Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

RHLSTP 179 - Desiree Burch

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #179: Desiree Burch - Do the Hokey Cokey. Rich muses on passports and the fruition of John Moloney's aged comedians TV show, before meeting the...

RHLSTP 178 - Sophie Willan

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #178: Sophie Willan - How To Twerk. Richard is marvelling about a new interpretative dance based on 'All You Need Is Love' but soon he will be ...

RHLSTP 177 - Maria Bamford

02 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #177: Maria Bamford - STD from a Vulcan. Richard continues to be surprised by the difference of living in the country and surprises his neighbo...

RHLSTP 176 - Pippa Evans

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #176: Pippa Evans - Half an Orange. I mean there is so much of last week's podcast still to unpack, plus the extra 20 minutes that Rich and thi...

RHLSTP 175 - BRIAN BLESSED

18 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #175: BRIAN BLESSED!!!! What Was The Question? It's finally come to pass. The podcasts can end now, because the whole point of starting them up...

RHLSTP 174 - Peter Baynham

12 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #174: Peter Baynham - I Am Delighted. Rich meets his audience. Can he resist being a dick? Spoiler Alert- of course not, but never mind because...

RHLSTP 173 - Katherine Ryan

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #173: Katherine Ryan - Shooting Dust. Rich is disgusted to be back in filthy London and wondering if a man performs an act of extreme slapstick...

RHLSTP 172 - All Killa No Filla

28 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #172: All Killa No Filla - Chinese Hymen. Red-nosed Rich is still down with the lurgy and a bit befuddled. After an awkward chat with an accoun...

RHLSTP 171 - Mackenzie Crook

21 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #171: Mackenzie Crook - Hucknall Forest. Rich forgot to do a bit of his tour show for the people of Cardiff so we start with a comity contest, ...

RHLSTP 170 - Jess Phillips

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #170: Jess Phillips - Jeremy Corbyn's Salad Sandwich. Rich's daughter seems to be on her way to a mediocre career in comedy and he could not be...

RHLSTP 169 - Trev and Simon

08 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #169: Trev and Simon - You Are An Idiot. Rich is looking forward to International 'When's International Men's Day?' Day, but for now it's Inter...

RHLSTP 168 - Danielle Ward

28 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #168: Danielle Ward - Sting's Bloody Toilet. Technology delivers a cruel blow to Richard as it deletes his carefully crafted opening monologue ...

RHLSTP 167 - John Robins and Elis James

21 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #167: John Robins and Elis James - Not My Cup Of Tea. Fired up by his first TV recording in 23 years, Richard decides to work harder on his ope...

RHLSTP 166 - Adam Kay

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #166: Adam Kay - Degloved Penis. This week's guest is doctor turned comedian turned best-selling author Adam Kay. They discuss his hilarious, h...

RHLSTP 165 - Kathy Burke

08 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #165: Kathy Burke - I Don't Do Blow Jobs. Richard's living in a house of horrors and has heard a ghost, so he's glad to be back in the safety o...

RHLSTP 164 - Dave Gorman

31 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #164: Dave Gorman - Nigel Havers-based Injustice. Richard celebrates 10 years of podcasting by blowing your comfortable views of the film Toy S...

RHLSTP 163 - Paul Chowdhry

26 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #163: Paul Chowdhry - Brian Glover's Walkman. Richard is mourning the non-existent victims of the Oxford Circus incident and the personal conne...

RHLSTP 162 - Katy Wix

17 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #162: Katy Wix - Burned Bunting. Richard hits comedy gold and finds the person with the perfect job to riff about for as long as an hour if he ...

RHLSTP 161 - Johann Hari

10 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #161: Johann Hari - Cannibal Chicken. The question of ham hands versus suncream armpits has gone international and been introduced to a new gen...

RHLSTP 160 - Reginald D Hunter

04 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #160: Reginald D Hunter - An Order of Travelling Monks. Richard is overly proud of himself for having created a new book of Emergency Questions...

RHLSTP 159 - Richard Osman

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #159: Richard Osman - Drifter Charger. Rich's daughter has made quite a radical life choice, but hopefully is a reincarnation of someone who wi...

RHLSTP 158 - Simon Brodkin

14 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #158: Simon Brodkin - Vagina Cash Machine. Richard has been belittled by a scaffolder, and is plotting his revenge. Perhaps he should send this...

RHLSTP 157 - Greg Jenner

07 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #157: Greg Jenner - Portuguese Boy's Urine. Richard seems to think he's the new Frost:Nixon for some reason, but his audience banter suggests h...

RHLSTP 156 - Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #156: Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd - Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. Richard's dog is at war with his eyes, but who cares. He ha...

RHLSTP 155 - Jan Ravens

22 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #155: Jan Ravens - Just Amazing. Richard is excited after spotting a celebrity at Crewe station, but upset that the celebrity wasn't excited ab...

RHLSTP 154 - John Moloney

16 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #154: John Moloney - Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Richard freewheels about the poor quality of the suit he has had to wear as his nice ones no lo...

RHLSTP 153 - Rachel Parris

08 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #153: Rachel Parris - Oh Jesus I have Promised. Rich is confused and amazed by horses and apparently alone in being troubled by the lyrics to t...

RHLSTP 152 - Armando Iannucci

01 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #152: Armando Iannucci - Deeply Dippy. Richard is surprisingly appalled by what a sex robot inventor is planning for his sex robot and reeling ...

RHLSTP 151 - Ellie Taylor

25 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #151: Ellie Taylor - Catching Clouds. RHLSTP is back and the sky has changed colour and the first of the gang has died, so Richard is a bit uns...

RHLSTP 150 - Sara Pascoe

19 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #150: Sara Pascoe - Hello, Still a Feminist? Rich details how he considered stealing a man's identity to become a chartered accountant. Perhaps...

RHLSTP 149 - Ed Byrne

11 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #149: Ed Byrne - Lost Leather Jacket. Rich is getting used to living in the countryside and the action movie that is attempting to get the trai...

RHLSTP 148 - Robert Webb

05 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #148: Robert Webb - The Ideal Age To Die. Richard is still prickling with mortification after an encounter with Michael Portillo, as if turning...

RHLSTP 147 - Arthur Smith

27 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #147: Arthur Smith - Rage and Balloon: Rich tries to find someone older than him in the audience, as he tries to squeeze some joy out of the la...

RHLSTP 146 - Limmy

22 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #146: Limmy - Monopoly Penguin. Rich is on the cusp of a couple of massive life changes, but he won't let ageing and moving get in the way of a...

RHLSTP 145 - Julian Clary

13 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #145: Julian Clary - Fist of Fun. Richard is still bugging last week's audience about Lego Batman - it's amazing they keep coming back. His gue...

RHLSTP 144 - Katy Brand

06 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #144: Katy Brand - Catering for the Dead. Richard hasn't eaten enough in a last-ditch attempt to lose weight before he turns 50, but no time fo...

RHLSTP 143 - Dan Skinner

30 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #143: Dan Skinner - Tape in a Bag. Richard has his least successful attempt to meet his audience of all time, but no matter, he has a great gue...

RHEFP 4 - John Robins and Ahir Shah

26 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHEFP 2017 #4: John Robins and Ahir Shah - Suck Each Other Off A Bit. Richard reveals the hypocrisy of his parenting techniques and reminisces about t...

RHEFP 3 - Iain Stirling and Jason Manford

19 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHEFP 2017 #3: Iain Stirling and Jason Manford - The Main Thing Is Ricky Gervais Didn't Win. Rich is mortified about having accidentally crashed someo...

RHEFP 2 - James Acaster

12 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHEFP 2017 #2: James Acaster - Three Nights in Peterborough. Richard is so close to becoming the Radio Times Comedy Champion that he can almost taste ...

RHEFP 1 - Doug Anthony All Stars

05 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHEFP 2017 #1: The Doug Anthony All Stars - The Boy Who Cried Batman. The King has returned and he's at the spooky New Theatre Grand Hall where the Ma...

RHLSTP 142 - Brendon Burns & Craig Quartermaine

03 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #142: Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine - Race Off. Richard contemplates the now trickier commute to work that he has thanks to being forced...

RHLSTP 141 - David Baddiel

26 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #141: David Baddiel -What is the Biggest Ant?. Richard is pondering what it must be like to buy a flat in BBC TV Centre, and appreciating his d...

RHLSTP 140 - Andrew Collins

19 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #140: Andrew Collins - Frog Tape. Richard is over excited to find people 2/5ths of his age in the front row and tries to forget he is on the ve...

RHLSTP 139 - Zoe Lyons

12 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #139: Zoe Lyons - The Camaraderie of the Jam Factory. Richard attempts to work out how a waitress in a pizza restaurant with a limited menu mig...

RHLSTP 138 - Adam Buxton

05 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #138: Adam Buxton - How Short Are You That You Can Not Reach? Richard has been gifted an almost free Twirl by the Universe. But has he been mor...

RHLSTP 137 - Jessica Knappett

28 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #137: Jessica Knappett - Air Mattress. Richard is worried that he smells of cat wee, but he can't let that slow him down, he is chatting to the...

RHLSTP 136 - Joe Thomas

21 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #136: Joe Thomas - Pasta-based diet. Richard is excited about becoming a father for the second time, but not to witnessing the birth. His guest...

RHLSTP 135 - Paul Merton

14 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #135: Paul Merton - Waiting For Crawford. It's back for an eleventh series - who keeps commissioning this? - and Richard's new emergency questi...

Wells Comedy Festival special: Bec Hill

31 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Wells Comedy Festival Extra: Bec Hill - Passing The Baton. Rich has risked the wrath of everyone in his home town of Cheddar by travelling beyond the ...

RHLSTP 134 - Peter Serafinowicz

15 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #134: Peter Serafinowicz - Brian Blessed and the Big Foot. It's the final episode of Series 10 of RHLSTP and Rich meets a bearded man who has m...

RHLSTP 133 - Lucy Porter

09 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #133: Lucy Porter - Altercation With A Shepherd. Richard is worried that he's been experimented on by aliens and about whether a litigious Eggh...

RHLSTP 132 - Simon Munnery

01 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #132: Simon Munnery - Don't Die. Richard quizzes his audience to find how little they have done with their lives, before introducing the comedi...

RHLSTP 131 - Sarah Millican

25 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #131: Sarah Millican - Old Man's Pants Under The Bed. Rich has just had to stand impassive in a stranger's guff for fear of looking like the on...

RHLSTP 130 - Jess Thom

18 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #130: Jess Thom - Biscuit. Rich meets some people who have never tried sushi before introducing Tourettes Superhero (though that's a secret) Je...

RHLSTP 129 - Susan Calman

12 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #129: Susan Calman - Milk Tart. Weeks have passed for you in the Donald Trump President Elect alternate universe, but this was recorded less th...

RHLSTP 128 - Tom Davis

05 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #128: Tom Davis - Nervous Lord's Prayer. You have us at an advantage this week, as you know who the next US President will be and we don't. Wha...

RHLSTP 127 - Dawn French

21 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #127: Dawn French - Mmmmm Yes, Do It That Way. Rich is giddy with fanboy excitement at having one of his childhood (and adulthood) comedy heroe...

RHLSTP 126 - Deborah Frances-White

14 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #126: Deborah Frances-White - Alien Orifice. Rich is reeling from a Pointless betrayal of the twin-Judases, but he rises above it to introduce ...

RHLSTP 125 - Ed Gamble

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #125: Ed Gamble - Harry Potter Trivial Pursuits. Rich finds a woman in the audience who doesn't seem to know where she is, who he is or underst...

RHLSTP 124 - Chris Addison

30 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #124: Chris Addison - Cut Up By Prince Phillip. Rich discovers that someone from US TV is in the audience and considers sending the guest home ...

RHLSTP 123 - Kerry Godliman

23 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #123: Kerry Godliman - Over to our Human Centipede Expert. Richard has had his topical comedy well pretty much depleted by recording AIOTM the ...

RHLSTP 122 - Tony Robinson

17 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #122: Tony Robinson - Pissing in the Queen's Flowerbed. There are some fine beards on display in the front row as always, but it's all about th...

RHLSTP 121 - Will Smith

09 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #121: Will Smith - Baked Bean Silo. Richard welcomes a newbie audience member from Canada in his usual unpleasant style, before bringing on a m...

RHLSTP 120 - Caitlin Moran

02 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #120: Caitlin Moran - Cheese Lollipops. Richard has been filming the Kickstarter extra where he interviews his ventriloquist dummy Ally, and th...

RHLSTP 119 - Dane Baptiste

28 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #119: Dane Baptiste - The Naked Arsonist. Moral benchmarks and locker room banter are on Richard's mind, as he gives a kickstarter backer the f...

RHLSTP 118 - Hans Teeuwen

19 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP 118: Hans Teeuwen - Heart Slag. Rich meets his audience and finds a man who works in genealogy who can trace his family back an absolutely unbe...

RHLSTP 117 - Armando Iannucci

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP 117: Armando Iannucci - Jeffrey Archer's Carp. Rich has been laid down low with an admittedly indirectly sexually transmitted disease, but noth...

Podcast Festival special: Dan Schreiber

07 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP Podcast Festival Extra: Brian Blessed on Mars - Dan Schreiber. Welcome to another bonus podcast, this one recorded at the Podcast Festival at K...

Great Yorkshire Fringe special: Mark Addy

05 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTPEATGYF #2: Sean Bean's Pound Shop Subterfuge - Mark Addy. Richard proves he is down with the cool kids by chatting to his teenage fans about ska...

RHLSTP 116 - Elis James

28 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #116: Paedophile Postman - Elis James. It's the end of the series (but there will be bonus audio podcasts from the Great Yorkshire Fringe next ...

RHLSTP 115 - Tom Parry

21 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #115: Vertical Pizza - Tom Parry. Richard is reeling from a celebrity encounter and being outsmarted by a 3 year-old heckler, but at least he h...

RHLSTP 114 - Tim Minchin

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #114: Fish Pie Mix - Tim Minchin. Rich has exciting news that will make other puppet-sex enthusiasts very jealous, but there's no time for even...

RHLSTP 113 - Russell Kane

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #113: Minky - Russell Kane. Rich is wondering if the world will survive long enough to ever hear this podcast, so decides it doesn't matter if ...

RHLSTP 112 - Sofie Hagen

01 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #112: Bog Buddies: Sofie Hagen. Unbeknownst to Richard and his guest, a drunken audience member collapsed during last week's podcast, and Rich ...

RHLSTP 111 - Graham Linehan

26 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #111: Kiefer Sutherland's Pregnancy: Graham Linehan. Richard attempts improvisational comedy, but discovers that for this to work your observat...

RHLSTP 110 - Matthew Crosby

17 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #110: Windsor Davies or Your Wife? Matthew Crosby. Mean podcast Richard Herring delights in continuing to torment the people who pay his wages,...

RHLSTP 109 - Nish Kumar

10 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #109: Hello, I'm Godot - Nish Kumar. Richard is worried that it is he who jinxed 2016, though hopefully by the time this comes out he himself w...

RHLSTP 108 - Susie Dent

03 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #108 Cheg On! Susie Dent. Rich is surprised by the sartorial elegance of some of his audience. Being out of Europe is clearly paying dividends....

RHLSTP 107 - Vic Reeves

27 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #107: Hitchhiking with Rose and Fred - Vic Reeves. Last week's jokes about the consequences of Brexit seem to have fallen on stony ground with ...

RHLSTP 106 - David Cross

20 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #106: Away or Towards? - David Cross. A weary Richard films the audience as evidence of dissent for the future fascist government of the UK, be...

RHLSTP 105 - Marcus Brigstocke

13 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #105: Sushi Aquarium - Marcus Brigstocke. In the face of horrible world events and future uncertainty for the UK, Richard recounts how his wife...

RHLSTP 104 - Doc Brown

06 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #104: Things To Do In Willesden When You're Alive - Doc Brown aka Ben Bailey Smith. Rich interviews a member of his audience and it's going so ...

RHLSTP 103 - Lauren Laverne

29 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #103: How Many Hours Do Women Need? - Lauren Laverne. Rich has been on an after hours visit to Westminster Abbey and is now obsessed with being...

RHLSTP 102 - Tony Law

22 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #102: tonylawexhausts.co.uk - Tony Law. Richard finds a bona fide cool kid in the audience and inexpertly attempts to mock him (you'd think he'...

RHLSTP 101 - Iain Lee

15 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #101: Weeing Next to a Monkee: Iain Lee. Richard is back (in his weightier incarnation) and has forgotten how to do this, but is excited about ...

RHLSTP 100 - Richard Bacon

17 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #100: Richard Bacon - A Series of Apologies. It's the 100th Leicester Square Theatre Podcast and the last in this series, so we've flown a spec...

RHLSTP 99 - Cariad Lloyd

10 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #99: Cariad Lloyd - I Fucked Jane Austen's Corpse. Richard is exhausted again because of his stupid, idiot daughter, but at least she's given h...

RHLSTP 98 - Ray Peacock

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #98: Ray Peacock - You Won't Tell Us If You're Married or Not! Richard proposes his new sinister and upsetting edit of the 1970s film Adventure...

RHLSTP 97 - Aisling Bea

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #97: Aisling Bea - Minstrels. Richard is worried about the psychological impact of Winnie the Pooh's skull being on display in a museum, but ov...

RHLSTP 96 - Scroobius Pip

20 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #96: Scroobius Pip - Nuking The Moon. Richard chats with the audience in his usual unpleasant manner, before introducing stuttering rapper and ...

RHLSTP 95 - Hal Cruttenden

13 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #95: Hal Cruttenden - Sexomnia. Richard has noticed a new development in police technology and is annoyed that there is no shop for British swe...

RHLSTP 94 - David Mitchell

06 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #94: David Mitchell - Bumming C3PO. Richard talks briefly to a semi-retired postman and considers bumping his guest to chat with him more, but ...

RHLSTP 93 - John Robins

31 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #93: John Robins - Noel Edmonds' Toilet and Johnny Vaughan's Shower. Richard is reeling over the news that pregnant women are giving public blo...

RHLSTP 92 - Jack Whitehall

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #92: Jack Whitehall - Moving the Trees. Richard successfully guesses the job of a bearded man in the audience before introducing the luckiest m...

RHLSTP 91 - Phill Jupitus

16 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #91: Phill Jupitus - (Never Mind) (The) (Buzzcocks). Richard has written his first joke of 2015 and can't wait to share it with the underwhelme...

RHLSTP 90 - Eddie Izzard

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #90: Eddie Izzard - Magic Ian's Nephew. Richard is unnecessarily unpleasant to someone in the audience (what's new?) before quickly bringing on...

RHLSTP 89 - Sarah Kendall

02 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #89: Sarah Kendall - You Can Not Be Serious! Richard is amazed how a joke on Twitter now pretty much always gets taken at face value by someone...

RHLSTP 88 - John Finnemore

25 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #88: John Finnemore - Peeps at Syria. Richard is stupidly hungover after a rare night out at a top showbiz party and wonders what you buy the m...

RHLSTP 87 - Luisa Omielan

18 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #87: Luisa Omielan - The Former Queen of Angola. Richard chats to a man in the audience who is unexpectedly in IT before introducing 'overnight...