He is known to millions as the losing team captain on Have I Got News For You?, which has won numerous awards including a BAFTA for Best Light Entertainment.

Ian has made countless radio appearances, as a panellist, essayist and presenter. Credits include: The News Quiz and Fourth Column, as well as series on the history of tax, the Victorians and church architecture.

Ian began as a scriptwriter for Spitting Image, and went on to write sketches for Harry Enfield and television plays for Maureen Lipman and Dawn French. Most recently he has co-written the ground-breaking family sitcom, My Dad's the Prime Minister.

Ian was honoured to receive the British Society of Magazine Editor's highest award, The Editor's Editor.

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