A beloved TV star has returned to Have I Got News For You for the first time in 10 years in an epic hosting comeback. 

The prime-time BBC comedy show sees celebrities answer questions on news stories from the week, with discussions fuelled by satirical humour. 

Ian Hislop, 64, and Paul Merton, 67, captain a team each and a different guest hosts each episode. 

It has now been revealed that Sue Perkins will host the show for episode five on Friday, May 2.

The broadcaster appeared on Have I Got News For You for the first time back in 2015 and this will mark her first time returning.

American comedian Michelle Wolf, 39, and political sketch writer Tom Peck will feature as guest panellists.

A TV star has returned to Have I Got News For You for the first time in 10 years. Ian Hislop and Paul Merton (pictured) captain a team each and a different guest hosts each episode

It has now been revealed that Sue Perkins (pictured) will host the show for episode five on Friday, May 2. She last hosted the programme in 2015

Have I Got News For You has aired 610 episodes over 68 series. 

It was presented by Angus Deayton between 1990 and 2002 and a number of guest presenters have filled the role ever since.

Team captain Ian previously revealed the ‘best and worst guest’ to ever grace hit the BBC show.

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Over the past 35 years there have been numerous famous faces on the panel. 

And the journalist didn’t hold back when he opened up about who his favourite and least favourite person to appear on the programme was.

Speaking to the Independent at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards earlier this week, Ian said: ‘My favourite guest was William Shatner, Captain Kirk from Star Trek.

‘He had no idea who we were. He didn’t know any of the news stories and was incredibly funny, and he actually sang.’

Ian added: ‘He’d just released an album, so I think he was probably both the best and the worst guest ever.’

William famously guest-hosted the iconic show back in 2012, and while he left many viewers in hysterics with his quips, one comment accidentally irked residents of an English town.

The veteran actor made a controversial claim about the seaside town of Ilfracombe in Devon. 

After initially mispronouncing the name of the town, fellow panelist Charlie Brooker joked that William made it sound ‘deeply Sєxual’. 

American comedian Michelle Wolf (left) and political sketch writer Tom Peck (right) will feature as guest panellists

William hit back: ‘The place is laced with prosтιтution,’ leading then town’s then-Mayor Paul Crabb to pen a letter to the actor’s representatives.

In it he invited William to visit Ilfracombe and see for himself that his remarks were completely unfounded.

He wrote: ‘As Captain James T Kirk, Mr Shatner has been to places where no man has gone before. However, the episode of Have I Got News for You clearly shows he has never been to Ilfracombe. 

‘If he came, we could show him that there is no prosтιтution in Ilfracombe and that it is a lovely coastal town with spectacular scenery and a close community.’ 

Have I Got News For You is produced by Hat Trick Productions and is filmed at Riverside Studios. 

It was originally released on BBC Two, where it aired until 2000, before moving over to BBC One.

Have I Got News For You is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.  

Team caption Ian didn’t hold back when he recently opened up about who his least favourite person to appear on the programme was – admitting it was William Shatner (pictured)