Ken Livingstone 8.0

#32

Season 30

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2005

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Boris Johnson, Dr. Phil Hammond, Sara Cox 7.8

#33

Season 52

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2016

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Nick Clegg, Kevin Bridges, Roisin Conaty 7.4

#34

Season 56

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2018

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 7.2

#35

Season 33

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2007

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Alexander Armstrong, James May, Nick Robinson 7.5

#36

Season 25

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2003

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Bruce Forsyth, Marcus Brigstocke, Natasha Kaplinsky 7.8

#37

Season 41

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2011

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Jo Brand, Reginald D Hunter, Joanna Scanlan 7.2

#38

Season 59

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2020

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Romesh Ranganathan, Maisie Adam, James O'Brien 7.1

#39

Season 26

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2003

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Boris Johnson MP, Rick Wakeman, Kate Garraway 8.0

#40

Season 22

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2001

6.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Shazia Mirza, Boris Johnson MP 7.0

#41

Season 53

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2017

6.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · David Harewood, Kirsty Wark, Josh Widdicombe 7.0

#42

Season 54

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2017

6.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · David Tennant, Angela Rayner MP, Joe Wilkinson 7.4

#43

Season 32

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2006

6.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Boris Johnson, Emily Maitlis, Sue Perkins 8.1

#44

Season 27

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2004

6.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · William Hague MP, Claudia Winkleman, Stanley Johnson 7.0

#45

Season 49

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2015

6.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Have I Got Election News For You 7.2

#46

Season 46

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2013

6.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Kirsty Young, Max Keiser, Tony Law 8.0

#47

Season 50

11 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2015

6.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Kathy Burke, Cathy Newman, Ross Noble 7.0

#48

Season 11

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1996

6.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Claire Rayner, Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey 6.8

#49

Season 24

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2002

6.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Boris Johnson MP, Stephen K. Amos, Clive Anderson 8.6

#50

Season 16

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1998

6.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Tom Baker, Muriel Gray 6.4

#51

Season 48

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2014

6.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Damian Lewis, Andy Hamilton, Roisin Conaty 7.4

#52

Season 45

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2013

6.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Brian Blessed, Bridget Christie, Ken Livingstone 7.1

#53

Season 29

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2005

6.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Marcus Brigstocke, Robert Llewellyn, Daisy Sampson 6.8

#54

Season 4

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1992

6.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Peter Cook, Douglas Adams 6.0

#55

Season 10

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1995

6.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Gordon Kennedy, Paula Yates 6.0

#56

Season 20

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2000

6.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Germaine Greer, Charles Kennedy MP 6.8

#57

Season 5

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1993

5.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Tony Slattery, The Rt. Hon. Tub of Lard MP 6.4

#58

Season 15

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1998

5.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Janet Street-Porter, Boris Johnson 7.2

#59

Season 28

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2004

5.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Kirsty Young, Julian Fellowes, Ian McMillan 6.8

#60

Season 18

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1999

5.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Glenda Jackson MP, The Earl of Onslow 6.4

#61

Season 8

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1994

5.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Arthur Smith, Richard Coles 5.6

#62

Season 19

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2000

5.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Stephen Fry, David Shayler 6.7

#63

Season 7

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1994

5.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Kathy Lette, Caroline Quentin 5.4

#64

Season 6

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1993

5.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Maria McErlane, Jon Snow 5.6

#65

Season 21

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2001

5.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Will Self, Derek Draper 5.0

#66

Season 2

11 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1991

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#67

Season 3

10 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1992

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#68

Season 9

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1995

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#69

Season 12

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1996

N/A/ 10

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#70

Season 13

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1997

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#71

Season 14

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1997

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#72

Season 17

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1999

N/A/ 10

Average Rating