
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.
Known For

TV
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006

TV
The One Show
Self
2006

TV
Have I Got News for You
Self - Team Captain
1990

TV
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979

TV
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Team Captain

TV
Omnibus
Self
1967

TV
Parkinson
Self
1998

TV
Room 101
Self
1994

TV
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004

TV
Years and Years
Ian Hislop
2019

TV
The South Bank Show
Self
1978

TV
The Island
Marcus Fielding
2010

TV
Peston
Themselves - Guest
2018

TV
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980

TV
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Self
2022

TV
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
2017
TV
Plunder
1990

Film
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
1991

TV
A House Through Time
Self
2018

Film
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
Filmography
2025TVWhat's the Monarchy For?as Self2024FilmA Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretaryas Self2022TVJimmy Savile: A British Horror Storyas Self2021TVIan Hislop's Trains That Changed the Worldas Self - Presenter2019FilmIan Hislop's Fake News: A True Historyas Presenter2019TVYears and Yearsas Ian Hislop2018TVPestonas Themselves - Guest2018TVA House Through Timeas Self2017FilmWho Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Rowas Himself - Presenter2017TVTate Britain's Great Art Walksas Self2016FilmThe Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)as Self2014Film50 Years of BBC Two Comedyas Self2014TVIan Hislop's Olden Daysas Self - Presenter2012TVIan Hislop's Stiff Upper Lipas Self - Presenter2011FilmIan Hislop: When Bankers Were Goodas Self - Presenter2010TVIan Hislop's Age Of The Do-Goodersas Self - Presenter2010TVThe Islandas Marcus Fielding2010FilmWhatever Happened to Spitting Image?as Self2009FilmIan Hislop's Changing of the Bardas Presenter2008FilmIan Hislop Goes Off The Railsas Self - Presenter2007FilmScouting for Boysas Himself (Presenter)2006TVThe One Showas Self - Guest2006FilmBest Ever Spitting Imageas Self2005FilmHave I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2as Self (archive footage)2005TVNot Forgotten2004TVWho Do You Think You Are?as Self2003FilmHave I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters2002FilmThe Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'as Self - Team Captain2002FilmPeter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universeas Self1998TVParkinsonas Self1997FilmHave I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Videoas Self1995FilmSome Interesting Facts About Peter Cookas Self1994TVRoom 101as Self1991FilmAmnesty International's Big 30as Self1990TVHave I Got News for Youas Self - Team Captain1990TVPlunder1980TVGreat Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter1979TVQuestion Timeas Self - Panellist1978TVThe South Bank Showas Self1967TVOmnibusas Self—TVHave I Got a Bit More News for Youas Self - Team Captain