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Gordon Angus Deayton (born January 6, 1956) is an English comic actor and television presenter. He is best-known as the presenter of the satirical panel game Have I Got News For You, a job from which he was sacked in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid revelations about his personal life.
Early life
Brought up in Surrey and attending Caterham School, Deayton showed early promise as a footballer, and had a trial with Crystal Palace. A sporting career was not to be, and he read languages at New College, Oxford, where he was recruited into a satirical revue for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This led to the creation of the parody band the Hee Bee Gee Bees in 1980. Their best selling single Meaningless Songs (plus the B-side Posing in the Moonlight) was a parody of the falsetto style of countless disco hits from pop group the Bee Gees. The parody songs were written by Richard Curtis and Philip Pope.
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RT @ColonelHitch: Y'know, Angus Deayton would make a great guest host on Have I Got News For You.
arbroathanomic (Stuart Arbroath) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:57:51 -0000
RT @ColonelHitch: Y'know, Angus Deayton would make a great guest host on Have I Got News For You.
@james_simo He does it every year...except last year, due to that Russell Brand scandal. So Angus Deayton did it instead...
Ereedmas (Sam Deere) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:51:53 -0000
@james_simo He does it every year...except last year, due to that Russell Brand scandal. So Angus Deayton did it instead...
@jennytablina Angus Deayton did a sterling job though.
Navarin (Ben Turnbull) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:39:18 -0000
@jennytablina Angus Deayton did a sterling job though.
Our xmas do was amazing Angus Deayton hosting the awards and the fab stereophonics performing! Now that's what you call a xmas party!
jo_lloyd ( Jo Lloyd) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:07:23 -0000
Our xmas do was amazing Angus Deayton hosting the awards and the fab stereophonics performing! Now that's what you call a xmas party!
Long but v. enjoyable day. Stereophonics and Angus Deayton along the way for good measure.
Davidheane (David Heane) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:15:42 -0000
Long but v. enjoyable day. Stereophonics and Angus Deayton along the way for good measure.
Just at our Xmas party in Manchester, angus deayton hosting, stereophonics performing soon & read nxt tweet .... Cont.d
MissAngelajay (Angela Jay) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:50:17 -0000
Just at our Xmas party in Manchester, angus deayton hosting, stereophonics performing soon & read nxt tweet .... Cont.d
BBC: 'Loser' Deayton faces the music - Deayton faced a barrage of ridicule from the teams on Have I Got News For You in the wake of being involved in a sex scandal.
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BBC: Angus Deayton: Answering questions for a change - Tabloid revelations have made the sardonic presenter of Have I Got News For You the latest target of the programme's barbs
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BBC: Angus Deayton: Mr Urbane - BBC News Online profiles Angus Deayton, who is in the news again as his private life is splashed across the tabloid newspapers.
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BBC: Deayton 'feels a fool' over reports - The Have I Got News For You host anticipates a rough ride on the forthcoming show after tabloid claims about his private life.
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BBC: Deayton 'gags' Sunday paper - The television presenter obtains an injunction against the Mail on Sunday to prevent further revelations about his private life.
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BBC: Deayton admits: I'm this week's loser - Angus suffers merciless ridicule as he hosts Have I Got News For You following revelations about his private life.
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BBC: Deayton in the lion's den - Viewers get their chance on Friday to see the hosts mauling at the recording of Have I Got News For You. But what was the view from the back row of the studio audience?
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BBC: Deayton ridicule tops ratings - BBC One's Have I Got News For You beats Big Brother 3's debut in the ratings, following claims about the hosts private life.
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BBC: Deayton's future in doubt - BBC executives are meeting the Have I Got News For You host following further revelations about his private life.
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BBC: Deayton's Mirror complaint rejected - The Press Complaints Commission rejects a complaint by the TV presenter over a Mirror newspaper story about a trip to Paris.
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BBC: Man arrested over Deayton 'bugging' - A man believed to be a BT engineer has been arrested over allegations he bugged the television presenter's phone.
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BBC: Quiz host Deayton fired by BBC - Angus is dropped as presenter of BBC One's quiz show Have I Got News For You after revelations about his private life.
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IMDb: Angus Deayton - Biography and Filmography of the actor and quiz show host.
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