No Such Thing As The News
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 2016
- 13 episodes (2 series)
A topical comedy series hosted by the stars of QI's No Such Thing As A Fish podcast. Stars Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, Andrew Hunter Murray, James Harkin, Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 20th May 2016
- Time
- 11:05pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Thursday 19th May 2016, 19:00 at Up The Creek
Cast & crew
| Dan Schreiber | Host / Presenter |
| Anna Ptaszynski | Host / Presenter |
| Andrew Hunter Murray | Host / Presenter |
| James Harkin | Host / Presenter |
| Jane Hill | Self |
| James Harkin | Researcher |
| Andrew Hunter Murray | Researcher |
| Anna Ptaszynski | Researcher |
| Dan Schreiber | Researcher |
| Mandy Fenton | Researcher |
| John Kelly | Researcher |
| Anne Miller | Researcher |
| Joe Miller | Researcher |
| Michael Matheson | Director |
| John Lloyd | Series Producer |
| Keith Blackmore | Programme Editor |
| Alex Bell | Editor |
| Ben Frewin | Director of Photography |
| Neil Breakwell | Deputy Programme Editor |
Video
Hazardous waste in space
Dan Schreiber explains why the windows on the International Space station have to be quadruple glazed.
Featuring: Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, Andrew Hunter Murray & James Harkin.
Press
No Such Thing as The News - review
Opinions are divided on this no-frills style. Complaints via Twitter that "It's basically a film of a podcast" are countered by others who maintain that this is all part of its charm. In common with Channel 4's The Last Leg, NSTATN uses Twitter as a resource, asking followers to tweet in titbits of news, and acknowledging the contributors of the most entertaining facts by their Twitter handle. The absence of political satire is another aspect which could work in its favour.
Cult Box, 27th May 2016This new series is based on the popular podcast No Such Thing As a Fish, in which the researchers of QI unearth and kick around their most interesting obscure facts of the week. This spin-off applies the treatment to current events: it takes a look at the week's affairs, but in search of interesting gems, rather than taking the usual panel show satirical broadsides. With James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 20th May 2016Chatting with the QI Elves
Ahead of a brand new current affairs series brought to you by the QI Elves, we spoke to No Such Thing As The News presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber.
Jon Jacob, BBC Blogs, 20th May 2016No Such Thing as the News review
There's no such thing as a dull moment in BBC Two's new topical comedy No Such Thing As The News - a look behind the headlines presented by the 'elves' who research QI.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th May 2016