Advantages: very convincing style of writing
Disadvantages: sometimes contains too much information on one page

...*** John Murray, born in West Cumbria in UK now lives in Brampton near Carlisle. A writer with reporting kind of talent, a lover of words, Murray in “Jazz etc” is intelligent and educativily informative. By now, he has published five critically honored novels and a collection of stories, “Pleasure”, which won the Dylan Thomas Award in 1988. His novels, “Radio Activity” (1993) and “Reiver Blues” (1996), were nominated as Books of the Year in The Spectator, The Independent and The Observer. In 1984 Murray founded the fiction magazine, “Panurge”, the magazine that celebrated a number of young writers. John Murray's previous novel, “John Dory”, was listed for the Lakeland Book of the Year and won the creative category, the first novel to receive such an award... Read review

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Advantages: Well managed, easy withdrawl, easy to understand, good up to date web site
Disadvantages: 1% penalty for withdrawl

...I can reccomend the Murray Global return Investment Trust Zero Div 25p pref shares. Murray Johnstone are a financial institution who specialise in ISA's, Unit Trusts, stocks and shares. I chose to use them as they have an excellent reputation and have consistently returned good dividends for members. I currently have two types of shares with them. This opinion is about their Murray Global return Investment Trust Zero Div 25p pref shares. Since taking out this option with them in March I have already seen an increase in my investment of 3% in just 6 months and it continues to grow and is forecast for a yearly growth of over 7% this year. I am very pleased with the way Murray Johnstone manages its funds and they regularly supply reports and updates to members keeping you up to date with your portfolio.... Read review

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Advantages: Well managed, easy withdrawl, easy to understand, good up to date web site
Disadvantages: 1% penalty for withdrawl

...I can reccomend the Murray Extra return Investment Trust 10p income shares. Murray Johnstone are a financial institution specialising in ISA's, Unit Trusts, stocks and shares. I chose to use them as they have an excellent reputation and have consistently returned good dividends for members. I currently have two types of shares with them. This opinion is about their Extra return Investment Trust 10p income shares. Since taking out this option with them in March I have already seen an increase in my investment of 4.5% in just 6 months and it continues to grow. I am very pleased with the way Murray Johnstone manages its funds and they regularly supply reports and updates to members.... Read review

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Advantages: Good humoured, enthusiastic.
Disadvantages: Excitable, repetitive, incompetant, has become a caricature.

...Why are we English so protective of our crumbling monuments? Houses, statues, vehicles, memoirs of a bygone age, as they rust and erode are lovingly restored. It will, however need more than a coat of paint and some Polyfiller to keep Murray Walker on track much longer. Murray, we are told, is an institution. To my mind he should be confined in one. Every second Sunday of the Grand Prix season this sad, bumbling man ruins my enjoyment of a heroic sporting contest. As he wrongly identifies the team, the driver and occasionally the venue, he enthrals me with his repetitions, clichés, apologies and opinions of what the drivers are thinking. I know that he’s enthusiastic, knowledgeable and he’s been in Formula One since the Crusades but enough is enough. Martin Brundle is calm, concise and informative. He would be even more... Read review

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Advantages: Hillarious, side splittingly funny at times
Disadvantages: Very similar to his previous shows

...Those familiar with Al Murray's pub landlord character will most likely have been won over by him already, and this DVD will surely reaffirm your love for the character and want very much to get in the next round from the landlords pub. This show is a cool refreshing pint of comedy fun. The show starts with Murray's routine of picking on the audience (in jest of course) about their profession, appearance, name and just about any comedy gold he can scrape from them and it is (without using the acronym "Lol") laugh out loud funny. Murray's quick wit and ability to think on his feet is astounding, he obviously must have some pre prepared jokes for this purpose but nevertheless he delivers them with snappy comic timing and confidence (gained through the shield of a comic character) with clever callbacks and memory that are also... Read review

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...Long live Murray! Murray Walker has been our frontman on motorsports for over 50 years. I think he should go on as long as he is physically able to. I sometimes hate his mistakes but there's nothing like Murray getting excited to liven things up during a Formula 1 Grand Prix race. When the time does come however to say goodbye to Mr Walker, as for his replacement, I personally think that Martin Brundle is doing an excellent job as his sidekick (always correcting those Walkerisms!), and James Allen wasn't too bad either when he stood in for Murray in France. Actually, let's hope that Murray Walker lives forever!... Read review

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Advantages: Great voice, livens up the races
Disadvantages: Well, a tiny bit senile but who cares?

...Yes, Murray Walker is old. Yes, Murray Walker is senile AND yes Murray Walker mixes up cars but he is still undeniably the best sports commentator despite all these faults. His voice is that of a Ferrari V12 engine and the enthusiasm he puts into his job his fantastic. Martin Brundle is there to keep him in check and most of the time he does a great job and livens up the races immensely. He can also relate to hundred of other races which no other sports commentator can do. Without Murray, F1 would be dead. F1 is dying due to the boredom i.e Hungary - of most races for people who watch but aren't really enthusiasts. When Murray goes, a part of F1 will die. The service he has provided his brilliant and I hope he goes on commentating for many years.... Read review

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Advantages: Traditional Comedy
Disadvantages: Traditional Comedy

...Al Murray is a love/hate kind of stand-up - his archetypal pub humour seems to appeal more to what the media would consider a generation that's past. I'm not so sure this is the case. This stand-up routine holds up with "comedy genii" of today, the Peter Kay's and Ricky Gervais' of the world, but is just more old-fashioned. To those who saw Time Gentleman Please, the underrated sitcom in which Murray played his Landlord character, his stand-up is a natural extension of this. The bigoted, patriotic and traditional pub landlord, standing up for all that is British. One of the strengths of the characters is that there is something ridiculously gay about Murray anyway. The fact we know this humour is tongue-in-cheek almost makes it acceptable to laugh at. As an old traditionalist (says a boy of 17), there's certainly room... Read review

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Advantages: he's soooo enthusiastic
Disadvantages: he makes too many mistakes

...Don't you think that Murray Walker is just the best sports commentator EVER. I mean he's just soo enthusiastic about Formula 1. When he unfortunately missed the French Grand Prix at Magnycours it just wasn't the same. It seemed so boring and drab and it was infact the only Grand Prix for an astonishing 50 years that Murray wasn't commentating on. He does make his fair share of mistakes like saying 'And here is Mika Hakkinen in the Scarlet.....McLaren' But Martin is quick to correct him. Don't get me wrong here I think Murray Walker is the best sports commentator in the business and I will be very sad to see him either retire or die. He's the best man there is and I doubt I will watch Formula 1 when he stops commentating... Read review

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Advantages: replacement could only be better
Disadvantages: none

...I really enjoy formula one racing but that enjoyment is being spoiled by Murray Walker. He used to be very good at his job but he is now a joke constantly being corrected. He is forever mixing up cars drivers and screaming down the mike false information. Time to call it a day Murray before you become more of a laughing stock than you already areIn handing over the reins to a younger and more capable man you will leave still with some cred and certainly made my enjoyment of Formula one more tolerable... Read review

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