Have I Got News for You to Ian and Kevin Maxwell, in case programme-makers appear biased in their treatment of these two heartless, scheming bastards." However, the Maxwell brothers were about to go on trial, and on 26 July 1996, the BBC and Hat Trick Productions were fined £10,000 each in the High Court for contempt of court. The risky nature of the joke was readily apparent on the night itself, with Hislop and Merton humorously claiming that Deayton might genuinely have to prepare himself for a spell in prison because of it. In 1996, a book based on the series, "Have I Got 1997 for
I've Got News for You (Feargal Sharkey song) single. It was also written by Sharkey and Morgan, and produced by Beckett. I've Got News for You (Feargal Sharkey song) "I've Got News for You" is a song by Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released in 1991 as the first single from his third studio album "Songs from the Mardi Gras". It was written by Sharkey and Dennis Morgan, and produced by Barry Beckett. The song reached No. 12 in the UK and No. 8 in Ireland. A music video was filmed to promote the single, while Sharkey also performed the song on the UK TV music show "Top of