{{Short description|Australian radio producer}} {{Other people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Use British English|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Dan Schreiber | image = Dan Schreiber 20231205.jpg | alt = A man | caption = Schreiber at Waterstones, London in 2023 | birth_name = Daniel Craig Schreiber | birth_date = {{b-da|28 April 1984}} | birth_place = British Hong Kong | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | occupation = Podcaster, producer, writer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = ''No Such Thing as a Fish'',<br />''The Museum of Curiosity'' | module = {{Listen voice | filename = Dan Schreiber voice 20140809.ogg | recorded = 9 August 2014 }} }} '''Daniel Craig Schreiber''' (born 28 April 1984) is an Australian radio producer, writer, podcaster, and comedian based in London. He co-created the BBC Radio 4 panel show ''The Museum of Curiosity'' with host John Lloyd and co-producer Richard Turner<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Ian|url=http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/radio/museum_curiosity/details/|title=The Museum of Curiosity – Production Details, Plus Regular Cast and Crew|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=12 August 2009}}</ref> and co-hosts the podcast ''No Such Thing As A Fish''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2021/october/dan-schreiber-no-such-thing-as-a-fish-podcast-nerd-immunity/|title=Co-host Dan Schreiber on the No Such Thing as a Fish Podcast and Upcoming Tour Nerd Immunity|last=O'Riordan|first=Lizzy|date=2021-10-04|publisher=Left Lion|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
==Early life== Schreiber was born in 1984 in British Hong Kong to an Australian father and a British mother, both of whom worked as celebrity hairdressers.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=Schrieberland|number=16071721172|title=@ianwolf I am also, I should add, a Hong Kongian from birth-12. Is Hong Kong in the world cup?|date=13 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=Schreiberland|number=16065842777|title=@ianwolf I'm an Aussie. My dad is Australian & I grew up there from 12–19 (high school) family still live there.|date=13 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5HpM4NwlXF5czZYMmNd9Qfc/dan-schreiber|title=Dan Schreiber|publisher=Fresh From the Fringe|date=2012|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=independent/><ref name=honisoit>{{cite web|url=http://honisoit.com/2013/04/jack-of-all-trades-dan-schreiber/|title=Jack of all trades: Dan Schreiber|last=Smith|first=Cameron|date=10 April 2013|publisher=Honi Soil|access-date=7 October 2022}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He became proficient in Mandarin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.neweurope.eu/article/odd-facts-being-elf-and-chinese-stand-comedy/|title=Odd facts, being an elf and Chinese stand up comedy|last=Carling|first=Andy|date=7 September 2014|publisher=New Europe|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref> The Schreibers moved to Sydney, Australia around the time Hong Kong changed from British rule to Chinese rule.<ref name=honisoit/> He moved to the UK at age 19 after ''QI'' creator John Lloyd offered him a job while Schreiber was visiting family in Oxford.<ref name=honisoit/> He has a sister, Chyna, and a brother.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=593016509166944256|user=Schreiberland|title=He's dying to get 100 likes. And my mum and brother are dying of embarrassment.|date=28 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=59561638814158849|user=Schreiberland|title=My little sister, Chyna, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this morning. #bestdayever|date=17 April 2011}}</ref>
==Career== Schreiber began at the television panel game show ''QI'' as a researcher, or "elf", shortly after moving to England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qi.com/about/people.php |title=The People Behind QI |publisher=QI |accessdate=12 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325031102/http://www.qi.com/about/people.php |archivedate=25 March 2008 }}</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dan-schreiber-and-james-harkin-how-we-met-a6776711.html|title=Dan Schreiber and James Harkin: How we met|last=Jacques|first=Adam|publisher=Independent|date=19 December 2015|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> He co-created and co-produces ''The Museum of Curiosity'' starting in 2008;<ref name=independent/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/the-museum-of-curiosity|title=The Museum Of Curiosity|date=8 November 2019|publisher=British Classic Comedy|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> co-hosts the cryptozoology-focused podcast ''The Cryptid Factor'' with Rhys Darby, David Farrier and producer Leon 'Buttons' Kirkbeck starting in 2013;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/the-cryptid-factor|title = The Cryptid Factor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/our-flag-means-death-rhys-darby-interview/|title=Our Flag Means Death Makes a Gentleman Pirate of Rhys Darby|last=Sagers|first=Aaron|date=2 March 2022|publisher=Den of Geek|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> and co-created, co-hosts, and co-produces the podcast ''No Such Thing As A Fish'' alongside James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski starting in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://headstuff.org/podcasts/podcast-review-no-such-thing-as-a-fish/|title=Podcast Review - No Such Thing As A Fish – Hilariously Informative|date=8 October 2021|last=Hassett|first=Julie|newspaper=HeadStuff|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/no-such-thing-as-a-fish-podcast-can-you-believe-it-2495397773.html|title=CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?: THE 'NO SUCH THING AS A FISH' PODCAST|last=Brandel|first=Christine|date=4 April 2017|publisher=Pop Matters|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> Schreiber also appeared as a panelist and presenter on the BBC panel show ''No Such Thing as the News'', a spin-off of the ''No Such Thing As a Fish'' podcast. The program's two series aired in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cc8xc |title=No Such Thing As The News |publisher=BBC Two |access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/no_such_thing_as_the_news/episodes/2/1/|title=No Such Thing As the News|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=23 September 2022}}</ref> While staying at his in-laws' house during the COVID-19 pandemic, Schreiber created ''Show Us Your Shit'' (also known as ''Show Us Your Shit (or: Some Shakespeare, A Pair of Pyjamas & A Mutton Chop)''), an Instagram Live series. Each episode features a different guest who shows Schreiber and the audience a selection of interesting objects from around their home.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, Annie Mac, Winsome Pinnock, Dan Schreiber, The Last Poets, LA Priest, Emma Freud, Clive Anderson|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jszn|access-date=2020-06-10|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> On 6 June 2020, Schreiber was featured on the BBC Radio 4 series ''Loose Ends'' to discuss ''Show Us Your Shit''.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021, ''The Tournament'', a show devised by Schreiber along with James Rawson and Simon Urwin, aired on BBC hosted by Alex Scott.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/alex-scott-ross-kemp-new-bbc-daytime-quiz-formats/|title=Alex Scott and Ross Kemp to host new BBC Daytime Quiz formats made in Scotland|date=9 July 2021|publisher=BBC|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_Tournament|title=The Tournament|publisher=UK Game Shows|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
After five seasons working for QI, Schreiber started as head of development for ComedyBox,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/make_it/why_comedy_video_websites_fail/|title=Why comedy video websites fail|last=British Comedy Guide|date=13 August 2014|work=comedy.co.uk|accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://econsultancy.com/nma-archive/45803-warner-music-entertainment-launches-comedy-channel/|title=Warner Music Entertainment launches comedy channel|author=|date=|work=econsultancy.com|accessdate=12 November 2016|archive-date=12 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112144820/https://econsultancy.com/nma-archive/45803-warner-music-entertainment-launches-comedy-channel/|url-status=dead}}</ref> an online channel from Warner, which financially supported comedy projects and provided a forum for comedians to share their content.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackadderhall.com/?p=523|title=John Lloyd launches Comedybox|date=13 October 2007 |publisher=Blackadder Hall|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waywordfestival.com/schreiber|title=Writing Comedy with QI's Dan Schreiber |author=|date=24 Sep 2021|work=WayWord Festival|accessdate=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/news/warner-launch-comedybox|title=Warner to Launch Comedybox|author=|date=|work=awn.com|accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://honisoit.com/2013/04/jack-of-all-trades-dan-schreiber/|title=Jack of all trades: Dan Schreiber|author=|date=April 10, 2013|work=Honi Soit|accessdate=12 November 2016|quote=Honi Soit is the weekly student newspaper of the University of Sydney.|archive-date=12 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112142919/http://honisoit.com/2013/04/jack-of-all-trades-dan-schreiber/|url-status=dead}}</ref> There, he executive produced Ken Russell's short Christmas film ''A Kitten for Hitler''<ref>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Ken|newspaper=The Times|title=My Kitten for Hitler is all in the best bad taste|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2538424.ece|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517073350/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2538424.ece|archive-date=17 May 2011|date=27 September 2009|accessdate=17 August 2009|location=London|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and ''Flight of the Conchords'' star Rhys Darby's ComedyBox clips<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF54HdRZxdzwICk4OADhroavOFvHCTtv1|title=Comedy Box (playlist)|first=Bob|last=Pipe|date=17 March 2014|via=youtube.com|accessdate=12 November 2016|quote=I was in-house producer/director at Warner's ComedyBox.tv from 2007-2009. We later became MySpace Comedy. I shot, edited, produced and/or directed hundreds of comedy sketches. Here's a few of them }}</ref> and stand-up DVD ''Imagine That!'' As a stand-up comedian in his own right,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bristol247.com/channel/culture/comedy/reviews/review-ugly-animal-preservation-society|title=Review: Stand Up for Ugly Animals|author=|date=23 October 2014|work=bristol247.com|accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> Schreiber has toured with FolkFace from Radio 1's ''Chris Moyles Show'' and was a regular panelist on the E4 show ''Dirty Digest''. Schreiber's comic debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was his show Cockblocked From Outer Space in 2014.<ref name=chortle>{{cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2014/08/07/20703/comic_to_front_alien_conspiracy_film|title=Comic to front alien conspiracy film|date=7 August 2014|publisher=Chortle|access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref> In 2015, he was the presenter in the Channel 4 documentary ''The Great UFO Conspiracy'', which examined beliefs about aliens in the UK.<ref name=chortle/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/qi-elves-no-such-thing-as-a-fish/|title=9 fascinating facts about the QI Elves|last=Ling|first=Thomas|date=3 January 2018|publisher=RadioTimes|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> Since hosting the cancelled pilot of his own radio show, which featured guests Rhys Darby, John Lloyd, Ismo Leikola, and John Gribbin in 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/my_radio_show/|title=My Radio Show|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=12 August 2009}}</ref> Schreiber has also been a guest on BBC Radio 4's ''Don't Make Me Laugh'' with David Baddiel and ''Fresh From The Fringe'' as well as a variety of podcasts including ''Judge John Hodgman'' and ''Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://podtail.com/podcast/richard-herring-s-leicester-square-theatre-po/podcast-festival-special-dan-schreiber/|title=Podcast Festival special: Dan Schreiber|date=7 October 2016|publisher=Podtail|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://maximumfun.org/episodes/judge-john-hodgman/judge-john-hodgman-episode-311-live-london-podcast-festival/|title=Episode 311: Live From the London Podcast Festival|date=3 May 2017|publisher=Maximum Fun|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/dont_make_me_laugh/episodes/2015/1/|title=Don't Make Me Laugh|date=22 December 2015|publisher=British Comedy Guide|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/fresh_from_the_fringe/videos/8014/dan_schreiber/|title=Fresh From The Fringe|date=2012|publisher=British Comedy Guide|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
Schreiber has also contributed to a number of books, including ''The Naked Jape'' by Jimmy Carr; the ''QI'' spinoffs ''The Book of General Ignorance'' and ''G Annual''; and ''No Such Thing as a Fish's'' ''The Book of the Year'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2014/dan_schreiber/|title=Dan Schreiber: C*ckblocked from Outer Space|date=2014|publisher=British Comedy Guide|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://champions-speakers.co.uk/speaker-agent/dan-schreiber|title=Dan Schreiber|publisher=Champions|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://qi.com/shop/fish|title=No Such Thing as a Fish|publisher=QI|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> He released his first stand-alone book, ''The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird'', in October 2022.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Theory-of-Everything-Else-Audiobook/B09JFDK9LM|title=The Theory of Everything Else|publisher=Audible|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.uk/pages/thetheoryofeverythingelse|title=The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Schreiber and his wife Fenella have three sons named Wilf, Ted and Kit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/engagements/202504/mr-d.-schreiber-and-miss-f.-bates|title=Mr D. Schreiber and Miss F. Bates|date=2016-05-10|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=Schreiberland|number=1564341422786023424|title=Bought a vintage 1980s SuperTed poster for my two boys, Wilf (4) and Ted (2). Lot of debate happening in the Schreiber household tonight about who this present is really for.}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://danschreiberland.blogspot.com/p/who-is-she.html Schreiber's blogspot], inactive since 2012 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20161112151635/http://www.johnnoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dan-Schreiber-2014-CV.pdf Dan Schreiber's 2014 CV] (archived) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110826200238/http://schreiberland.posterous.com/ Dan Schreiber's] blog at posterous (archived) *[https://twitter.com/Schreiberland Dan Schreiber's] Twitter page. *[https://twitter.com/Curiositwitty ''The Museum of Curiosity's''] Twitter page, updated by Schreiber. * [http://www.spreaker.com/user/4694713 Me and You 2] - Schreiber's radio pilot *[https://twitter.com/myradioshow Me and You 2] - Schreiber's radio pilot Twitter page
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