Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop is a writer and broadcaster and Britain’s best-known satirist. He has been Editor of Private Eye since 1986.

As well as writing regularly for The Spectator, The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Mail on Sunday, he has reviewed books for The Observer, The Literary Review and Time Out.

Ian Hislop has written extensively for television and radio comedy, including scripts for Spitting Image and for Harry Enfield.

Among his numerous radio and television appearances, Ian is heard regularly on Radio 4’s Newsquiz. He is team captain on BBC2’s current affairs quiz show Have I Got News For You and has appeared in all fifty series! His own
programmes have explored topics including fake news, the scout movement, taxation, and the Britain’s railways. He has compared modern and historical views of immigration, bankers, and benefits.

As Britain’s best-known satirist, Ian initially penned sketches for Spitting Image before turning his hand to screenplays. He co-wrote the BBC sitcom My Dad’s The Prime Minister, as well as the film The Wipers Times, a personal passion project examining the satirical paper produced by soldiers in the trenches of The Great War.

In after-dinner speeches, the most sued man in Britain shares the joys of litigation and may recount his ill-fated attempts to drive overseas sales of the Eye—a lesson in how not to conquer the export trade.

Ian won the British Society of Magazine Editors’ highest annual award – The Editor’s Editor Award. In 2017, Hislop won the London Press Club’s Print Journalist of the Year award.

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