Ian Hislop
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Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK
Birthday: July 13, 1960
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Gender: Male
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Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
Overview: 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 uproarious episode hosted by Boris Johnson together with specially extended versions of the shows presented by Martin Clunes, William Hague, and Bruce Forsyth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-27
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Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Overview: Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by a different guest presenter each week.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-28
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Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video
Overview: A feature-length exclusive-to-video edition of Have I Got News For You.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Overview: A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison Pearson, The Observer “painstakingly constructed.. sharp yet sensitive” Victor Lewis-Smith
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-19
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Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good
Overview: Ian Hislop presents this film about the colourful, seriously wealthy Victorian financiers whose spectacular philanthropy shows that banking wasn't always associated with greed or self-serving financial recklessness. Ian looks at attitudes to money and morality when the London first became the world's financial centre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-22
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Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Overview: TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his partnership with Dudley Moore. With contributions from Cook's school friends Peter Rabey and Jonathan Harlow; Cook's first wife Wendy Cook; Cambridge University friends Tim Harrold and Roger Law; Adrian Slade (ex-president of Cambridge Footlights); Jonathan Miller; Sir David Frost; Ned Sherrin; John Bassett (creator, Beyond The Fringe); Willie Donaldson (producer, Beyond The Fringe); John Cleese; Eric Idle; Michael Parkinson; Brenda Vaccaro; John Fortune; Nicholas Luard (co-owner with Cook of The Establishment club); actress Gaye Brown; Christopher Booker; Ian Hislop; Victor Lownes and Michael Bawtree (friends of Cook); Joe McGrath; Dick Clement; Mel Smith; Clive Anderson; tv producer and executive Paul Jackson; Harry Enfield, radio presenter Clive Bull, and archival interview footage of both Cook and Dudley Moore.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-12
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Overview: Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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Amnesty International's Big 30
Overview: In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-28
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A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary
Overview: Edwina Currie, Matthew Parris and Ian Hislop lead a cast of politicians and journalists sharing personal memories of Cecil Parkinson and the scandal that ended his political ambitions – a secret affair with his secretary Sara Keays that lasted 12 years and would threaten the stability of the Conservative government. A story of power, politics and personal consequences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-01
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The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
Overview: 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 family, as well as the comedy and literary stars she inspired - including Stephen Mangan, Ian Hislop, David Nicholls, Isy Suttie and Adrian Scarborough. Drawing on Sue Townsend's own archive of letters and notebooks, the film also features unseen photographs, footage and even her appointment diary, which includes poignant entries about her struggles with ill health, written in a humorous style instantly recognisable from her books.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-15
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Scouting for Boys
Overview: 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 Bible, the Koran and the Thoughts of Chairman Mao sold more. But they had fewer jokes, no pictures and were useless at important stuff like tying knots. In this entertaining and affectionate film, Ian Hislop uncovers the story behind the book which kick-started the Scout Movement - a work which is very eccentric, very Edwardian and very English. Hislop discovers that the book is also very radical and addresses a variety of modern issues, such as citizenship, disaffected youth and social responsibility. He explores the maverick brilliance of Baden-Powell, a national celebrity after his heroism in the Boer War, and considers the book's candid focus on health and well-being.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-14
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The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'
Overview: Compilation of classic moments and unseen outtakes from the first 23 series (1990-2002) of the popular BBC comedy show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-25
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Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard
Overview: 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 produces a gloriously eccentric picture of who we are, how we are ruled, what we want to say about ourselves and just how hard it is to do that in verse.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-16
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Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row
Overview: 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 Victorian era to the First World War, when modern Britain introduced its first peacetime restrictions on immigration.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-22
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Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails
Overview: 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 thousands of people onto the road.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-02
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Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History
Overview: 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 Hislop as never seen before.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-07
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Best Ever Spitting Image
Overview: A documentary about Spitting Image (1984) and the impact it had, including clips of the most memorable moments and contributions from many of the cast, crew and some of celebrities portrayed on the show.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-25
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