Ian Hislop
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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | ''Private Eye'' proprietor Peter Cook on Hislop: "Ian is our concession to youth, he being all of fifteen ''[he was 31 at the time]'' . And I believe he's a woman as well, so that helps." | ||
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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.
Trivia
Private Eye proprietor Peter Cook on Hislop: "Ian is our concession to youth, he being all of fifteen [he was 31 at the time] . And I believe he's a woman as well, so that helps."
