Moray Hunter
@morayh.bsky.social
Comedy writer (Alone on R4 most recently), actor, script editor even, this and thatter. All views….sporadic. Rep’d by JFL Agency (writing) and Independent.
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I think he should have the name "Andrew" taken off him too
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I think he should have the name "Andrew" taken off him too
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
Quote of the weekend from Shane Lowry on the next Ryder Cup in Ireland.
“It’ll be a little bit nicer than playing here, I know that.”
“It’ll be a little bit nicer than playing here, I know that.”
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Quote of the weekend from Shane Lowry on the next Ryder Cup in Ireland.
“It’ll be a little bit nicer than playing here, I know that.”
“It’ll be a little bit nicer than playing here, I know that.”
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It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
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Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
September 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Fancy a laugh? R4 is repeating Alone series 2, just 6 years (almost) after it first aired. On the plus side, it’ll all be a surprise, even to me.
Mondays at 2.15, from today.
Starring the all wonderful Angus Deayton, Abigail Cruttenden, Pearce Quigley, Kate Isitt and @bennettarron.bsky.social
Mondays at 2.15, from today.
Starring the all wonderful Angus Deayton, Abigail Cruttenden, Pearce Quigley, Kate Isitt and @bennettarron.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Fancy a laugh? R4 is repeating Alone series 2, just 6 years (almost) after it first aired. On the plus side, it’ll all be a surprise, even to me.
Mondays at 2.15, from today.
Starring the all wonderful Angus Deayton, Abigail Cruttenden, Pearce Quigley, Kate Isitt and @bennettarron.bsky.social
Mondays at 2.15, from today.
Starring the all wonderful Angus Deayton, Abigail Cruttenden, Pearce Quigley, Kate Isitt and @bennettarron.bsky.social
Hard agree. 4 eps to go. Missing it already…
Pernille on Netflix. Trust me, it's 5 series of wonderful.
Just finished Pørni. God, what a show.
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hard agree. 4 eps to go. Missing it already…
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‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
Neil Young’s eyes obviously not part of the BBC deal. They’re extra….
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Neil Young’s eyes obviously not part of the BBC deal. They’re extra….
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In #FirstLastAnything ep 19 (June 2023), I welcomed and chatted to comedy writer and performer Moray Hunter (@morayh.bsky.social) about the Celtic comedy classic #Absolutely, singer-songwriters from Rab Noakes to Colin Hay, and his key record purchases! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/05/20/f...
FLA 19: Moray Hunter (25/06/2023)
It’s forty years since Moray Hunter’s career as a writer for television and radio got underway, with his writing collaborator John Docherty (later known as Jack Docherty*). The pair were already pa…
firstlastanything.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In #FirstLastAnything ep 19 (June 2023), I welcomed and chatted to comedy writer and performer Moray Hunter (@morayh.bsky.social) about the Celtic comedy classic #Absolutely, singer-songwriters from Rab Noakes to Colin Hay, and his key record purchases! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/05/20/f...
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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@itvnews.bsky.social were apparently streaming Farage’s speech in Wales on TikTok today. So we can now expect Ed Davey, Adrian Ramsey, John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth’s speeches being streaming too can we? This is now propaganda and has to stop. Sign petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@itvnews.bsky.social were apparently streaming Farage’s speech in Wales on TikTok today. So we can now expect Ed Davey, Adrian Ramsey, John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth’s speeches being streaming too can we? This is now propaganda and has to stop. Sign petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Can I ask a practical question at this point? Are we still going to Mars?
June 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Can I ask a practical question at this point? Are we still going to Mars?
The wonders of AI. They’re taking the piss. Get it sorted, Scotrail and Readspeaker.
Voice actor shocked to discover a synthesised version of her voice being used for train announcements after doing voice work for accessibility and e-learning software. #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘Stop using my voice' - ScotRail's new announcer is my AI clone
Voiceover artist Gayanne says an AI used on ScotRail trains was trained using her voice.
www.bbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The wonders of AI. They’re taking the piss. Get it sorted, Scotrail and Readspeaker.
Delighted to be involved in this Justin Lewis “textcast” project, now relaunched at FirstLastAnything.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Delighted to be involved in this Justin Lewis “textcast” project, now relaunched at FirstLastAnything.co.uk
Brexit betrayal, they cry.
Keep Brexit Shit!
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Keep Brexit Shit!
🙄
May 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Brexit betrayal, they cry.
Keep Brexit Shit!
🙄
Keep Brexit Shit!
🙄
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Wait. Tariffs are beautiful. But it's 'hostile' to itemise them?
April 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wait. Tariffs are beautiful. But it's 'hostile' to itemise them?
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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April 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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No suit, no thank yous, that's a 10% Tariff for you MR Penguin.
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
No suit, no thank yous, that's a 10% Tariff for you MR Penguin.
Grateful for the many and varied media descriptions of Heathrow being shut, just how shut Heathrow is and what a shut Heathrow looks like. Really painting the picture. 👍
March 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Grateful for the many and varied media descriptions of Heathrow being shut, just how shut Heathrow is and what a shut Heathrow looks like. Really painting the picture. 👍
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Hi - any of you writing, Journo pals out there know of someone in the press who’d be interested in me writing a piece about my PIP nightmares? I will supply some gags as well. Can people please repost this please.
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hi - any of you writing, Journo pals out there know of someone in the press who’d be interested in me writing a piece about my PIP nightmares? I will supply some gags as well. Can people please repost this please.
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Assuming they won’t cancel it, suggest they tweak Trump’s state visit and call it a
“state-of-him” visit instead…
“state-of-him” visit instead…
March 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Assuming they won’t cancel it, suggest they tweak Trump’s state visit and call it a
“state-of-him” visit instead…
“state-of-him” visit instead…
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It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.