
Episodes List

Ep.1 Emergence
Air Date: 2012-10-02
Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Ep.2 Heyday
Air Date: 2012-10-09
How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.

Ep.3 Last Hurrah?
Air Date: 2012-10-15
In the final part of his new series, Ian Hislop takes a wry and witty look at the ups and downs of the Stiff Upper Lip since the First World War and asks whether it still has a role in contemporary Britain.