# Andy Zaltzman

> Andrew Zaltzman is a British comedian and cricket statistician. His comedy largely deals in topical and sport-related material. He has worked with John Oliver, with their work together including Political Animal, The Department and The Bugle. Since 2016 he has been a cricket statistician for BBC Radio's Test Match Special cricket commentaries, and since 2020 the presenter of Radio 4's The News Quiz. On television, in 2024, he won the eighteenth series of Taskmaster against Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee and Rosie Jones, famously coining the catch phrase “Nexus of Truth”.

*British comedian and author*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Comedian
- **Category:** Comedians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1974-10-06
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Andrew Zaltzman is a British comedian and cricket statistician. His comedy largely deals in topical and sport-related material. He has worked with John Oliver, with their work together including Political Animal, The Department and The Bugle. Since 2016 he has been a cricket statistician for BBC Radio's Test Match Special cricket commentaries, and since 2020 the presenter of Radio 4's The News Quiz. On television, in 2024, he won the eighteenth series of Taskmaster against Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee and Rosie Jones, famously coining the catch phrase “Nexus of Truth”.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/zaltzcricket (@zaltzcricket)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/AndyZaltzman (@AndyZaltzman)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2274827/ (@nm2274827)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.andyzaltzman.co.uk

## Sources
- [Andy Zaltzman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Zaltzman)
- [اندى زالتزمان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c6bbe614-e8ed-42a3-b468-0e7fee88554d)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1209209)
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84294)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4761518)

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