Andrew Hunter Murray

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Andrew Hunter Murray
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Murray in 2015
Born1987 (age 37–38)
Education Keble College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Author, podcaster, actor, comedian
Employer(s) Private Eye , Austentatious, QI
Television No Such Thing as the News

Andrew Hunter Murray (born 1987) [1] is a British writer, podcaster and comedian.

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Early life

Murray went to school at King's College School in Wimbledon.

Career

Murray is a writer and researcher for the BBC 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 as a writer for Private Eye magazine and hosts the magazine's podcast, Page 94 . [2]

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. [3] Film and TV rights for the novel have been sold to Stone Village Television. [4] His second book, The Sanctuary, was published in May 2022. [5] His third novel A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering was published in 2024.

Murray is a member of the Jane Austen-themed improvisational comedy troupe Austentatious. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Andrew Hunter Murray". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Di Filippo, Paul (10 February 2020). "There's no shortage of novels about what happens when the Earth stops spinning. 'The Last Day' may set a new standard". The Washington Post . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (28 June 2019). "Stone Village picks up rights to Andrew Hunter Murray's 'The Last Day' book". Deadline . Penske Business Media . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Murray, Andrew Hunter. The Sanctuary . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Longman, Will (19 October 2017). "Andrew Hunter Murray interview - How to improvise a comedy based on Jane Austen's work". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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