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
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No Such Thing as a Fish to tour Australia
The team will be headed to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth next May.
Pedestrian, 27th October 2017No Such Thing As A Fish extends tour into 2018
Multi-award winning number one podcast No Such Thing As A Fish is set to embark on a UK theatre tour this autumn and has already added extra shows in March 2018.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th September 2017Interview: No Such Thing as a Fish
Metro.co.uk caught up with team members James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski (sadly fourth member Dan Schreiber was stuck on a plane circling in mid-air so couldn't be with us) for a chat about podcasting, QI question writing and some really really weird facts...
Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 1st July 2017No Such Thing As A Fish take over Metro Facebook page
QI Elves Dan Schreiber and Andrew Hunter Murray will be taking over the Metro Entertainment Facebook page for an FB Live session on Wednesday.
Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 21st June 2017Can you believe it? the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast
The researchers behind BBC's QI emerge from behind the scenes to inform, entertain and tease via their award-winning podcast, No Such Thing as a Fish.
Christine Brandel, Pop Matters, 5th April 2017It has been a tough few weeks for the podcast-turned-TV show that seeks to put a positive spin on current affairs. That's not to say the puckish quartet of QI researchers have shirked the task of unearthing trivia fascinating enough to leaven even the most depressing news cycle: Andrew Hunter Murray recently seemed particularly delighted to relate the story of a Trump speechwriter whose trousers caught fire in an autocue-related mishap.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 23rd November 2016Preview - No Such Thing as the News
No Such Thing as the News is scheduled to a criminally late, post-Newsnight slot (11.15pm) on BBC Two. It is such a shame that this thinking person's, humour-filled news inquest is not offered a wider audience - either through an earlier slot or on Beeb One.
Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 16th November 2016John Lloyd: 'Spitting Image could have stopped Brexit'
"Donald Trump would have been a gift to Spitting Image," he says wistfully. "Watching him, you do think you're watching the Muppets. It doesn't seem to matter what he says, it doesn't make any difference."
Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Telegraph, 7th November 2016We visited the QI offices to see what the elves do
Biscuits are involved. Also Jeremy the lefty snail.
Chris Longridge, Digital Spy, 27th October 2016NME wrongly reports fake Slipknot statement as fact
New Musical Express has wrongly reported a fake statement about the band Slipknot that appeared on No Such Thing as the News, believing it to be true.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 13th October 2016