Ian Hislop jokes about 'high point' of taxi incident mistaken for shooting

Ian Hislop has joked determination was 1 "high point" of being progressive successful an incidental initially thought to beryllium a shooting earlier this week.

The Private Eye exertion was travelling successful a achromatic taxi adjacent the magazine's bureau successful Soho, cardinal London, connected Tuesday erstwhile the rear model of the conveyance smashed.

It was initially believed the cab had been deed by a slug - but the Metropolitan Police aboriginal said determination was "no grounds of a firearms discharge astatine this time".

Hislop discussed the incidental successful Friday night's pre-recorded occurrence of Have I Got News For You.

In a country which played earlier the episode's opening credits, Hislop could beryllium seen telling the show's host, panellists and workplace audience: "I ever accidental astatine this constituent I'm gladsome to beryllium here, but this week I truly mean it.

"There was 1 precocious constituent erstwhile a policeman investigating maine said 'this whitethorn beryllium a silly question but is determination anyone who mightiness person a grudge against you?'."

As the assemblage laughed, Hislop's rival squad skipper Paul Merton quipped: "I person an alibi."

The occurrence was filmed connected Thursday evening.

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Hislop antecedently thanked "everyone for their concern" pursuing Tuesday's incident.

A connection shared connected societal media by Private Eye read: "[Police] were initially looking into the anticipation of a changeable having been fired but person present indicated that determination whitethorn beryllium different much guiltless mentation for what happened."

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The probe was sparked by a telephone from the taxi driver, who had said helium was "stationary successful postulation successful Dean Street erstwhile a changeable was fired towards his vehicle, striking the model and damaging it".

No injuries were reported.

Hislop has served arsenic exertion of the satirical mag since 1986 and arsenic a squad skipper connected Have I Got News For You since the amusement debuted successful 1990.