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Quiet revolutions ; TV CHOICE ++ Ian Hislop's Scouting for Boys Monday, 9pm BBC4 ++ Power to the People Monday, 9pm BBC2
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'Very old-fashioned. I mean, there's no question, he was quite a
nutcase really, in some ways." So says the current Lord Baden-
Powell about his ancestor Robert, hero of the seige of Mafeking and
founder of the Boy Scouts. And watching scratchy black-and-white
footage of Baden-Powell doing his daily stretching routine, it's
hard to disagree. But, according to Ian Hislop in Ian Hislop's
Scouting for Boys (well, what would you call it?) Baden-Powell's
book, Scouting for Boys - "very Edwardian, very eccentric and very
English... a ragbag of disparate ideas" - has a lot to offer us
today,
Hislop ...
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Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; Private Eye editor Ian Hislop had to revise his opinion...has had a bad press," says Ian Hislop, Private Eye's editor and...When I went back to look at Baden-Powell's 1907 book, Scouting For...was surprised by how well Baden-Powell's book related to modern...being snooty ...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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WANTED; pounds 50 reward for information leading to the ridicule, embarassment and humiliation of..IAN 'THE GNOME' HISLOP.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...showbusiness and a sense of humour to match. Ian Hislop is also the man who just loves to dish...just the monkey, not the organ-grinder. Ian Hislop, as editor of Private Eye, actually makes...obviously escapes this treatment is one Ian Hislop. So it seems only fair to see what ...
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SHELLEY ViSiON: WIT OF THE WEEK.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: JIM SHELLEY IAN Hislop: Richard Branson always appears in his own adverts. He dressed up as an air stewardess. When he did a bridal range, he dressed as a bride. Armando Iannucci: What about his condoms? Ian Hislop: Yup. A huge prick. - Have I Got News For You
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Hislop line's on beeching ; Ian Hislop is going "off the rails" for a documentary examining the Beeching Report and subsequent railway cuts.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; Ian Hislop is going "off the rails" for a documentary examining the Beeching Report...with a film which is partly a homage to classic British seaside trips. In Ian Hislop Goes Off the Rails, to be broadcast in the autumn, looks at the background...
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Matthew Wright column: Ian Hislop embarrassed.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; HAVE I Got News For You star Ian Hislop walked into a ladder propped up against the Curzon Cinema in Soho the other day. Embarrassed? A slight understatement.
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Thursday: ENTERTAINMENT - PICK OF THE DAY; IAN HISLOP GOES OFF THE RAILS BBC4 9pm.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; The 1963 Beeching Report, commissioned under Harold Macmillan's government, led to the closure of nearly half of Britain's rail network. The question is: why? Ian Hislop (left) investigates the historical background of the decision.
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Friday: WATCH! HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 9pm BBC1.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Ian Hislop (right) and Paul Merton are back with another edition of the satirical current affairs quiz.
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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IAN'S ON TRACK; 7 days TV.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
; Byline: by Roz Laws IAN Hislop investigates the effects of the 1963 Beeching Report, which closed half Britain...Valley line in Shropshire, axed by Beeching but reopened as a tourist attraction. Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails, BBC2, Thursday, 8pm
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IAN Hislop was at the launch of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale last night. [Derived headline]
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; IAN Hislop was at the launch of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale last night. Hislop is struggling with his wife Victoria's fame following the success of her novel The Island: "Our last holiday in Crete was a nightmare. The Cretans adore her."
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Have we got bad news for tennis lovers; THE GREAT TELLY TURNOFF Championship 2005 - Viewers miss out on match climax as BBC show an HOUR of Ian Hislop.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...series of pre-recorded quiz shows and repeats all starring Ian Hislop. Viewers had been anticipating a nail-biting third set tiebreak...repeat of quiz show Have I Got News For You, again staring Ian Hislop, leaving thousands of tennis fanatics watching Hislop while...
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