Ian Hislop
- 64 years old
- British
- Writer, journalist and satirist
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Have I Got News For You is living a dreary panel show Groundhog Day
The stalwart BBC series begins its 63rd series tonight, with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton returning as perennial team captains. The series is a British TV institution, writes Louis Chilton - but why does it feel like it's just peddling the same tired schtick?
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 1st April 2022Clive Myrie to host Have I Got News For You
The episode will air on Friday 1st April, BBC One, 9pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2022Spike review
An entertaining if chaotic exploration of Spike Milligan's trials and triumphs during The Goon Years, starring John Dagleish.
The Stage, 2nd February 2022Spike, Watermill Theatre, review
This Milligan portrait lacks hilarity and heft.
i Newspaper, 2nd February 2022Spike review
This affectionate and spirited tribute similarly lacks surprise - although it will serve as nostalgia for those who remember the show, as the age demographic of the audience attests.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd February 2022Spike review
Fast-paced portrait of Spike Milligan hurls us between the comic's anarchic Goon Show sketches, cartoonish clashes with the BBC and the trauma of war.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st February 2022Spike, review
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's show about Spike Milligan, at the Watermill, should delight his many fans but may not recruit new ones
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 1st February 2022Spike review
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman capture Milligan's genius.
Clive Davis, The Times, 1st February 2022Why Spike Milligan is still the godfather of British comedy
He was forever at war with the BBC -- and his own demons -- but for Sunday Times cartoonist Nick Newman and Ian Hislop, he is a hero, and the subject of their new play Spike.
Nick Newman, The Sunday Times, 30th January 2022