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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

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.

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.

Ian Hislop

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

Ian Hislop