Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip

Season 1

2012 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Emergence

   2 Oct 2012 · 60 min

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

2. 

   2. Heyday

   9 Oct 2012 · 60 min

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

3. 

   3. Last Hurrah?

   15 Oct 2012 · 60 min

   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.