Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
Episodes
Retro RHLSTP 84 - Charlie Brooker
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #84 - Gulping Robot Toilets - Richard is hoping he will find his way into the Guinness Book of Records, but Norris Macwhirter is not answ...
RHLSTP Book Club 97 - Peter Pomerantsev
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #97 - How To Win An Information War - Richard talks to academic and journalist Peter Pomerantsev about his book about World War II...
RHLSTP 503 - Katie Mulgrew
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#503 Heckling Ken Dodd - Richard returns to the Lowry Theatre in Salford for the first time in four years. Last time he was here he talked to Jimmy Cr...
Retro RHLSTP 83 - Katy Wix
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #83 - 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 wish...
RHLSTP Book Club 96 - Helen Lederer
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #96 - Not That I'm Bitter - Richard talks to comedy legend Helen Lederer about her honest, hilarious and sad memoir, Not That ...
RHLSTP 502 - Scott and Jemma Bennett
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#502 Divorce House Dirty Protest - Richard returns to Nottingham with some mind blowing research to prove which is the oldest pub in the city. His gue...
Retro RHLSTP 82 - Richard Osman
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #82 - Drifter Charger - Rich's daughter has made quite a radical life choice, but hopefully is a reincarnation of someone who will make t...
RHLSTP Book Club 95 - David Grann
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #95 - The Wager - Richard takes a Transatlantic call luckily in a time when it’s much easier to traverse the oceans, with David Grann...
RHLSTP 501 - Lloyd Griffith
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#501 Thomas Tallis Fan Club - Richard is back in Nottingham, refusing to let his love of the Tales of Robin Hood die (and with one actual joke). His g...
Retro RHLSTP 81 - Tom Davis
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #81 - 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. What ter...
RHLSTP Book Club 94 - Dr Charan Ranganath
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #94 - Why We Remember - Richard talks to memory expert and possible pop star Charan Ranganath about his fascinating...
RHLSTP 500 - Hayley Ellis
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#500 Camel Hit and Run - Richard has been living the showbiz lifestyle that should be his daily existence, but now he’s landed up in Chorley. His gu...
RHLSTP Emergency Questions 8
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EQ Have You Ever Seen A Bigfoot? It’s another compilation of the best answers to the zaniest Emergency Questions, all tied up with a bow to show Cha...
RHLSTP Book Club 93 - Sara Pascoe
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #93 - Weirdo - Richard talks to comedian, presenter and now novelist, Sara Pascoe about her fabulous debut novel We...
RHLSTP 499 - Jon Ronson
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#499 A Night in a Haunted House with Robbie Williams - Richard, it turns out, loves his AirTag more than his dog, but he’s back in London and eating...
Retro RHLSTP 80 - Kerry Godliman
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #80 - Over to our Human Centipede Expert - Richard has had his topical comedy well pretty much depleted by recording AIOTM the night befo...
RHLSTP Book Club 92 - Lemn Sissay
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #92 - Let The Light Pour In - It’s another live podcast, this time with the remarkable poet and playwright Lemn Sissa...
RHLSTP 498 - Abigoliah Schamaun
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#498 Pig-Tail Sex Toy - Richard is back in Northampton where the people are named after Ancient Greeks. His guest is US stand up Abigoliah Schama...
Retro RHLSTP 79 - David Cross
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #79 - Away or Towards? - A weary Richard films the audience as evidence of dissent for the future fascist government of the UK, before in...
RHLSTP Book Club 91 - Jim and Nancy Moir
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #91 - Bird - Rich is in Canterbury where everyone is up in arms about the Silent Disco, but saying nothing about the Canterbury Tales. ...
RHLSTP 497 - Jon Pointing
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#497 Shoe Horn - Richard is in Northampton and astonished to hear the place once burnt down (as well as the stuff that makes the papers). HIs guest is...
Retro RHLSTP 78 - Aisling Bea
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #78 - Minstrels - Richard is worried about the psychological impact of Winnie the Pooh's skull being on display in a museum, but overcome...
RHLSTP Book Club 90 - Rory Carroll
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #90 - Killing Thatcher - Rich talks to journalist Rory Carroll about his fascinating account of the Brighton Bombing of 1984, Kill...
RHLSTP 496 - Julia Sawalha
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#496 Julia Sawalha’s Well - Richard has great news about his (pre-breakfast) weight (which may no longer be true by time of broadcast). And in anoth...
Retro RHLSTP 77 - Sophie Willan
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #77 - How To Twerk - Richard is marvelling about a new interpretative dance based on “All You Need is Love” but soon he will be danci...
RHLSTP Book Club 89 - CK McDonnell
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #89 - The Stranger Times - Richard meets former stand up and now best selling novelist Caimh Mcdonnell to talk about all of his many bo...
RHLSTP 495 - Joe Pasquale
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#495 Speared by a Moose - Richard is still in Norwich and has more local news and celebrates the city’s most famous son. His guest is the phenomenon...
Retro RHLSTP 76 - Mark Watson
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #76 - Improvisation My Dear (Mark) Watson - Richard is reeling from forgetting about his daughter and another attack on his home (h...
RHLSTP Book Club 88 - Ed Gamble
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #88 - Glutton - In another live Book Club Richard discusses his lentil based culinary disaster before introducing regular guest an...
RHLSTP 494 - Emma Sidi
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#494 Quiz of the Week - Richard is at the Norwich Playhouse, but his microphone is working this time (cf RHLSTP Book Club). His guest is actor, charac...
Retro RHLSTP 75 - Edgar Wright
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #75 - Spaced By The Bell - At last it's the podcast that addresses the burning issue of modern Britain - which is the best Somerset based...
RHLSTP Book Club 87 - Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #87 - 101 Things That Never Happened - Richard chats with Dutch historian Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse aka The Fake History Hunter abo...
RHLSTP 493 - Ross Noble
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#493 Weed Charades - Richard’s kids are unimpressed by his appearance on Top of the Pops 95 and provide a scathing critique of his work. His guest i...
Retro RHLSTP 74 - Matt Lucas
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #74 - The Football Eagle Has Landed - Richard believes he will soon be a multi-millionaire but agrees to give 1/365th of this profits to ...
RHLSTP Book Club 86 - Cat Jarman
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #86 - The Bone Chests - Rich talks to bio-archaeologist and broadcaster Cat Jarman about her terrific book, The Bone Chests a...
RHLSTP 492 - Davina McCall
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#492 Davinadroid - Richard has been frightened by a weeing Samurai and an apparently dead audience member, but he’s back for more RHLSTP, back a the...
Retro RHLSTP 73 - Lucy Beaumont
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #73 - The Marx Brothers - Rich is back at Hull City Hall for his last RHLSTP recording of 2019 and he has had an accidental slip off the ...
RHLSTP Book Club 85 - Rosie Jones
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #85 - Emperor of Rome - Richard has been a dad for nine years and is trying to work out if he will have any life after the kids have le...
RHLSTP 491 - Lee Mack
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#491 Detached Semi - RHLSTP comes to Aldershot, the scene of one of Richard’s most dangerous ever gigs. But we’re all safely off the mean streets ...
Retro RHLSTP 72 - Tim Minchin
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #72 - Fish Pie Mix - Rich has exciting news that will make other puppet-sex enthusiasts very jealous, but there’s no time for even a br...
RHLSTP Book Club 84 - Mary Beard
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #84 - Emperor of Rome - Another live RHLSTP Book Club coming fittingly from the oldest recorded Roman City in England, Colchester. Rich...
RHLSTP 490 - Sooz Kempner
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#490 Do Horses Remember? - Richard is excited about recent developments in robotics, but he doesn’t have time for stand up (or any stand up). His gu...
Retro RHLSTP 71 - Limmy
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #71 - 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 ...
RHLSTP Book Club 83 - Becky Holmes
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #83 - Keanu Reeves Is Not in Love With You - Richard talks to internet sensation Becky Holmes about her fantastic book about internet s...
RHLSTP 489 - Amar Latif
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#489 Dream On - Richard has had a very difficult journey to the Leeds City Varieties and wouldn’t have made it without the genius of tour manager Be...
Retro RHLSTP 70 - Joe Lycett
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #70 - Esme - Rich has found the mother of all stones and is banging on about that as usual (don’t worry he will syphon this off into a ...
RHLSTP Book Club 82 - Bob Cryer
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #82 - Same Time Tomorrow? - Richard chats with actor Bob Cryer about the charming and beautifully balanced book he’s written about hi...
RHLSTP 488 - Corinne Bailey Rae
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#488 Fifty Shades of Rae - Richard is in the City Varieties Leeds, the scene of a traumatic RHLSTP that he and the audience are still processing. And ...
Retro RHLSTP 69 - Sarah Millican
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #69 - 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 one who ...
RHLSTP Book Club 81 - Ian Rankin
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #81 - A Heart Full of Headstones - Richard is in Edinburgh and talks to Edinburgh’s second favourite knight (after a penguin) Ian Ran...
RHLSTP 487 - Steve Pemberton
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#487 Beige Towel - Richard finally has a chance to prove whether his or a rival’s podcast is the most popular, but will he like the answers? His gue...
RHLSTP Emergency Questions 7
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EQ What Would You Take From A MuseumAnother EQ compilation, but what will the question be this month? There is literally no way to find out without li...
RHLSTP Book Club 80 - Tez Ilyas
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #80 - The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4 - Richard is in Chorley for another live book club with stand up and actor ...
RHLSTP 486 - Robert Bathurst
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#486 Punchable Face - Rich is in Tunbridge Wells and amazed at the 20th Century news coming from a seemingly 19th Century newspaper. His guest is the ...
RHLSTP 485 - Jeff Innocent
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#485 Chinggis Khan - Richard is in Norwich at Halloween and there’s been some terrible pumpkin news. His guest is veteran stand-up and surprise soci...
RHLSTP Book Club 79 - Prof Farah Karim Cooper
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #79 - The Great White Bard - Richard chats with Farah Karim Cooper about her brilliant thoughtful and challenging book about Shakespear...
RHLSTP 484 - Jason Cook
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#484 Giraffe in a Headlock - Richard is back at the Stand in Newcastle and in the week that the Northumberland Sycamore was cruelly cuts down, dare he...
Retro RHLSTP 68 - Off Menu
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #68 - Bobby Davro’s Notebook - Richard has been playing I Spy with a 3 year old, and also reveals the cover of his new book, Would You ...
RHLSTP Book Club 78 - Adam Bloom
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #78 - Finding Your Comic Genius - Another book club in front of an audience - this one coming from Aldershot with Adam Bloom&...
RHLSTP 483 - Lauren Pattison
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#483 Nit Infestation - Richard is at the Stand in Newcastle with an enthusiastic Sunday afternoon crowd and he’s amazed by the number of ginger hues...
Best of RHLSTP 5
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last of five end of 2023 "best of" shows!See RHLSTP live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELSee...
Best of RHLSTP 4
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the fourth of five end of 2023 "best of" shows!See RHLSTP live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELS...
Best of RHLSTP 3
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third of five end of 2023 "best of" shows!See RHLSTP live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELSe...
Best of RHLSTP 2
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of five end of 2023 "best of" shows!See RHLSTP live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELS...
Best of RHLSTP 1
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of five end of 2023 "best of" shows!See RHLSTP live http://richardherring.com/rhlstp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
RHLSTP 482 - Vasyl Baidak
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#482 May The Force Be With You - It’s a very special and moving Christmas episode as Richard talks to Ukranian comedian Vasyl Baidak about...
RHLSTP Book Club 77 - Alasdair Beckett-King
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #77 - Montgomery Bonbon - Murder at the Museum - The Book Club is still on the road, this week at the Norwich Playhouse with flame-hair...
RHLSTP 481 - Shane Todd
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#481 What Do They Do With the Foreskins? - Rich is back in Belfast and is wondering if they should be as proud as they are of the Titanic. His guest i...
Bonus 18
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a lovely Christmas present to you all, we've decided to give this month's subscriber only podcast out to everyone. It's the season after all.If you...
RHLSTP Book Club 76 - Ashley Blaker
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #76 - Normal Schmormal - Richard is joined by comedy producer turned stand up, Ashley Blaker to talk about his parenting...
RHLSTP 480 - Lisa McGee
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#480 Murder She F***ing Wrote - Richard is in Belfast and has some ideas on how to heal the divisions in this great city. His guest is writer and...
Retro RHLSTP 67 - Richard Herring
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #67 - Kickstarter"This is the most self indulgent thing I have ever done", says Richard Herring as he bounds on ...
RHLSTP Book Club 75 - David J Cohen
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #75 - Stand Up, Barry Goldman - Richard meets comedian, musician, script writer and inventor of the phrase “Comedy is the new rock n ...
RHLSTP 479 - Jarred Christmas
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#479 Pot Noodle Versus Road Kill - Richard is still in Bath and still staying at his parents and has become an unpaid tech advisor (luckily succe...
Retro RHLSTP 66 - Annabel Giles
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #66 - Christmas Presents for EthiopiaRichard is at the Brighton Theatre Royal and in danger of having a deadly secret revealed unless he...
RHLSTP Book Club 74 - Bec Hill
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #74 - Horror Heights - A rare live Book Club coming to you from Tunbridge Wells, where we get to meet and chat to comedian Bec Hill abo...
RHLSTP 478 - Stuart Goldsmith
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#478 Surprise Postman - Richard is in Bath, but spent the night in Cheddar and is wondering about what the last few years of his life might hold for h...
RHLSTP 477 - Rob Reiner
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#477 Magic Bullet - Here’s a bonus remote podcast (because we’re not doing enough at the moment) with superstar actor and director and now podcast...
RHLSTP Book Club 73 - Lou Sanders
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #73 - What's That Lady Doing? - It’s another live Book Club, this time recorded at the Leicester Square Theatre with comedian and ice...
RHLSTP 476 - Peter Richardson
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#476 The Mike That Never Was - Richard is back in the witch-burning city of Exeter and this time his guest is Comic Strip Presents legend Peter&n...
Retro RHLSTP 65 - Peter Serafinowicz
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #65 - Brian Blessed and the Big FootIt’s the final episode of series 10 of RHLSTP and Rich meets a bearded man who has managed to find ...
RHLSTP Book Club 72 - Geoff Norcott
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #72 - The British Bloke, Decoded - Rich welcomes back comedian Geoff Norcott to talk about his new book about UK masculinity,...
RHLSTP 475 - Spencer Jones
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#475 France’s Youngest Shepherd - Richard has come to Exeter, where there is some very bad news about the bins. His guest is amazing actor and comed...
Retro RHLSTP 64- Sarah Kendall
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #64 - Sarah Kendall - Richard is amazed how a joke on Twitter now pretty much always gets taken at face value by someone, even if it...
RHLSTP Book Club 71 - Joe Wilkinson
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Book Club #71 - My (Illustrated) Autobiography - It’s another live Book Club from the Leicester Square Theatre with Joe Wilkinson tal...
RHLSTP 474 - Matt Green
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#474 Very Bad Lieutenant - Richard is back in Winchester for another week and they are having so much trouble with their clocks (I said clocks). His g...
RHLSTP Book Club 70 - Tim Key
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RHLSTP Book Club 70 - Chapters - Richard is joined by a man who Steve Coogan finds funny, but doesn’t know why, to talk about his latest anthology o...
RHLSTP Emergency Questions 6
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ham Hand versus Suncream Armpit - It’s another compilation of favourite answers to classic EQs and this one has a star-studded cast of funny people ...
RHLSTP 473 - Harriet Kemsley
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#473 Sexy Nostradamuses - Richard has returned to Winchester to help the local people through their swimming pool disaster. His guest is the delightfu...
Can I Have My Ball Back? - Episode 9
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#9 - Apprentice Chemo - This is the final instalment of this bollocky podcast (for now) as Richard’s stand up takes us through his precautionary che...
RHLSTP Book Club 69 - Richard Armitage
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RHLSTP Book Club 69 - Geneva - Richard talks to actor turned novelist, Richard Armitage about his gripping thriller Geneva. How it started its li...
RHLSTP 472 - Neil Fitzmaurice
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#472 The Fonz’s Parking Space - Richard liked Liverpool so much last week that he’s come back again and his guest is Neil Fitzmaurice, a man ...
Can I Have My Ball Back? - Episode 8
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#8 - Can I Actually Have My Ball Back? It’s episode 8 of CIHMBB and Richard’s journey has taken him to meet his oncologist, Dr Arnand Sh...
RHLSTP Book Club 68 - Simon Farnaby
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RHLSTP Book Club 68 - Ghosts - The Button House Archives - Live from the Leicester Square Theatre, Richard has been in for his yearly human MOT. ...
RHLSTP 471 - Peter Hooton
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#471 Gravy Train - Richard finds himself in an unseasonably sweltering Liverpool, at the Playhouse and is joined the the city in human form, Peter&nbs...
Can I Have My Ball Back? - Episode 7
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#7 Navigating Nuts - The bollock Odyssey continues, with Rich finally finding out if he had cancer or not (spoiler he does) but also discovering that ...
RHLSTP Book Club 67 - Danny Robins
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RHLSTP Book Club 67 - Into the Uncanny - Richard talks to comedian, podcaster and master of the Unexplained about his entert...
RHLSTP 470 - Joe Lycett
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#470 Right Little Puck - Richard has some more incredible Birmingham facts to share with his Brummie audience. His guest is RHLSTP super fan and misch...
Retro RHLSTP 63- Alex Horne
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RETRO RHLSTP #63 - Alex Horne - Rich offers to fill a school library with books, before introducing the multi-talented genius behind Taskmaster a...
RHLSTP Book Club 66 - Jo Caulfield
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RHLSTP Book Club 66 - The Funny Thing About Death - Richard interviews brilliant stand-up Jo Caulfield about her first book, a memoir a...