Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop

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.

  • Title: Ian Hislop
  • Popularity: 7.973
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1960-07-13
  • Place of Birth: Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK
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Ian Hislop Movies

  • 1997
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    Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video

    Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video

    1 1997 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Angus Deayton

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  • 2002
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    Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

    Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

    1 2002 HD

    TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Cook

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  • 2016
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    The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)

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

    7 2016 HD

    A warm and witty celebration of Sue Townsend's life and writing, the story is told with the help of children from Sue's old school, her friends and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Julie Walters

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  • 2007
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    Scouting for Boys

    Scouting for Boys

    1 2007 HD

    Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential and best-selling books of all time. In the 20th century, only the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Rowe

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  • 2002
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    The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'

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

    1 2002 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Angus Deayton

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  • 2009
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    Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard

    Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard

    1 2009 HD

    Ian Hislop takes an amused look at one of the most peculiar offices in the British establishment, that of Poet Laureate. Its 341-year history...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2017
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    Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row

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

    1 2017 HD

    As Brexit Britain prepares to draw up new rules on who is welcome here, Ian Hislop takes an entertaining and provocative look at the decades from the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2008
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    Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails

    Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails

    1 2008 HD

    Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2019
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    Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History

    Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History

    1 2019 HD

    Ian Hislop's sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences - from Victorians on the moon to 21st-century deepfake, and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2006
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    Best Ever Spitting Image

    Best Ever Spitting Image

    1 2006 HD

    A documentary about Spitting Image (1984) and the impact it had, including clips of the most memorable moments and contributions from many of the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Simon Chadwick

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  • 2003
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    Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters

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

    1 2003 HD

    More than 160 minutes of the best moments from the top TV comedy news quiz, with a different guest presenter in the chair each week. Includes the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2005
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    Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

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

    1 2005 HD

    Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined...

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    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 1995
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    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    1 1995 HD

    A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Cook

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  • 1991
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    Amnesty International's Big 30

    Amnesty International's Big 30

    4 1991 HD

    In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jonathan Ross

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  • 2011
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    Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

    Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

    1 2011 HD

    Ian Hislop presents this film about the colourful, seriously wealthy Victorian financiers whose spectacular philanthropy shows that banking wasn't...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2014
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    50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    8 2014 HD

    Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Joanna Lumley

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  • 2024
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    A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary

    A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary

    1 2024 HD

    Edwina Currie, Matthew Parris and Ian Hislop lead a cast of politicians and journalists sharing personal memories of Cecil Parkinson and the scandal...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Cecil Parkinson

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  • 2013
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    The Wipers Times

    The Wipers Times

    6.3 2013 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ben Chaplin

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  • 1997
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    Gobble

    Gobble

    1 1997 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Kevin Whately

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  • 2008
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    A Bunch of Amateurs

    A Bunch of Amateurs

    5.4 2008 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Burt Reynolds

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  • 2024
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    The One Show

    The One Show

    4.8 2024 HD

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

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Alex Jones

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  • 2018
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    Room 101

    Room 101

    6.15 2018 HD

    Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Frank Skinner

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  • 2023
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    Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

    6.425 2023 HD

    A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2009
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    Not Forgotten

    Not Forgotten

    1 2009 HD

    Not Forgotten is a British television documentary series made by Wall to Wall for Channel 4. The series examines the impact on British society of the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2013
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    The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

    5 2013 HD

    The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Melvyn Bragg

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  • 1991
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    Plunder

    Plunder

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2010
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    Ian Hislop's Age Of The Do-Gooders

    Ian Hislop's Age Of The Do-Gooders

    1 2010 HD

    Ian Hislop rescues the reputation of the maverick 'Do-Gooders' who he believes fixed the 19th century's version of 'broken Britain' in this new...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2024
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.188 2024 HD

    Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Merton

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  • 2014
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    Ian Hislop's Olden Days

    Ian Hislop's Olden Days

    6 2014 HD

    Ian Hislop explores the British obsession with the past. He reveals how and why, throughout our history, we have continually plundered 'the olden...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2024
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    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    6.5 2024 HD

    Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't...

    Genre: News

    Cast: Paul Merton

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  • 2019
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    Years and Years

    Years and Years

    7.583 2019 HD

    As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Emma Thompson

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  • 2009
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    Great Railway Journeys

    Great Railway Journeys

    7 2009 HD

    Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2024
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    Only Connect

    Only Connect

    6.417 2024 HD

    The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where...

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    Cast: Victoria Coren Mitchell

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  • 2024
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    Question Time

    Question Time

    4.9 2024 HD

    This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other...

    Genre: News

    Cast: Fiona Bruce

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  • 2012
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    Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip

    Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip

    1 2012 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2021
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    Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World

    Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World

    2 2021 HD

    How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway projects the world over.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ian Hislop

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  • 2018
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    Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

    Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

    1 2018 HD

    Danny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen follow in the footsteps of their favourite British...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Gus Casely-Hayford

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  • 2024
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    The One Show

    The One Show

    4.8 2024 HD

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

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Alex Jones

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  • 2022
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    Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

    Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

    6.9 2022 HD

    Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his death in 2011, an investigation prompted more...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jimmy Savile

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  • 2011
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    The Island

    The Island

    8.7 2011 HD

    Based on the best-selling English novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stelios Mainas

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  • 2024
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.188 2024 HD

    Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Merton

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  • 2024
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    Peston

    Peston

    1 2024 HD

    Join Robert Peston for a late-night political magazine show featuring big interviews with the country's leading politicians, topical guests, and the...

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    Cast: Robert Peston

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  • 2021
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    A House Through Time

    A House Through Time

    7.5 2021 HD

    David Olusoga tells the story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. Searching through city archives, scouring...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Olusoga

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  • 2003
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    7 2003 HD

    Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1991
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    5 1991 HD

    About Face is a series of twelve unconnected half-hour sitcoms all starring Maureen Lipman in the lead role. Each episode featured a guest cast of...

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    Cast: Maureen Lipman

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  • 1999
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6.583 1999 HD

    A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dawn French

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  • 2004
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6 2004 HD

    My Dad's the Prime Minister is a British sitcom written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. It centres around the life of the Prime Minister, his family...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Bathurst

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