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Al Murray

Al Murray

  • 56 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings

Pub Landlord Al Murray to perform in alcohol-free Saudi Arabia

It's a nation where anyone caught drinking faces fines or jail, so it's not most obvious place to find Al Murray's Pub Landlord. Yet the comic is taking his beer-sloshing alter-ego to the capital Riyadh next month, performing a gig in his latest Guv Island tour at the Princess Nourah University Theatre.

Chortle, 9th December 2024

Al Murray: The pub is the one place us Brits do NOT queue

Standing in a line, looking at your phone, waiting your turn - this is not pub behaviour.

Al Murray, The Sun, 15th November 2024

Al Murray has Pub Landlord costume stolen in car break-in

Comedian Al Murray has had his iconic Pub Landlord costume stolen.

The Independent, 8th November 2024

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains Series 6 guests revealed

Dara O Briain, Layton Williams, Susie Dent, Emily Atack, Sam Campbell, Al Murray and Lucy Beaumont are amongst the guests taking part in Series 6 of Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains, which starts on Comedy Central on Monday 28th October.

British Comedy Guide, 17th October 2024

Al Murray trades pints for parachutes

Pub Landlord comic Al Murray has become Lord of the Landings.

Murray is now one of the leading experts on the disastrous Battle of Arnhem, which is being commemorated today.

Mike Ridley, The Sun, 22nd September 2024

Life according to... Al Murray

"If I had to do stand-up as myself, I wouldn't know where to start."

Ross Crae, The Sunday Post, 18th June 2024

Sky History not renewing Russell Kane and Al Murray series

Sky History will not be renewing Evil Genius With Russell Kane and Al Murray's Why Does Everyone Hate... series, with a spokesperson saying: "we don't currently have a plan to recommission those shows".

British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2024

Al Murray writes another WWII book

Al Murray as written a second factual history book a bout the Second World War. Arnhem: Black Tuesday aims to offer a new perspective on the daring but thwarted attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine as the Allies swept across France and Belgium in the aftermath of D-Day.

Chortle, 3rd June 2024

Fury over Dane Baptiste's death threat social media post

Dane Baptiste has prompted widespread outrage in the comedy community and beyond following a post on social media which appears to contain a death threat.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd May 2024

Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather's wartime movements

Boarding school brought with it bloody mindedness and bad jazz. He'd have been shocked and delighted by his future career.

Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 29th October 2023

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