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**Damien** · 06-11-2011, 18:40

Arrived at 5pm, got into what was already an impressive queue outside the studio, and noticed that a lot of the queue seemed to consist of large groups of young women! Stange demographic for Have I Got News For You but then that shows the dangers of making assumptions!

Anyway, after 10 or so minutes I found out we were actually in the queue for the Graham Norton Show so we quickly moved to the much, much smaller queue for Have I Got News For You. Waiting in that queue for just over an hour before being let into the studio.

The studio is actually a rather cheap looking set in the middle of a soundstage. Looked quite different until they put the correct lighting on. The filming lasted over 2 hours and was only stopped once for the make up girls to reapply whatever they needed to apply. They actually do six of those starting and ending videos and select the best three. Hislop and Merton talked when the cameras were not rolling given small stories or jokes about the topics covered that they wouldn't put on air.

I didn't actually watch the broadcasted version because after 2 hours of it you have had your fill!

06-11-2011, 18:40	#10
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 33,037	Re: Have I got news for you Arrived at 5pm, got into what was already an impressive queue outside the studio, and noticed that a lot of the queue seemed to consist of large groups of young women! Stange demographic for Have I Got News For You but then that shows the dangers of making assumptions! Anyway, after 10 or so minutes I found out we were actually in the queue for the Graham Norton Show so we quickly moved to the much, much smaller queue for Have I Got News For You. Waiting in that queue for just over an hour before being let into the studio. The studio is actually a rather cheap looking set in the middle of a soundstage. Looked quite different until they put the correct lighting on. The filming lasted over 2 hours and was only stopped once for the make up girls to reapply whatever they needed to apply. They actually do six of those starting and ending videos and select the best three. Hislop and Merton talked when the cameras were not rolling given small stories or jokes about the topics covered that they wouldn't put on air. I didn't actually watch the broadcasted version because after 2 hours of it you have had your fill!