Ian Hislop
- 64 years old
- British
- Writer, journalist and satirist
Press clippings Page 9
Is it time to put HIGNFY out of its misery?
Ian Hislop's recent comments about female hosts being too 'modest' to present the show were indicative of the show's tired and flabby complacency.
Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 14th April 2018Ian Hislop pens freedom of speech play
Ian Hislop has written a play about freedom of speech. The oft-sued Private Eye editor will tell the story of 19th Century satirist William Hone in Trial By Laughter. Hone was accused of seditious libel against the government and the Prince Regent in 1817, having parodied them in a spoof of the Book Of Common Prayer. He faced three separate trials on three successive days at London's Guildhall as the Establishment tried to silence him and deport him to Australia.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 12th April 2018Have I got news for women? Not really.
No wonder female MPs steer clear of a TV show that celebrates smirking buffoonery.
Catherine Bennett, The Guardian, 8th April 2018The biggest problem for the makers of a satirical news quiz in 2018 must be knowing where to start. Hislop and Merton's Friday-night fixture has felt slightly flabby in recent series but Brexit, Trump and Cambridge Analytica feel like fish in a barrel, just waiting to be shot. Jeremy Paxman hosts this opener.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 6th April 2018HIGNFY: women hit back against 'too modest' claims
Politicians and comics dispute Ian Hislop's comments about reasons for lack of female hosts on panel show.
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 6th April 2018Have I Got News For You and the problem of women
The comedian Bridget Christie has been a team member on HIGNFY twice - the second time in 2014, shortly after winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award. "The second time was not a fun experience. I said, 'I don't think I'll do this again.'"
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 6th April 2018Hislop should ask why women are too modest for HIGNFY
If HIGNFY has created an environment that women are reluctant to enter, that is not on women - that's on Hislop and friends.
Tracy King, The New Statesman, 5th April 2018So female politicians don't want to host HIGNFY?
The implication that women are too cowardly to host the quiz show is ridiculous - they're busy in a ceaseless battle against trivialisation.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 4th April 2018Women too modest to host HIGNFY, Hislop claims
BBC show's team captains say low number of guest slots given to female politicians is because they refuse to appear.
Caroline Davies, The Guardian, 3rd April 2018It's not funny being the only woman on a TV panel show
If Have I Got News For You has problems finding female guests, maybe it's because the potential pitfalls are all too obvious.
Natalie Haynes, The Guardian, 3rd April 2018