Keen to dispel any rumours of loyalty to his employer, BBC sports reporter Nick Parrott took to Twitter last night to opine that flagship panel show Have I Got News For You was "scraping the bottom of the barrel" by featuring comedienne Sharon Horgan as guest host. The criticism was based entirely on Nick not recognising her, despite her having (according to WikiPedia) won a BBC New Comedy Award for writing, a British Comedy Award for acting, and a BAFTA nomination for her BBC sitcom Pulling. She’s also the sister of Irish rugby international Shane Horgan. Of course that’s no reason for an ignorant sports reporter to have heard of her, but scraping the bottom of the barrel? Hardly.

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