No Such Thing as a Fish
No Such Thing as a Fish is a weekly British podcast series produced and presented by the researchers behind the BBC Two panel game QI. In the podcast each of the researchers, collectively known as "The QI Elves", present their favourite fact that they have come across that week. The most regular presenters of the podcast are James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber, and there are occasional guest presenters. When one of the regular presenters is unavailable for any reason, fellow QI elves Alex Bell and Anne Miller often take their place.
| No Such Thing As A Fish | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | James Harkin Andrew Hunter Murray Anna Ptaszynski Dan Schreiber |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | The QI Elves |
| Language | British English |
| Updates | Weekly, every Friday |
| Production | |
| Opening theme | "Wasps" by Emperor Yes |
| No. of episodes | 396, 432, 566, 584 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 8 March 2014 |
| Ratings | 4.72/5 |
| Related | |
| Website | https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/ |
Since the launch of the podcast it has attracted 700,000 subscribers. In 2014 No Such Thing as a Fish was named by Apple as the "Best New Podcast" that year. In 2015 and 2016 it won the "Internet Award" in the Chortle Awards. In 2018 the podcast won the Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication.
In May 2016, a television spin-off series entitled No Such Thing as the News began on BBC Two.
As of October 2023, there are over 500 episodes of the podcast, usually ranging between 30 minutes and an hour. A new episode is released every Friday.