Andrew Hunter Murray (born 1987) is a British writer, podcaster and comedian.

Early life

Murray went to school at

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ...

Career

Murray is a writer and researcher for the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

panel show '' QI'', as a member of the team known as the "''QI'' Elves". He co-hosts the spin-off podcast series '' No Such Thing as a Fish'' in which he and three other QI Elves – Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin and Dan Schreiber – share their favourite facts from the week. Murray wrote and co-presented the podcast's spinoff television series '' No Such Thing as the News''. He currently hosts "Drop Us a Line" as part of the ''No Such Thing As A Fish'' podcast, and also the BBC's satirical current affairs podcast ''The Naked Week''. Murray works for

Ian Hislop Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is a British journalist, satirist, and television personality. He is the editor of the satirical magazine '' Private Eye'', a position he has held since 1986. He has appeared on many radio and television pr ...

as a writer for '' Private Eye'' magazine and hosts the magazine's podcast, '' Page 94''. Murray's debut novel, ''The Last Day'', a dystopian thriller set in a future where the Earth has stopped spinning, was published in February 2020. Film and TV rights for the novel have been sold to Stone Village Television. His second book, ''The Sanctuary'', was published in May 2022. His third novel ''A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering'' was published in 2024. Murray is a member of the

Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...

-themed

improvisational comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv or impro in British English, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers. In its ...

troupe

Austentatious Austentatious (An Improvised Jane Austen Novel) is a long-form improvised comedy show, in the style of a Jane Austen novel, where each show is improvised by a six-strong cast, based on a title suggested by a member of the audience. Beginning i ...

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Andrew Hunter Murray
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on IMDb. Living people Alumni of Keble College, Oxford English male journalists English male novelists Writers from London 1987 births English podcasters English male comedians Comedians from London People educated at King's College School, London {{England-novelist-stub