Ian Hislop

Born: 1960-07-13

Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist, writer, broadcaster, and editor of the magazine Private Eye. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes, and has been a team captain on the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You since the programme's inception in 1990.


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Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row

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Released: 2017-06-22

As Brexit Britain prepares to draw up new rules on who is welcome here, Ian Hislop takes an...

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The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)

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Released: 2016-10-15

A warm and witty celebration of Sue Townsend's life and writing, the story is told with the help...

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Amnesty International's Big 30

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Released: 1991-12-28

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's...

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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

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Released: 2014-05-24

Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing...

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Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-11-28

Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team...

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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

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Released: 1995-12-19

A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. ...

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Best Ever Spitting Image

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Released: 2006-07-25

A documentary about Spitting Image (1984) and the impact it had, including clips of the most...

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The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'

as Self - Team Captain
Released: 2002-11-25

Compilation of classic moments and unseen outtakes from the first 23 series (1990-2002) of the...

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Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

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Released: 2002-01-12

TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the...

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Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video

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Released: 1997-01-01

A feature-length exclusive-to-video edition of Have I Got News For You.

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Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

as Self - Presenter
Released: 2011-11-22

Ian Hislop presents this film about the colourful, seriously wealthy Victorian financiers whose...

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Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History

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Released: 2019-10-07

Ian Hislop's sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences - from...

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Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters

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Released: 2003-10-27

More than 160 minutes of the best moments from the top TV comedy news quiz, with a different...

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Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails

as Self - Presenter
Released: 2008-10-02

Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a...

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Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard

as Presenter
Released: 2009-05-16

Ian Hislop takes an amused look at one of the most peculiar offices in the British...

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Scouting for Boys

as Himself (Presenter)
Released: 2007-05-14

Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential and...

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The One Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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The One Show

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First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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Have I Got News for You

as Self – Team Captain
First aired: 1990-09-28

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories...

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Have I Got News for You

as Self - Team Captain
First aired: 1990-09-28

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories...

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Question Time

as Self - Panellist
First aired: 1979-09-25

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least...

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news...

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Room 101

as Self
First aired: 1994-07-04

Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities...

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Only Connect

as Self - Contestant
First aired: 2008-09-15

The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the...

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The South Bank Show

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-14

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and...

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Omnibus

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First aired: 1967-10-13

Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the...

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Who Do You Think You Are?

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First aired: 2004-10-12

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...

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Years and Years

as Himself
First aired: 2019-05-14

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the...

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The Island

as Marcus Fielding
First aired: 2010-10-11

Based on the best-selling English novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on...

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Parkinson

as Self
First aired: 1998-01-09

Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.

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Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

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First aired: 2022-04-06

Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his...

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A House Through Time

as Self
First aired: 2018-01-04

David Olusoga tells the story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until...

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Peston

as Themselves - Guest
First aired: 2018-09-26

Join Robert Peston for a late-night political magazine show featuring big interviews with the...

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Great Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1980-10-23

Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring...

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Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

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First aired: 2017-05-02

Danny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen...

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Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2021-08-13

How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway...

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Ian Hislop's Olden Days

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2014-04-09

Ian Hislop explores the British obsession with the past. He reveals how and why, throughout our...

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Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip

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First aired: 2012-10-02

Ian Hislop asks when and why we British have bottled up or let out our feelings and how this has...

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