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In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

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While the TV show is on break, this pod brings you a tasty edit of the news items that would have made it onto the programme – as a quartet of some of the creatives behind the scenes at the show discuss what makes each item Have I Got News For You worthy. Hosted by Jack Harris, Queenie Miller, Emerald Paston and Mike Rayment. A Hat Trick PodcastHat Trick Productions Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Trump’s European Plea, Morrissey’s Meltdown & Blub the Goldfish

    Trump’s European Plea, Morrissey’s Meltdown & Blub the Goldfish
    Mar 18 2026
    In Round One, the team discuss Donald Trump’s plea for military help from Europe with Iran, his deteriorating relationship with Keir Starmer and his secretary of war’s wife’s new nickname. In Round 2, we hear what recent event Morrissey will take a “year to recover” from, why Winston Churchill might be replaced by a beaver and how modern-day treasure hunters still exist. In Round 3, the Missing Words Round, we learn about a the 79-year-old paperboy who refuses to retire, what happened to the man who took himself to hospital because his skin turned blue and how a goldfish set a Guinness World Record… If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode! For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com. Your host is Mike Rayment With Jack Harris Queenie Miller And Emerald Paston, back next series! The Producer is Diggory Waite The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton The Music is by Big George In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Blair Wades In, ‘Ice Barbie’ Let Go & Land-Grabbing Gnomes

    Blair Wades In, ‘Ice Barbie’ Let Go & Land-Grabbing Gnomes
    Mar 11 2026

    In Round One, the team discuss the UK government’s response to the escalating conflict between the US and Iran, Tony Blair’s latest intervention in Middle Eastern politics and whether Keir Starmer’s stance could really be his “Love Actually moment”.

    In Round Two, we hear about the spectacular downfall of former US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, from luxury deportation jets to a $50k Rolex in a super-prison, before heading to Brussels to learn about the EU’s new ban on “meaty” words for plant-based foods.

    In Round Three, the Missing Words Round, we find out why firefighters had to rescue a man trapped in a Manchester phone box, how a Surrey couple tried to claim their neighbour’s land with an unconventional means and why a camel beauty contest has been rocked by scandal…

    If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!

    For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com.

    Your host is Mike Rayment
    With Jack Harris
    Emerald Paston
    And Queenie Miller, back next week!

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

    In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast
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    42 mins
  • Operation Epic Fury, The Bye Keir Election & Butter Sommeliers

    Operation Epic Fury, The Bye Keir Election & Butter Sommeliers
    Mar 4 2026

    In Round One, the team discuss the latest escalation in the Middle East, America’s questionable branding strategy (“lethalitymaxxing”) and the political fallout at home as Reform UK’s supposedly unstoppable rise proves… very stoppable in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

    In Round Two, we celebrate 30 years of Pokémon (and discover there are now 1,025 of them, including one that is literally a bag of rubbish), before heading to Mayfair where an exclusive members club is hiring a butter sommelier, sports “czar” and a charismatic person willing to ‘work late’…

    In Round Three, the Missing Words Round, we hear why Scotland fans are celebrating before the World Cup has even begun, how an Irish MP’s gone viral for unexpected reasons and why an Egyptian tour guide ended up in serious trouble after getting creative on a 4,000-year-old pyramid…

    If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!

    For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com.

    Your host is Marko Ferenc… or Mike Rayment? Honestly can’t tell…
    With Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    And Emerald Paston, back next week!

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

    In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast
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    34 mins
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Really glad I found this podcast, funny and entertaining like the BBC show. Easy listening.

Quick witted and entertaining

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An entertaining summary of the news of the week. Great insight into the making of the BBC show.

Entertaining summary of the week

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this is a great look into the thinking of the behind the cameras team on how & what they look for in a news story for the show and they give good irreverent answers to the news stories being discussed on each show

Just as good as the main show

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Like eavesdropping on an intensely smug sixth form review. Without any of the wit, charn or bite of the TV programme.

Smug and desperately unfunny

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