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titled "BREXIT LATEST" mocking the reaction to Brexit received "fifty or so" letters of complaint in the next issue. Hislop mocked this, saying that "There was one from a vicar, too, who told me that it was time to accept the victory of the majority of the people and to stop complaining. ... I wrote
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British railway network, was first aired on 2 October 2008, and achieved the second-highest audience to date for any BBC Four programme (and the highest for a documentary) with 1.3 million viewers. The latter,
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Colombia, so she is dying to visit her, or for her to come back. Her son, Will, an actor and comedian who has become a viral sensation during lockdown, is in
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sales figures since the magazine's launch 55 years earlier proved that "journalism is A, worth doing, and B, worth paying for both in terms of paying journalists and the public paying up for it".
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decorating his cell in "fetching brown". Hislop joined the publication immediately after leaving Oxford, and became editor in 1986 following
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Murdoch Hislop, died just before he was born. His maternal grandfather, William Beddows, was originally from
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British Media Awards 2019. Hislop has also been recognised for his broadcasting career, having produced TV and radio documentaries on immigration and the First World War.
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and I can't stick at it: I keep having doubts. That probably sums up my position." In 1996, Hislop presented an award-winning documentary series for
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in Kent. In 2010, Hislop played a small role in the Greek television series
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2427:"HIGNFY S25E04 – Alexander Armstrong, Mark Steel & Phil Hammond"
1321:"'The BBC is under threat': Private Eye editor Ian Hislop interview"
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The Reluctant Tommy: An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War
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Hislop/Iannucci : Trump, Blair, Stalin and post-truth satire
1661:"Ian Hislop Tears Into MPs Over Sleaze, Second Jobs And Lobbying"
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Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain
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history repeating itself, not as farce, but as tragedy again
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2244:"Edinburgh comedy review: Giants at Pleasance Courtyard"
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Hislop chatting with a resident at Nightingale House,
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Why I Am Still an Anglican: Essays and Conversations.
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1499:"Ian Hislop: Provocateur in the public eye"
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2312:Creswell, Matt (2 September 2009).
2242:Maxwell, Dominic (17 August 2017).
2218:"Victoria Hislop's Kent favourites"
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1631:Ponsford, Dominic (27 April 2017).
1518:Andrew Williams (4 December 2006).
1273:Moss, Stephen (23 September 2011).
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1119:Party". After the formation of the
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846:Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders
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567:(2017) by Hislop and Nick Newman.
2975:British people of Jersey descent
2331:Beavan, Ed (11 September 2009).
2216:Pattison, Jo (4 November 2009).
2126:Moss, Stephen (28 August 2018).
2007:"The A-Z of laughter (part one)"
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2556:. Profile by Nick Greenslade.
2374:"Five minutes With Ian Hislop"
1918:Havard, Ed (20 January 2011).
1722:"Five minutes with Ian Hislop"
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1893:"The Best of Question Time"
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677:My Dad's the Prime Minister
506:An Evening With Private Eye
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2285:"The Real Patron Saints"
1520:"60 Seconds: Ian Hislop"
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944:. In 2016, he presented
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2452:"Stop Bashing Brexit".
2431:Have I Got News for You
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743:. A further programme,
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222:Have I Got News for You
144:Have I Got News for You
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2564:Ian Hislop interviewed
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1065:The Real Patron Saints
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854:When Bankers were Good
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758:Great Railway Journeys
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1748:"The News at Bedtime"
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2474:"The age of outrage"
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1593:"Is Nothing Sacred?"
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1391:People of the Day 3
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767:Robert Baden-Powell
697:The News at Bedtime
565:A Bunch of Amateurs
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2848:Recurring in-jokes
2773:Battle for Britain
2683:Christopher Booker
2566:by Ciar Byrne for
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1839:on 8 December 2010
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1667:. 25 January 2022.
1551:The New York Times
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1038:Why I Am Still an
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352:Bernard O'Donoghue
344:English literature
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1864:, 3 October 2008"
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1772:978-0-230-74673-2
1357:"Home from Gnome"
1206:(18th ed.).
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577:Trial by Laughter
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417:prisoner on the
348:Magdalen College
311:Ardingly College
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870:Charles Dickens
838:Carol Ann Duffy
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