Dan “Gary” Schreiber is a Hongkonger-Australian radio producer, writer, podcaster, and comedian based in London. He co-created the

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'' with host John Lloyd and co-producer Richard Turner and co-hosts the

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''.

Early life

Schreiber was born c. 1984 in

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to an Australian father and a British mother, both of who worked as celebrity hairdressers. He became proficient in

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. The Schreibers moved to

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, Australia around the time Hong Kong changed from British rule to Chinese rule. He moved to the UK at age 19 after '' QI'' creator John Lloyd offered him a job while Schreiber was visiting family in

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. He has a sister, Chyna, and a brother. His father is of Austrian descent.

Career

Schreiber began at the television panel game show ''QI'' as a researcher, or "elf", shortly after moving to England. He co-created and co-produces ''

'' starting in 2008; co-hosts the

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-focused podcast ''The Cryptid Factor'' with

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and producer Leon 'Buttons' Kirkbeck starting in 2013; and co-created, co-hosts, and co-produces the podcast ''

'' alongside James Harkin,

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and

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starting in 2014. Schreiber also appeared as a panelist and presenter on the BBC panel show ''

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 ...

'', a spin-off of the ''No Such Thing As a Fish'' podcast. The program's two series aired in 2016. While staying at his in-laws' house during the

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, Schreiber created ''Show Us Your Shit'' (also known as ''Show Us Your Shit (or: Some Shakespeare, A Pair of Pyjamas & A Mutton Chop)''), an Instagram Live series. Each episode features a different guest who shows Schreiber and the audience a selection of interesting objects from around their home. On 6 June 2020, Schreiber was featured on the

series '' Loose Ends'' to discuss ''Show Us Your Shit''. In 2021, '' The Tournament'', a show devised by Schreiber along with

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and Simon Urwin, aired on BBC hosted by Alex Scott. After five seasons working for QI, Schreiber started as head of development for ComedyBox, an online channel from

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, which financially supported comedy projects and provided a forum for comedians to share their content. There, he executive produced Ken Russell's short Christmas film ''

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'' and ''

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'' star

's ComedyBox clips and stand-up DVD ''Imagine That!'' As a stand-up comedian in his own right, Schreiber has toured with FolkFace from Radio 1's ''Chris Moyles Show'' and was a regular panelist on the E4 show ''Dirty Digest''. Schreiber's comic debut at the

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was his show Cockblocked From Outer Space in 2014. In 2015, he was the presenter in the Channel 4 documentary ''The Great UFO Conspiracy'', which examined beliefs about aliens in the UK. Since hosting the cancelled pilot of his own radio show, which featured guests Rhys Darby, John Lloyd, Ismo Leikola, and

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in 2009 Schreiber has also been a guest on BBC Radio 4's ''Don't Make Me Laugh'' with

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and ''Fresh From The Fringe'' as well as a variety of podcasts including ''

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'' and ''

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''. Schreiber has also contributed to a number of books, including ''The Naked Jape'' by

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; the ''QI'' spinoffs ''The Book of General Ignorance'' and ''G Annual''; and ''No Such Thing as a Fish's'' ''The Book of the Year'' series. He released his first stand-alone book, ''The Theory of Everything Else'', in October 2022. Schreiber stated on episode 444 of the podcas
No Such Thing As A Fish
that his image was used on Wikipedia's

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page (alongside

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at a

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event); that photograph was subsequently replaced.

Personal life

Schreiber and his wife Fenella have three sons named Wilf, Ted and Kit.

References

External links

Schreiber's blogspot
inactive since 2012
Dan Schreiber's 2014 CV
(archived)
Dan Schreiber's
blog at

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(archived)
Dan Schreiber's
Twitter page.
''The Museum of Curiosity's''
Twitter page, updated by Schreiber.
Me and You 2
- Schreiber's radio pilot
Me and You 2
- Schreiber's radio pilot Twitter page {{DEFAULTSORT:Schreiber, Dan Living people BBC people Australian radio producers Australian radio writers Australian television writers Australian film producers British radio producers British radio writers British television writers British film producers 1984 births Hong Kong people Australian people of Austrian descent Hong Kong people of Australian descent Hong Kong people of Austrian descent Australian male television writers