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John Lloyd


Born
in Dover, Kent, England, The United Kingdom
September 30, 1951

Genre
Humor


John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd is an English television and radio comedy producer and writer. His television work includes Not the Nine O'Clock News, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Spitting Image, Blackadder and QI. He is currently the presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity. ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 38,589 ratings · 2,348 reviews · 226 distinct works • Similar authors
The Book of General Ignorance
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Advanced Banter: The QI Boo...
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The Book of General Ignorance The Second Book of General ... The Book of the Dead: Lives... QI: The Third Book of Gener...
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“In 2010, the BBC spent nearly £230,000 on tea, but only £2000 on biscuits.”
― John Lloyd, 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off
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“Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog.”
― John Lloyd, 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off
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“In the 1950s, to allow babies of students at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to enter the premises, they were re-defined as cats.”
― John Lloyd, 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off
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