Have I Got News For You Series 37 Episode One

Watching the new series of Have I Got News For You.

Frank Skinner making tedious jokes about Alan Duncan being gay. "Are you a big homeowner?" "Alan, have you ever been smeared." Wonder how many children will be using that in the playground.

The first time I saw Skinner, he was making the same kind of unpleasant homophobic jokes.

It was also rather vile to see Hislop and Duncan sniggering about second home claims instead of Hislop laying into him. Does satire really work when the target is laughing alongside you?

On the plus side, Hislop does make some good points about Gordon Brown and the emails sent by Damien McBride.

I remember watching Have I Got News For You with my family in the 1990's and it was great. Last night's episode was just limp.

Why the contestants on Britain's Got Talent are part of a satire show I do not understand.