Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip (2012)
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Ian Hislop asks when and why we British have bottled up or let out our feelings and how this has affected our history.
Ian Hislop asks when and why we British have bottled up or let out our feelings and how this has affected our history.
Oct 2, 2012 - 1h 0m
Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Oct 9, 2012 - 1h 0m
How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.
Oct 15, 2012 - 1h 0m
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.
