Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - Season 1

← Back to All Seasons of Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip
Emergence

1 - Emergence

Air Date: October 2, 2012

Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Heyday

2 - Heyday

Air Date: October 9, 2012

How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.

Last Hurrah?

3 - Last Hurrah?

Air Date: October 15, 2012

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.