
Ian Hislop
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
What's the Monarchy For? as Self
2024A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary as Self
2022Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story as Self
2021Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World as Self - Presenter
2019Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History as Presenter
2019Years and Years as Ian Hislop
2018Peston as Themselves - Guest
2018A House Through Time as Self
2017Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row as Himself - Presenter
2017Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
2016The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4) as Self
201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
2014Ian Hislop's Olden Days as Self - Presenter
2012Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip as Self - Presenter
2011Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good as Self - Presenter
2010Ian Hislop's Age Of The Do-Gooders as Self - Presenter
2010The Island as Marcus Fielding
2009Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard as Presenter
2008Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails as Self - Presenter
2007Scouting for Boys as Himself (Presenter)
2006The One Show as Self - Guest
2006The One Show as Self
2006Best Ever Spitting Image as Self
2005Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)
2005Not Forgotten
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2003Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
2002The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' as Self - Team Captain
2002Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self
1998Parkinson as Self
1997Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video as Self
1995Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook as Self
1994Room 101 as Self
1991Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self
1990Have I Got News for You as Self - Team Captain
1990Plunder
1980Great Railway Journeys as Self - Presenter
1979Question Time as Self - Panellist
1978The South Bank Show as Self
1967Omnibus as Self
—Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Team Captain








