Paul Merton has let Have I Got News For You fans know what he really thinks of his fellow team captain Ian Hislop.
The pair have gone head-to-head on the BBC’s weekly news quiz show since its first broadcast in 1990; their jokes and jibes at one another became a firm favourite with viewers.
Speaking to Saga's Experience is Everything podcast, Merton gave an insight into what his relationship with Hislop is really like.
" He's an essential part of the show," Merton concluded.