Ian Hislop
- January 5, 2024
- Comedian
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Ian Hislop |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 13, 1960(1960-07-13) |
| Age | 64 |
| Birthplace | Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Ian Hislop Biography
| Name | Ian Hislop |
| Birthday | Jul 13 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Wales |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Spouse | Victoria Hislop |
| Children(s) | Will Hislop, Emily Helen Hislop |
Ian Hislop is one of the most popular and richest Comedian who was born on July 13, 1960 in Wales, United Kingdom. He is a comedian and satirical journalist, and is also the editor of Private Eye in the UK. He is also a captain of the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You.
He also co-wrote Gush, a BBC radio series written in the style He co-wrote the BBC radio series Gush, which is written in the style of Jeffrey Archer..
Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) 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.
At Oxford, Hislop revived and edited the magazine Passing Wind, for which he interviewed Richard Ingrams, who was then editor of Private Eye, and Peter Cook, then the majority shareholder. Hislop’s first article appeared in 1980 before he sat his university finals. A parody of The Observer magazine’s “Room of My Own” feature, it described an IRA prisoner on the dirty protest decorating his cell in “fetching brown”. Hislop joined the publication immediately after leaving Oxford, and became editor in 1986 following Ingrams’s departure. This met opposition from Eye journalists Peter McKay and Nigel Dempster, who attempted a revolt against Hislop with the former taking Peter Cook out for lunch in an attempt to dissuade him from appointing Hislop. Cook, reportedly drunk after the lunch, instead announced Hislop was “welcome aboard”. The new editor, dismissive of society gossip, sacked both McKay and Dempster from the magazine without hesitation.
He and Victoria Hislop had two children.
Ian Hislop Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Comedian |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ian Hislop is one of the richest Comedian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ian Hislop 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in 1981.
He was the screenwriter for the 1980s political comedy series Spitting Image. Private Eye editor, he is said to be the most sued person in English legal history.
Hislop was born on 13 July 1960 in Mumbles, Swansea, to a Scottish father, David Hislop, from Ayrshire, and a Channel Islander mother born in Jersey, Helen Rosemarie Hislop (née Beddows).
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
Ian Hislop height 5 ft 6 in Ian weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Ian Hislop Dating?
According to our records, Ian Hislop married to Victoria Hislop. As of December 1, 2023, Ian Hislop’s is not dating anyone.
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Another libel case in May 1989 threatened the magazine’s continued existence when it was ordered to pay £600,000 in damages following an action for libel by Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. Hislop told reporters waiting outside the High Court: “If that’s justice, then I’m a banana.” The award was dropped to £60,000 on appeal.
Facts & Trivia
Ian Ranked on the list of most popular Comedian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ian Hislop celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.
In an interview with Third Way Magazine in 1995 he explained his intentions in his work: “Satire is the bringing to ridicule of vice, folly and humbug. All the negatives imply a set of positives. Certainly in this country, you only go round saying, ‘That’s wrong, that’s corrupt’ if you have some feeling that it should be better than that. People say, ‘You satirists attack everything.’ Well, we don’t, actually. That’s the whole point.”
Are Ian and Victoria Hislop still together?
Ian is still married to wife Victoria , having been married for more than three decades. The couple met while they both studied at Oxford University.
Are Paul Merton and Ian Hislop friends?
But the show’s real secret is that, while intimidating from afar, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are rather nice close-up.
Who is Ian Hislop's wife?
Victoria Hislop
How old is Ian Hislop?
62 years (July 13, 1960)
Has Ian Hislop been jailed?
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop has described the time he lost a libel case to Gordon Anglesea for branding him a paedophile as “grim”. The former police superintendent has now been jailed for 12 years for historical child sex abuse.