@slimfern posted:

Have I Got News For You creator wants Angus Deayton as host - 20 years after sacking
Have I Got News For You creator Jimmy Mulville wants Angus Deayton back as the show’s host – almost two decades after the presenter was fired for alleged use of cocaine and p***titutes.

Jimmy, managing director of Hat Trick Productions – who make the BBC hit – says Angus has “served his time” and thinks a comeback could be on the cards.

Liked him best

I wouldn't hold your breath on this happening: in general, the reporting of Jimmy Mulville's comments appears to be rather "abridged". The comments apparently come from an R4 interview:

“I think it'd be very nice for him [to come back to Have I Got News For You],” revealed Jimmy in an interview with BBC Radio 4.

“We're all a little older now. He's definitely served his time, and he was a very good host."

“I'm not really asked very often which guests should come on because usually I would say, 'Oh, God no. I hate him, her, them. Can we not have them?' And I'm ignored. So if he appears, it would be nothing to do with me.”

The important questions are:

1) Would Ian Hislop and Paul Merton want him back?

2) Would Angus be prepared to come back?

From what I've heard, there was rather a lot of "bad blood" over the affair, with Deayton apparently unhappy at not getting more support from his co-stars. Also; there were other repercussions that are still in effect, such as Stephen Fry refusing to go on the show again in protest at Deayton's dismissal...