Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

RHLSTP 315 - Nish Kumar

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#315 Bread Roll - Richard is out of the house and at the Clapham Grand in South London. A virtual audience are on the TV screen beside him, all r...

RHLSTP 314 - Danny Robins

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#314 Have You Ever Seen A Ghost? - Richard is excited that he’s about to get out into an actual theatre to record some shows and that he’s ge...

RHLSTP 313 - Ashley Storrie

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#313 A Shrek Versus A Grinch - Richard is furious that homeschooling is carrying on til March 8th (at least) but has made a snowman with a f...

RHLSTP 312 - Sophie Hay

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#312 The Holy Grail of Archaeology - Richard is upset by a bottle of bathroom spray - and angry at Ian Vim for not having faith in his name, but he’...

RHLSTP 311 - Nina Conti

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#311 Magic - Rich is wondering if the Proclaimers have ever had their bluff called as he wearily starts Lockdown 3. His guest has a first in philosoph...

RHLSTP 310 - Catherine Bohart

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#310 Break Them Down, Build Them Up - Richard has had his mind blown by a Christmas surprise and his theatrical 3-year-old has been unexpectedly philo...

RHLSTP 309 - Alexei Sayle

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#309 Eighty-Nine Pence BLT - Recording just before Christmas on Plague Island, Richard wonders what kind of UK listeners will be living in when this i...

RHLSTP 308 - Lou Conran

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#308 Calamari - Richard has been admonished by his daughter, but is also fascinated by an old penis-based crime. His guest is comedian Lou Conran. The...

RHLSTP 307 - Rhod Gilbert

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#307 Short Torso, Long Bum - Richard is planning to rewrite a Christmas classic and reflecting on the worst memorial to a human being that he’s ever...

RHLSTP 306 - Marek Larwood

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#306 Pooland (not Poland) - Rich is stinging from the snub from Sports Personality of the Year, but at least his acting career is going from weakness ...

RHLSTP 305 - Alistair Green

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#305 Walt Disney Head - Richard has seen a ghost (but it’s of someone who isn’t dead) and is worried about one of the victims of the Pompeii earth...

RHLSTP 304 - Kiell Smith-Bynoe

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#304 Annoying the Cosmos - Richard is recording on International Men’s Day Eve and he’s excited about what the next day will bring. But don’t wo...

RHLSTP 303 - Arthur Mathews

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#303 Rod Stewart’s Fridge - Richard is on TV so much now that it’s actually not funny any more, but his son has come up with an improvement to Sta...

RHLSTP 302 - Nell Scovell

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#302 Which One’s Melania? - It’s November 4th and the world hangs in the balance as they wait to discover if a winner will be declared right away ...

RHLSTP 301 - Ed Gamble

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#301 Forsaken - It’s the first show of series 20 (how does this keep getting commissioned?) and Rich is giving a moving tribute to a wrongly di...

RHLSTP 300 - Richard Herring

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#300 Socially Distanced - It’s a momentous occasion, not only the 300th numbered RHLSTP, but the first one since March in front of an audience. We’...

RHLSTP 299 - John Kearns

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#299 Everything Entropies - We’re just one show from the magic number 300 (if you ignore all the Edinburgh shows and other specials) and Rich is ang...

RHLSTP 298 - Stevie Martin

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#298 Snail Face - Richard has been causing a Twitter sensation with the ballad of his blocked cupboard, but the real question is how many graters does...

RHLSTP 297 - Michael Ian Black

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#297 Polystyrene Vs Worms - Richard has found himself disappointed by the action of Han Solo, but never mind, he’s back on telly (Taskmaster starts ...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 3, Episode 6)

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #28 - We have come to the end of the road. It’s the final Retro AIOTM. It got us through the whole of lockdown and ends just as the seco...

RHLSTP 296 - Michael Fenton Stevens

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#296 Groovy Gang - Richard has been to Legoland and seen a sight that sums up the compromise of parenthood. His guest is the legendary Michael Fenton ...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 3, Episode 5)

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #27 - Only one more Retro AIOTM to go after this. Weirdly Lily Allen had just got married back in June 2011 and she’s just got married a...

RHLSTP 295 - Maria Konnikova

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#295 Snucker - Richard has this week performed live on stage for the first time since March, but a certain papier-mâché drunkard stole the show...

RHLSTP Special - Ally and Sally Sloper

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t Look At Me! - Rich has failed to secure a human guest for RHLSTP and so instead decides to get drunk and talk to some Victorian dolls. It’s ...

RHLSTP 294 - Sindhu Vee

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#294 Uterus - Richard is coming to you from an exciting new location in time and space and is worried about the lack of jumping 18 year olds. His...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 3, Episode 4)

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #26 - Back to June 2011 for another Retro AIOTM to try and distract you from the inevitability of lockdown 2. As it spirals towards the mo...

RHLSTP 293 - Sophie Duker

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#293 Postman Potter - Rich is back from his holiday and now able to control gulls and make them his lifelong allies and he’s also had an amazing gif...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 3, Episode 3)

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #25 - It’s May 30th 2011 and AIOTM’s silver jubilee 25th ep. To think that Canadian baby of unknown gender is now 9 and the world has ...

RHLSTP 292 - Bilal Zafar

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#292 Twitch Chaplin - Rich is being driven mad by a children’s song, but at least he’s about to finally get back on the telly, so he can leave you...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 3, Episode 2)

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #24 - Back to May 23rd 2011, when the worst thing Richard Herring had to worry about was navigating piss covered toilets. If we could turn...

RHLSTP 291 - Bettany Hughes

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#291 Ancient Porn Hub - Rich has discovered a dark secret about his wife, but there’s no way out now. His guest is best served dripping with honey, ...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 3, Episode 1)

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #23 - We’re up to Series 3 of Retro AIOTM and now it’s May 2011 and Pippa Middleton and her disembodied anus are about to burst into t...

RHLSTP 290 - Jo Caulfield

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#290 Garlic and Vodka - Rich is about to hit 53, but at least he’s back in the big time with a major TV opportunity as a snookerist. His guest is ex...

RETRO AIOTM (2010 Autumn Special 3)

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #22 - Do you ever wish you could go back to the start of the 2010s and give it all another go? Well join me if you dare in another retro A...

RHLSTP 289 - Daniel Sloss

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#289 Hubris - Richard has just finished writing the first draft of his book and is in a giddy mood. He’s been practicing his ventriloquism which wil...

RETRO AIOTM (2010 Autumn Special 2)

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #21 - Do you remember 19th October 2010? Do you want to go back there and have marmalade for lunch and celebrate the rescue of those Chile...

RHLSTP 288 - Nathan Caton

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#288 Lockdown Love Poetry - Rich has received his first hand-written Father’s Day card, which might also have been a break-up note. His guest is the...

RETRO AIOTM (2010 Autumn Special 1)

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #20 - Let’s turn back time to October 12th 2010 to hear the first in a short run of AIOTM specials. I don’t remember anything about th...

RHLSTP 287 - Maisie Adam

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#287 White Chicks Dance Off - Rich has been turned into a woman on the internet and so comes a predictable emergency question. It’s another lockdown...

RETRO AIOTM (Edinburgh Special 2010)

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #19 - Back 10 years to the Edinburgh Fringe 2010 - who would have dreamed that a decade later the whole thing would have been postponed? B...

RHLSTP 286 - Lauren Pattison

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#286 Hi-Viz Jacket - We’re still in lockdown but Rich is hoping he’s managed to secure the future of Emergency Questions in the event or World War...

RHLSTP 285 - Greg Jenner

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#285 Micky Mouse’s Unsexy EarsRichard is deep in book deadline Hell, but still has time to tweet Lord Sugar about his maths expertise and consider h...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 8)

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #18 - Back to July 2010 for the final AIOTM of the 2nd series and it’s the one with Lembit Opik. He’ll do the jokes. Thanks for listen...

RHLSTP 284 - Richard Osman

15 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#284 Shipham Strawberry Fayre - Lockdown continues in all its exhausting torpor, but Rich has come up with a new game show as well as becoming needles...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 7)

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #17 - Back to the end of June 2010 for more retro AIOTM and loads more motorcycle clothing shops. If you’re enjoying these crazy steps b...

RHLSTP 283 - James Acaster

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#283 Mummified Cat - It’s an extra special sell-out episode which has been bought and paid for by Ian Oxygen of O2 and that originally went out to P...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 6)

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #16 - It’s here. These weeks of listening to ten year old comedy is finally worth it. MOTORCYCLE CLOTHING SHOP SKETCH is here - and I am...

RHLSTP 282 - Kiri Pritchard-McLean

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#282 Sheep in Sheep’s Clothing - We’re 10000 days into lockdown and Richard is going mad, but his dreams are becoming violent or sexy. But is is c...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 5)

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #15 - five shows into the second series and Rich is clearly struggling to hold it together. It’s 14th June 2010 and ITV have s...

RHLSTP 281 - Robert Webb

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#281 Nipples Like Walnuts - Richard’s daughter has wished him a choice of terrible deaths, but come up with a great emergency question, proving hers...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 4)

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #14 - More retro shenanighans from 7th June 2010 with the AIOTM gang. You might want to go back and listen to all...

RHLSTP 280 - Bill Burr

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#280 Ping - Rich is peeved that Banksy has been ripping off his ideas, but his guest doesn’t realise he’s not supposed to talk over him, it’s on...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 3)

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #13 - Thanks for listening to this old guff. This one goes back to 31st May 2010 when iPads were new and exciting. Support us by...

RHLSTP 279 - Mark Watson

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#279 Isolation, My Dear Mark Watson - Richard has been enjoying the lunchtime hour of lockdown the most so far and discusses chalk shadow drawings rem...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 2)

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #12 - Back to 24th May 2010 to find out what was troubling the young idiots version of Richard Herring and his crew of misfits. ...

RHLSTP 278 - Michael Spicer

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#278 Paternal Sunflower Plagiarist - It’s another lockdown RHLSTP and Rich is talking to the star of internet phenomenon The Room Next Door, Michael...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 2, Episode 1)

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM #11 all the way back 10 years and 12 days to May 17th 2010 to find out what the young whippersnapper Richard Herring and the team are up t...

RHLSTP 277 - Adam Buxton

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#277 Empty W*nk Bank - The Coronavirus has taken out many planned live RHLSTPs (hopefully most will be rescheduled) and destroyed a promising and lucr...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 10)

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s 14th December 2009 and the first decade of the 21st Century is coming to an end (unless you are a mathematical stickler) and just think how bad...

RHLSTP 276 - Aisling Bea

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#276 Bill Murray’s Irish Sister - Richard is still buzzing from last week’s podcast. Thank God we only do one a week, or imagine having to follow ...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 9)

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s coming up to Christmas in 2009 and the innocent young cast of AIOTM have no idea what will hit them in just 10 short years. And that’...

RHLSTP 275 - Michael Palin

13 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#275 You’ve Got Mail - We’ve been recommissioned again for an amazing 19th series and Richard is exhausted from his final attempt to let the world...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 8)

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Back to 30th November 2009 for this exciting episode of AIOTM, with added adverts to raise money for the cast and other charity cases. Check out ...

RHLSTP 274 - Limmy

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#274 The Bollywig - Richard is back at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow and don’t worry that he forgets about the cool kids at the start - he remem...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 7)

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Series 1 show 7 - Back to 23rd November for another retro AIOTM with advertising proceeds going to the cast and the Heckle the Virus justgiving campai...

RHLSTP 273 - Fern Brady

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#273 Selfies With Naturists - Richard is at the huge Theatre Royal in Glasgow and it’s the biggest crowd he’s ever had at one of his gigs, but he ...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 6)

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another retro RHLSTP, this one from 16th November 2009 when we had no idea what a wonderful world of freedom and light and joy that we lived in. Hope ...

RHLSTP 272 - Steve McNeil

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#272 The Pale Pirate - Richard is still in Northampton and reveals how an appearance on RHLSTP can get you on to the front page of a national newspape...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 5)

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Series 1 episode 5 - Back to 9th November 2009 for this retro AIOTM which we’re repeating to raise some money for the cast and the comedia...

RHLSTP 271 - Rev. Richard Coles

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#271 Cadging Fags Off The Homeless - Richard is at the Northampton Deco and amazed by the local news headlines and tourists’ Lady Diana disappointme...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 4)

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM - Back to Halloween 2009 and the mad show which Richard Herring attempted to write in a day and record with minimal rehearsal. Watch ...

RHLSTP 270 - Konnie Huq

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#270 Shy Cock - Richard chats with a secretive journalist in his audience before meeting his Boat Race foe, Konnie Huq. They talk about drenched time ...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 3)

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Retro AIOTM - Welcome to another episode of this ancient sketch show, this one from 26th October 2009, when everyone was worried about swine flu, the ...

RHLSTP 269 - Olga Koch

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#269 Talking Koch - Richard is at the Cambridge Corn Exchange and starts with a joke he first did in this venue 25 years ago. His guest is standup and...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 2)

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Series 1 - episode 2 - Take a step back in time with us to a simpler time in 2009, when Richard Herring, Dan Tetsell, Emma Kennedy and Christian Reill...

RHLSTP 268 - Charlie Brooker

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#268 Gulping Robot Toilets - Richard is hoping he will find his way into the Guinness Book of Records, but Norris Macwhirter is not answering his call...

RETRO AIOTM (Series 1, Episode 1)

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A chance to listen to this ragbag of a podcast originally broadcast starting in October 2009 and based on the stuff that had happened and occurred to ...

RHLSTP 267 - Rachel Parris

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#267 Pukka Pie Ring - Richard is trawling the two days since his last podcast record for stand up material and predictably it isn’t gold. But the la...

RHLSTP 266 - Bethany Black

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#266 Bigger on the Inside - Richard is back at the Manchester Podcast Festival and rolling out a 20 year old joke about the Magic Bus. His guest this ...

RHLSTP 265 - Janice Connolly

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#265 Jeremy Thorpe is Innocent - Richard is at the Manchester Podcast Festival and reveals a surprising bit of his father’s Mancunian history. His g...

RHLSTP 264 - Sara Pascoe

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#264 Coin Master - Richard is giddy from doing too many podcasts in too short a time, but luckily his guest will bring him down to earth about how tou...

RHLSTP 263 - Tim Minchin

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#263 Finnish Sausage Party - Richard is riding high from another magazine article lauding this podcast, but was the journalist right about the audienc...

RHLSTP 262 - Paul Sinha

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#262 Voluntarily Shitfaced - Richard is back at the Oxford Playhouse and testing out his daughter’s jokes. Is she funnier than him yet? Of course sh...

RHLSTP 261 - George Monbiot

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#261 Capitalism in Space - Richard is at the Oxford Playhouse and unsettled by the fact that it’s 30 years since he left University and appeared on ...

RHLSTP 260 - Frank Cottrell-Boyce

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#260 Googling Colin Firth - Richard is back at the Liverpool Playhouse, making his annual proclamation to fight any University lecturer in the vi...

RHLSTP 259 - Kate Robbins

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#259 Cillagrams - Richard is at the Liverpool Playhouse and is impressed by the bravest heckle put down ever attempted in this proud city (with t...

RHLSTP 258 - Jon Parkin

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#258 Tub of Spunk - RHLSTP returns to the Grand Opera House, York for the second week running. York is the most haunted city in Europe and Richar...

RHLSTP 257 - David Reed

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#257 Glass Pyramid - Richard is back in York, this time at the Grand Opera House and he’s come up with a plan to rescue the magic football bone...

RHLSTP 256 - Athena Kugblenu

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#256 Psychic Sex Twin - Richard is back at the Leicester Square Theatre and filling for time as nothing has happened to him in the week that has ...

RHLSTP 255 - Robin Ince

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#255 Spaceship Moon - Richard is back at his spiritual home of the Leicester Square Theatre and has more news about what you shouldn’t put up or on ...

RHLSTP 254 - Seymour Mace

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#254 Oklahoma - Rich liked the Newcastle Stand so much last week, he’s returned to talk about how squirrels ruined his day and to list the questiona...

RHLSTP 253 - Dave Johns

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#253 Woody Allen Lift Horror - Rich is at the Newcastle Stand and mourns the possible end of Pizza Express but celebrates besting Piers Morgan. His gu...

RHLSTP 252 - Mike Wozniak

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#252 Giraffe Harpsichord - Richard’s house is being haunted by a film star, but he’ll get over it. He’s back at the Exeter Corn Exchange and cha...

RHLSTP 251 - Francesca Stavrakopoulou

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#251 Christ, the Child Killer - Richard is a the Corn Exchange in Exeter, a town famous for the the most comical suicide bomb of all time. And Richard...

RHLSTP 250 - John Kearns

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#250 CBE? - Back to the Winchester Theatre Royal for the second week running and Richard is annoyed at his child’s teacher’s money-making schemes....

RHLSTP 249 - Ahir Shah

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#249 Sexy Borg Queen - We’re at the Winchester Theatre Royal and Rich is blaming the city for the loss of one of our greatest authors. His guest is ...

RHLSTP 248 - Nick Frost

10 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#248 Lock Keepers - Richard had so much fun at the Richmond Theatre that he’s come back again. Sure he’s wearing the same clothes, but a week has ...

RHLSTP 247 - Tape Face

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#247 A Spice Girl Broke My Toilet Seat - Rich has had his lactose tolerant choices mocked at the supermarket again, but he will rise above it as he co...

RHLSTP 246 - Jayde Adams

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#246 Gurt Lush - Richard is back in Bristol and surprised at some of the refurb choices apparently made at the SS Great Britain. His guest is the gorg...

RHLSTP 245 - Mark Olver

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#246 Dual? - Richard is back at the Bristol Old Vic and is just happy to be no longer in Leicester, but what is Bristol famous for? You’ll find out....