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Have I Got News For You creator wants Angus Deayton back two decades after firing

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BBC show, 20 years after he left.The host exited back in 2002 after allegations of drug-taking and sex with prostitutes.The show’s creator Jimmy Mulville shared his hopes for Deayton to return during an interview with BBC Radio 4 yesterday.Appearing on What’s Funny About, Jimmy shared how Deayton had “served his time”.He said: "I think it'd be very nice for him.

We're all a little older now.“He's definitely served his time, and he was a very good host.”Deayton was the first host of the panel news series, which he helmed throughout the 1990s.However, in May 2002, the now-defunct paper the News of the World reported he had taken cocaine and had sex with prostitutes.He was ridiculed by panellists Ian Hislop and Paul Merton in the episode.

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