Ian Hislop

Career Overview

Ian Hislop has 36 screen credits in a career dating back to 1980. Signature works include Have I Got News for You, Have I Got a Bit More News for You, Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

36

Birth Date

1960-07-13 00:00:00

Birth Place

Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK

Known For

• 

  Have I Got News for You
• 

  Have I Got a Bit More News for You
• 

  Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
• 

  Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
• 

  Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History
• 

  Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row

Frequent Collaborators

• Paul Merton (4 collaborations)
• Martin Clunes (2 collaborations)
• William Hague (2 collaborations)
• Boris Johnson (2 collaborations)
• Alexander Armstrong (1 collaborations)
• Gyles Brandreth (1 collaborations)
• Marcus Brigstocke (1 collaborations)
• Jimmy Carr (1 collaborations)
• Robin Cook (1 collaborations)
• Ronnie Corbett (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (25 credits)

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Self - Team Captain

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 10 (2025) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 9 (2025) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 8 (2025) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2025) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 6 (2025) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors
    2026
  • What's the Monarchy For?

    - Episode 3 (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Power (2025) ... Self actor actors
    2025
  • A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive

    Self - Co-Writer, 'SPIKE'

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History

    Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Years and Years

    - Episode 1 (2019) ... Ian Hislop actor actors
    2019
  • Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row

    Himself - Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

    Self - Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard

    Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails

    Self - Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Scouting for Boys

    Himself (Presenter)

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Best Ever Spitting Image

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The One Show

    - December 16, 2009 (2009) ... Self actor actors

    - September 30, 2008 (2008) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2006
  • Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'

    Self - Team Captain

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Amnesty International's Big 30

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Have I Got News for You

    Self - Team Captain

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 10 (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 9 (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 8 (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - Episode 6 (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors
    1990
  • Great Railway Journeys

    - India: East to West (1999) ... Self - Presenter actor actors
    1980

• writing (11 credits)

  • Have I Got News for You

    - November 23, 2024: Kara Swisher, Jenny Hagel (2024) ... writer writing

    - November 16, 2024: Tim Burchett, Bomani Jones (2024) ... writer writing

    - November 2, 2024: Anthony Scaramucci, Sam Jay (2024) ... writer writing

    - October 26, 2024: Larry Wilmore, Adam Kinzinger (2024) ... writer writing

    - October 19, 2024: Alex Edelman, Sam Seder (2024) ... writer writing
    2024
  • The Wipers Times

    writer

    writing
    2013
  • A Bunch of Amateurs

    writer

    writing
    2008
  • Gobble

    writer

    writing
    1997
  • Spitting Image: The Sound Of Maggie

    writer

    writing
    1989
  • Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • Spitting Image: A Non-Denominational Holiday Special

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Spitting Image: Election Special '87

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

    writer

    writing
    1986