
Ian Hislop (born July 13, 1960) is the editor of British satire magazine ''Private Eye''. He is also a comedy script writer, writing for Harry Enfield (providing the Tim Nicebutdim character), ''Spitting Image'' and ''My Dad's the Prime Minister''. Hislop is also a team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz ''Have I Got News For You''. He was born in Mumbles, south Wales. Educated at Shrewsbury School, Ardingly College and then Magdalen College, Oxford he graduated with a degree in English literature in 1981. He joined ''Private Eye'' in 1981 and became editor in 1986 upon the departure of Richard Ingrams. In his role as editor of ''Private Eye'' Ian Hislop has the dubious distinction of being the most sued man in English legal history. The most famous libel case involving him and ''Private Eye'' was brought by the corrupt publishing magnate Robert Maxwell. After the case he quipped: "''I've just given a fat cheque to a fat Czech.''" Ordered to pay massive damages after being sued for libelling Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, Hislop told reporters waiting outside the High Court "''If that was justice then I'm a banana.''" After surviving the financial trials of such libel payouts (Sutcliffe's was dropped to just £60,000 on appeal), ''Private Eye'' and Hislop's reputations were greatly restored after it was revealed that what they had written about Maxwell was not only true but only a small part of the wider misdemeanours in Maxwell's empire. He has also presented television and radio shows including one on the history of British education. Recently he has also written and presented factual programmes for BBC Radio 4 about such subjects as tax rebellions, female hymn composers and patron saints of the British Isles. In 2003, he was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the Observer's 50 funniest acts in British comedy. 1960 births British journalists Welsh journalists Magazine editors Satirists
==Category:British journalists== Reinstated "Category:British journalists" -- to replace this with "Category:Welsh journalists" seems a little odd as though borin in Wales he is not thought of as Welsh and has not AFAIK worked in the Welsh media. His name would be an omission among those at Category:British journalists. Unless I'm missing something? User:Flapdragon 23:31, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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Ian Hislop (born July 13, 1960) is the editor of British satire magazine ''Private Eye''. He is also a comedy script writer, writing for Harry Enfield (providing the Tim Nicebutdim character), ''Spitting Image'' and ''My Dad's the Prime Minister''. Hislop is also a team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz ''Have I Got News For You''. He was born in Mumbles, south Wales. Educated at Shrewsbury School, Ardingly College and then Magdalen College, Oxford he graduated with a degree in English literature in 1981. He joined ''Private Eye'' in 1981 and became editor in 1986 upon the departure of Richard Ingrams. In his role as editor of ''Private Eye'' Ian Hislop has the dubious distinction of being the most sued man in English legal history. The most famous libel case involving him and ''Private Eye'' was brought by the corrupt publishing magnate Robert Maxwell. After the case he quipped: "''I've just given a fat cheque to a fat Czech.''" Ordered to pay massive damages after being sued for libelling Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, Hislop told reporters waiting outside the High Court "''If that was justice then I'm a banana.''" After surviving the financial trials of such libel payouts (Sutcliffe's was dropped to just £60,000 on appeal), ''Private Eye'' and Hislop's reputations were greatly restored after it was revealed that what they had written about Maxwell was not only true but only a small part of the wider misdemeanours in Maxwell's empire. He has also presented television and radio shows including one on the history of British education. Recently he has also written and presented factual programmes for BBC Radio 4 about such subjects as tax rebellions, female hymn composers and patron saints of the British Isles. In 2003, he was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the Observer's 50 funniest acts in British comedy. 1960 births British journalists Welsh journalists Magazine editors Satirists
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==Category:British journalists== Reinstated "Category:British journalists" -- to replace this with "Category:Welsh journalists" seems a little odd as though borin in Wales he is not thought of as Welsh and has not AFAIK worked in the Welsh media. His name would be an omission among those at Category:British journalists. Unless I'm missing something? User:Flapdragon 23:31, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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