Have they got curry jokes for Chris Tarrant on TV quiz show

The TV presenter, faced with a barrage of jokes from the satirical show's contestants, tucked into a dish of curry in the studio during recording of the BBC1 show.

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Have I got curry for you: Chris Tarrant faces a barrage of curry jokes on quiz show 'Have I Got News for You'

Tarrant, 60, was arrested on Sunday night after "lobbing" cutlery at a fellow diner in the MemSaab restaurant in Nottingham.

He later admitted that he did jokingly lob some cutlery after asking to be left alone to discuss work with two colleagues.

The presenter said he did not know if he threw "a spoon, a fork, a napkin - whatever" but he chatted with the couple later and they were fine.

Chris Tarrant faces a barrage of curry jokes on quiz show 'Have I Got News for You'

But the man on the receiving end claimed later that the TV star threw a knife at him.

Diner John Trussler said he was celebrating his 36th birthday with his girlfriend when the presenter threw the piece of cutlery at him after he had joked with him.

Mr Trussler, an electrician from Nottingham, claimed he was left with an inch-long cut on his right arm after being hit with the knife.

The electrician said: "I jokingly said, 'Sit down, you don't know what you're doing'. He put his plate down, picked up a knife and threw it at me. He was about 20ft away."

He added: "I couldn't believe it when he said he'd lobbed a spoon. Police took pictures of the cut. The next day I went to my doctor's. A nurse gave me a tetanus injection."

Nottinghamshire Police said Tarrant was arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail to return on a date in June.