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 433 to 456 of 516.
12:39Robert Bruce Wasn't SCOTTISH?? | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? Scotland, Part Two
15.1K views
13:55The Pub Landlord Meets Alex James | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
15K views
10:21The Pub Landlord Meets Robson Green | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
14.9K views
9:34The Pub Landlord Meets Des O'Connor | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
14.7K views
9:41The Pub Landlord Meets Dawn French | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
14.6K views
43:01The Pub Landlord EXPOSES TV COUPLE | Al Murray's Happy Hour: Season 2, Episode 8
14.5K views
12:03The Windrush Generation and Rum in Jamaica | Al Murray's Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire?
14.5K views
9:45The Pub Landlord Meets Trisha Goddard | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
14.5K views
41:58The Pub Landlord ROASTS the Front Row's Jobs | Al Murray's Happy Hour: Season 2, Episode 7
14.3K views
9:44Jermaine Jackson on Al Murray's Happy Hour
14.2K views
12:17The Introduction Of Trains To India | Al Murray's Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire?
13.8K views
43:15RUPERT GRINT Shares HARRY POTTER SECRETS | Al Murray's Happy Hour: Season 2, Episode 11
13.3K views
11:05The Pub Landlord Meets Kelly Osbourne | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
13.2K views
8:55Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire? Australia, Part Two | Al Murray The Pub Landlord
13.1K views
12:37Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire? Australia, Part Three | Al Murray The Pub Landlord
13.1K views
10:24The Pub Landlord Meets Adrian Chiles | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
13K views
14:07The Guv JUMPED Out A Plane?? | The Pub Landlord Vs Nigel Farage, Part Two
12.7K views
7:11The Pub Landlord Meets Paul Daniels | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
12.6K views
8:36Let's Talk WW2 Tanks | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? Germany, Part Two
12.5K views
8:25How Global Finance Works | Al Murray The Pub Landlord Stand Up
11.5K views
12:52War Menu: BRITAIN VS FRANCE | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? France, Part Two
11.4K views
10:52AMERICAN vs BRITISH History | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? America, Part One
11.3K views
11:17Who Were THE VIKINGS?? | Al Murray's Why Do The Brits Win Every War? Vikings, Part One
11.2K views
11:43The Pub Landlord Meets Anthony Serkis | FULL INTERVIEW | Al Murray's Happy Hour
11.1K 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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