IT is to be hoped that Anne Robinson has more of a sense of fun than she looks to have.

The shrewish host of The Weakest Link is taking over the chair of Have I Got News For You. And, while I don't doubt that this former national newspaper journalist has a very sharp brain, she'll have to learn to roll with the punches from Messrs Hislop and Merton.

Personally, I'd have gone for Clive Anderson for the vacant chair. He's clever, humorous and can be controversial. Best of all, he can laugh at himself.

And I can't see our Anne doing much of that.