Luke Littler has acunderstandledgeted he’s got no idea what Have I Got News for You is all about – despite his face featuring on every episode.
The teenager has enhappinessed a stunning elevate to prominence over the past 12 months, ever since taking part in the World Darts Championship.
Littler made the final of that competition at the begin of the year but was ultimately unable to safe glory, with Luke Humphries lifting the trophy instead.
The youthfulster will be hoping to dodge a repeat this time around, with the competition due to commence on Sunday.
Luke Littler will be hoping to prosper the World Darts Championship
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Few had heard of Littler fair 12 months ago.
Yet the 17-year-anciaccess is now a hoincludehanciaccess name and, as a result, his face features in the background of every episode of the BBC’s Have I Got News for You.
The programme, which has been running since September 1990, has Littler’s face among other big figures this year – including King Charles, Donald Trump, Keir Starmer, Noel Gallagher and Taylor Swift.
And Littler, per The Sun, has acunderstandledgeted he’s haughty despite not ever watching the show.z
One highairy for 2024 was when the 17-year-anciaccess beat Humphries to prosper the Premier League at the first time of asking.
Humphries will be a stubborn opponent to topple at Alexandra Palace this prosperter, with the 29-year-anciaccess the best perestablisher in the world.
Yet Littler’s electrifying disperestablishs propose he’s able of going one better and compriseing another trophy to his lengthening assembleion.
In an interwatch with the Telegraph, Littler uncovered he would be practicing for an hour-and-a-half during the tournament.
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Luke Littler’s face features in the background of every Have I Got News for You episode
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But he also structures to spfinish some time resting on his beadored Xbox as well.
“A lot of sleep, rehearse, Xbox, chill out. An hour to an-hour-and-a-half [a day] on the board,” he shelp.
“Keep the arm free. [But] mostly fair chilling… [see] some mates… go out with them sometimes, otherteachd fair chilling in my bedroom on my own, perestablishing my game, on my phone.”
When asked about advice he’s getd from darts icon Phil Taylor, Littler compriseed: “As soon as he walked in, me and my mum were, ‘What is going on?’ Sat down having a meal with Phil Taylor!
Luke Littler lost to Luke Humphries in the final of the World Darts Championship at the begin of the year
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“It was outstanding. He was inestablishing me some of the stories on tour, [about] some of the perestablishers.
“He was saying, ‘Just protect yourself to yourself.
“The least you include with people, the difficulter it is for them. Don’t necessitate to talk to anyone’.”
