# Ian Hislop
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Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) 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.
== Family and personal life ==
Hislop was born on 13 July 1960 in Mumbles, Swansea, to a Scottish father, David Hislop, from Ayrshire, and a Channel Islander mother born in Jersey, Helen Rosemarie Hislop (née Beddows), who left for Wales in her late teens.Hislop did not know his grandparents.
167: Cash Harry
Street Of Shame writer Adam Macqueen updates Ian Hislop, Helen Lewis and Andrew Hunter Murray on the curious background to some of Prince Harry's key witnesses.
172: A Kicking For Keir
Who wants to give Keir Starmer a kicking? Basically everyone. Rotten Boroughs editor Saba Salman joins Helen Lewis, Ian Hislop and Adam Macqueen to explain how British politics has fractured and how May's elections will be a total bunfight. Plus: how did Elizabeth II become Brenda, and what nicknam…
Peter Cook picked by Jon Harvey aka Count Binface
Peter Cook was at the centre of the satire boom of the early sixties, both on stage with Beyond the Fringe and with his Soho club, The Establishment. Later he became a famous double act with Dudley Moore, and was also less well known as Lord Gnome, the proprietor of Private Eye.
"I can't believe th…
Exclusively on YouTube & Spotify from Next Week - Dawn French, Prue Leith & Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Welcome back to Pain in the Arts — the podcast about the arts and creative industries in Wales, hosted by broadcaster Chris J Birch and artist‑writer‑editor Jak Rhys Birch.
This week’s episode is recorded from the car, somewhere between Ha…
Stiff Upper Lip: Do Brits Have Emotions?
There’s a well known stereotype that Brits don’t show their emotions. George Gershwin even composed a song about the famous ‘Stiff Upper Lip’.
This week Alice Loxton and Ben Henderson delve into the history of emotions and ask where the British stiff upper lip came from.
We’ll hear how the French R…
Men's Football World Cup 2026 Season Wrap
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And the season finale of the World Cup of Men’s football 2026 has finally been broadcast. The last episode of the series dropped Sunday night, but I’ll try not to spoil the ending for those of you who haven’t finished binge-watching it yet. I will, however, give you a review that might…
Book Companion - George III Part 2
Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges.....
Wi…
193: The Jeffrey Archer Tribute Show
A unique tribute to Lord Archer, plus we mark Ian Hislop’s 40 years as editor of the mag, and look ahead to what autumn holds in British politics.
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