RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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...

RHLSTP 86 - Robert Popper

12 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #86: Robert Popper - Beef Scarecrows. Richard is somewhat affronted to have been compared to Marmite by the box office at the Leicester Square ...

RHLSTP 85 - Janey Godley

04 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #85: Janey Godley - I've Never Stabbed Anyone... Oh No, I Have. A tired and possibly ill Richard Herring tries to get through another podcast w...

RHLSTP 84 - Lee Mack

29 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #84: Lee Mack - The Centurion. Richard makes more predictions of atrocities that will have occurred in the news on the week of release for this...

RHLSTP 83 - Diane Morgan

22 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #83: Diane Morgan - A Bad Dream. Richard discusses some zombie based movie ideas he has had, before introducing the dry-witted and incredulous ...

RHLSTP 82 - Stuart Goldsmith

15 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #82: Stuart Goldsmith - Rear Window. RHLSTP is back (it feels like it never went away) and another kickstarted series begins ALL FOR FREE. Rich...

RHLSTP 81 - Joe Lycett

07 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #81: Joe Lycett - A Fan Who's Won a Competition. It's the last show in Series 7 and there's an end of term atmosphere and a lot of good natured...

RHLSTP 80 - Limmy

30 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #80: Limmy. Richard is a bit worried about the psychological similarities he shares with murder spree killers, but maybe that's just all comedi...

RHLSTP 79 - Al Murray

23 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #79: Al Murray. Richard delves into the seedy personal life of Dean and Matilda on the front row, before introducing failed politician and thwa...

RHLSTP 78 - Paul Sinha

16 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #78: Paul Sinha - A Stopped Clock is Right About Ted Heath. Richard has witnessed a man carrying out his ultimate fantasy, but realises that so...

RHLSTP 77 - Brett Goldstein

10 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #77: Brett Goldstein - Routines About Buttons. Richard is still hungover from his birthday - what a day that was! He is joined by Brett Goldste...

RHLSTP 76 - Bridget Christie

04 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #76: Bridget Christie - No Man Is Faster Than a Cheese. Richard has just had his third sixteenth birthday and has returned from Amsterdam with ...

RHLSTP 75 - Jessica Hynes

27 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #75: A Child's Drawing of the Enola Gay. Richard rewards an audience member for his Top Cat like trick of never having to buy a poppy again and...

RHLSTP 74 - Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan

20 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #74. Richard has broken his mirror, but wondering if that gives him 7 years bad luck or frees him from the ghosts of the past. His guests are t...

RHLSTP 73 - Robin Ince

12 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #73: Robin Ince - Punching a Watermelon with the Face of Vernon Kay. Richard concludes the story of his disastrous romantic break with his wife...

RHLSTP 72 - Mark Watson

05 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #72: Mark Watson - Improvisation My Dear (Mark) Watson. Richard is reeling from forgetting about his daughter and another attack on his home (h...

RHLSTP 71 - Johnny Vegas

30 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #71: Johnny Vegas - Maniac in a Suitcase. Giving away a prize to a lucky audience member, Rich reminisces about schoolday bags and realises how...

RHLSTP 70 - Roisin Conaty

22 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #70: Roisin Conaty - Amstrad Emailer Sex Doll. Richard has come close to death, choking on an apricot stone and in his possible final moments o...

RHLSTP 69 - Louis Theroux

16 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #69: Louis Theroux - Pathetic. Richard is very excited to meet the man who made him give up viewing porn (temporarily), Groove Is In The Heart ...

RHLSTP 68 - Robert Webb

08 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #68: Robert Webb - I Think I've Explained Peep Show To My Satisfaction. Richard has been making t-shirts for Kickstarter donators but has made ...

RHLSTP 67 - Romesh Ranganathan

01 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #67: Romesh Ranganathan - Yoghurt Smearing Ethics for the Vegan. Richard has a controversial theory about the recent FIFA controversy and gets ...

RHLSTP 66 - Emma Kennedy

24 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #66: Which came first, Yazoo or Yazoo? Emma Kennedy. Richard is reeling from a missed opportunity to assassinate a government minister and a my...

RHLSTP 65 - Lou Sanders

17 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP #65: Lou Sanders - The Pink Bike Helmet of Doom. Richard chats to his audience, with faces old and new, including a mum and daughter that lead ...

Spike Sligo Festival special: Sofie Hagen

15 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTPBATSSII with Sofie Hagen - An Abundance of Shells. A surprise bonus RHLSTP recorded at the Spike Sligo Festival in West Ireland to a tiny, but e...

RHLSTP 63 - Stewart Lee (TMWRNJ Special)

11 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

RHLSTP # 63: Stewart Lee - This Morning With Richard and Nick. Richard is joined by his erstwhile partner Stewart Lee to chat about This Morning With ...

RHLSTP 62 - Paul Putner and Trevor Lock

04 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 1990...

RHLSTP 61 - Ben Goldacre

28 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...