Ian Hislop
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Biography
Journalist, satirist and broadcaster Ian Hislop began his glittering career at the posh private school Ardlingly College where he wrote and starred in revues. While at Oxford University he started a magazine called Passing Wind and upon graduation in 1981 joined the staff of Private Eye, becoming editor in 1986, and gaining a reputation for being sued for libel by the subjects of the magazine's exposés (and usually, losing). He has also written a number of satirical TV and radio series with long-standing collaborator Nick Newman.
He has appeared on every episode of HIGNFY since it started, and has since branched out into other broadcasting work, with his Channel 4 series Not Forgotten (about the tragedies of the First World War) winning high critical praise.
