Al Murray
The Pub Landlord
About Al Murray
Al Murray (born Alastair James Hay Murray, 10 May 1968) is an English comedian. After graduating from the University of Oxford, his comedy career began by working with Harry Hill for BBC Radio 4. He regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before launching his "Pub Landlord" persona, which led to the Sky One sitcom Time Gentlemen Please and the chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour for ITV. In 2003 he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2007 he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Murray was born in Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, a descendant of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. He was educated at Bedford School, where he played percussion in the Bedfordshire County Youth Orchestra, and read Modern History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he performed in the comedy group the Oxford Revue in a show directed by Stewart Lee. He made his first TV appearance on Channel 4's The Word in November 1991, and in 1994-95 was the drummer in Evangelista, the house band at Stewart Lee and Simon Munnery's experimental Cluub Zarathustra. He won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1999, after being nominated in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Murray's principal character in performance is the Pub Landlord, an English publican with conservative values and an animosity towards Germans and the French, whom he has described as a "know-all know-nothing blowhard who knows the answer to every question even though he hasn't been asked any of them". The character first appeared in 1994 during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the show "Pub Internationale" with Harry Hill, and went on to become the central character in Time Gentlemen Please. His Pub Landlord theatre show My Gaff, My Rules was short-listed for an Olivier Award in 2002, and he hosted three series of Al Murray's Happy Hour for ITV in 2007-08.
Videos (516)
Videos 409 to 432 of 516.
1:12The Pub Landlord: Some pints are more than just a pint
24.2K views
18:14The Pub Landlord's Thoughts on HUMANS vs ANIMALS | Al Murray The Pub Landlord Stand Up
24.2K views
0:09Better luck next time, Mexico!
24K views
38:03SPOTTED: The Pub Landlord's LOOKALIKE!! | Al Murray's Happy Hour: Season 1, Episode 3
23.4K views
40:36Was Albert Einstein a GENIUS?? | Al Murray's Happy Hour: Season 1, Episode 4
23.3K views
39:39The Pub Landlord ROASTS POSTMAN | Al Murray's Happy Hour: Season 1, Episode 8
23.3K views
10:42The Pub Landlord Meets Fiona Phillips | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
23.2K views
11:03The Pub Landlord Meets Terry Venables | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
22.7K views
12:12The Pub Landlord Meets Westlife | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
22K views
8:01Should Berwick Be INDEPENDENT?? | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? Scotland, Part Four
22K views
10:36The Pub Landlord Meets Katherine Jenkins | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
21.8K views
7:48The Pub Landlord Invites Back Myleene Klass | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
21.7K views
12:05Battle Time! AMERICAN vs ENGLISH Army | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? America Part Two
21.5K views
8:29The Romanticisation of Pirates and Jamaica | Al Murray's Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire?
21.2K views
10:40The Pub Landlord Meets Rupert Grint | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
20K views
14:22World War 2 Movies Vs Real Life | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? Germany, Part One
19.9K views
10:14History of Sugar in Jamaica | Al Murray's Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire?
19K views
10:47The Pub Landlord Meets Kris Marshall | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
19K views
10:36The Pub Landlord Meets Cilla Black | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
17.6K views
11:05The Pub Landlord Meets James Martin | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
17.6K views
11:56Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire? South Africa, Part One | Al Murray The Pub Landlord
17.1K views
0:43Sending NUDES Back in the Day
17.1K views
12:41The Guv Welcomes STAR GUESTS to the XMAS PARTY! | Al Murray's Make Christmas Great Again, Part Two
17.1K views
11:01The Pub Landlord Meets Philip Glenister | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
16.5K viewsGuest appearances (15)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Al Murray.
Guest appearances 1 to 15 of 15.
16:00Al Murray On The Invention Of The Pub Landlord
Robert Brydon Jones
492.7K views
9:29Al Murray on Bernard Montgomery and the Second World War STI outbreak - from RHLSTP 436
Richard Herring
299.1K views
1:46:19Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - with Al Murray
Richard Herring
134.4K views
1:27:10Al Murray - Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
Richard Herring
60.9K views
13:35Al Murray's DEEP Love For History | Russell Howard's Five Brilliant Things
Russell Howard
48.8K views
28:40TRASH TALK WITH COUNT BINFACE: Episode One - Al Murray
Jon Harvey
32.1K views
44:21Getting a pint with Al Murray and talking about D-Day | Please Keep Me Anonymous
Chris Ramsey
26.5K views
10:25The ONLY Meal Al Murray Is Ordering | Russell Howard's Five Brilliant Things
Russell Howard
19.4K views
17:39Al Murray is MAD passionate about WW2 | Please Keep Me Anonymous
Chris Ramsey
15.3K views
0:48Al Murray's first impressions of Chris!!
Chris Ramsey
12.7K views
11:16Al Murray on going to boarding school in Bedford, and his first performances - from RHLSTP 533
Richard Herring
6.6K views
1:12:25Al Murray - RHLSTP 436
Richard Herring
4.6K views
2:00Al Murray on Why Don't You? - from RHLSTP 436
Richard Herring
4K views
17:05Al Murray describes one of the most INTENSE experiences of his life! | Please Keep Me Anonymous
Chris Ramsey
2.7K views
1:09:13The Maff Brown Podcast - Al Murray
Maff Brown
817 viewsChannels on this page: Robert Brydon Jones, Richard Herring, Russell Howard, Jon Harvey, Chris Ramsey, Maff Brown
Frequently asked questions
Who is Al Murray?
Al Murray, born Alastair James Hay Murray on 10 May 1968 in Stewkley, is an English comedian best known for his "Pub Landlord" persona.
What is the Pub Landlord?
The Pub Landlord is Murray's principal character, an English publican with conservative values and an animosity towards Germans and the French, whom he describes as a "know-all know-nothing blowhard".
What award did Al Murray win at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe?
He won the Perrier Award in 1999, after being nominated in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Where did Al Murray study?
He was educated at Bedford School and read Modern History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he performed in the Oxford Revue.
What television shows has Al Murray's Pub Landlord appeared in?
The Pub Landlord is the central character in the Sky One sitcom Time Gentlemen Please, and Murray hosted the ITV chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour in 2007-08.
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