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Andrew Hunter Murray is an English writer, journalist, podcaster, comedian, and author.


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 public school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was founded in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London and ...
in Wimbledon. He went on to study English Literature at
Keble College, Oxford Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to th ...
.


Career

Murray is a writer and researcher for the
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panel show '' QI'', as a member of the team known as the "''QI'' Elves". He co-hosts the spin-off podcasts ''
No Such Thing as a Fish ''No Such Thing as a Fish'' is a weekly British podcast series produced and presented by the researchers behind the BBC Two panel game ''QI''. In the podcast each of the researchers, collectively known as "The ''QI'' Elves", present their favour ...
'' in which he and three other QI Elves –
Anna Ptaszynski Anna Ptaszynski is a British podcaster, television host, and television writer. She is one of the four regular hosts of the podcast '' No Such Thing as a Fish'', together with Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray, and James Harkin. She was also ...
, 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 ''No Such Thing as the News'' is a British television comedy series on BBC Two, which is a spin-off to the podcast ''No Such Thing as a Fish'', produced and presented by the researchers behind the panel game '' QI'', also on BBC Two. In it each o ...
''. He currently hosts " Drop us a line" as part of the Club Fish podcast. Murray works for
Ian Hislop Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is a British journalist, satirist, writer, broadcaster, and editor of the magazine ''Private Eye''. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes and has been a team captain on the BBC quiz show ...
as a writer for ''
Private Eye ''Private Eye'' is a British fortnightly satire, satirical and current affairs (news format), current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986. The publication is widely r ...
'' 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. Murray is a member of the
Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...
-themed
improvisational comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, 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 purest form, the dialogue, a ...
troupe
Austentatious Austentatious 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. Begun in 2011 in London, the original cast me ...
. In February 2021, Murray appeared as a contestant on episodes 76–80 of the fourth series of
BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
's ''
Richard Osman's House of Games ''Richard Osman's House of Games'' is a British quiz show produced by Banijay (owners of Endemol Shine UK), a branch of Remarkable Television for the BBC. The show is hosted by Richard Osman. It is played on a weekly basis, with four "celebri ...
''.


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