ACTOR
Ian Hislop
Known for Have I Got News for You · The One Show · Harry Enfield and Chums
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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- Born
- Jul 13, 1960
- Birthplace
- Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK
- Known For
- Acting
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
TV
Have I Got News for YouSelf - Team Captain · 1990
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
TV
The One ShowSelf - Guest · 2006
★ 4.3
★ 4.3
TV
Harry Enfield and ChumsAdditional Writing · 1994
★ 7.2
★ 7.2
TV
Room 101Self · 1994
★ 6.6
★ 6.6
TV
Who Do You Think You Are?Self · 2004
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Team Captain
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Question TimeSelf - Panellist · 1979
★ 5.9
★ 5.9
TV
Murder Most HorridWriter · 1991
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
Filmography
Movies
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White HouseWriter
1986
Spitting Image: A Non-Denominational Holiday SpecialWriter
1987
Spitting Image: Election Special '87Writer
1987
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie AwardsWriter
1987
Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald ReaganWriter
1988
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy ShowWriter
1988
Spitting Image: The Sound of MaggieWriter
1989
Amnesty International's Big 30Self
1991
Some Interesting Facts About Peter CookSelf
1995
GobbleWriter
1997
Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate VideoSelf
1997
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the UniverseSelf
2002
The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'Self - Team Captain
2002
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
2003
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2Self (archive footage)
2005
Best Ever Spitting ImageSelf
2006
Scouting for BoysHimself (Presenter)
2007
A Bunch of AmateursWriter
2008
Ian Hislop Goes Off The RailsSelf - Presenter
2008
Ian Hislop's Changing of the BardPresenter
2009
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?Self
2010
Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were GoodSelf - Presenter
2011
The Wipers TimesWriter
2013
50 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf
2014
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)Self
2016
Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration RowHimself - Presenter
2017
Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True HistoryPresenter
2019
Spike Milligan: The Unseen ArchiveSelf - Co-Writer, 'SPIKE'
2022
A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the SecretarySelf
2024Television
OmnibusSelf · 1 eps
1967
The South Bank ShowSelf · 1 eps
1978The South Bank Show1 eps
1978
Question TimeSelf - Panellist · 14 eps
1979
Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1980LT
Loose TalkSelf - Guest Co-Presenter · 1 eps
1983AF
About FaceWriter
1989
Have I Got News for YouSelf - Team Captain · 651 eps
1990P
Plunder1 eps
1990
Murder Most HorridWriter
1991
Harry Enfield and ChumsAdditional Writing
1994
Room 101Self · 2 eps
1994
ParkinsonSelf · 1 eps
1998
My Dad's the Prime MinisterCreator
2003
ParkinsonSelf - Guest · 2 eps
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?Self · 1 eps
2004NF
Not Forgotten7 eps
2005
The One ShowSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2006The One ShowSelf · 1 eps
2006IH
Ian Hislop's Age Of The Do-GoodersSelf - Presenter · 3 eps
2010
The IslandMarcus Fielding · 26 eps
2010
Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper LipSelf - Presenter · 3 eps
2012
Ian Hislop's Olden DaysSelf - Presenter · 3 eps
2014
Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf · 1 eps
2017
A House Through TimeSelf · 1 eps
2018
PestonThemselves - Guest · 1 eps
2018
Years and YearsIan Hislop · 1 eps
2019
Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the WorldSelf - Presenter · 4 eps
2021
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror StorySelf · 1 eps
2022
Have I Got News for YouWriter
2024
What's the Monarchy For?Self · 2 eps
2025
Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Team Captain · 346 eps
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