Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

RHLSTP #62: Paul Putner and Trevor Lock - TMWRNJ RHLSTP. In this and the next podcast Richard is catching up with some of the stars of the failed 1990s comedy show, This Morning With Richard Not Judy. Next week it's one of the more minor figures, but this time we have the Curious Orange and the Small-Faced Boy, Paul Putner and Trevor Lock. The triumvirate remember the Edinburgh Fringe 1997, with the stage version of TMWRNJ which led to the TV series and how Trevor and Paul had Richard's penis waved in their face on a daily basis (in a play). They chat about how they were both witnesses and would-be saboteurs to the burgeoning romance between Richard and his one-time Shrine-based obsession, Julia Sawalha. We also chat about the special relationship that Trevor enjoyed with Nathalie and Paul's specialised expertise in performing as russet coloured disembodied heads. And find out what he thinks about the Annoying Orange. Richard is currently on tour with Lord Of The Dance Settee - to see if he's playing near to you head to http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #61: Ben Goldacre - I Think You'll Find It's More Complicated Than That. Richard has bought (and definitely not shoplifted) a present for this week's guest, the author who thinks you'll find it's more complicated than that, Ben Goldacre. It's a change of pace from the usual podcasts, with some serious chats about medicine, quacks, how a dead cat became a doctor and the ways that data and statistics can be abused. But there's still time for Goldacre to raise questions about his sexuality, talk about his pop star mum and discuss his 'friend's' attempts at autofellatio. Can nutritionists work out your allergies by moving your limbs? Are Beroccas just homeopathy for sceptics? Is Lancaster a real place? Is it possible to get a simple yes or no answer as to whether you should wear a cycle helmet? I think you'll find it's more complicated than that. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #60: Sue Perkins - Superkings. A new website to rival Dirty Britcom Confessions has emerged and Richard is fascinated to find out his fans' favourite food. His guest is a woman who has more bakery-based puns than you have had obscure Eastern European cakes, it's Sue Perkins. Find out what it was like working on Don't Scare The Hare, why Sue nearly turned down The Great British Bake Off and the highs and lows of travelling up the Mekong river. Find out what it's like being the judge of the Booker prize (and who Sue thinks should have won) and why you should never ask the audience to ask the questions. Plus an appearance from our dildo expert. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #59: Victoria Coren Mitchell - What's It Like Being the Unattractive One from Lee and Herring? Richard is gifted a front row audience member who is not only wearing red glasses but is also called Aanth (that is not a typo) and vents as much as he can whilst in a position of strength, knowing his guest should be able to wipe the floor with him: it's record-breaking poker player and the stern host of Only Connect, Victoria Coren Mitchell. She has the requisite disdain for the emergency questions and Richard's foolishly competitive nature and there are fun chats about her attempts to make a porn film, how she faced up to and exposed some weirdo funeral crashers, who puts the bins out in the Coren Mitchell household and how different the Universe might have been if Richard had realised that there was a possible flirtation beneath their first ever meeting. Richard also considers the Universe in which he now has £4 million and Victoria has some good advice about gambling.

RHLSTP #58: Milton Jones - Kids Writing Set. Richard is excited about having been shopping for his as-yet-unborn child and having seen a daring theft from Pret a Manger and is freaked out to think that although recorded in November 2014 this podcast will go out on the cusp of 2015 - the future! His guest is high-haired, loud-shirted gagsmith Milton Jones. They discuss killer heckles and when gigs go wrong, more obscure 1970s TV shows, the Men's Health Abs Challenge and how many people remember the show Planet Mirth. There's some more serious talk about charity work in Uganda which makes it hard to segue back into cock-based questions. But that doesn't stop Richard trying. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #57: Michael Legge - Spreading All Your Nits About. For the first time in RHLSTP history, a guest has been unable to make the recording at the last minute. Al Murray had to drop out due to illness and so Rich was forced to find a new guest who could get to central London in an hour. And that guest was Michael Legge - no, not the one from the film Angela's Ashes or the blind or deaf Hereford-based massage therapist. The one from the Bollings and Nerrin Podcast. I can only apologise. But it turns out that the podcast might be even better with no preparation (ha, as if there's any anyway) and last second bookings cos Michael has funny stories about how he copes with people playing music on the bus, falling out with Robin Ince, Richard's inability to clap, and why he won't eat stuff that's come out of an animal. And there's more serious chat about the rise of the new-sexism in comedy and an almost entirely successful comedy of nostalgia about a show that nobody in the audience seems to have heard of. It gets awkward and weird, but they push through that and find some funny stuff again. He's no Al Murray and he might not even be the Michael Legge that you're thinking of, but he was the best we could do in the time available. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #56: Richard Osman - Desert Island Dicks. Richard has been considering his own mortality after a visit to Highgate Cemetery, realising that one day he himself might die. But it's unlikely. So let's sniff Dicks whilst the sun shines and we have the biggest Dick so far in the series (though not the biggest guest) with host of Two Tribes and Pointless, Richard Osman. Rich pitches all manner of TV shows to the highly successful TV producer, who seems unimpressed (even with Goodnight Goodnight Sweetheart Sweetheart). You'll also find out what was with Prize Island, who won the World Cup of Chocolate (also what is the best crisps and chew) and Rich's performance on Pointless is roundly mocked. And in a segment that is bound to have a Sachsgate style repercussion on all internet programming, Richard Osman is very rude about Richard's mum, Barbara Herring, who has done nothing wrong, but point out a gross error made by the Egghead presenter (oh, sorry, he doesn't present that show). http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #55: Andy Zaltzman - Pogo Stick Assassin. Rich has more ideas for terrorist atrocities and wonders if vitamin supplements might be the key to bringing down an aeroplane. His guest is crazy-haired satirist for hire, Andy Zaltzman. What would the TV rights to the destruction of the Houses of Parliament be? What's the best thing a terrorist has ever said? What's the appeal of cricket? Is a shed the ultimate goal for any writer? Is dating a six foot tall penis man really the best way to get over the death of one's wife? How different would the world be if John Oliver and Andy switched places like in the film Freaky Friday? It must be tough when your double act partner goes on to be much more successful than you. Poor Andy.

RHLSTP #54: Josh Widdicombe - Celebrity Juice. Rich is excited to reveal his new "grown-up" question notebook, but will having a baby make him stop finding some jokes funny? His guest has both a Mastermind and a Pointless trophy; it's Devonian Josh Widdicombe. Find about the Pret a Manger lifestyles of the rich and famous that you can only dream of emulating, what the secret behind Josh's impressively swollen genitalia is and whether he prefers comedy or something else. The comedy/awkwardness of awkwardness around the Stephen Merchant interview continues. Richard fails to make amends.

RHLSTP #53: Rebecca Front. Richard is very excited about his Nostradamus-like abilities to predict the future and makes another audacious claim about future-tech. Only time will tell if he is right again. His guest is the ubiquitous and claustrophobic Rebecca Front, a woman who has appeared in all manner of award-winning TV and Radio roles, but never, it seems, if Richard has been involved in the production too. You'll discover the confusion that can be caused by a mistimed fan shouting out one of your catchphrases, what Patrick Marber is really like to work with, how Morse will never be allowed to die and what happened when Lauren Bacall ate one of her husband's chips. Rich is embarrassed to ask his usual stupid, sexual questions to someone he considers to be purer than the Virgin Mary, especially when her 15 year-old son is in the audience. But he still asks them. Because he is trapped in a nightmare of his own making that he can't escape. And was "You Can Choose Your Friends" one of the great lost TV series or the worst thing ever to be on television (according to the Evening Standard)? Judge for yourselves here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80GnRgxvhjI http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #52: Sarah Millican - Why Won't You Tell Us Your Exact Address? Rich has some surprising and life-changing news to share, but that doesn't mean that gloves (and pants if it's cold enough) aren't off for the annual sparring match with TV's Sarah Millican. Who will win the flirtatious/offensive battle of wits this time? You'll find out why she appeared on TV without her underwear, why she kept her first husband's name, and be asked to consider whether she was unreasonable when she refused to tell a journalist her exact address. And would her DVDs sell better if she included a free sample of her own excrement? But you will learn more about Rich than his interviewee this week, because he was a bit tired and unable to control his mouth or brain. What does he have for breakfast on tour? Who was right and who was wrong during Cornetto-gate? Is money real or a meaningless abstract? And what happens if he ceases to be before he sees his own sexcrement? The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #51: Sara Pascoe - Kamikaze Sperm. Even though eight days have passed since the Half-Marathon Richard still aches like it was all just yesterday. But he will soon forget his woes when he chats to the great-grandaughter of music writer Rosa Newmarch (and you never know who her great-grandfather might have been), Sara Pascoe. In what is one of Rich's favourite ever RHLSTPs the chat encompasses whether a vegan can eat a ham hand, how a six foot tall penis man would cope with his terrible life, what it's like to be part of a younger generation of comedians who are about to storm the comedy citadel and claim their rightful crown, and why there should be more women on 'Would I Lie To You?'. Sara and Richard chat about how they fell in love (with other people) as their significant others possibly get together in the darkness of the auditorium. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #50: Steve Coogan - Celebrity Ghost Train. Rich is still alive and kicking (and dancing) only a day after completing a Half Marathon in record breaking time (though to be fair he had a ringer to do it for him) and he's disappointed in the movie 'The Wolf of Wall Street' for all kinds of reasons. But he has a very special guest to help him celebrate his half century of RHLSTPs, it's the go-to guy if you want someone to play a small toy figure, Steve Coogan. A-ha! (Steve loves it when people do that). They chat about getting laughs at the Leveson Enquiry, why so many people that Steve has done impressions of have ended up in gaol, Stewart Lee's Partridge-inspiring encounter with a superfan and why 'Around the World in 80 Days' really needed more martial arts in it. And finally we're going to find out who created Alan Partridge. Will Steve pay Richard the £250,000 he demands in royalties? No he won't. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #49: James Acaster - Two Men in a Field with Walkie Talkies and it's All Clear. Psychic Richard manages to divine the life of someone in his front row merely by looking at him, though what he finds out about this person's nipples will change your life forever. His guest this week is the Rod Hull faced comedian James Acaster. You will find out what it's like to survive three car crashes and two train derailments, how much you could expect to earn selling slurpies in Kettering in the 1990s and what it is that draws the police to conspiracy theorists. Acaster also completely Mitchells the new emergency question. But has he ever seen a Bigfoot? You'll have to wait until the end of the podcast to find out. But it's unlikely I reckon. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #48: Brendon Burns - Not Even The Go To Guy With This Face. Richard forgot to lube his nipples and now he's in all kinds of pain, but he's mainly glad that his nipples get to experience any sensation at all. And hopefully his guest this week will steer clear of his breast area and who - to make up for his Edinburgh Fringe Podcast no-show - turned up two hours early, Brendon Burns. They chat about why Stewart Lee fans are ‘the worst’, whether certain words are unsayable, how splitting yourself into two different comedic personalities can only lead to mental breakdown, if the loss of libido is a blessed release, and what it's like to be mistaken for Ferris Bueller. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #47: Mark Gatiss - T R Assmagik. Richard is still reeling from the lurgy he had in last week's show and his guest is also not very well, it's Mark Gatiss from off of League of Gentlemen and Fear of Fanny. Inevitably there is a lot of discussion about obscure 1970s TV and Tim from The Office being in Sherlock and you'll find out which Doctor Who monster Mark would most like to have sex with. But other questions include: How did Mark prepare for the role that made him famous, the voice of Greg Evigan on TMWRNJ? What characters DIDN'T make it into the League of Gentlemen? What is the biggest fossil that he has ever discovered? Should Rich buy a metal detector? And there's a terrifying real-life ghost story, and more on conspiracy theories. It's gentle and largely dignified, as one would expect from two middle-aged men with colds and bad backs. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #46: Katherine Ryan. A new series of RHLSTP and Richard has a whole raft of new emergency questions, to the consternation of his audience who just want to hear the old ones. Predictably he is a bit obsessed with Tory MPs sending pictures of their winkies to pretend women, but less predictably concerned that the Tory party might be made up of actual penises. His first guest comes from Sarnia - the no-nonsense, no-holds-barred Katherine Ryan. There's some interesting conspiracy theories revolving around Beyonce, what it's like to work in Hooters, the stupidity of American tourists using their children as bear-bait, and as she's from Canada so she's got to have seen a BigFoot, right? The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes, YouTube and Vimeo. If you'd like to make a donation to keep these services and this show running then give a one-off or monthly sum of your choice at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/badges. Or come and see Richard on tour http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP (EATMCF) Year 2: Mike Wozniak - Hitler meets Stalin. After a six hour drive in a car full of his own gas Richard is more or less ready for a bonus RHLSTP from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. He is joined by former doctor and star of Man Down, Mike Wozniak. They chat about how to extract bot flies, barley in the meatus, ancestors who have ended up being eaten, and when it's appropriate to share a towel. There's also some rudimentary calculus for maths fans, stegosaurus-based sexual fantasies and lots about moustaches. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #45 Nick Helm - Przepraszam. Richard harangues the willing fools on the first row as usual, though it's a man on the second row who will inadvertently make the most impact on the podcast. The guest this week is Nick Helm, instantly recognisable in face if not voice to everyone in Poland. The pair carry out some onstage sex acts which will delight the perverts on Dirty Britcom Confessions (if you buy one of the series on video you might want to make it this one) and disgust all decent minded people. You will find out how the team of Uncle got round BBC compliance issues, what to do in St Albans when your dreams have been shattered, where the Bermuda Triangle of the Edinburgh Fringe is, what it's like to perform there, and experience a ham-hand based pun that it's astonishing hasn't been stumbled across before now. All this and there's a chance that the series will end with the mysterious death of someone in the theatre. We will be back with another series of the show in September and there's a special from the Mach Fest coming next week. Fill the void in your life with some Richard Herring's Meaning of Life. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #44: Jon Ronson - Gaybomb. An almost imperceptibly slimmer than the beginning of the series Richard Herring takes the stage to find a slightly sinister pair of men in the front row. What do they do? Do we really want to know? No, because the guest this week is journalist, screen-writer and broadcaster Jon Ronson who is a man with some good stories. Find out what happened when he met the politically correct arm of the KKK, was outed as a Jewish man whilst with jihadists in Crawley, how he went UFO Spotting with Robbie Williams, was chased by the Bilderberg group's less expert henchmen and how being keyboardist for Frank Sidebottom led to him writing his latest film. Also what was in Stanley Kubrick's archive, visiting a dado-masochist porn set and being confused with Louis Theroux. Plus Jon comes armed with his own emergency question, which to be honest Richard totally nails. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #43: Susan Calman - Helen Mirren Mask. Richard is still a bit giddy and over-excited from meeting Harry Shearer and, after being on his best behaviour for 75 minutes, is now off the leash and at his most childish and pathetic. And who dares walk into this hurricane of smut? Only Susan Calman... who feels, possibly correctly, that she isn't being given the respect of the previous guest. Find out how one of the tallest comedians in the UK snuck one of the smallest into a party, how Richard is planning to win the Gay Celebrity of the Year 2015, who has the tiniest hands in comedy, and if you watch the video you'll get to see the ultimate guide to fingering. In spite of Richard offending the Scottish, the Chinese and Susan's dead grandma, there's no real danger of Richard 'doing a Merchant' and somehow they manage to steer the puerile conversation towards depression and Section 28. Plus which celebrity would you like to stroke your hair as you die? And more on the proposed Edinburgh Fringe show where Rich and Susan are forced to have sex with each other, against both of their wills. Remember you can get extra content - including behind-the-scenes footage of Susan, Rich and Harry Shearer discussing gameshow appearances - by making a monthly donation of as little as a pound at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. You will also be helping to fund future projects. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #42: Harry Shearer - Creative Differences. Richard has some news of an amazing time travelling finger and is clearly super excited to be meeting one of his all-time comedy heroes, Harry Shearer from off of This is Spinal Tap and The Simpsons. Rich was too scared to talk to him when he saw him improbably travelling on London's tube, but hopefully he won't just sit quietly, staring at him and saying nothing this time. The pair discuss Harry's career which seems to break the space-time continuum as he's worked with such legends as Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny and Mel Blanc. Why does Derek Smalls wrap his courgette in tin foil and what's his affiliation with Shrewsbury Town? How much creative control do the actors on the Simpsons have over the characters they have helped create? Is stubbornness a pro or a con when trying to make it in show business? What is the Jerry Lewis film, "The Day The Clown Cried" really like? Will we hear from Simpson's character Hugh Jass? It's an amazing interview with a driven and hilarious genius man. And Harry Shearer is in it too. Remember you will get extra content, including some behind the scenes footage with Harry if you make a monthly donation to fund future projects at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5 - If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol

RHLSTP #41: Josie Long - Fruit Pastille Lolly. After being unnecessarily rude to his audience again, Richard introduces this week's guest, comedian, cartoonist and film maker, Josie Long. They chat about sharing car journeys with Stewart Lee's misbehaving (embodied) anus, how to respond to Twitter abuse, suncream that beams into your hand and killing Hitler by pushing his eye into his brain. Plus there's an extraordinary story of an almost impossible survival of a spectacular car crash that leaves it uncertain as to whether Josie is actually just a ghost. Plus more odd dirty britcom confessions and the weirdness of Josie being told them by the bloke from Fist of Fun. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #40: Danny Baker - I Don't Need A Receipt, Chaz. Richard is still recovering from his important educational work on International Women's Day, but luckily he isn't going to be taxed by having to speak very much, because his guest is the loquacious and unsinkable Danny Baker. In a show overflowing with content you will find out, amongst much else, about a laserdisc signed by David Bowie, how Danny's amazing dad took umbrage with Harry Enfield, where talcum powder comes from, how to go to Hawaii with no money in the bank and how surviving cancer taught Danny nothing. Is Baker responsible for Bob Marley's demise? Is having no ambition or plan the key to showbiz success? Can you do a consumer affairs programme if you have sympathy with the villains? Is there any point in me trying to list all the stuff that happened? Baker is an amazing force of nature. This one could have gone on for days. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #39: Greg Davies - Ian Gunpowder. Richard chats with his audience and manages to secure himself a TV writing job, as well as marvel at his once IT heavy, bearded male audience being replaced by people who might actually have had sex. Don't worry, the nerds are still there and they're still the best! This week's guest is very tall and has never been told that before, it's sexually-charged comedian and actor Greg Davies. They converse about how W G Grace upstaged Greg's sister's wedding, how Guy Fawkes died and whether he'd welcome a time-travelling penis, how Greg embarrassed himself in front of Rik Mayall in a supermarket and bum-based encounters with doctors. It's raucous and very funny. This is one that might be worth paying the £3.50 to see on video. Not only does Greg have some amazing facial reactions, but Richard carries out one of the dirtybritcom confession fantasies on him. It's very, very sexy. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #38: Alexei Sayle - Mouse Killing Alarm Clock. Richard has a pus-filled finger, which is disgusting even in audio, but that doesn't stop the people at Dirtybritcom Confessions pretending to fantasise about him. His guest recently referred to him as one of his "comedy children", but let's see how far his paternal feelings will stretch, it's the legendary Alexei Sayle. They chat about being expelled from school, why Guildford is funnier than Hatfield, getting Christmas cards from a man who has played chess with death, Keith Allen using his audience as a dartboard (and getting his cock out a lot), why Alexei's cat can never hope to play Sherlock and how his mum can't tell him from a rubber dwarf. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #37: Robert Llewellyn - Charlie Chaplin's Lasts. Richard meets his audience, who are predictably much better than last week's to discover a disconcerting leap in the attractiveness and coolness of the people in the front row. Also apparently the queue for the women's toilet was longer than the one for the men's. Something is changing in the world of this podcast and we should all be very afraid. Robert Llewellyn from Red Dwarf and Carpool is the charming and engaging guest. They discuss how the right-on comedy troupe 'The Joeys' got their name, science fiction in which the future is better than the present, a slightly disturbing use of time travelling genitalia, a near fatal car crash, the weirdness of being recognised from behind and how to escape from prison with a piss-drenched shirt. The Big Foot question finally comes good after so many attempts. I told you it was worth it. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #36: Helen and Olly from Answer Me This! - Okapi Sandwich. Richard is bristling from more anarchic behaviour in the swimming pool and pitching ideas for Dragon's Den. His guests are Helen Zaltman and Olly Mann from rival Sony Gold and Silver (but crucially not bronze) winning podcast Answer Me This. They seem to hold some kind of grudge for Richard having made them his enemies in the old Collings and Herrin podcasts, but as Richard was under the thrall of his Herrin character he can't really remember anything about that. Anyway, it's an old-fashioned podclash! The conversation scales the heady heights of time-travelling genitalia, British Forces Broadcasting and how to get sacked from the Lorraine show. Is semen a powerful cologne? What happens if you fall in love with someone in an oil painting? Has Helen married a ghost? Will Richard be bummed to death by the end of the show and how would Olly's bumming sushi carousel work in practice? To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #35: Jenny Eclair - You Go! Rich meets his audience, some familiar, some new. His guest has had an interesting afternoon at the gynaecologists and the cinema, but which was more painful? It's Jenny Eclair. They chat about French kissing Shane Ritchie, how to shoplift the complete works of Herge and ways to improve daytime quizzes. Find out about what it was like to do punk poetry at the legendary Tunnel Club, to be heckled by Woman's Hour and why you should get John Lewis to install your dishwasher. At least one of the people on this podcast has won on Pointless Celebrities. But have they both? To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #34: Adam Buxton - You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore. Rich is back for an unprecedented 5th series of this stupid podcast, worried that he might have the same effect on this week's guest as he did with Stephen Merchant. But it's unlikely as it's a welcome return for the man with the pink bicycle, Adam Buxton. What is the ethical age for a dog to be before you have sex with it? How much does the cartoon 'The Snowman' inform us about the career of David Bowie? Are we ready to consider the mortality of our fathers? Plus a (prearranged?) call from Buxton junior. To buy a video download pass for this whole series of RHLSTP please go to www.gofasterstripe.com/rhlstp5. If you'd prefer just to make a donation to help us keep making these then you can buy a 'I Paid a Pound!' or a 'I Paid More than a Pound' badge at the same address. If you'd like to make a regular donation then you can also pay whatever amount you wish monthly. All this money will go back into making more internet content. If you all gave us a pound we could do some amazing stuff. Also check out The Meaning Of Life show, it's available as a free audio on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide, a free video on www.vimeo.com/channels/rhmol or you can buy much longer versions of the show either on audio or video at www.gofasterstripe.com/rhmol http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #33: Stephen Merchant - Suckling Milk From A Cow's Udder. Richard gives his surprise mystery (to the audience at least) guest possibly the worst introduction known to mankind, but gigantic Stephen Merchant is more than a match for this tiny Somerset hobbit. The pair discuss big foot-based anal sex, the disappointing lack of shenanigans in the bar at the 1997 reboot of Blockbusters, setting up Jack Bauer's Facebook page, penis-length anxiety, how Stephen accidentally ended up shooting a porn film, the Wookey Hole paper-mill, what it's like picking up Ricky Gervais' Bafta and the rigours of filming with Halle Berry. Tim from the Office might get a mention. Due to Richard getting a bit overtired and overexcitable it goes a bit weird towards the end, but Stephen has achieved a lot of success through the comedy of embarrassment, so it's nice for him to witness some at such close quarters. You are going to enjoy Richard trying to dig himself out the hole he creates and doesn't seem to want to escape. It's an awkward end to a fun series of which Richard is both proud and ashamed. We'll be back in February with more. Thanks for listening and thanks to Chris Evans (not that one) and his team, Ben Walker, Orange Mark and the Leicester Square Theatre for all their support. Remember you can buy this and all the episodes in this series on video at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts. Your financial support will ensure the continuation of this podcast and other exciting projects. Or buy RHLSTP T shirts from richardherring.cottoncart.com http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #32: Simon Pegg - In A Round Hole. Richard has just returned from Vienna, burdened with ice-cream disappointments and further worries about his wife's insensitive choice of cheese. But he's got a blinding guest to cheer him up, a man who has appeared in the triumvirate of sci-fi classics, but that won't mean anything until he's learned to jaunt, Simon Pegg. They discuss what Tom Cruise is really like, the pressures of being a godfather to a superstar baby, playing pranks and throwing up on the set of Star Trek, what it's like working with your teenage film star crush, time-travel cock rings, Ben Dover's merchandise and Richard suggests a new sitcom which might provide an opening for the return of Spaced. It probably won't though. And Richard dares to ask Simon what he himself considers his worst film. There could be fireworks! Remember you can buy this and all the episodes in this series on video at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts. Your financial support will ensure the continuation of this podcast and other exciting projects. Or buy RHLSTP T shirts from richardherring.cottoncart.com http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #31: Ross Noble - Trojan Badger. The company director with the sexiest voice in the world is in the front row and Richard is needlessly rude to his less sexy fans. His guest is one of the world's greatest improvisers, Ross Noble. Richard shows how hard interaction can be by failing to find anything funny to say about the rest of the front row. But luckily from there on in, he is not going to get a word in edgeways as Ross talks non-stop for approaching 100 minutes about TGI Fridays, what it's like to own a tank, convincing his daughter that he's a wizard, why you can't trust Twitter to provide medical advice, why he's more Geordie than Cheryl Cole and how difficult it is to peel potatoes when all your possessions have been destroyed. There are also pyres of burning animals and mad cow leather trousers and criticisms of a hopefully still living Bruce Forsyth. Can Ross get comedy gold where Richard failed by interrogating a child therapist in the front row or can it only end in disaster? Can the pair keep the podcast going forever? Is it still going on now? Will you ever be able to catch up? http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #30: Dara O Briain - Penis Sausage. Richard is stuffed to the gills with giant chocolate buttons and recounts the time he got lost in Buckingham Palace, and still is on the prowl for flies to murder. There is a beef with his guest, Dara O Briain, who still remembers the scathing review that Herring gave him in an online diary back in 1998. And there's more online comment as the pair discuss the sexual fantasies that comedy fans harbour on Dirty Britcom Confessions. There's also chat about how to cope with fatalities on aeroplanes, whether it was worth almost dying on the Zambezi to stop African children being able to play, the paradoxes of digit-based time travel and the truth about goose rescuing myths. And Dara has definitely seen a Bigfoot. If you take nothing else away from this podcast then let it be that. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #29: Miles Jupp - What IS the Story in Balamory? Richard tells a story of a terrifying prediction made by an Armenian fortune teller and is needlessly insulting to a dead broadcaster before introducing this week's guest, Miles Jupp. Although Jupp has appeared in films with George Clooney and Jon Stewart and won plaudits for his stage and TV work, Richard is keen to talk to him about the children's television show, Balamory, and NOTHING ELSE. The audience do not share the host's fascination with this lazily acted, repetitive show for pre-schoolers, but Herring's view is clouded by watching it in a fun of alcoholic despair, so it made him question the very nature of being. Don't worry, the Balamory part only lasts about 25 minutes, so there's still at least an hour of chat about divinity, the Harry Potter franchise, tea tasting and fly fishing, Miles' suspiciously late booking for the podcast and a bizarre phobia of lettuce. You'll also find out some of the good things that terrorists have said and done and witness Richard losing the ability to speak and the will to live as his half-marathon exhaustion finally overcomes him. At least he's not an Imp Pervert. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #28: Miranda Hart - Randy Dyke. After the infestation of flies that plagued the first two podcasts of the series Richard has been gifted a tennis racquet shaped fly exterminator to try and deal with the issue. There aren't many flies around, but a game member of the audience agrees to be zapped. May she rest in peace. Richard is still a bit sore from running a half-Marathon (sponsor him here - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/RichardHerring) in the record breaking time of under 2 hrs 38 minutes, but has a guest who has run 100 metres in just over 12 seconds, Miranda Hart. The pair last appeared together in the short film, A Very British Cult, in which Richard was the STAR, so let's just remember that and none of the stuff that's happened subsequently. They also chat about the different comedy they have created from falling into graves, being mistaken for the wrong gender, laughing at inappropriate times and Miranda's trial for QPR. There's a further exciting evolution for the ham hand/suncream armpit question (which leaves ham and armpits behind) and a treat for fans of the opening credits of some of the series of Not Going Out (that's just Richard then). http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #27: Rufus Hound - Aggy! Aggy! Aggy! - Richard is once again plagued by a swarm of flies that he fears only he can see. His guest is ex-moustachioed comedian and actor, Rufus Hound. The initial twins chat about what it's like working for Claire's Accessories, Peter Wyngarde's ill-judged pop career and a protracted and fascinating insight into the reasons that Rufus really left Celebrity Juice (including an incredible stand-off with the woman off of 'How Clean is Your House?'). Also see who comes off best in a fight between Rufus and a chair (best viewed in video mode!) Remember you can buy this and all the episodes in this series on video at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts. Your financial support will ensure the continuation of this podcast and other exciting projects. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #26: Shappi Khorsandi - Talcum Powder Tit. RHLSTP (rhlstp) is back and Richard has stories from Armenia and the Amalfi Coast and is threatening to reveal the plot to the final episode of Breaking Bad (no spoilers, don't worry). His guests today are Shappi Khorsandi and a load of flies that have invaded the theatre (you don't get this on Graham Norton). Whilst trying to kill flies, the human beings in the show discuss how to check for car bombs, Tucker Jenkins, what English people smell of, dating rock stars and telling Julian Fellowes to fuck off. Remember you can buy this and all the episodes in this series on video at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts. Your financial support will ensure the continuation of this podcast and other exciting projects. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #25: Sean Hughes - Mango Mist. The guest for the final RHLSTP of the series has had a drink with Morrissey, seen a member of Madness drying his bum hair and has failed to discuss time travel with Gary Sparrow's best mate. It's Sean Hughes. Was 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' the most badly named panel show ever? Is it ever the wrong thing to do to refuse to take down an old man's swimming trunks? Will the cast of 'Robbie the Reindeer: Close Encounters of the Herd Kind' ever be reunited? How did Irish Republicans get secret messages to the inmates of Lincoln Gaol? Can Richard be persuaded to discuss all the secret work he does for charity? Can a vegetarian eat a ham hand? And what is the valve on the suncream dispensing armpit actually like? There's more fire, more singing and exotic fruits in misted spray form. Find out all about what Sean is up to at http://www.seanhughes.co.uk/ Thanks for listening - we'll be back in the autumn. For details of Richard's Edinburgh shows and other plans go here - http://www.richardherring.com/newsletters/index.php?nlid=324 http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #24 - Isy Suttie - The Moon Told Me To Kill. It's the clash of the vaguely gold coloured Sony Award winners, but who will come off as comedy king (or queen). The shamefully uncompetitive and relentlessly cheerful Isy Suttie isn't even entering into it. But she is prepared to perform her own fire-based stunts (check out the video podcast to see this in all its burning glory - www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts) Many questions that will be answered in this penultimate episode of the series: Why do Indian call centre staff know how to pronounce Isy's surname? When should a mother stop breast-feeding? Can you communicate with your own ghost via a ouija board? How are relations between Rich's grandma and grandad in Heaven? Also advice on how to fail to seduce 12 year old boys, heckles from a Olympic gold medal winner and a delightful musical finale. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #23: Mark Thomas - The Disillusioning Illusionist - It's time for a bit of politics, but that's no reason not to discuss huge, ageing wrinkly ballbags, because tonight's guest is that rarest of things (if you're a journalist or a TV commissioner) a political comedian. It's the delightfully subversive Mark Thomas. There are tales of working for the legendary Dave Allen, getting in the Guinness Book of Records, being spied on, heckling anti-abortionists, the funny side of funerals, opera-loving builders, gigging in a cattle market, trying to get trolls for all London bridges, how the police force deal with the spirit of Winston Churchill and bringing Ireland to the Apple store. You'll also find out what prompted Mark to stop working for Channel 4 and how he lost his religion. And more proof that bronze is better than silver and gold. Please support the future of these podcasts and other comedy projects, if you can, by purchasing an episode or two (or the increasingly amazing value series pass) at www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #22: Edgar Wright - Spaced By The Bell. At last it's the podcast that addresses the burning issue of modern Britain - which is the best Somerset based show cave complex? Cheddar Gorge (obviously) or rubbishy old Wookey Hole. It'd be a shame to have Britain's most exciting film director on the show without wasting most of the time talking about this and the obscure and sexist Roald Dahl short story - Switch Bitch. And Richard hates to disappoint. Luckily he occasionally manages to blunder into discussing Wright's canon of work, from 'A Fistful of Fingers' through 'Asylum', some ideas for a new series of 'Spaced', right up to the amazing new film 'The World's End'. But there's still time to talk about why it's like to be taught by both parents, desecrating the graves of your former employers and Rich's ideas to reboot 'Goodnight Sweetheart' and 'We Will Rock You' before Edgar has to dash off to finish off his new film. But is there time to add a shrek? http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #20 - John Lloyd - It's Not Personal. Richard continues with his mission to get to be guest on QI with top TV producer John Lloyd, though Lloyd seems intent on demonstrating why Herring is too thick to get on the programme with increasingly difficult questions about how many chemicals there are in a carrot, how to define art and if God wear sandals. Or something. It gets brain-hurtingly deep and philosophical as both men attempt to discover the meaning of life. Plus there's some great behind the scenes stories from Not The Nine O'Clock News and Blackadder Goes Forth, Dr Snuggles and the world of advertising. Does everything happen for a reason? Why does Richard Dawkins waste his time retweeting praise. Where else could you hear a quite clever man being bamboozled by a very clever man, before asking him if he'd prefer a ham hand or a suncream armpit? Nowhere. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #19 - Mary Beard - Fattening Dormice. After last week's headline-grabbing show, Richard feels under pressure to coax revelations from his guest, classicist Mary Beard, but is a bit distracted by transport and atrocity based magazines. Instead he mainly talks about penises in Pompeii, realising that if only he could travel in time that he would be the most popular comedian in that knob-obsessed empire. But all the big historical questions are asked - why is Pan having sex with a goat? What did the people of Herculaneum use to wipe their bums? Where did Ancient Romans sleep? What were Julius Caesar's real last words? Is having sex with a statue the worst thing you can do? Mary also talks about Anus Arsehole Gill and how she fought back against the trolls, what words you can't say on Women's Hour and meeting the Queen with Bruce Forsyth. Back to normal then! If you want to see pictures of the various filthy archaeological discoveries then download the video at www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #18 - Stephen Fry. Hit It Bitch! - In a frankly extraordinary, must-listen, funny, poetic and heart-breaking podcast Richard interviews quintessential Englishman (take that EDL) Stephen Fry. Find out what the Spice Girls said to Prince Charles about Prince Albert, the favourite expletive of Lionel Jeffries, why Fabian is the best character in Twelfth Night, why Richard is going to graffiti Fry's grave, which women Steve wants to have sex with, Richard's clunky attempts to audition for QI (will be more of that next week). Richard's clunky attempts to refer to Mr Fry as Steve, whether you have to read The Hobbit to be in The Hobbit, the commercial possibilities of an Ann Widdecombe sex tape, what happened when the Bishop of Bath and Wells went to a prison for young offenders and the insecurity of John Travolta. Some brilliant additional questions by Ben Evans age 12. And properly poignant revelations about mental illness. It is mind-blowing and moving. If you end up killing David Cameron after this podcast then that is not our responsibility. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/ And really it's worth watching this on video at http://www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts

RHLSTP Extra - Waiting for Stephen! The full Stephen Fry podcast will be up as soon as possible, both as free audio or paid video (http://www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts). It is the best RHLSTP yet for many reasons, do not miss it! But in the meantime here is Rich's audience warm up set from Monday night. As he goes on stage, he is slightly nervous as Stephen hasn't shown up yet, so he's looking for alternative guests in the crowd. And there are rich pickings, two butlers, a nuclear physicist and a bizarre pair of shifty men, one wearing an 'I Love London' hat. What are they doing? What are they planning? Will Stephen turn up? (Spoiler: yes) http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP #17 - Chris Addison. He's snogged someone who used to be a dead child and worked with Gail Porter, but did he punch a cupboard? Richard, fresh from his triumphant third place Sony, is back with guest Chris Addison, deliberately doing visual things to try and make you pay for the video version (available from www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts) but still giving you the audio for free. It's the usual mixture of incompetence, awkwardness and petty jealousy, but luckily there's some funny stuff too! Which film is shitter, Sliding Doors or The Truman Show? Why must we all be grateful for the slaughter of World Wars? How do you make a merkin? Is cupboard cheese more dangerous than cocaine? You'll also find out a novel way to use a pencil. You've really got to see it to believe it! http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP Extra - the Sony Awards. Unbelievably this stupid cock / hamhand / bigfoot-obsessed podcast got nominated for a Sony Comedy Award up against proper BBC comedy shows. But would it win? (spoiler alert - don't look at the picture). Rich decided to try and get some value out of the £1200 it cost him to enter and attend the ceremony and, because his whole life must be documented, he made this into a podcast too. He interviews his competitors Isy Suttie, Rufus Hound and John Finnemore, gets steadily more drunk (and is quite drunk at the start). All the excitement, embarrassment and self-indulgence is captured on a digital recorder, including the moment when he found out if he'd won or lost. Also featuring our producer Ben Walker, wife Catie Wilkins and, producer of John Finnemore's show, Ed Morrish. And quite a lot of alcohol.This is why it's a good job that Rich stays sober for the regular podcasts. The new series starts on May 27th with Chris Addison. You can listen to the audio for free as usual, or come along to the Leicester Square Theatre and be part of the audience or download a video of the evening from www.gofasterstripe.com/podcasts for a small fee (which will go to paying for the expense of filming). Do tell your friends. http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSTP (BATMCF) Special! - it's Like the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast but it's at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival in Wales and is at the packed Y Tabernacle. It's the first podcast since the show was nominated for a prestigious Sony so the pressure is on to keep the fellatio and bumming jokes to the highest standard. And the guests are rising stars and rival non-Sony award nominated podcasters Pappy's (all they've got is a new TV series, the losers). There's plenty of charity human centipede fun to be had with Huge Ackman, bleeding heads, Animal Antics, public nudity and the ham hand question is nearly destroyed, but becomes stronger. There's a half-hearted attempt to put a shrek in it which shows that boat has sailed and too much self-pity. But it doesn't matter, it's not a proper London one! http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

The podcast has been nominated for a prestigious Sony Award for Comedy which is totally amazing. As a little extra to whet your appetite for the upcoming new series here is the clips we chose to present to the award committee. It's like one of those clip shows they do on American sitcoms. But also includes exciting news about plans for the new shows. You can buy tickets for the Mach Fest RHLSTP on May 4th, with guests Pappy's, here: http://www.machcomedyfest.co.uk/node/281 ...and for the London run - starting May 27th with Chris Addison - here: http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873492663/events http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/