James Harkin is a QI Elf, producer of Museum of Curiosity, and a regular presenter of No Such Thing As A Fish.
Non-Appearances[]
As a regular presenter, Harkin appears in every episode of the podcast except the following:
- Episode 27: No Such Thing As An Egg and Cress Portsmouth
- Episode 40: No Such Thing As Captain Trousers
- Episode 69: No Such Thing As The Pamplona Guinea Pig Run
- Episode 84: No Such Thing As A Donkumentary
- Episode 119: No Such Thing As 4D Surgery
- Episode 135: No Such Thing As Queen of Clean, The Sausage Machine
- Episode 136: No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams
- Episode 138: No Such Thing As Fluff Island
- Episode 156: No Such Thing As A Limited Edition
- Episode 181: No Such Thing As A Shark Vending Machine
- Episode 182: No Such Thing As An Auction For Auction School
- Episode 238: No Such Thing As A Low Sofa
- Episode 239: No Such Thing As The Queen Maaaaaaary
- Episode 308: No Such Thing As The Land Of Flying Sheep
- Episode 346: No Such Thing As An Unsexy Astronaut
- Episode 376: No Such Thing As Hamil-Son The Musical
- Episode 390: No Such Thing As The Chronicles Of Chelmsford
- Episode 392: No Such Thing As An Ancient Persian Badger
- Episode 432: No Such Thing As Sexygesimal Time
- Episode 438: No Such Thing As A Candyfloss Blimp
- Episode 512: No Such Thing As A Dirty Bar Of Soap
- Episode 513: No Such Thing As Upside-Down Space Rain
Trivia[]
- Harkin has never filled in for Dan Schreiber to host even a single episode of No Such Thing As A Fish.
- Harkin's twitter account was @eggshaped until Episode 184: No Such Thing As Dinosaur Diaries, when he changed it to @JamesHarkin.
- Harkin was an accountant for a pub company, and a qualified pub landlord, but frequented the QI message boards, where he was offered a job as a QI Elf.
- Harkin was also once qualified as a football referee.
- Harkin was born on the 30th of December 1978, making him a Capricorn.
- Harkin comes from Bolton, Greater Manchester and lives in Finsbury Park, London. He supports Tranmere Rovers.
- Harkin's uncle Guy was a councilor and eventually mayor of Bolton, whose proposals included renaming streets so that people would not want to build houses on them, and renaming the town Bolton le Moors.
- Harkin went to primary school with Jenny Ryan of The Chase.
- Harkin has a brother and two sisters, one of whom lives in a graveyard and grows vegetables, and another of whom is afraid of falling into holes. He is the eldest.
- Harkin suffers from a form of aphantasia.
- Harkin is married to a Russian, Polina, and speaks some Russian.
- Harkin was on the QI Elves' Only Connect team with Anne Miller and Andrew Hunter Murray.
- Harkin studied Maths and Physics at the University of Sheffield.
- Harkin has a phobia of mushrooms, which is sometimes mentioned when fungi are discussed on the podcast.
- Harkin has been on research trips for QI to Bhutan, Nepal, Peru, and Japan.
- The Pottermore test put Harkin in Slytherin.