While at university relaunched the satirical magazine passing wind with your friend Nick Newman who is still a very good friend and collaborative viewers. You interviewed people like Peter Cook and the private I edited Richard Ingram for it was there a plan there as well thinking I'd like to get on to private? "It seemed too much fun to believe that I could get away with this"
Samira Ahmed speaks to journalist, satirist, and editor of the magazine Private Eye, Ian Hislop. They speak about his life and career, from an upbringing in Nigeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kong before returning to Britain to attend boarding school where he began his satirical career. Ian Hislop became editor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye at just 25, in his 37 years as editor he has been reported as the most sued man in English legal history. This episode was recorded in April 2021 when Boris Johnson was still the prime minister of the UK.
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