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No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish

Nature, Science, Comedy, History

4.718.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Anne Miller joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss beans, Blackbeard and Ben Hur. 

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0:00.0

Your life's already digital. From banking and shopping to streaming and learning. So why

0:06.3

does sorting government stuff still feel like such hard work? The government is introducing a new

0:13.6

digital ID to make access to services quicker and more secure for everyone. But we need to hear from you.

0:21.0

Your voice matters.

0:22.8

Search Digital ID consultation to have your say.

0:26.6

Digital ID, making it work for you.

0:30.2

Hi everyone, welcome to this week's episode of No Sixth Thing as a Fish,

0:33.5

where we were joined by our good friend and erstwhile colleague, Anne Miller.

0:39.6

That's right. Anne Miller, not just a QI elf these days, not just a brilliant producer, but a children's author.

0:47.4

Yes, she has a new book out. It is called The Monster Diaries. What's it about Andy?

0:53.4

It's about the Cyclops and the worst

0:55.0

party ever. It's a telling of the Cyclops myth from the Cyclops's point of view, which is a

0:58.9

very funny and good idea. Turns out Odysseus is a complete pratt. And the Cyclops is the one who

1:05.9

should be the hero of the story, but has been mistreated by history. So Anne is setting the

1:09.8

record straight. I got to say it's an amazing book. My daughter has been swimming in it for the last week. She cannot put it down. And she's been asking for it to be read to her at every bedtime. I know other kids will love it to. And it's a part of a trilogy, so there's two more on the way. If you want to subtly get brilliant bits of history and mythology into your child's brain,

1:30.2

this is the way to do it.

1:31.7

Yes, that's right.

1:32.8

And if you have a very big brain yourself and you would like to show people how big your brain is,

1:37.9

then guess what?

1:38.9

You have a chance to do so this coming week because we have our next

1:43.5

No Sixth Things are Fish quiz night

1:45.5

Yes if you're a member of Clubfish

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