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He was born in Mumbles, south Wales. Educated at 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 British 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.

Hislop is also a team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz Have I Got News For YouHave I Got News For You is a UK television panel game, on the subject of news, politics and current affairs. Produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, it is a comedy programme rather than a serious game show: the banter between the guests and the sar.

He has also presented TVSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p and radio shows including one on the history of British education. Recently he has also written and presented factual programmes for Radio 4Radio stations 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It is broadcast on 92 95 MHz FM and 198 kHz longwave; and via DAB, satel about such subjects as tax rebellions, female hymn composers and patron saints of the British IslesThe British Isles is a traditional term used to identify the group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe consisting of Great Britain, Ireland and the many smaller adjacent islands. These islands form an archipelago of more than 6,000 islands off th.

In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, he was listed in The ObserverThe Observer is a broadsheet newspaper of the United Kingdom published on Sundays. It takes a liberal/ social democratic line on most issues. History The first issue (published on December 4, 1791), was the world's first Sunday newspaper. In 1911, William as one of the 50 funniestIn December 2003 The Observer newspaper printed its list of the 50 people it considered funniest and/or most influential in British comedy. The list was not ranked but presented alphabetically. List 3 Non-Blondes Caroline Aherne Rowan Atkinson Bill Bailey people in British comedy.