1. Emergence

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. 2 October 2012. 60 min

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

2. Heyday

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. 9 October 2012. 60 min

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

3. Last Hurrah?

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. 15 October 2012. 60 min

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.