Ian Hislop

Birthday: 13 July 1960, Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK

Height: 168 cm

Ian Hislop was born on July 13, 1960 in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales. He is a writer, known for Have I Got News for You (1990), Have I Got News for You: The Inevitable Internet Spin-Off (2007) and The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002). He has been married to Victoria Hislop since April 16, 1988. They have two children.

We've done articles in Private Eye about people who've gone through the appeals process and have bee...Show more »

We've done articles in Private Eye about people who've gone through the appeals process and have been exonerated. They would be dead! The Death Penalty is not a deterrent if we kill the wrong people. Show less «

[on Tony Blair] In the early days we were doing jokes about how he's susceptible to spin, he doesn't...Show more »

[on Tony Blair] In the early days we were doing jokes about how he's susceptible to spin, he doesn't know what he thinks. Nowadays he does know what he thinks and that's much more frightening. So over the years our version of his comic voice has gone from bright-eyed and enthusiastic to sort of bitter and mad. Show less «

[on the death of Freddie Mercury in an interview] Queen were a third-rate glam rock band.

It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.

The whole point of the Windsor dynasty is they're terrifically dull.

[on his and Paul Merton's behavior towards Angus Deayton] We didn't stab Deayton in the back. We sta...Show more »

[on his and Paul Merton's behavior towards Angus Deayton] We didn't stab Deayton in the back. We stabbed him in the front. Show less «

[on frequent Have I Got News for You (1990) guest Boris Johnson] People always ask me the same quest...Show more »

[on frequent Have I Got News for You (1990) guest Boris Johnson] People always ask me the same question. They say, 'Is Boris a very very clever man pretending to be an idiot?', and I always say, 'No.' Show less «

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