Andrew Hunter Murray

Andrew Hunter Murray
Born 1987 (aged 36–37)
Other names Drew, Lightning
Education English literature, 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) is an English writer, podcaster and comedian.

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 Club Fish podcast.

Murray works for Ian Hislop 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.

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

In February 2021, Murray appeared as a contestant on episodes 76–80 of the fourth series of BBC Two's Richard Osman's House of Games.