13 Facts About Simon Munnery

Simon Munnery read natural sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge but soon lost interest in science and joined the Footlights.

Simon Munnery had a short-lived career as a video game programmer.

Simon Munnery's most famous title was a version of Asteroids for the Commodore International VIC-20.

Simon Munnery authored several games for the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum.

Simon Munnery worked at the Edinburgh Festival in a piece called The Dum Show.

Simon Munnery was brought to the attention of a comedy community as the compere of a post-alternative comedy cabaret called Cluub Zarathustra performed originally in London and later at the Edinburgh Festival.

In 2010, Simon Munnery hosted a Bright Club event at the Bloomsbury Theatre.

In 2018, Simon Munnery performed at Bluedot Festival at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire.

Simon Munnery appeared in sketches in the first series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in 2009, and in Lee's The Alternative Comedy Experience for Comedy Central.

Simon Munnery featured as a "genius" on Dave Gorman's Genius show on Radio 4.

In 2007, Simon Munnery appeared as Alan Parker on a music track by The Orb called "Grey Clouds", a take off of their earlier track Little Fluffy Clouds.

In 2009, Simon Munnery starred in an award-winning animated rotoscope short, titled Yellow Belly End, co-written and directed by Philip Bacon, a student of the National Film and Television School.

In 2017, Simon Munnery was interviewed by fellow comedian Stuart Goldsmith for his podcast the Comedian's Comedian.