The question's in the title - please forgive me if this has been discussed already. But do you think the constant run of one-off guest presenters is a golden age for the show, or do they need a new full-time presenter? And if so, who should it be?...
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Unsure, most of the guest presenters gags are stale injokes and seem like they are just read off an autocue, whereas Deaton pulled it off and looked natural. If they do pick a permanent presenter it should be someone that could do as good a job as Deaton. Boris Johnson is a good one.
shareI think the format of the show, as it is at the moment, is working very well. There are a list of a few very solid people who are always going to do a good job with it - Alexander Armstrong, Marcus Brigstocke, Dara O'Brian, Martin Clunes, Jack Dee, Jeremy Clarkson, Des Lynam, Kirsty Young, Chris Langham, John Sergeant - to carry most of it, and every now and then, they can have a Boris episode, or someone completely unexpected but unique for the last episode of a series, like Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett or Joan Collins, just for end-of-term japes.
Boris is good for a one-off, maybe once a year, but if he presented every week, it would become The Boris Show - attention would be taken away from the guests, the gags and the news stories, and the specialness of his appearances would be diminished. I'm happy for them to continue as it's going - although the BBC should definitely give Boris his own chat show.
I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something about Kirsty Young that makes me feel she'd be ideal as a permanent presenter. Probably not an obvious choice but she's always very funny and she has a kind of endearing authority over the others. All the others listed in the prior post have been fantastic also (I wish I'd seen the Chris Langham one, fingers crossed it turns out he isn't a paedophile because he's hilarious) but they shine just as well as guest panelists.
I HATE Des Lynam he does't seem to fit in. Was there one with Huw Edwards? he might be good.
shareI think that the guest presenter system works well- although there is the occasional let down, each presenter adds variety to the series, so nothing is ever predictable.
shareI think it is starting to get too gimmicky. They always seem to have a round based on that presenter and it draws attention away from the proper guests and the news. So they should probably get a permenant host, someone like Chris Langham or Alexander Armstrong who don't draw too much attention to themselves and become the focus of the show; they don't improv too much (that skill is better suited to a panelist) and they don't bring gimmicks to the show (ala Bruce Forsythe). Or maybe they could rotate just a few people like that.
shareI agree, I've often thought that rotating a few reliable guest presenters would be the best way to go. That way it wouldn't be so much a case of "replacing" Angus, but they'd save themselves the horrors of dud presenters...
...such as Anne Robinson (noxious as ever - after spending her life reading off an autocue, why can she still not get it right?), Neil Kinnock (who did so well as a guest it was astonishing to see how poorly he did as a presenter), Boris Johnson (once was funny, but the joke wore thin quite quickly). I liked Brucie (I think Natasha Kaplinsky's woodenness took the emphasis off of his cheesiness) but only as a one-off, gimmicky gag - I don't think I can stomach too many more joke presenters. It's supposed to be Have I Got News For You, not Have I Got A Stunt Presenter Who Will Take Over The Show For The Sake Of A Cheap Joke For You.
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Heres a perfect permanent host........
ANGUS DEYTON
I really think they should bring him back.
My vote would go to Alexander Armstrong or Dara O'Briain - maybe Marcus Brigstoke, but I think he works better on his own. However each series should have 1 novelty episode presented by Boris, it would be overkill if he did the whole series.
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i think they should just rotate a few of the good presenters
jeremy clarkson is always good, kisrty young, alexander armstrong, dara o'briain, martin clunes and william hague are good too
eurgh, just read that anne widdecombe is presenting it next week
i dont think i'll watch it if thats the case
I read that too... give the woman a chance, won't you?
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I'm not a huge Alistair McGowan fan but I saw him hosting the other day and he did such a proffessional and competent job that I would go for him as a full time replacement for Angus. I'm getting a bit bored of the new host every week. Angus would never come back so I think a permanent replacement would be better for the show. And McGowan has something of Angus about him - similar sardonic manner. I think he'd be perfect.
On the other hand, even though it was really rubbish that they fired Angus he must be somewhat chuffed that they've never actually replaced him. Be a shame to rob him of that.
Nah sod it - replace him.
i think if they were going to bring in a perminant presenter it definately should be William Hague, he's hosted the show a number of times and never ceases to impress, he handles the unruly panilists well and isn't afraid to send up his Tory roots and make a slight mokery of himself which adds to his charm
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i dont think they should appoint a permanent presenter, but i think they should rotate some of the good ones. i wouldnt be able to choose between, for example, alexander armstrong or jeremy clarkson, so i think a few should be rotated instead
i dont think boris should be brought back now, he wasnt funny in the last episode
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If they were to employ a permanent replacement it would probably be between Alexander Armstrong or Martin Clunes
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