Anna Ptaszynski

Anna Ptaszynski is a British podcaster, television host and television writer. She is one of the four regular hosts of the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish alongside Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray, and James Harkin. She was also a presenter of the BBC Two television show No Such Thing as the News and is a researcher and writer for the television show QI.

Anna Ptaszynski
Born1985/1986 (age 36–37)
Occupations
  • Podcaster
  • host
  • writer
RelativesAndré Ptaszynski (father)

Early life

Ptaszynski was born in 1985 or 1986,[1] the daughter of Judith Terry and theatre producer André Ptaszynski (1953–2020).[2] Her paternal grandfather, Władysław Ptaszynski, was a Polish officer who spent time in a prisoner of war camp in Russia.[2] She has three younger siblings and attended Oxford High School.[1] Before working at QI and No Such Thing as a Fish, she worked in Scottish politics, Australian advertising, selling fruit wine, and hay-baling.[3]

Career

Ptaszynski is a researcher, writer, and script-editor for the BBC quiz show QI.[4][5]

Ptaszynski has been one of the four regular hosts of the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish since it was launched as a spinoff of the BBC quiz show QI in March 2014.[6][7] Five years later, at the end of 2019, episodes of No Such Thing as a Fish had been downloaded over 250 million times, with 1.5 million listeners every week.[3][8] Ptaszynski has gone on several national and international tours to record live episodes of No Such Thing as a Fish.[9][10]

Ptaszynski was a co-author of three books published by the podcast's co-hosts: The Book of the Year 2019, The Book of the Year 2018, and The Book of the Year 2017.[3][11] Along with the other main hosts of No Such Thing as a Fish, Ptaszynski hosted No Such Thing as the News, a BBC Two television program based on the podcast.[12]

Facts shared by Ptaszynski on No Such Thing as a Fish have been cited in media outlets Daily Express, and she has published facts in The Telegraph.[13][14][15] Ptaszynski has been noted for her dry humour on the podcast.[16]

Ptaszynski was the curator for the 17th series of the Radio 4 show Museum of Curiosity, which she co-hosted with its creator John Lloyd.[17]

Episode 467 of No Such Thing as a Fish, released in February 2023, was Ptaszynski's last episode of the podcast before her temporary departure for maternity leave.[18]

References
  1. MacAlister, Katherine (5 November 2015). "The QI Elves are coming to Oxford to tackle general ignorance". Oxford Mail.
  2. Coveney, Michael (4 August 2020). "André Ptaszynski obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. "No Such Thing As A Fish's 'THE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019' Out Now". Broadway World. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. Johnston-Flint, Rosa (18 January 2019). "There's No Such Thing as a Fish Interview". Culture Calling. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. Graham Lawton; Tiffany O'Callaghan (December 2014). "QI's little helpers". New Scientist. 224 (3000–3001): 40–41. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(14)62445-3.
  6. Sawyer, Miranda (22 March 2014). "No Such Thing As a Fish; Freakonomics – podcast reviews". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. Abit, April Joy (11 March 2019). "No Such Thing as a Fish". The Medium, University of Toronto Mississauga. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. Henley, Rowena (1 November 2019). "'QI' Elf Anna Ptaszynski Reveals Her Favourite Ever Fact & What It's Like Working With Stephen & Sandi". Bustle. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. Westbrook, Caroline (1 July 2017). "EXCLUSIVE The No Such Thing As A Fish Team talk QI, podcasts and men with two penises". Metro UK. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  10. Gibsone, Harriet (8 March 2019). "Anna Ptaszynski: 'I dreamed I served a baby for lunch'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  11. Fane Saunders, Tristram (2 November 2017). "The QI Elves, aka No Such Thing as a Fish, talk their new book and share 10 of their weirdest facts". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  12. "No Such Thing as the News". BBC. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  13. Saunders, Josh (24 February 2020). "Climate change shock: How worms could be answer to planet's future". Daily Express. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  14. Wilson, Olivia (27 February 2020). "Michael Jackson myth: Why Japanese police don't wear white gloves because of Thriller star". Checker Express. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  15. Ptaszynski, Anna (23 December 2015). "How to have interesting dinner party chat this Christmas - from a real-life QI elf". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  16. Betts, Marc (23 March 2019). "Review: No Such Thing As A Fish at Norwich Theatre Royal". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  17. Bennett, Steve. "Anna Ptaszynski joins Museum of Curiosity : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  18. "https://twitter.com/nosuchthing/status/1629088756409028609". Twitter. Retrieved 24 February 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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