Ian Hislop
- 64 years old
- British
- Writer, journalist and satirist
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Today's comics on Spike Milligan: the godfather of alternative comedy
He was the shellshocked genius who channelled his anarchic brilliance into The Goon Show. Ian Hislop and Nick Newman explain why they've written a play about Spike Milligan - while comedians remember a legend.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th January 2022Ian Hislop takes down MPs over the lobby culture
Ian Hislop took on MPs on the House of Commons standards select committee today and it was just as brilliant as you'd expect. The Private Eye editor denounced the lobbying culture of MPs and said standards in public life were 'very depressing'.
John Plunkett, The Poke, 25th January 2022First Look: Spike at The Watermill Theatre in rehearsal
First look rehearsal images have been released for the world premiere of Spike, a new comedy by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman and Spike Milligan.
Theatre Weekly, 18th January 2022Private Eye at 60: Is politics too strange for satire?
Private Eye is best-known for jokes, satire and investigative journalism. And as Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine, it's risen in circulation while print media has fallen. But do features like Glenda Slagg stand the test of time? And is it impossible to satirise politicians in 2021? Kirsty Wark speaks to Ian Hislop, Private Eye's editor for the past 35 years, Adam Macqueen, author of Private Eye: The 60 Yearbook and Kathryn Lamb, the magazine's cartoonist.
Kirsty Walk, BBC, 1st November 2021Ian Hislop: Spike Milligan was father of modern satire
Private Eye editor tells of new play about the anarchic comic - and reveals his run-ins over Goons scripts with the BBC.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer, 31st October 2021Spike Milligan's conflicts with the BBC to become new play
A new play about Spike Milligan and his relationship with the BBC is being written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
British Comedy Guide, 31st October 2021Ian Hislop & Adam MacQueen on 60 years of Private Eye
Private Eye is celebrating 60 years in print next month. The secret to its success is apparently simple: its unique formula of jokes and journalism, or "spoofs and scoops" as the Eye team would have it.
Freddy Mayhew, The Press Gazette, 10th September 2021Ian Hislop and Nick Newman working on Italian opera house screenplay
Writers Ian Hislop and Nick Newman are working on a new screenplay together. The currently un-titled project focuses on an Italian opera house during World War II.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd September 2021HIGNFY slammed for "weak & tedious" Welsh language gags
Friday night's episode of Have I Got News For You has been slammed online after cracking 'jokes' claiming that the Welsh language was unpronounceable.
Nation Cymru, 1st May 2021No Such Thing As A Fish to stream 20-hour long show
QI researchers are to air a mammoth 20-hour version of their hit podcast No Such Thing As A Fish for Comic Relief.
Chortle, 3rd March 2021