4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Un PC, harsh fantastic nights fun

Cfloordave from Lancashire, 24th March, 2004

What could be considered a dubious rent due to the topical nature of the comedy is perhaps better than watching the current series. The DVD is so well edited it contains tremendous laugh-out-loud moments and endless well – edited gags that never leave you confused as to whether you’ve missed some by-gone topical gag.

Once, it’s been watched you can go back and re-watch the DVD with commentary from Hislop and Merton and hear their far from impartial views and anecdotes on contestants, politics and haircuts. This is just as funny if not funnier from a well teamed pair of cynic and surreal comedians.

Although some jokes may be reminiscent (the tub of lard, Paul Merton’s embarrassing Deayton T-Shirt), the humour value is tremendously entertaining and is well worth a rent as it can easily take up a whole evening.

There is also fascinating watching of seeing top UK stories discussed with a hindsight of how they panned out that is just as good as the comedy. Some clips even contain an element of nostalgia with one of the first shows Deayton ending on ‘It’s goodbye from me and it looks like it’s good bye from her [shows: clip of Thatcher: ‘Good-bye’]

Overall, harsh un-PC comedy that sadly it seems modern BBC comedy have lost the formula for.

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Hilarious

A Customer from England, 17th December, 2004

Brilliant look back at a decade of scandals and humour. If you dont laugh at this there is something wrong with you!

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

The Romance Of Wit & Satire

Paul Sholl from Lee-On-The-Solent, Hampshire, 7th July, 2004

This chronological collection of HIGNFY is the quintessential marriage of quick wit and poignant satire. If you?re embarrassed to; laugh out loud, wipe away the laughter tears or suffer from laughter incontinence this is not the DVD for you. A look at the major headlines through the years you'll be saying 'I remember that' and be in stitches by the crew. Even if you just watch it to see Angus Deaton in his last episode it would all be worth while!

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

They have, you know

blessures from Manchester, 17th June, 2004

The commentary for this DVD is wonderful, even though I personally would have liked a little more gossip and bitchery. (Although Angus is not overlooked.)

You do get some good stories about the guests, the panellist’s feelings about the show and the particular directions it takes, and their haircuts. Paul and Ian do spend quite a lot of time laughing at their own jokes (and who can blame them), but also take care to add comments and explain their processes.

I thought that the majority of clips were well chosen (Paula Yates! Piers Morgan! Tub of Lard! Brown Suits!), and had never seen anything before 1995, so that was good to see, even if the show was a little shaky at the start. The jumping around within years can be a little confusing when guests suddenly turn into Edwina Currie, but gives a great sense of what the stories were without being dated.

It's a wonderful DVD for any vague fan of the show, and a good way to start a non-believer off on the true path of righteousness.

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Have I Got News For You (1990)

A Customer from London, England, 5th January, 2009

Although some jokes may be reminiscent (the tub of lard, Paul Merton’s embarrassing Deayton T-Shirt), the humour value is tremendously entertaining and is well worth a rent as it can easily take up a whole evening.

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Have I Got News For You'

A Customer from ipswich, 22nd June, 2008

before he got caught and the guest presenters started.very funny and still topical!

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Angus Deayton fans may be disappointed

John Steele from Staffordshire, UK, 12th March, 2007

As you'd expect with the phrase 'Very Best of' in the title, this is a complilation DVD with no complete episodes. Instead it's a load of clips from each year of the show from 1990 to 2002 -- including a short clip from the untelevised 'Pirate Video' release. (The menu allows you to choose which year to start from but then goes right through to the end.) What mars the DVD for me is that I was always more of an Angus Deayton fan and unsurprisingly he's missing from the DVD's commentary (which is just Ian and Paul), which also fails to include any really positive comments about Angus and gives the impression that they think the success of the show was just down to themselves, and then as if to rub it in that this DVD isn't for the likes of me it ends with clips from the show following the News of the Worlds' expose on Angus that I still find uncomfortable to watch, but evidently Paul and Ian don't.

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Brilliant

Chris from Bedwas, Caerphilly, 16th February, 2007

An amazing collection of clips. Laugh after laugh. Funny back then, and still funny now. Long Live HIGNFY

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