Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip
- 2012
- Returning Series
- Documentary
- ~1h / ep
- 1 season
Ian Hislop asks when and why we British have bottled up or let out our feelings and how this has affected our history.
Latest: Season 1 · 2012
View all seasonsE1. Emergence
Oct 2, 2012 · 60m
Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.
E2. Heyday
Oct 9, 2012 · 60m
How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.
E3. Last Hurrah?
Oct 15, 2012 · 60m
In the final part of his new series, Ian Hislop takes a wry and witty look at the ups and downs of the Stiff Upper Lip since the First World War and asks whether it still has a role in contemporary Britain.
