3 December 2020 Ian Hislop I’d always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad – he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can’t get my head around the fact that I am older than he was – ever.
3 December 2020 Ian Hislop My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn’t gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
3 December 2020 Ian Hislop I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they’re incredibly good telly.
3 December 2020 Ian Hislop All the libel lawyers will tell you there’s no libel any more, that everyone’s given up.
