Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain

Ian Hislop asks when and why we British have bottled up or let out our feelings and how this has affected our history. Revealing as much about ourselves today as about our past, this is a narrative history of emotion and identity over the last three hundred years, packed with extraordinary characters, fascinating vignettes and much humour, illuminated through the lens of culture – novels, paintings, magazines, cartoons, film and television – from which Ian gives his personal take on our evolving national character.