Ian Hislop
Ian David Hislop (born July 13, 1960 in Mumbles , Swansea , Wales ) is a British satirist , screenwriter, television producer and the editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye . He is best known in Great Britain as one of the two team bosses in the satirical television quiz Have I Got News for You (his opponent is Paul Merton ).
Life
Childhood and youth
Ian Hislop's father worked as a civil engineer in various countries, and so Ian spent his childhood in Nigeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. He went to school at Ardingly College, a well-known private boarding school south of London. Here he was already involved in revue performances as a contributor and as a director. He was also Head Prefect . Hislop studied English literature at Magdalen College , Oxford University .
Private Eye
In Oxford, Hislop published Passing Wind magazine. After an interview with Richard Ingrams, who was then editor of Private Eye , the latter offered him to write for Private Eye after graduating from university (1981) , which he did. In 1986, Hislop succeeded Ingrams as editor of the magazine, and he continues to hold that position today. Some editors tried unsuccessfully to prevent the appointment of the young and inexperienced Ian Hislop, which gave him the opportunity to redesign the editorial team according to his own ideas, replacing it with other journalists.
One of the unique things about Private Eye is that most of the profit is shared among the employees instead of being paid to the owners.
As editor of Private Eye , Hislop became the most sued personality in English legal history to date. Among other things, he was sentenced to pay £ 600,000 to Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe , known as the Yorkshire Ripper . Hislop commented, "If that was justice, then I'm a banana." However, the sum was reduced to £ 60,000 on appeal. The publisher Robert Maxwell ( The Daily Mirror ) also won his case against Hislop. After Maxwell's death, however, it turned out that he had been guilty of massive fraud, and that Private Eye's allegations were not unfounded.
The longstanding argument with Piers Morgan , the former editor-in-chief of the Daily Mirror, was also famous . Morgan even posted a photographer outside Hislop's house in hopes of compromising images.
Publicist and speaker
Ian Hislop's contributions have appeared in The Guardian , The Spectator , The Financial Times, and The Mail on Sunday , among others . He has reviewed books for The Observer , The Literary Review, and Time Out . He had his own column in The Listener . He also made a name for himself as a professional after-dinner speaker and emcee.
Television productions
Have I Got News for You
The fact that Private Eye only appears biweekly means that Ian Hislop says he has enough time for other things. In the satirical TV quiz Have I Got News for You , he is one of the two team bosses. He has been on every show since the program began in 1990, even though he had appendicitis once and had to be hospitalized immediately after the show. In this quiz only the moderator has a manuscript, the two team bosses and their guests have to improvise with their answers and their gags. They usually do this so successfully that the show has become the most popular satirical television show in Great Britain (audience rating around 8 million). As a result, it has been moved from BBC2 to BBC1, where it is aired on prime time. She has received several awards. It is said that the popularity of Boris Johnson's appearances helped the conservative politician even in his election as mayor of London.
Various episodes of the show are also available on DVD.
Other television and radio productions
In the 1980s, Hislop was one of the screenwriters of the satirical television series Spitting Image , in which well-known personalities, mainly politicians, were parodied with latex dolls. Gush was a radio satire about the First Gulf War . Hislop also co-wrote My Dad's the Prime Minister , a television comedy that aired on the BBC's family program a few years ago .
As a writer, producer or contributor, Ian Hislop has been involved in numerous radio and television productions. These included the television programs School Rules about the history of the British school system, Ian Hislop's Scouting for Boys about the Boy Scouts, Not Forgotten about social changes in the wake of the First World War , Not Forgotten: Shot at Dawn about the shooting of "deserters" and "cowards". in World War I, and a sequence of the Great Railway Journeys about a journey through India. In an episode of the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are , Hislop was able to devote himself to his own genealogy. He is often involved in the political discussion program Question Time . On the radio, he participated in a wide variety of programs, for example the news quiz , or programs about the history of taxes, about Victorian England, and about church architecture.
family
Ian Hislop is since 1988 married to the writer Victoria Hislop ( The Iceland , dt. Island of the Forgotten , The Return , dt. The heart of the dancer ). The couple have two children and live in Kent .
Awards and honors
| year | Award (selection) |
|---|---|
| 1985 |
Goldene Rose von Montreux - Bronzene Rose as a screenwriter for Spitting Image |
| 1995 |
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Harry Enfield and Chums |
| 1997 |
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Harry Enfield and Chums |
Web links
- Ian Hislop in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of Private Eye
- Ian Hislop: Provocateur in the public eye , portrait of Hislop on The Independent, April 30, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d welshicons.org.uk ( Memento from August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c independent.co.uk
- ↑ normanphillips.co.uk ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ theedge-uk.com ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ metro.co.uk
- ↑ comedy.co.uk
- ↑ a b gordonpoole.com
- ↑ comedy.co.uk
- ↑ victoriahislop.com ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Awards IMDb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hislop, Ian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hislop, Ian David (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British satirist, screenwriter, television producer and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mumbles , Swansea , Wales |