Synopsis
Ian Hislop investigates Britain's emotional history. He argues that we have the Victorians to thank for making the stiff upper lip a genuinely national characteristic.
- Programme: Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain
- Episode: 2: Heyday
- Channel: BBC HD
- Broadcast year: 2012
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