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Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain [Hardcover]

Nick Martin , Paul Merton , Ian Hislop
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Book Description

24 Sep 2009
Did you know that foreigners who want to live in Britain have to pass a government test to get in? It's true, and some of the questions are harder than "Why does everyone hate Manchester United?"

So the Have I Got News For You team have, in a moving and totally out of character display of public-spiritedness, compiled this Guide to Modern Britain to help guide you around, er, modern Britain. With reassuringly jaundiced reflections on everything from the global recession, religion and the Royal Family to the NHS, education and the media, it’s a handy primer to the British Constitution, even though we don’t actually have one. (How clever is that?) Think of it as the sort of manual you get with a car – enough information to help you check the oil, though not enough to re-balance the steering.

Packed with useless facts and unhelpful cynicism, the Have I Got News for You Guide to Modern Britain will help you understand exactly how the most ingenious, resilient, resourceful and proudest people on earth became the Twittering, touchy-feely, fame-obsessed, flu-fearing wimps that they are today.


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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (24 Sep 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1846075467
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846075469
  • Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1.8 x 20.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 330,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A witty and irreverent guide to daily life in the UK, from the writers of the hit BBC1 topical news quiz

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4.0 out of 5 stars YES THEY HAVE 14 Jan 2010
By Alexander Bryce TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
The news is that this is a first rate history of these British Isles. Far better, clearer and certainly funnier than anything i learned at school. A must for any history student who really wants to understand how we reached this stage in our evolution, how our country works[or doesn't] or who simply wants a good laugh. As a true reflection of life in Britain it is up there with Magna Carta and other such historical[or do i mean hysterical] documents.
Worth the price for Ian Hislop's introduction and Paul Merton's conclusion.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't want to give this book away! 11 Nov 2009
Format:Hardcover
A whistle stop tour of Britain, both historical and modern, informed by a sharp eye for detail and the inclusion of interesting facts. At times it made me laugh aloud, and the prose had more than a hint of Ambrose Bierce's mordant wit. The only drawback to the book was the quality of the photo reproduction.

Am seriously considering not putting this in my husband's stocking as intended, but keeping it for my own entertainment.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Christmas stocking book 9 Nov 2009
By S. Levy
Format:Hardcover
An excellent christmas stocking book. It made me smile on the tube to myself as I read it and would be perfect for christmas afternoons with the family. Full of excellent pub quiz trivia and nuggets about britain that I had no idea about.

Particularly like the diagrams and sketches through out the book illustrating a point - or in sometimes how un illastratable parts of British culture are!
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