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There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

Ian Hislop

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Ian Hislop
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 13
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Ian David Hislop
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Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.
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