Have I Got News for You Angus Deayton as chairman, with Ian Hislop, the editor of "Private Eye", and comedian Paul Merton as team captains. Each captain was accompanied by a guest, usually a politician, journalist or comedian, or somebody particularly relevant to recent news. Merton took a break from "Have I Got News for You" during the 11th series in 1996, making only one appearance as a guest on Hislop's team. He was variously replaced as opposing team captain by Clive Anderson, Alan Davies and Eddie Izzard (with another two episodes featuring an equal-billing double act as the opponents of Hislop's team). Merton later explained
Big George I Got News For You", "The Office", "Room 101", and "Graham Norton" as well as play-out music for "One Foot in the Grave" (for which he claimed he was paid more than the more famous "Have I Got News For You" theme). Webley also composed numerous other themes for the National Theatre, Arts Theatre, ballet, and radio including Ian McMillan’s "East Coast Girls", Emma Clarke's "Share and Share Alike", and Neil Mossey’s "Stockport So Good They Named It Once". Webley began presenting the Saturday late show on GLR in 1994 and continued until 1996 when he suffered a heart attack