Angus Deayton

Angus Deayton is a British actor, comedian, television presenter, and writer. He is best known as the original host of the BBC panel show Have I Got News for You, which he presented from 1990 to 2002, and for playing Patrick Maitland in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Born in Merton, Surrey in 1956, he studied at the University of Oxford, where he performed with the Oxford Revue alongside Geoffrey Perkins. He has narrated numerous television programmes and documentaries.