- Studied History at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.
- He worked as Dictionary proofreader for a living before getting into entertainment writing.
- Was a member of Cambridge Footlights, a contemporary of Robert Webb, Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade.
- Father, with Victoria Coren Mitchell, of daughter Barbara Elizabeth June Mitchell, born on May 22, 2015.
- When he was a little child at his grandparents house he had a little bell that he would ring if he wanted anything.
- He once made Olivia Colman wet herself during a stage production of the "Miser" when the hilarious way he had tied his bow-tie made her lose her control from the laughter. As a revenge she wiped her legs on his costume.
- Brother-in-law of Giles Coren and Alexander Armstrong.
- Son-in-law of Alan Coren.
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