Ian Hislop
- 64 years old
- British
- Writer, journalist and satirist
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Ian Hislop: history says you should joke about anything
No topic should be out of bounds, so long as you can justify the point behind it. I have spent most of my life joking about serious things, and I believe humour can be helpful, especially when important issues are at stake.
Ian Hislop & Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 17th August 2018Ten memorable Room 101 moments
As host Frank Skinner announces that 'Room 101 is dead', we look back at some memorable moments from the show
Chortle, 25th July 2018Ian Hislop picks Banksy hoax for museum dissent show
Graffiti artist's Peckham Rock placed in museum as prank will feature among objects illustrating subversion, in a show for the British Museum.
Mark Brown, The Guardian, 17th May 2018Ian Hislop and Nick Newman create new satirical play
The Wipers Times writers Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have announced a new satirical play, Trial By Laughter, about a .
British Comedy Guide, 3rd May 2018Is 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 2018