Season 1 Episodes
1. Emergence
October 2nd, 20121 hr
Ian Hislop charts how the stiff upper lip emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century.
2. Heyday
October 9th, 20121 hr
How the Victorians made the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.
3. Last Hurrah?
October 15th, 20121 hr
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.
