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Paul Merton - what members say

Have I Got News For You review by from Lancashire

Un PC, harsh fantastic nights fun 24 March 2004
... surreal comedians. Although some jokes may be reminiscent (the tub of lard, Paul Merton’s embarrassing Deayton T-Shirt), the humour value is tremendously entertaining ...

Spike Milligan - I Told You I Was Ill review by from Shrewsbury

A goodbye to Spike 24 August 2004
...is light hearted, informal and is aided by such personalities as John Sargeant, Paul Merton, Terry Jones, Eddie Izzard who genuinely seemed to be fans. A tribute in the va...

Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Guest Presenters - Vol. 2 review by from Merseyside

Have I got a Laugh For you? 17 September 2006
...een a great way to catch up. Three Hours (count ‘em) of absolute hilarity. Paul Merton and Ian Hislop do not disappoint. Go-on take a break from all the Hollywood Blo...

Paul Merton - filmography

- our price: £8.93
Paul Merton In China (2 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Paul Merton
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Comedian Paul Merton ventures into the unknown as he embarks upon a six week tour of China. Paul¿s trip will take in the major cities of China, as well as the most breathtaking countryside and remote backwaters that this vast country as to offer.

Rate this: 74% from 457 members

Spike Milligan - I Told You I Was Ill on DVD (2003)
Starring: Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard, Terry Jones
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It's a mystery how a man who called Prince Charles a 'groveling little bastard' on live TV would somehow end up on the Prince's list of favorite comedians, but that was the beauty of Spike Milligan. When the man Eddie Izzard called the founder of modern comedy died in 2002, he was mourned the world ..read more »

Rate this: 64% from 462 members

- our price: £13.93
Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Gu... on DVD (2002)
Starring: Paul Merton, Ian Hislop, Boris Johnson
Director: Ben Fuller, John F.D. Northover
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With the loss of iconic anchorman Angus Deayton, the witty and caustic topical news quiz tries out guest presenters. What a motley crew they turn out to be. From politician Charles Kennedy and THE WEAKEST LINK's hard woman Anne Robinson to comedians Hugh Dennis and Sanjeev Bhaskar. They cope with ..read more »

Rate this: 75% from 2,159 members

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Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Gu... on DVD (1990)
Starring: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Marcus Brigstocke
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Another dose of the topical news quiz, fronted by special guests with the usual panel pairing of messers Merton and Hislop.

Rate this: 75% from 1,418 member

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Have I Got News For You on DVD (1990)
Starring: Angus Deayton, Paul Merton, Ian Hislop
Director: Ben Fuller, John F.D. Northover, Paul Wheeler
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HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU is the hilarious quiz programme that focuses on news and politics. This collection presents highlights from the long-running show hosted by Angus Deayton.

Rate this: 77% from 2,175 members

- our price: £24.93
Whose Line Is It Anyway - Series 1 And 2 (4 discs) on DVD (1988)
Starring: Clive Anderson, Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton
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Whose Line Is It Anyway? began as a radio show in 1987 and due to its success was transferred to television a year later. The show features four contestants, comedians and actors, who must improvise sketches in order to win points and ultimately win the game.

Rate this: 71% from 217 members

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Paul Merton In Galton And Simpson's...
Starring: Paul Merton, Sam Kelly, Roger Lloyd-Pack
Director: Martin Dennis
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Paul Merton stars in modern versions of television comedies originally written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Features every episodes from the first and second series.

Rate this: 33% from 9 members
Not available for rental

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Paul Merton Collection (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Paul Merton
Certificate:
Presented by Paul Merton himself, this fantastic collection features hilarious clips and moments of comedy genius from his best-loved television shows (HIGNFY, Room 101, Who's Line,Paul Merton – The Series) and includes new and exclusive footage as he looks back on his television career so far. The ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 106 members

Paul Merton In India
Starring: Paul Merton
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Paul Merton looks at the cultures, customs, people and places of India.

Rate this: 56% from 6 members

Paul Merton - watch online

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 1 - A H... to Watch Now (2006)
Starring: Paul Merton, Arthur Smith, Andrew Franks
Director: none
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Run time: 9 minutes
The gang miniaturise a submarine and go on a fantastic journey through Vince's brain.

Rate this: 80% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 6 - Pri... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Wendy and Vince join the Army. Vince's potential is quickly spotted and he is promoted to General. Wendy excels as a Private and it seems that a glittering career beckons for her too. Everything goes pear-shaped when Vince causes a war with France and he and Wendy are forced to go AWOL. Back ..read more »

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 11 - Ar... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Rex has been taking cookery classes from Loyd Grossman, but his creations are so disgusting that the Gang have been hiding them in the pantry, rather than eating them. When Arthur Dustcart discovers Rex's culinary abominations he sees their potential as modern art. Bob, eager for a spot in the ..read more »

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Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 2 - Wen... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Wendy's on heat and the Gang's house is besieged by amorous hounds. The Gang draw down the blinds and prepare to repel borders, but one dog, Handsome Rex catches Wendy's eye and she agrees to go out on a date with him. Vince and Rex insist on chaperoning her. By the end of the evening Rex has ..read more »

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 7 - Roc... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Rex discovers the Rocket Raymond jetpack that Bob's been making him for his birthday. Despite Bob's warnings, Rex puts the pack on and blasts off into space without the controls, crash-landing on a planet full of small cute aliens who want to burn him at the stake. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Bob ..read more »

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 12 - Bo... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
In this homage to Rebel Without a Cause Bob joins a gang of delinquent youths. He takes to wearing a single glove and one of Wendy's earrings. Wendy, Rex and Vince are worried by the change in Bob's character. When he gets arrested they hope he will see the error of his ways, but it only makes a ..read more »

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Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 3 - Patio to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Bob's cavalier approach to laying a patio angers a group of militant ants who carry the gang's house away and threaten to throw it off a cliff. Meanwhile Rex goes to Dr Dogg for some psychotherapy and Wendy calls in an exorcist, Oswaldo Halitosis.

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 8 - The... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Having conned Rex into giving away his own ear, Dr Dogg carries out illicit genetic experiments on it and discovers the Plasticene Gene. In search of retribution, and Rex's ear, the gang pay Dr Dogg a visit. Dr Dog genetically engineers Rex a new ear, but, as a side-effect, Rex is covered in blue ..read more »

Rate this: 40% from 2 members

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 13 - Ho... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
The Gang discover a prototype hover mower whilst clearing out Bob's shed. The major design fault is obvious when it burrows into the ground, creating a tunnel that leads all the way from the back garden to Australia. A shouting match with some dingos follows, at the end of which an enraged Bob ..read more »

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 4 - Cra... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
After a row about whether to spend the bank holiday at the beach, the Gang end up at Gordons Garden Centre where Vince is taken hostage by a talking carnivorous plant. Things go from bad to worse when the whole place turns out to be a giant spaceship controlled by a deranged alien plant-pot called ..read more »

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Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 9 - Wen... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Wendy has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Science for the truth serum she's been working on in the spare room. The dress code on the invitation to the award ceremony says Scientific yet sexy: no white coats and Wendy decides to get her hair done. While she's out Bob and Rex consume the ..read more »

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Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 5 - Sli... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Bob's large girth is losing him friends. He turns to Dr Dogg for some drastic plastic surgery. Bob is very pleased with the results, but the rest of the Gang are terrified by his monstrous new physique. Rex dons the surgeon's mask and restores his friend.

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 10 - Wa... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
When Rex goes off on a well-earned break, Vince, Bob and Wendy are left behind to perform the Beast of Crannock Moore a supernatural drama in the tradition of Edgar Allen-Poe. Bob and Wendy audition various unlikely creatures, including a gonk, an action figure and a flee. Eventually they cast ..read more »

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Rex The Runt - Series 2, Episode 1 - Mou... to Watch Now (2001)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Rex arrives home to find that there's a mouse in the kitchen. But this is no ordinary mouse, he is preternaturally strong, extremely aggressive and refuses to be kicked out. The Gang even resort to getting Tiddles the Cat round to sort him out. Then the mouse reveals that he was once Rex's pet ..read more »

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Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 10 - Un... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Rex, Wendy and Bob spend a weekend at Aunty Brenda's University of Love learning about "the mysteries of the bedroom".

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Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 6 - Eas... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Attempting to reach New Zealand by helicopter, the gang crash on a tiny island. Rex is abducted by aliens.

Rate this: 55% from 2 members

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 11 - Jo... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Wendy is brainwashed by TV evangelist heart-throb Johnny Saveloy, leader of the "chemicalology" cult.

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Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 2 - Adv... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
After Bad Bob shoots the TV set, the gang are ordered to go on exciting adventures by the man who runs Television.

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Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 7 - Too... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
The gang's house has disappeared. They attempt to recover it using Bad Bob's "Go-Back-In-Time-O-Tron".

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 12 - Th... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
The gang wins the National Lottery but the prize - the City of Birmingham - is not at all what they expected.

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 3 - Ad... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
The gang journey to the North Pole, and drill a hole to find out what's at the centre of the Earth.

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 8 - The... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Wendy is put on trial for shooting Vince (who is unharmed except for a large bullet hole). She is acquitted and becomes a huge TV star.

Rate this: 65% from 2 members

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 13 - Ca... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Life gets complicated when Wendy inadvertently throws Rex out with the rubbish .

Rate this: 50% from 1 member

Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 4 - Adv... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Lost in space, the gang stumble on a branch of ?Poultry Pantry', the interstellar fast-food chain.

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Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 9 - Sti... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Short of cash again, the gang form a band and enter Stinky Basil's "Search for a Star" competition.

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Rex The Runt - Series 1, Episode 5 - Bob... to Watch Now (1998)
Starring: Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley
Director: Richard Goleszowski
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Run time: 10 minutes
Bob discovers he has a genius for curing hiccups and the gang temporarily become very rich.

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Paul Merton facts

5 most recent films

Paul Merton In China - 3.5 stars
Spike Milligan - I Told You I Was Ill - 3.0 stars
Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Guest Presenters - 4.0 stars
Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Guest Presenters - Vol. 2 - 4.0 stars
Have I Got News For You - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Have I Got News For You - 4.0 stars
Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Guest Presenters - 4.0 stars
Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Guest Presenters - Vol. 2 - 4.0 stars
Paul Merton In China - 3.5 stars
Whose Line Is It Anyway - Series 1 And 2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Paul Merton In Galton And Simpson's... - 2.0 stars
Paul Merton In India - 3.0 stars
Spike Milligan - I Told You I Was Ill - 3.0 stars
Paul Merton Collection - 3.5 stars
Whose Line Is It Anyway - Series 1 And 2 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Andrew Franks - 26 times - show films
Kevin Wrench - 26 times - show films
Elisabeth Hadley - 25 times - show films
Steve Box - 25 times - show films
Ian Hislop - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Goleszowski - 25 times - show films
none - 7 times - show films
John F.D. Northover - 2 times - show films
Ben Fuller - 2 times - show films
Martin Dennis - 1 times - show films

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