Michael Parkinson interview 2002 3/4 Ian Hislop 1

Hislop discusses Have I Got News For You (including Paul Merton, Angus Deayton and Paula Yates), Private Eye magazine, what makes him angry, Tony Blair & the nature of politics, his time at public school, and his mother.

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[gczilla]

No sound? :-|

[frogandpeach1]

There is sound (I'm listening to it now), but it plays in mono so perhaps there's a problem with your computer playing mono sound or something. Sorry, I'm not very technically-minded, which is why it was digitised so primitively in the first place (although it was done years before I imagined there would be anything like youtube and that this would have a wider audience than my household). Thanks for watching and good luck trying to get the sound to work.

[CasparWilson]

mono sound :(

[frogandpeach1]

Yes, sorry about the sound. The VHS tapes were digitised long ago using a VCR with only mono output, and there's nothign I can do about it now. BTW, my computer speakers split the sound and play it as stereo which helps. Thanks for watching.

[KenAugustino]

britain is so lucky to have ppl like Parkinson and Hislop ard.

[FulchesterUnited]

Don't be ridiculous! It's always eventually about Hitler, God, spelling and Grammar, or how stupid Americans are... EVERY THREAD. Do keep up old chap!

[thesubtleface]

@JuliusDS92 Having seen so many episodes of HIGNFY and hearing what Hislop has had to say about the great and the good it seems obvious, to me anyway. He comes across as a protector of the 'ordinary working man' but of course at the same time portraying himself to be aloof and upper middle class; whereas PM seems a genuinely nicer guy despite his deadpan humour (notice he is seldom rude to any of the guests). Sorry I can't be any more specific

[JuliusDS92]

@thesubtleface Interesting comment - how do you mean? I would have had the two of them the other way around - Hislop certainly smiles and laughs more, though I realise that may have more to do with Paul Merton's deadpan style of humour.

[vilkwang]

@ScottFromScotland1

I remember Paxman was asked a similar question once and said that he did worry if he'd been too harsh on people sometimes. I think Paxman is probably a decent bloke, and although he can be funny I get the feeling that Hislop is a sanctimonious twat.

[thesubtleface]

There is a lot of anger and bitterness in Ian Hislop, Unlike Paul Merton he's not genuinely good-humoured and I've never liked him or his wit.

[mtheadedwally]

WTF have all the comments below about Bush and Milosevic got to do with Ian Hislop's interview on Parky? Just shows that some people will use any platform as a soap box

[pow1983]

At least have it in stereo even if u have to fudge it

[BanazzaSamwich]

i can hear the sound ? lol i know this is like 1 yr on :)

[Pepotamo1985]

@WhyGenFM3

They got rid of Milosevic. Those countries may all be authoritarian police states with questionable human rights records, but what Saddam was doing was 100 times worse. Read up on his favoured torture and culling techniques. He was evil. Three of those countries you've just listed have gotten the message sent by the Iraq invasion and have begun the slow process of liberalising. You may ask, upon toppling Saddam, where do you stop? A better question is where do you start?

[WhyGenFM3]

@Pepotamo1985 I'm not doubting that Saddam needed to be overthrown - but if you look at the bigger picture, and the nature in which it was done it seems that Saddam and the 'War on Terror' was a scapegoat for the west to grab some easy oil. What Saddam did can be grouped together with North Korea, China, Iran, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and even all those rich Arab countries which subjigate women and previously regimes such as Misolovic's ethnic cleansing. Nothing was / has been done about these.. Why..

[Pepotamo1985]

@MrLewey10

Exactly, lies and affiliation with Bush were his ultimate undoing - the humanitarian case for the removal of Saddam was a particularly potent one and the invasion was supported even by left wing pacifist MPs on that basis. The lefties who started and campaigned for the Stop The War coalition were the same people who wanted Saddam out at all costs on humanitarian grounds throughout the 80s and 90s. Irrespective of the errors made, Iraq is definitely better off without him in power.