Angus Deayton Angus Deayton Gordon Angus Deayton (; born 6 January 1956) is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original presenter of the satirical panel game "Have I Got News for You", a job from which he was dismissed in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid allegations about his personal life. He was also the host of British panel show "Would I Lie To You?" from 2007–2008. He also played Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series "One Foot in the Grave", and George Windsor in the final three series of "Waterloo
Have I Got News for You of course "Have I Got News for You" is all edited. These people, they couldn't improvise live. You put them on a stage, they wouldn't be able to improvise.' Merton said of this: "Well, when Norman Tebbit said I couldn't improvise, I was... ["blows out cheeks and then goes silent"]." The main section of the show comprises several rounds, although, as noted above, this is liable to change. Since the show originally aired, several rounds have been dropped from the original format, but a typical show will usually consist of the following: The original line-up, from 1990 to 2002, was