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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 Podcast





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Episodes
  • Glastonbury, Another U-Turn & Robot Football

    Glastonbury, Another U-Turn & Robot Football
    Jul 2 2025
    The team gather at a pork pie buffet to cover Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury set, another humiliating U-turn for Starmer and Nigel Farage’s aspirational aftershave...

    Plus: JD Vance’s baby photos, China’s first AI football tournament and succulent Chinese meals…

    For updates on the show and to get involved in future 'Missing Words Rounds', 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 or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com.

    Our hosts are Jack Harris
    Emerald Paston
    Mike Rayment
    And Queenie Miller dialling in this 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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    35 mins
  • Trump's Outburst, Labour Rebellion & 'Cake in Post'

    Trump's Outburst, Labour Rebellion & 'Cake in Post'
    Jun 25 2025
    The team discuss Donald Trump’s outburst at Israel and Iran after both sides accused each other of breaking a freshly agreed ceasefire - before diving into Keir Starmer’s growing Labour rebellion and trying to decode Nigel Farage’s so-called ‘Robin Hood Tax’ (which even he admits he’s not clever enough to explain).

    They also unveil a Battenberg-based policy that could sway any electorate, predict the tragic lunar demise of the PG Tips Monkey and play the critically unacclaimed quiz guaranteed to unite CIA agents and ice cream addicts alike: Lemon & Lime or War Crime?

    For updates on the show and to get involved in future 'Missing Words Rounds', 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 or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com.

    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And Mike Rayment

    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
  • Pentagon Pizzas & The 'Special' Relationship

    Pentagon Pizzas & The 'Special' Relationship
    Jun 18 2025
    The team chat about how pizzas at the pentagon led to correct predictions of rising tensions between Israel and Iran, schoolground antics at the G7 (otherwise known as the G6+1), Starmer’s papers pickup and Trump’s pathetic military parade…

    They also report on Van Gogh’s broken chair, Uri Geller’s insistence on his psychic powers and play Middle Earth’s greatest game: ‘Mordor or More Door?’…

    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 and to get involved in future 'Missing Words Rounds', 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 or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com.

    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And Mike Rayment

    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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    30 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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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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