Private Eye - The Year In Review 2024

[@carriemitch1]

Be upstanding for the journalists of Private Eye who championed the Post Office scandal from the start.

[@joehiggs100]

Not to denigrate the P.E team but Computer Weekly were first to raise the issue.

[@ashroskell]

@@joehiggs100: As the good people of Private Eye will always be the first to remind people. But that doesn’t lesson either contribution.

[@ashroskell]

Here here.

[@ThePluto61]

And the Archbishop scandal

[@maxhaughton1964]

@@carriemitch1 yes indeed. Everyone think of Paula V when you stir your respective Christ cakes

[@aeloswindrunner]

I love how at least 2/3s of the Johnson impression are just noises and it's 100% accurate xD

[@mikechiu9767]

21:16 For anyone who just want to watch that impression. It was hilarious lol.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

One of my highlights of the year. Ian HIslop is a national treasure.

[@bigron7009]

Well said

[@Mary-v3r]

@@Slipstreamer But they are really funny!!!

[@remmshaft]

​@@Slipstreamerthere's a Melbourne in England, in fine old Derbyshire

[@cybernautclub]

National Treasure being overused again.

[@GrahamM2341]

He’s a disgrace

[@Harley-kv4fd]

Thank you to Ian Hislop, he really is a real raw honest journalist that challenges issues that many journalists are too weak to challenge.

[@AKoMMusic]

@@Harley-kv4fd but he was silent about the authoritarian regime that started in 2020.

[@andreahodson7031]

He called out the ones who chose not to take the jabs

[@AKoMMusic]

@@andreahodson7031 yep.

[@Daisy_human]

​@@AKoMMusic which one i can think of severel since 2020 but covid prevented coups for most of 2020 and 2021 due to it being impracticle to gather lots of people

[@peacefulpleb]

Lewis Macleod is fantastic.

[@IMelkor42]

PHWaaah!

[@leeward5907]

That Ian McKellen is delicious

[@ChrisCrook]

he's an unsung gem, his Boris Johnson last year had me cramping up with laughter.

[@Ellplate]

deserves all the plaudits just for his Rio Ferdinand impression alone

[@benejeneb]

Totally steals the show! What a performance 😂

[@barnham9388]

I love this show - one of the high points of a fairly depressing year - a great fixture, RIP the magical John Sessions who was part of the cast in years gone by.

[@MikeKleinsteuber]

The country would be much poorer without Private Eye. Long may they continue....

[@sararichardson737]

They’re intellectual alchemists. Love em to bits.

[@malcolmlakin5265]

Oh no, rich or poor, this country can do very well without Private Eye. Like all rags it has its use...

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

Lewis's glitching AI voice for Elon Musk is sheer genius. Wonderful.

[@grahamnunn8998]

Fabulous, a huge fan of Private Eye and Hislop. A special mention to Jan Raven - still incredible.

[@margaretbloomer9001]

Still? Do women have some sort of shelf life where men don't? They're all STILL incredible. p.s. Her name is Ravens.

[@lylaclark3977]

"Putin keen on Elections...he got involved in all of them" 😂😂😂 Surgical Ian

[@alanpartridge1385]

I look forward to this all year! If only Charlie Brooker would stop messing about with Netflix and bring back his annual "Wipes" then the festive season would be complete!

[@alanbeckett4]

BEWARE! The Badenoch, My Son....

[@russcraig1216]

Smell my cheese!

[@Juniorsparkie]

Absolutely Outstanding Take a bow Lady & Gentlemen

[@interfusor]

Everyone was great, this was super fun. Lewis Macleod is incredibly impressive with his impression range.

[@radicalpaddyo]

Trump was surprisingly good

[@leo1961berlin]

Utterly priceless. As ever.

[@isabelstroubos3904]

A real tonic to end this soulless past year and a good belly laugh to welcome in the next. Couldn't we have a monthly episode like this to help us get through all 12 of them? A heartfelt and sincere thanks to Ian Hislop and the Private Eye team.

[@stephenborland4749]

The Private Eye podcast is that for me.

[@NeilHighley]

I didn't fully realise how talented Lewis Macleod was. Excellent work!

[@RyHughes1978]

The most famous cry shared by all of those whom are inherent evil :" I don't recall!" Leading to how Boris had not been imprisoned displayed how money can be more powerful than the law. Huge respect to Private Eye in there efforts to hold those relevant to task particularly in regards to the Post Office scandal. 🙏

[@JJONNYREPP]

Private Eye - The Year In Review 2024 2327pm 19.12.24 could easily refer to the fact they weren't involved... or drunk and wasted on absinthe at the time. i think we all probably want to indulge in a bit of inherent evil, now and again...

[@SteveBernard42]

Thank you all, my year is complete.

[@Ian-lx1iz]

Private Eye: _God bless 'em, every one_

[@tjCAUk]

Ian Hislop is a hero of truth

[@garyturner5739]

For PM please.

[@KBWRER]

Private Eye and Ian Hislop are the truly a national treasure, they never fail to keep me sane in the continuing circus that is the modern world 👏

[@ThursoBerwick]

They failed us in 2020 and 2021.

[@mswallow1322]

Wheres his knighthood?

[@ThursoBerwick]

@mswallow1322 He showed his true colours in 2020. Obedient.

[@mariakarvouni5267]

A breath of light in dismal times…

[@tom_123]

Truly a ray of fresh air…

[@iconicshrubbery]

That's Colemanballs!😂

[@JamieDD92]

My favourite time of the year!

[@waynethomas7406]

Thank you private eye and all who work in her. Special shout out to the incomparable Jan Ravens 🙏

[@mrneveryoumind]

Brilliant! 👍

[@Mkbshg8]

I had no idea Private Eye had a channel! Really glad to have discovered this, hilarious from start to finish.

[@martinevans1427]

Great to see Harry Enfield again

[@Mary-v3r]

Seconded

[@anarchords1905]

Elon Musk: Love-child of Ayn Rand and P.W.Botha.

[@belbrighton6479]

This is genius 🎉😂❤

[@annettewilkinson5750]

😂

[@eyesandearseditions]

Amazing imitation of Musk’s voice

[@paulnolan4971]

Holy shit. Yea

[@trevaudio]

Brilliant

[@mootpointjones8488]

Jan really nailed Truss 👍

[@martinpickard6043]

I knowwwwwwww 😅

[@jessiepooch]

😂

[@joeking4206]

Fantastic. All great, the Ian McKellen at the end was spot-on.

[@w0033944]

I love the way Jan's voicing Truss as QE1 from Blackadder II.

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Hah! You just transported me back to my teens.

[@w0033944]

@@Peterbrendanalbert I was only a small kid then.

[@crumbabe]

Nice one Hislop and co.Keep telling it as it is.

[@BrockSamson-i1i]

i was just thinking about this last night and hoping it would be released soon, thank you PE team

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

Thank you Private Eye

[@ashroskell]

This is a highlight of the year for me. Thank you, Private Eye.

[@tonymockeridge338]

That was brilliant. Thank you so much. Here in the colonies it's lovely to get notes, queries and letters from "home".

[@ScarySox]

👍😆👍 💯❤ I look forword to another brilliant year of the Eye.

[@rumjon]

Super as always

[@marilynchivers4730]

Brilliant 🎉🎊👏. Thanks Private Eye for the excellent journalism and entertaining us as well. 👌

[@mkrmkr3805]

That was hilarious. Thank you to all involved. 👏

[@catherinewalker4526]

Glorious!

[@johnthekeane]

It takes a lot after ( on the 31st) 64 years of being a human, to make me laugh or rather, guffaw out loud. Thank you. Subscription to follow.

[@martydav9475]

You were born at just about the time Private Eye started.

[@SirKeefyKeef]

Great Musk impression. 😆👍🙏

[@AdrianMcGavock-u2g]

alongside all the massively talented contributors, it is totally delightful to see Ian Hislop so thoroughly enjoying himself ... well done all for giving us much needed laughs in what is an unremittingly awful period of human history! 😂

[@lynnedelacy2841]

Lewis Macleod made the whole evening

[@muzmason3064]

Firstly, my ribs hurt 🤣 Secondly when a TV show puts our legal system and corrupted business through the mill and sorts it out, one wonders how many more miscarriages of justice have gone on.I I salute your grit and tenacity, but most of all your love of truth, mirth and honesty. 🎄🕊

[@JJONNYREPP]

Private Eye - The Year In Review 2024 2309pm 19.12.24 i was so enamoured of your you tube presentations and all the self congratulation that i completely forgot about the pan on the hob and the water evaporating thereon... is that a euphemism or simile for something?

[@RuaidhriOSioradain]

Wonderful, thank you to all involved, wishing all a happy Christmas

[@belbrighton6479]

I love how they take different parts of the organ. Their podcast is also excellent, brilliant journalism. 🎉❤😂

[@charlotteillustration5778]

Wonderful entertainment, brilliant writing, great cast. Lewis MacLeod’s voices are pure genius. Thank you, Private Eye.

[@stevecavell4479]

Subscription assured for the next year.

[@johnmackenzie7487]

A tour de force as ever.

[@robinhampshire8923]

French word meaning tour de force

[@Rich.Aardvark]

Harrys "The King" is brilliant

[@bigron7009]

My Private Eye subscription...is the best miney i spend every year Get informed & stay informed

[@JonPrice-g7n]

The best " miney " ......does he have your PIN Nummer as well ?

[@reneeridgway7591]

This was superb and a joy to watch. I’ve only ever heard these brilliant actors before, had no idea it was only three of them doing all these voices. Watching all the giggling made it so much funnier as well! Xxxx

[@davidjames6596]

A joy to attend and thoroughly enjoyable.

[@aeloswindrunner]

I need to get to one of these annual review's live one of these years

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

can't wait to watch this!!!

[@ozen.m8161]

43:16 as an Iranian listening, I did not see it coming and I love it😂😂😂❤

[@KR-he7mm]

Comedy gold. Haven't laughed so hard at anything all year. And given the subject matter, we have to laugh because otherwise we'd probably just cry...

[@lucilaromero7444]

I am not British and I do not live in the UK. Still, this is the best TV "political" programme I have seen in years! Ian Hislop is a treasure.

[@allanfoster6965]

"Shattering the padded ceiling"😅😅😅😅

[@janewillis9582]

This is brilliant. Thank you so much. I spent my New Year midnight watching it and honestly can't think of a better way I could've spent it.....

[@stoatystoat174]

The Ian McKellen was excellent, hit so many points like timing, changes is volume, getting a bit more northern intermittently

[@Stormy_69]

This and the 2024 annual complete the subscription perfectly. Harry Enfield bringing out E.J. "Kevin" Thribb was one of the highlights for me, along with Lewis's impressions-that guy is fantastic!

[@markdaly1648]

Rory bremner in the episode brydon and..bowed to him. Bremner is very good friends with jan ravens. Bremner is one the finest impressionists/satirists of the past 30 years. Mcloed is very talented.

[@markdaly1648]

Mcleods donald trump is the best I ever heard

[@brokenstyx]

That was lovely, thank you very much everybody :)

[@tonysleight7574]

This is the best hour I have spent on KZbin since last year! Well done, excellent script delivered perfectly.

[@philoshaughnessy906]

This has made my Christmas. Thanks so much.

[@markhutton6824]

Thank you Private Eye who continue to report on the important and subvert the general nonsense we are told. You the reporters, writers and not forgetting the Editor are a bastion of the fair and just reporting. THANK YOU!

[@leaguefan7640]

Love Private Eye, takes no prisoners, no matter the politics!

[@RegHoldsworth-ri7hh]

Quality and quantity. A massive thank you.

[@RPaton]

The UK has the best government that money can buy.

[@redboyjan]

😂😂😂

[@LSLondoner]

the best bit of December - brilliant - thank you

[@socje7399]

Fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Thank you!

[@CalmLabrador-tr6ol]

Brilliant! Makes me happy to purchase the annual annual annually😂

[@martydav9475]

Steven Sondheim sends best wishes.

[@harryaarrestad583]

Lewis is amazing ! So is Jan .

[@southerncomfortuk]

Do not listen to this while driving 🤣, especially Jaberwocky

[@Azphreal]

Great as always. Hope Ian is ok after his accident.

[@wirksworthsrailway]

I was there!

[@Mkbshg8]

How did you get a ticket?

[@wirksworthsrailway]

@ saw it advertised in Private Eye and I pounced!

[@ThePsiclone]

outstanding as ever. Always a highlight of this time of year. Long may it continue.

[@eshaibraheem4218]

It's the Dumb Britain section that always gets me. I was weeping by the end, when Jesus did the dance of the seven veils.

[@MarkWhitter-qm6ef]

My favourite example ever: “What was the first name of the spiritual leader Gandhi?” “Goosey Goosey?”

[@eshaibraheem4218]

@MarkWhitter-qm6ef Now my favourite too. Thanks.

[@bugsygoo]

Dumb Britain seems to think that Sir Edmund Hillary was British!

[@brownboytravels]

Not watching any other Reva except this one and totally worth it!

[@paulnolan4971]

Ian HIslop is a national treasure.

[@HappyinJapan358]

I feel like these are kind of a last bastion of sanity

[@johngarnham5772]

All were superb. Very clever and entertaining.

[@michaeldarby3503]

I so remember the glory days of punk rock when Robert Maxwell was managing Sex Pistols

[@JJONNYREPP]

Private Eye - The Year In Review 2024 2331pm 19.12.24 strange but true!! i recall your administering to his penchant for demanding the questions before they were put to him - the basis of law which is a purely rhetorical observation i hasten to add and in now way underpins my attitude to media magnates such as yourself or maxwell or his irate family who all seem to be rushing down the road with rolling pins and spades in hand...

[@barbararowley6077]

Thank you!

[@paulhirons5474]

That has to be the best Ian McKellen impression I've ever heard 😂

[@martinjones5965]

35:23 "He's gestating at the linesmen" ... dissolved ...🤣

[@DavidDouglas-v3n]

Brilliant and thank you for lightening the load. Next year, God willing, could you put Harry on a saline drip.

[@jeremyroberts39]

Just satire, just British, just brilliant. Thank you Ian..........just a great British institution 😊❤

[@helenswan705]

May their wells of wit never dry up. Drawing as they do on the richness of British, or more particularly, English life and culture. I love the jokes they didn't even need to finish, we were laughing already. Seasons greetings to all!!!!

[@worshipthenephilim]

I look forward all year to the Eye Review! Thanks so much for Existing and for being Brilliant 😁

[@MrJohn394]

Incredibly funny, never missing, bulls ear every time

[@stephenyates3085]

Just effing brilliant as always.

[@scotty503]

Loved The Chase send up section because it is exactly like that! One gripe though. The "British" Mountaineer was a "New Zealander".

[@lidbass]

These are actual questions from British shows - as Hislop mentions at the beginning of the item. Don't blame the messenger: I'm pretty sure Pivate Eye are well aware of the nationality of Sir Edmund Hilary.

[@TheKermit2110]

First watched in 2022, now it’s a Christmas MUST!

[@christophernye1970]

Sanity 🙏thank you. Very funny 😂

[@marcusgrant9892]

I subscribed what an excellent find . Real enjoying watching ' love your crew of voices artists i have enjoyed for 30 years' thank you all keep fighting the bastards. We need you more than ever, mentally, my soul needs you. We are lost and scared in what should never been allowed to happen. Steps are unplaced to stop all this, right? Trump got in again! There are zero safe guards in places everything is small minds, selfishness and stupidity.

[@martydav9475]

Hear, hear!

[@dianeb2712]

Absolutely brilliant. Thoroughly enjoyed it ❤👍😃

[@pauledwards8275]

Thank you. One of the best.