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

Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: An emotional history of Britain is a series of reality television programs originally made in the United Kingdom in 2012.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 editor Ian Hislop narrating through Victorian England and how they bottled up or let out their feelings, influencing British history.[1] It has since been copied for UK sequels and in the United States and Australia.

Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: An emotional history of Britain
GenreDocumentary
Directed byIan Hislop
Presented byIan Hislop
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
Running time55 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Original release22 November 2012

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.[2]

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References

  1. What is Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip?, BBC Two website
  2. Deacon, Michael (3 October 2012). "Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: an Emotional History of Britain, BBC Two, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2018.


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