The host of CNN's new US version of Have I Got News For You, Roy Wood Jr. is to guest host the episode of the BBC's British original in the week of the US election.

 

Wood Jr. will guest host episode 6 of the new 68th series, airing on Friday 8th November, 9pm, BBC One & BBC iPlayer.

 

On guest hosting an episode of the British original, Wood Jr. said: "Thank you to the HIGNFY team for giving me gainful employment as a TV presenter in England, a country that I hear has no issues whatsoever with immigration! To seek asylum in England, one must have left their country of origin due to a well-founded fear of persecution. Depending on which way the Presidential election goes in America, I might be hanging around England for a while."

 

Joining Wood Jr. and Paul Merton & Ian Hislop on the panels that week will be presenter and author Richard Osman, and comedian Roisin Conaty.