Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - Season 1
1 - Emergence
Air Date: October 2, 2012
Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.
2 - Heyday
Air Date: October 9, 2012
How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.
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.