- Born
- Birth nameMuriel Janet Gray
- Muriel Gray was born on August 30, 1958 in East Kilbride, Scotland, UK. She is a producer and actress, known for The Tube (1982), The Media Show (1987) and Frocks on the Box (1987). She has been married to Hamish Barbour since 1991. They have three children.
- SpouseHamish Barbour(1991 - present) (3 children)
- Children
- Short, spiky peroxide blonde haircut and thick Glaswegian accent
- Sarted out her career in a punk band called The Family Von Trapp. She apparently secured her first presenting job on channel 4's The Tube (1982) after the band had a failed audition for the show.
- Attended the Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Illustration. One of her fellow graduates was the actor Peter Capaldi.
- The first interview she did after joining The Tube (1982) was with Paul Weller.
- Her son Hector is a DJ, known by the pseudonym Denis Sulta.
- At the age of 29, she was appointed Rector of Edinburgh University, becoming the first woman to hold the post.
- I've been on TV since I was 24 and recognised for most of my life, and had torrents of abuse. I once called U2 British by mistake and was sent a card with used condoms used as the writing stapled on, telling me off.
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