Knight of their highest ranks (Knight/Dame Commander and Knight/Dame Grand Cross), comes together with an honorific knighthood, making them a cross between orders of chivalry and orders of merit. By contrast, membership of other British Orders of Merit, such as the Distinguished Service Order, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour does not confer a knighthood. The second is being granted honorific knighthood by the British sovereign without membership of an order, the recipient being called Knight Bachelor. In the British honours system the knightly style of "Sir" is accompanied by the given name, and optionally
News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald, more commonly referred to as simply News Knight was a British television panel show shown on ITV, at 22:00 on Sunday nights. Fronted by Sir Trevor McDonald and in a similar style to the BBC One programme "Have I Got News for You", its format featured three comedians and McDonald satirising the week's news. Marcus Brigstocke was a permanent member of the "news team". "News Knight" is produced by Hat Trick Productions, the same production company as "Have I Got News For You". The programme's title is a