- He is a self confessed history fanatic and graduated with a degree in the subject from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University.
- Made fun of the Election Process by running in Thanet South against Nigel Farage, in his Pub Landlord Persona.
- He is the great-nephew of "The Navy Lark" star Stephen Murray.
- He is a huge fan of Genesis. He has named Genesis at Wembley Stadium in 1987 as the best concert he has been to and their 1977 live album "Seconds Out" as one of his favourite recordings. He also loves heavy rock and has named his favorite albums as Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III.
- A big fan of Laurel and Hardy.
- He is a direct descendant of William Makepeace Thackeray. Murray's education was actually paid for by the sale of many of Thackeray's letters possessed by his parents.
- The further Britain progressed with Brexit, the harder it became to remember that the Pub Landlord was a Parody Character.
- His show, The Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules, performed in 2001 at the Playhouse in London, was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Entertainment.
- In 2003, he toured Britain with his "Pub Landlord" routine.
- He is a very talented drummer. One of his favourite players is Phil Collins. He also plays guitar. The first riff he learned was "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple.
- Father of two daughters, named Willow and Scarlet, from his marriage to Amber Hargreaves, and a daughter, named Daisy, through his relationship with Eleanor Relf.
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