Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip – An Emotional History of Britain

Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip – An Emotional History of Britain
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Ian Hislop
Presented by	Ian Hislop
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	55 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	2 October (2012-10-02) – 15 October 2012 (2012-10-15)

Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: An Emotional History of Britain is a series of reality television programs originally made in the United Kingdom in 2012. The show involves Private Eye editor Ian Hislop narrating through Victorian England and how they bottled up or let out their feelings, influencing British history. It has since been copied for UK sequels and in the United States and Australia.

The documentary consists of three episodes of around 55 minutes each. The presenter explores a range of aspects of Victorian Britain as well as returning to his former school, Ardingly College, where he explains the effect of the English public school in shaping men.

Episodes

No.	Title	Director	Original air date
1	"Emergence"	Deborah Lee	2 October 2012 (2012-10-02)
2	"Heyday"	Sally Benton	9 October 2012 (2012-10-09)
3	"Last Hurrah?"	Tom McCarthy	15 October 2012 (2012-10-15)

See also

• Stiff upper lip

External links

• Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip – An Emotional History of Britain at BBC Online