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Ian Hislop

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself on Have I Got News for You
Gender:
Male
Born:
7-14-1960
Birthplace:
Mumbles, Wales
Birth Name:
Ian David Hislop
Ian Hislop, a fine image of probity, was born on July 14th 1960. His father was Scottish and his mother was English, and he was born in Wales. As a child his family spent time in Nigeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.

During his school years he attended Ardingly College, a rather reputable public school in England. After this he went onto Magdalen College in Oxford to study English and attained a Honours Degree in English Language and Literature in 1981.

He began working for the infamous magazine called Private Eye in 1981. A magazine dedicated to



… More mocking the political world. Soon, Ian became the youngest ever editor of the magazine in 1986. In November 1991 Ian won the British Society of Magazine Editors annual award – The Editor's Editors Award.

Hislop is also a writer and broadcaster for many television programmes (see Crew Credits) and writes regularly for The Spectator, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday. He is also a regular member of the panel on Newsnight Review.

As for family life, Ian has a son and daughter, William and Emily and is happily married to Victoria since 1988.

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    The classification is ironic by the way!!! hide show

    Ian Hislop is one of the team captains on Have I Got News For You, opposite Paul Merton. While the two seem so different in appearance and in class, the partnership is unbeatable on Have I Got News For You. Ian Hislop’s strength is, through being editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye, his knowledge of current affairs. Despite this, he hardly wins on Have I Got News For You!!! However, his “knowledge” (or rather, the lack of it) of popular culture is always amusing to watch. The fact that he is not particularly bothered by what the audience thinks can also make a controversial show, as demonstrated by the Paula Yates episode. He is not afraid to be nasty to the guests, especially when they take the form of Piers Morgan. And when someone like Piers Morgan makes a fool of himself on a show like Have I Got News For You, you know there will always be someone like Ian Hislop to pounce on them!

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