All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Emergence

    • October 2, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.

  • S01E02 Heyday

    • October 9, 2012
    • BBC Two

    How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.

  • S01E03 Last Hurrah?

    • October 15, 2012
    • BBC Two

    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.