British Comedy Guide: Recent Episodes
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The final part of the series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work.The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca.How difficult can it be...?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Friday July 31st 2026 - Egg Head. Second Newsround of the week - oh ambassador with these Newsrounds we are really spoiling you. Today we look at something the Lamestream media won’t touch, because they are in the pay of the billionaires, corruption in FIFA or UEFA, whichever one it is. With the interview that everyone wants. And some very impressive songs from Ally.Come and see RHLSTP at the Fringe: http://richardherring.com/rhlstp
Thursday 30th July 2026 - Sweet Perineum. Rich and Ally are back with more news that you won't hear anyone else, all squished into a five minute bulletin. Today they are looking at the wildfires sweeping in the world and wondering if they could be anything to do with global warming. Plus a very disturbing report from France or maybe Spain where the fires are going on (though that's not what is disturbing).Plus a surprise visit. Keep watching til the end.
Friday 24th July 2026 - Deam Me Up, Scotty. Rich and Ally are back, if only briefly, for more news that the lamestream media ignores. Today some bad news for fans of dogs and Doctor Who as Richard questions the wisdom of the royals using a Tardis. And then an exciting adventure as someone steals the time machine and makes diabolical plans. Should Ally be the new Doctor? Could be!
The third of a four-part series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work.The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca.How difficult can it be...?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Friday 10th July 2026 - Stamford Brook. It's the last Newsround for a little while as the team head off for a much deserved holiday, but we're covering a big story - the cock infested Reading Embroidery. Should the British Museum keep it or should it be censored. Expect some strong opinions and a factually dubious song.
Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Imagine There's a Heaven. Rich and Ally are back tacking the really big news stories that others are too scared to handle. Today they report on what happens when you die and get a report direct from Heaven to see if that idea is correct.
Tuesday 7th July 2026 - Farage Above the Garage. Rich and Ally are back with breaking news about Farage's resignation and Richard's health. The badinage is strong. The news is balanced and unbiased.
Monday 6th July 2026 - Old Red Eye is Back. Rich has got out of his sick bed to bring you all the news that you won't hear on the lamestream media. Today finally Pizza Express has done an investigation to find out whether Andrew Battenberg-Cake came there in March 2001 and the results are frankly astonishing. We hear from the man himself to see where his life may go now.
The second of a four-part series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work.The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca.How difficult can it be...?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Friday July 3rd 2026 - Haggy Girthday Gargara. Rich has risen like a Lazarus from his sick bed to bring you the news the lame stream media won't cover. He realises almost immediately that he's made a terrible mistake, but that doesn't stop him and Ally making a pitch to cover the next World Cup for Netflix.
Monday 29th June 2026 - Farage's Treasure. Rich and Ally are here for maybe the only time this week to discuss Farage's 5 million and the question that no one seems to ask him. The reporting remains unbiased and factual as always.Please buy a t-shirt at http://gofasterstripe.com/ally
Friday 26th June 2026 - Portmanteau. Rich and Ally brave the heat to talk about the King finally coughing up some tax, for getting very little in return. God save him. Plus a visit from a former royal.Buy a t-shirt here: http://gofasterstripe.com/ally
Thursday 25th June 2026 - Too Hot To Newsround. Rich and Ally try to broadcast in this incredible heat, but they are wilting fast. At least they tried. Might have been better not to bother on this one. Buy a t-shirt here: http://gofasterstripe.com/ally
Monday 22nd June 2026 - Incurable. Rich is back after a brief hiatus to have some aborted chemo and maybe he's returned to work too soon. Or maybe it's the perfect time. The Prime Minister's resignation is high on the agenda and there are two guest politicians to talk about it. Plus an amazing wartime song to cheer your heart and help you keep up the fight.See Rich at the Ed Fringe: http://richardherring.com/rhlstpAnd buy your Thank You Moriarty T-shirt here: https://gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cgi?showfull=69253
The first of a four-part series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work.The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca.How difficult can it be...?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Monday 15th June 2026 - V-Maxxing. Rich and Ally are back, though for Rich, maybe not for long, as Ally blurts out what he's going through this week. Ever the pro, Rich pushes onwards despite attempts to make the whole show nothing but same phrases to discuss the controversial topic of Vagina-maxing. Is this the right medium to discuss this? Yes it is. Remember, Rich thinks whatever you think about this and is very much on your side. Unless you're one of the dead-eyed people doing the operations.
Friday 12th June 2026 - Sodomised Gargoyles. It's the last Newsround of the week and a weary Richard Herring talks us through not one, not two, but three big news stories, travelling the world from Russia/Ukraine to Spain and then right out into outer space and unknowable time. You don't get that on the grown-up news.
Thursday 11th June 2026 - Blue Anchor. Rich and Ally are a bit put out to find out they are not the most popular thing in the show, but they plough on regardless, looking into the case of the mysterious cider drinking mannequin in Minehead. What really happened? The lamestream media won't tell you, but we will.
Wednesday 10th June 2026 - Scooby DUMB. Rich is a bit less tired than yesterday, but still quite tired and he can't believe that he is having his childhood destroyed. Just leave things the way they are. When they were good. When I was young. Plus big news about Prince Harry.
Tuesday 9th June 2026 - Milked in a Basement. Rich has been too busy or tired to do Newsround for a few days and to be honest probably should have given it a miss today. But news doesn't wait for someone to be in the mood to tell you what the news is and luckily one person on this show can enunciate. The boys are talking about creating sperm in a lab and what that might mean for humanity. It's an all time classic. Thank you Moriarty.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s.Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Thursday June 4th 2026 - Yvonne Boolabong. Ally tries his hand at some ventriloquism in this last episode of the week, due to a rare performance commitment, but eventually there is some bloody news and it's all about the return of an unpopular, unfunny 1990s comedy figure. Surely Richard isn't so self-obsessed to make all this about him? Come and see him live (while you still can): https://richardherring.com/gigs
Tuesday June 2nd 2026 - Question Time. Rich and Ally cover another story that the elitist BBC wouldn't cover, what are the unanswered questions in the Mandelson Files? And how many are there? There are more questions than answers, but not if you include wrong answers.
Monday 1st June 2026 - Cloaca Room. Rich and Ally are back for another month and today they are reporting on a story that you won't find in the lame stream media (unless you read the Guardian), the onanistic habits of birds. There is a lot of prejudice against wanking birds and we hope to do our bit to stop that. So do spread the important message of today's report. It's OK for birds to get off on themselves.
Friday 29th May 2026 - Ulterior Mammoth. Rich and Ally are back for the second and last Newsround of the week and it's all about bringing back the Mammoth and why anyone would want to do that. All neatly fitting into just five minutes.
Thursday 28th May 2026 - Badly Burnt Penis. Rich and Ally are back from their holidays with all the news that the mainstream media won't touch. Because they won't touch penises. Is that all we do on this? Finally the truth about the people of Harpenden, plus touching up the Cerne Abbas Giant's private areas. It's absolutely pathetic.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Friday 22nd May 2026 - Unflammable. Rich and Ally are back, but there's some bad blood between them. Can't everyone just think of Rich's wider career? They are talking about the eternal flame, not of gonorrhoea this time, but in a Buddhist Temple in Japan and why it might be a bad idea to house that in a place made of wood.
Thursday 21st May 2026 - Foot in Mouth. Rich and Ally are back and looking at the STI figures in the EU and how best to sexily open a condom. Before falling out quite badly. Could this be the end of the partnership?
Wednesday 20th May 2026 - Spygate. Rich is back in more cheerful mood and there's finally been a major development in his puppetry skills. But how many cocaines has he taken? And is his real viewership waiting for him, ungestated, in the future? Today the boys discuss football like a pair of right lads, plus how to be like Rich.
Tuesday 19th May 2026 - Scott Baio's Tapestry. Rich and Ally are back with news of a very important study on the Bayeaux Tapestry, but then have to stop as Rich has to go to a parent teacher thing at his kids' school. Never happened to John Craven. That's why it's under 5 minutes today though.
Friday May 12th 2026 - The Gig Gokker. Rich and Ally are back for the last Newsround of the week and it's all about Riches and riches. Not a single song, so nothing to annoy anyone. I am sure everything is fine.
Wednesday 13th May 2026 - King's Peach. Rich and Ally have news about dogs being kicked in the head and PM's being kicked in the balls. With an exclusive interview with the next PM?? You don't get this on the lame-stream news.
Tuesday 12th May 2026 - Llama Farmer. Rich and Ally are back to get to the bottom of whether the Prime Minister will stay on and whether he is a damp rag or something else all together.
Monday May 11th 2026 - Pert Nipples. Rich and Ally are back after a weekend away and Rich is determined to keep the show to its 5 minute time slot. With all the news from the Met Gala. So should be a nice quiet one.
Friday May 8th 2026 - MV Hondius. Rich and Ally are back for the last time this week and they're looking at the brand new virus that will hopefully spread across the world and get us all into another relaxing lockdown. Plus a report from the deck of the doomed ship, but who will be the reporter today?
Wednesday 6th May 2026 - Hypnotherapy Lies. Rich and Ally have breaking news about the most mendacious politician there has ever been and why we must never vote for anyone who tells lies. You will be shocked to the core by these accusations. Plus find out how to get bigger breasts. It's the show that gives you everything.
Tuesday 5th May 2026 - Mrs Doubtfire. There's news of an upcoming royal birth and suspicions of a clever ruse going on, but you can hear about it straight from the shamed-horse's mouth with a special interview with the grandfather to be.
Friday 1st May 2026 - Rings Of Uranus. Rich and Ally discuss some amazing space news in the first Newsround of the month, but the last one in the week.
Thursday 30th April 2026 - Truncated Due To Chicken Pox. The news is coming in thick and fast, Rich is back on the telly, the universe might end before that and Herring junior needs to be picked up from school. This never happened to John Craven.
Tuesday 28th April 2026 - What BP Do With Their Profits. Rich and Ally are back again with all the big news stories. Today, record profiteering from BP, from a war they didn't pay for and what that means for democracy to the chagrin of feudal kings. It's a very clever show, but we're not going to tell you why. If you're actually clever you'll understand it without having to have it explained to you.
Monday 27th April 2026 - Distraction. Rich doesn't let exhaustion stop him bringing you all the news that matters - no prizes for guessing today's top stories. Though it may not be what the lame stream media is concentrating on.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Friday 24th April 2026 - Nuke Em. Rich and Ally are back for the last Newsround of the Week and Rich is a bit tired from performing every night. How did John Craven do it? Not that this is anything like anything he did. They talk about nuclear war and York City's promotion chances. Would a nuclear bomb or York failing to get promotion be worse? That's just one of the questions that is not addressed in this episode, which might include some songs.
Henrietta finally discovers the truth about King Herman's legs.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Wednesday 22nd April 2026 - Ma-kak-que. It's been a difficult week with no sleep for Rich, but luckily he is a pro and none of that makes it to the screen and it's another serious news day covering Barbary Apes, Finnish sky penises and the interview that all the media wanted. Everything is OK. You have nothing to fear. Apart from Ally coming to your house in the night which is about 50% likely to happen. Sorry.
Tuesday 21st April 2026 - Bullseye! Rich and Ally are back after a brief hiatus with the biggest news story from Spain, involving serious injury to a Spanish man, so no laughs in this one. What do you mean, just like normal?
Friday 17th April 2026 - Keir. Back with all the genital based news from Apple News and definitely recorded today, Rich and Ally discuss the nick name the Iranians have for our PM for an unheralded 5th Newsround of the week!
Thursday 16th April - Beautiful Butterfly. Rich auditions for Saturday Night Live, but Ally is more interested in the revenge of Jesus in a very heavy Trump/Jesus week. Not too many songs if you don't like that bit. Why would you only not like that bit, you idiot?
Wednesday 15th April 2026 - Tomb of Christ. Rich and Ally are back with an exclusive news story for everyone but mechanics, and a live report from the discovery of the tomb of our Lord Jesus Christ. Is he in there or not? Our reporter will tell you, but which reporter will it be today?
Tuesday 14th April 2026 - Who Doctor? Sometimes on a fast moving show like Newsround we get it wrong. Today we make a sincere apology to anyone we have offended. It looks like tomorrow we might have to do more sincere apologies. But more up to the date news that you won't see in the lamestream media.
Alone in the palace, disguised as a hatstand, Henrietta doubts if she'll ever escape and get back home.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Thursday 9th April 2026 - Angels. Rich is back from the brink and ready to do a documentary on his breakdown. Today he and Ally discuss why people shouldn't be allowed to look old and also shouldn't be allowed to try not to look old. Minimal singing to appease the kind of people who think anything is worth saying on YouTube. And also to annoy the people who think anything is worth saying on YouTube if they like the singing.
Wednesday 8th April 2026 - Knicky-Knacky-Knocks. A clearly tired and emotional Richard Herring celebrates the end of the war and the great man who has brought about peace, whilst Ally tries to start an all-out superpower confrontation partly to put viewers of this show out of their misery. All this and an AI Jesus. What's not to love?
Tuesday April 7th 2026 - King of the Farts. Rich and Ally are back on Rich's 14th Wedding Anniversary to finally determine whether men or women have the worst smelling flatus. Yes, it's as bad as it sounds. If you need to get up to speed on Baggy Pants and the Nitwits head here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZj7m_u74g
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Friday 3rd April 2026 - Randy. It's a party atmosphere as Easter approaches, but the team are all working, making sure the big stories and real music hall songs get to you before the lamestream media cab do anything about it. Today we look at Trump sacking his top officials and poignantly remember the death of our Christ and Messiah. Happy Easter to any Christians still here after this episode. Turn the other cheek.
Thursday 2nd April 2026 - Ct up the *. After an hilarious April Fool's joke Rich and Ally are back to discover if the moon landing was real and how astronauts get the trajectory to get out into space. With the first extra terrestrial report. But who will be the reporter today? Can you guess?
Tuesday 31st March 2026 - Icarus. Rich and Ally are back temporarily as Rich waits for the call from the TV people. Today they look at the main celebrity news story, a not very famous man cutting himself with an apple peeler. Witness how the lame stream media makes more of this story, whilst only we tell you the truth.
Monday 30th March 2026 - Male G-Spot and Demons. In what promises to be the last Newsround ever, Rich and Ally take a deep dive into genital licking and what combination of tongue and genital are acceptable to discuss with children, plus we look at JD Vance's claims that aliens are demons and why he knows for sure that the devil doesn't exist. Thanks for your support. Don't bother coming back tomorrow. We won't be here.
Friday 27th March 2026 - Roboteacher. Rich and Ally are back for the last Newsround of the week and judging by this one it's probably good they're taking a bit of time to take stock and get their heads together and sort out Richard's health issues. Two news stories covered today which you won't see in the lame stream media - zip lining benefit cheats and Melania's army of info-robots. Watch Bake Off at 7.40pm on Channel 4 on Sunday just to see how good Rich can be on lamestream TV.
Thursday March 26th 2026 - Very Old Dog. Rich and Ally are back to tell you all the main news to ever come out of Cheddar in Somerset. So it's quite a short bulletin.
Tuesday 24th March 2026 - Deuteronomy 22:23-24. Rich and Ally are back in Da House and today they are reporting on the most controversial thing that has ever happened regarding the BBC show The Repair Shop in which they almost repaired an old joke book with some old jokes in it, that they didn't need to read out, but which still mustn't be on TV even in closed book form. Newsround is the most unsexist show on TV or the internet, as long as that is what people still are against, and so only we can report on this without prejudice. Take note Lamestream media and celestial bodies that are trying to blind and silence us.
23rd March 2026 - Finger Hair. Rich and Ally are back to discuss Donald Trump RTing a SNLUK sketch and get an exclusive interview with the real PM to find out if SNLUK is as funny as it used to be.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930's. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Henrietta finally learns the truth about her missing friends.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Thursday 19th March 2026 - Bigfeet. Rich and Ally are back to give you all the news the lame stream media doesn't want you to see. Today they're looking at whether the very convincing 1967 footage of a Big Foot walking through a forest is a real Big Foot or just a man dressed up as a Big Foot. With special report from a forest somewhere.
Wednesday 18th March 2026: Receding Bums. Rich and Ally are back to talk about how many times a day you should be brushing your teeth and what might happen to you if you fail to hit that number. It's more of an intervention than a news programme. Still ignored by the lamestream media.
17th March 2026 - Banksy Uncovered. Rich and Ally are here with all the big news stories and today reveal the true identity of controversial artist Banksy (can you guess what Cocky Carrot calls him?). Journalism at its finest.
Monday 16th March 2026 - Dead as a Dodo. Rich and Ally are back for another week in the Newsround studio, despite really having too much to do. They are discussing plans to resurrect the dodo. I don't have time to write the blurb as I have to take my daughter to the train station.
Friday 13th March 2026 - Faeces and Thyme (Time). Rich and Ally are back after a brief break to bring you all the Roman poop news that you could want. Plus to take the piss out of some foreign academics for their dubious career choices. It's what the public want. Also a new reporter joins the team. It's the yeast we can do for you.
Dagenham enters the Underspace Dog Show but does terribly, especially in the general knowledge round - so Henrietta and Grett decide to cheat...GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Wednesday 11th March - Crossing the Rubicon. Rich and Ally are back for the shoddiest Newsround yet, as they look at the worst person in the world, a man who cloned his beloved pet. Was it a waste of money when animals reproduce for free? Should you put all your eggs in one basket? What about a ventriloquist dummy/human hybrid? It's all utter nonsense today. They can't all be gold.
Tuesday March 10th - Braintree FC Water Tank Tribute. It's a late night Newsround, cos Rich has been too busy all day to do it, but he didn't want you to miss the big news about Keith Flint's Satanic Churchyard Bench. Also some theological discussions about Satan and a nice song about starting fires.
Monday 9th March 2026 - Ayatollah Khamanei Closer. Newsround is back with nipples on and we're looking at the very serious topic of presidential assassination and whether it's the right way to go for a democratically elected president. Is taking on the leadership of Iran a good idea at this juncture and will such a young leader be able to cope with the pressure?
Friday 6th March 2026 - Worse Than Hitler. Richard uses Newsround as a forum for his petty grievances and then uses today's newsround to chat about am historical figures that younger viewers may not have heard of. Did Hitler have one ball? Did he escape his bunker to go to Argentina? Is he the oldest man in the world but unable to show off about it? All these questions will be answered by someone who clearly has the intelligence and disposition to be on prime time TV.
Henrietta and Grett hatch a plan to get close to the king - by competing in the Ultradog Tournament. But how can they enter a dog show, in a world without dogs?GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Thursday March 5th 2026 - Bad Influence. Rich and Ally are back after a brief hiatus with breaking news of a war in Iran and the one good consequence of it all. Will the show be heading to Dubai soon to make the most of the tax free status of podcasters and other shills? Only if the money is right.
Tuesday March 3rd 2026 - House of Boobs. Rich and Ally are back with all the big news. Today a regime has been toppled and a vacuum remains, but who will fill it and will it be Rich and Ally. Surely after doing so many of these, so brilliantly, it can't be long before TV comes knocking. Unless it's all part of a bigger show already. I know you know what I mean.
March 2nd 2026 - Dental Caries. In another tightly scripted Newsround we cover the big news that has broken over the weekend whilst we've been away, whether Jim Carrey is the real Jim Carrey or someone pretending to be Jim Carrey and why are they pretending and what is wrong with dim internet idiots that think anything like this could be true? I think that's all that's been happening. You'll all be doing it in the playground tomorrow.
Howard, are working as entertainers on a cruise ship - a cruise ship which definitely isn't experiencing an outbreak of sausage virus. Don't worry, everyone. It's all going to be fine...Find all our other work, including our other two free podcasts, at manbuycow.com
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Friday February 27th 2026 - Galton and Simpson. Rich and Ally are back for the last Newsround of February and it's a story the lame stream media won't touch, last night's by-election. Is this a vindication of Keir Starmer's right wing policies. With an exclusive interview with the current Prime Minister (at time of recording) plus in depth political analysis from Ally Sloper. This is the only independent news source you can choose. We are delighted that the Greens won.
Henrietta has to retrieve The Complete History (and Fistory) of Underspace from the most terrifying man she's ever seen - before he finishes pickling his own head.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
February 26th 2026 - Quality Sperm. Rich and Ally are back talking about what month of the year sperm is at its friskiest. The lame stream media don't dare touch stuff like this. Unlike the scientists who put together these reports.
Wednesday 25th February 2026 - State of the Galactic Union. President Trump has done the longest State of the Union ever and Rich and Ally are here to fact check his claims. A special report suggests the whole world is in the best shape ever, which will be a great relief to us all, as long as we don't look out the window.
Tuesday 24th February 2026 - Worse Than Bin Laden. Having missed the scoop of the millennium, Newsround is back in a 30 degree studio to look at the story of the arrests of Mandleson and some other guy whose name keeps changing. With special correspondent reporting from Sandringham, waiting for a massage. Usual rubbish. Spread the word.
Who is Kid Stimbulleen? Why is he lying about Tree Pigs? And why does his head smell of vinegar?And who would win in a race between a chicken... and a car?GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
19th February 2026 - I'm Not Going To Take It Any More. Rich is away on holiday but Ally is here to reveal some harsh truths to his young audience. Not suitable for children, though all children should listen and rebel.
18th February 2026 - Did Craven Do It In His Pants? Rich and Ally are back with today's newsround all about dancing Chinese robots and if scientists are wasting their time. There's a special guest in to discuss this and also some upsetting stuff about Rich and Ally's past. Trigger warning for anyone who has been touched by a puppet.
Tuesday 17th February - Pikachu. Rich and Ally are back to give you all the main stories and whilst some news outlets might be giving solemn obituaries for the great Jesse Jackson, our team have uncovered news of a very expensive Pokemon card, which Rich feels might not be worth the price tag, which I think we can all agree is the story of the day. Has all his (and your) suffering for his art been worth it? Plus we go to the (poke)man himself to find out how he feels about the whole thing in yet another exclusive interview which blows the case wide open.
February 16th 2026 - Area 51. Rich and Ally are back with all the news that's fit to talk about in a puppet based Newsround. Today Barack Obama has revealed that he thinks there are aliens, but have they already visited earth? And what do they look like? Is it even possible for them to get this far? With a report LIVE from Area 51 in America somewhere.
Robin (1997).Follow Bec: https://www.instagram.com/bechillcomedian/See Bec live: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/Watch Bec's snakes video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aNbzjwfpIfUMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
12th February 2026 - Tomato Sauce Science. Rich and Ally are back with some of your comments about the new titles. Well suck it. They discuss new evidence that suggests the Turin Shroud may not be really the shroud of Christ, for all those of you who thought this was wrapped up (no pun intended) already. Do we need evidence to believe in Jesus and isn't it more important to follow his philosophy? Is St John a liar? Has Ally confused Jesus with Pinocchio? And is Jesus back now, saying wise things? Maybe on a short YouTube video, rather than a mount.
Wednesday 11th February 2026 - 20-Year-Old Ejaculate. Newsround is back after yesterday's hiatus when no news happened, but the grown-up news has missed today's big story, an interview with tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson the man who intends to live forever by going to bed at 8.30pm every night. Just like John Craven in the original Newsround, Rich displays his jealousy of a younger man's ability to produce gametes, whilst Ally warns of the dangers of eternal life. Exactly like John Craven's Newsround. Which this is nothing like. Look out for the new titles too. Thanks Andy Bobbin.
Monday 9th February - Penisgate. Rich and Ally are back after their deserved weekend break with all the news that's fit to talk about. Today it's the big controversy at the Winter Olympics, wherever that is, and the lengths and widths that male ski jumpers are prepared to go to to win. But is the real story perverted cock-obsessed journalists, which Rich and Ally definitely aren't? With a live report from the slopes of the Olympics.
, the most hypocritical man in the news at the moment, who was shocked to see he'd been caught on a Chinese Sex Camera, but only because he loved watching videos of people caught on Chinese sex cameras. Who will be caught on the Newsround Sex Camera? Tune in to find out.
After Grett is kidnapped by wild forest children, Henrietta and Dagenham follow them to an abandoned village, and a mysterious pig school.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Thursday February 5th 2026 - Peanut Pile. After the success of getting Randrew Andrew kicked out of his house, the Newsround team turn their attention to the Prime Minister, whether he can survive and how good a job he is doing. Once again we beat the Lamestream media to a huge exclusive, which you can only get by watching our Craven Newsround.
RAACN Tuesday February 3rd 2026 - Eggheads Are People Too. After the explosive interview over the weekend, a regular newsround returns examining the recent statements by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and why he should be judged by his deeds and words and not by his appearance. We have a special interview with a fellow egg-headed celebrity to show just how far egghead prejudice can reach and hopefully help open people’s eyes to this derided condition.
Newsround Special - Epstein File interview. Always ahead of the grown up news, Richard has procured an interview with the man at the heart of the Epstein Files story, Randy Andy Mountbatten-Windsor-Balmoral. Randrew Andrew explains what's going on in the pictures with the woman on the ground, why he never met Epstein, why he has too much honour, why he can't wear shoes and what he was actually doing on the date the new accuser says he was with her. It's an explosive interview that will surely be shown on all major news channels tonight, thus reigniting Richard's failed career. Hooray!
January 30th 2026 - Sneaky V sign. Rich and Ally are back to discuss how long they think President Trump will live, whether grey hair stops you getting cancer and a surprising way to increase your output at the gym.
29th January 2026 - BWB. Rich and Ally are back for an impressive 2nd day in a row to discuss the worst thing that has happened in America this year, someone putting a bra on the Hollywood sign. Is it appropriate for men to comment on women's bodies and if not is it appropriate for them to comment on people commenting on them?
Episode EightChapters 14, 15 and 16When Grett's house escapes, Henrietta finds herself surrounded by dangerous pigs... or are they?GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Wednesday January 29th - Turkeys Not Voting For Christmas - Rich and Ally take a look at the defection of Suella Braverman to Reform and look at some of the excellent policies that she is backing. With a special report from the conference by our top journalist.Titles by Andy BobbinMusic by Mike CosgraveDirected by Chris Evans.Any similarity to John Craven’s Newsround is entirely coincidental
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930's. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Henrietta is on her way to the palace with her new friends: Dagenham the Tree Pig, and Grett, the detective who has never solved a case. But if Henrietta is going to pass undetected in Underspace, she'll somehow need to grow a pair of horns...GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Henrietta discovers that Grett's walking house has a second, even more incredible capability - and learns the terrible fate of all the children in Underspace.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.comWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Henrietta and her new partner-in-crime, Dagenham the Tree Pig, escape the police pigs through the terrifying forest, where gigantic creatures lurk below the ground.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Henrietta steps into the greenhouse and finds herself in the mysterious land of Underspace, where she meets the least helpful pig she's ever encountered - which is saying something since none of the others could talk.GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
6,7. Twitch of Fun is BACK in this non-canonical episode to celebrate the end of another horrible year and to attempt to tempt some temporary temps to this zenith of Richard's work. There's an attempt to extract an apology from our most perverse character (that could be any of us), plus Henry Hippo's New Year's Resolution and Ally and Rich look back at the Coldplay couple and who we are to judge them, a Thai woman who rose from the dead, the evil plan of Labubus and Katy Perry in space. And if you time this right you get a countdown to the new year at the end. What more do you want?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Wake Up, Fleepyheadf. It's 11.55am on 17th December and as a Christmas treat/punishment Rich is returning to the Stocean after a 10 month absence for another Stone Clear. Will the field still be there? Will there be any stones? What medieval songs shall Richard sing? How many plastic bags will be mistake for stones? Has the Stone Stasi been lulled into a false sense of security? Will you be able to listen to him doing a wee? These questions will all be asked. Plus another victory for the Brexit ditch and a surprisingly modern attitude is revealed for a traditional stone clearer.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
We present episode one of our brand-new podcast: The Complete History (and Fistory) of Underspace. On the roof of her school, in what seems to be a regular greenhouse, Henrietta finds the doorway to a magical world - where she meets a talking pig called Dagenham, and an incompetent detective called Grett...The continuing story is available now - just search your podcast app for The Complete History (and Fistory) of Underspace, or find us at manbuycow.com
Henrietta's investigation into the missing kids takes her back to the roof of the school, but this time the greenhouse door is unlocked, and inside - the sun is shining...GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Henrietta knows that if the Headmaster finds out her secret, she will be thrown out of school. Unfortunately, to find out why kids are disappearing from St. Alan's School for Children, Henrietta needs to break into the Headmaster's private study...GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
Are children really disappearing from St. Alan's School for Children? And could the Headmaster's terrifying secretary be locking them in the greenhouse on the roof? Henrietta is far too sensible to believe such nonsense. But if they're not in the greenhouse, where are they...?GET THE BOOK in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from manbuycow.com
For the first time ever, we invited a guest onto the show - writer and comedian Joz Norris.Joz kindly brought us a wonderful TV sitcom pilot he wrote years ago, and we - slightly less kindly - gave it the full Worst Writer treatment.It's the story of Damien Rice (not that one) - a time-travelling private detective who is not very good at time travelling, or being a detective - and the case of the missing mayor.Follow Joz: instagram.com/joznorrisFind out more about us and Underspace: www.manbuycow.com
For the first time ever, we invited a guest onto the show - writer and comedian Joz Norris.Joz kindly brought us a wonderful TV sitcom pilot he wrote years ago, and we - slightly less kindly - gave it the full Worst Writer treatment.It's the story of Damien Rice (not that one) - a time-travelling private detective who is not very good at time travelling, or being a detective - and the case of the missing mayor.Follow Joz: instagram.com/joznorrisFind out more about us and Underspace: www.manbuycow.com
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930's. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930's. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.-------------If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at patreon.com/manbuycowWe'll be very happy to see you there.
Rufus read Howard's favourite book - Willie the Squowse (1973) by Ted Allen - and now Rufus is going to tell Howard the story... AS IF HE DIDN'T KNOW!!!! For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Frame 185 - Personalised Chalk Holders. It's been a while, but they're back. On a hot 19th June daytime Me1 and Me2 sweated it out to see if they could break the stalemate in this contest. Their playing space is too small and they mainly have to use child cues but they still pulled it out of the pocket for a thrilling frame. Though Rich forgot to turn his mic on and then blamed Chris Evans (not that one) so sorry if the sound quality is no good. Thanks to justgiving.com for their kindness and donation to the sport.If you'd like to support our endeavours then why not become a monthly badger at http://gofasterstripe.com/badgesMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 99g: Dunker Dusting Domd. It's Wednesday, it's 2.30pm and it AAHTOF (AAHTOF) with a soft relaunch of the show after a few months off to give everyone a chance to remember their same phrases. Rich and Ally take a look at some serious news involving the end of the world, golden phones, Musk losing billions, the massive ordnance penetrator, Richard's failing, flailing penis and Dr Who giving top actors deadly drugs. So business as usual, apart from no big wobbling boobies.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Rufus read Howard's favourite book - Willie the Squowse (1973) by Ted Allen - and now Rufus is going to tell Howard the story... AS IF HE DIDN'T KNOW!!!! For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Young Howard decided that the best way to become a successful writer was by pretending to be a teenage girl on Wattpad. Fortunately, he didn't get far with his story. In this episode, we read what he managed to write before giving up. For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Rufus & Howard retell the entire plot of David Cronenberg's The Fly, starring Jeff Goldblum & Geena Davis - in which an innocent fly gets absorbed by a mad scientist and then blamed for everything that goes wrong. For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Rufus & Howard retell the entire plot of David Cronenberg's The Fly, starring Jeff Goldblum & Geena Davis - in which an innocent fly gets absorbed by a mad scientist and then blamed for everything that goes wrong. For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP!For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP! For more - join the gang at patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
TOF #99f Gargara and Cuggy Groccoli - Rich is back with a brand new, seductive co-host and a lot of talk about licking things that you really don't want to be licking. Ally is back to talk about whether he will be the new James Bond, if a woman can be Jesus, whether Neighbours will ever end and the imminent collision between our galaxy and another galaxy. Plus could Birthday Donkey get replaced by the puppet that inspired his segment? Might be the last one for a bit as Rich is off on tour. Come and see him on tour: http://richardherring.com/ballback/tour Or sponsor him for not eating Soleros: http://justgiving.com/page/noleroThanks as ever to Richard Ison for his amazing works.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP!Get all six episodes now at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 183, Banana Ftone: It's around about 10am on 12th February and a Soleroless Richard Herring feels he is going mad. Can you see which stone in the picture he thinks resembles a banana? I bet you get it wrong. Anyway it's a quick jaunt round the Stocean, made even quicker by the removal of a 5 minute conversation with a member of the Stone Stasi, who fell for Richard's non-dog walking lies. But there's still loads of great content in this brief podcast, but whatever it is I can't remember what it is, writing this as I am about 29 hours later. To sponsor Richard head to http://justgiving.com/page/noleroMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 99e - Have You See A Fruit Fan? Twitch of Fun is back but it's just a quick one this week, so not worthy of being Episode 100. But Rich and friends are going full out to be placed in the dustbin of Light Entertainment. Egg Wallace has a new ovoid pal and Marvin the Monkey tries out for main presenter. The team cover Israel/Palestine, Soleros, double bananas (Cocky Carrot fails to comment), whether AI could ever replace this show and some of the more racist songs from US film history. All that and Birthday Donkey, an attempt to find the right size for Richard's huge face and Sybil is back with more terrifying predictions. Sponsor Rich in his attempt to eat no Soleros here: http://justgiving.com/page/noleroMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Stone Clearing Chapter 182 - Fane January Hare. It's 9.20am on January 30th 2025 and Rich and Wolife had returned to their old manor to clear stones or bring them back on the field, depending on which one you're talking about. The Stocean has a moft unufual fifh fwimming in it and there are warnings about licking stones, but otherwise this one is mainly a waste of your valuable time. Unlike the other chapters. Plus Rich wrongly thinks the recording has stopped and you get some nice free traffic noise.To donate to the No Solero February fund head here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/noleroMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP!Get all six episodes now at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore Worst Writer formats:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Episode 99d - Seig Heil. Another Friday afternoon catch up - not an official or canonical episode in which Rich attempts to remember what some of his characters do, as well as discussing the Musky arm movement, why Putin was in such a rush, if Obama has got himself a Rachel, how fast Craig David Iikes to move things along, whether Elizabeth I was a man, where to put your bins in a storm and whether Rich has any right to feel a bit bonnie blue about the stresses in his lucky bugger life. Plus the return of some old friends, a cold prediction for a beloved actor and Rich attempts to explain why men are so entranced by BWBs. Back soon with episode 100 for sure.Come and see Rich on tour, so he stops moaning about his life: https://richardherring.com/ballbackMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 184 - Broken Glass. It's an unprecedented morning frame of Me1 vs Me 2 snooker with the action starting before midday, surely putting night owl Me2 at a disadvantage. And there's controversy and possible actionable sexual harassment from the start, but that's what you get when Trump is in charge (Donald, not Judd). Another crucial frame in this never-ending tournament. Who will win? Who indeed? One of the two probably.Forgot to mention that more self-playing snooker memorabilia will be going up on eBay this weekend. Check out https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/herring1967 and bid for a bit of the original table or one of Richard's original balls.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Twitch of Fun Episode 99c - Imagine. It's Friday, it's 3pm and the computer's back but the tech has screws up. But it's all sorted in 3 minutes flat for a non-canon and non-cannon episode of your favourite afternoon topical news show with a washed up TV celebrity and a 133 year old ventriloquist dummy that also includes a hippopotamus that is obsessed with mammary glands. All right, second favourite. They discuss which dead AI celebrity they'd like to get their divorce papers from, why there's nothing impressive about a woman having sex with 1000+ men in 12 hours, the controversial choices for Match Of The Day presenters, how Kenneth Kendall would react if he saw what's on BBC News these days and a very clever joke about Dune. Plus Richard just looking at the old intro cartoons and laughing at them because he's forgotten all the stuff he used to do. It's not episode 100, but that can't be far away.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 181 - Fponfered By Tafkmafter? - It's 8.50am on 17th January 2025 and the old team if back together, though one of them has had an accident in the car (no fpoilers). There's enough proof of the existence of the Ftone Gods to the most hard-hearted, tranfphobic atheift or idiot who believes in any other religion. There'f fome fly work from the ftone ftafi and a potential attack from the black dog of depreffion and the rebuilding of wallf. There'f furprifing big ftones in the pathway, a brand new technique for clearing ftones and more questionf about whether Wolfie is tipping off the FF. Can the Brexit Ditch ftop Trump? Will Rich remember the bag full of fhit? What fongs fhall he fing? And will you learn Anglo Faxon in time to keep up with epifode 200?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 180: Forry, Not Forry, Luton, you Fcum. It's 8.06am on 10th January [y]2025[/y] and the new year brings a welcome return of and to the podcast. Look who is here. It's ice cold out there on the frozen vulva of the Ftocean, but ftones must still be cleared. The FF have returned in force and it looks like this might be the end for our hero (presuming you're on Richard's side), but can he escape their clutches? There's no Morlocks or logdogs, but there are pink planes and fairies being consumed by canines and a surprising amount of stones cleared given the frost and opposition.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Twitch of Fun - Episode 99b - Gare Godkin. Due to computer malfunctions this is the first Twitch Of Fun ever to be released without any kind of audience, leaving us in an uncanny valley which is both weird and revealing, freeing and constricting, hilarious and tragic. There's a new co-host, due to popular demand and Rich and one puppet or another cover Musk going mad, pornographic prison officers becoming pornographic prisoners, the 21 signs of sexual attraction, why the Duke of York is the only one who gets into trouble, Baldrick becoming Prime Minister and Elon buying Liverpool. Plus Egg Wallace, the Cock Ness Monster and a tribute to the Gard of Avon. This is NOT episode 100.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 183 - Afternoon Delight. Self-playing snooker moves into the prime time just after 5pm on a Tuesday slot, where the football scores are crazy and Rich only has 25 minutes to wrap up before he has to look after his own children. The players are getting to grips with the new board and the fact the room it's in is only slightly bigger than the board and it's a thrilling frame. Who will end up on top? Or will the stale-mate continue betwixt these two evenly matched and poorly defined characters?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Twitch of Fun Christmas Eve Eve Special - Hawk Tuah - It's 23rd December 2024 and what better date for a Christmas Eve Eve Special of the show that no one has really been calling to come back? And it's an absolute spitshow full of technical difficulties, dropped props and a host with little to no memory of what the show involves. Ally and Herring cover the death of the star of Crocodile Dundee, the lady who had sex with 100 men in 16 hours, the lady who likes to spit on men's members and the man who likes to shoot people he doesn't like in the back. Which one do you think is seen as the hero? Plus a word from the Duke of York and Henry Hippo and two new characters, one of whom attempts to fit his entire head in an old character. You know you've missed it. But you won't feel that way once you've seen or listened to this one. It's not episode 100!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 179 - Rabbit Ftone. It's the morning of the 16th December 2024 and a clearly befuddled and confused Herring is doing another stone clear directly after a tough personal training session and seems to lose all sense of what is right and wrong and claims to be committing acts of groff indecency. But some lovely songs and a sense of danger as he feels he may collapse at any second. If he does, please inform the emergency services.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP! Get all six episodes now at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 178 - Ftone Pigeon. It's just after midday on the 5th December 2024 and an exhausted and financially burdened Richard Herring tries to escape the real world by building castles in the sky or walls in the bushes. Nothing of interest or worth happens for the next 25 minutes, but you know you have to liften just in case. And in truth there are some beautiful songs, though one of them is just improvised on the spot. Amazing.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 182 - Chopping Board. The Mes are back and struggling to fit in (literally) to their new restrictive arena, but will one of them get the hang of it before the other and strike to victory? Rich is desperate to sell bits of the old board in the hope of covering the costs of getting it sliced up and mounted. There's a lot of football scores. But some sublime and some awful snooker. Just as normal.You can bid for a piece of sporting history and own a part of the original board to the envy/confusion of all your friends here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_fss=1&_saslop=1&_sasl=bigmrchris&LH_SpecificSeller=1More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Who's that time-traveller running across the glass roof of the British Museum, being pursued by his own past self (probably)? FIND OUT in Young Howard's thrilling screenplay: TIME JUMP! Get all six episodes now at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore Worst Writer series:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter One Feven Feven - Fexifm. It's just gone midday on 21st November 2024 and a toned Richard Herring, straight from a perfonal training feffion, is out clearing stones from the melting frozen vulva of the soil. Desperate for new listeners to replace the ones who have died from boredom he tries to emulate Peter Kay, Bernard Manning and Ricky Gervais to bring in the clicks, but will it work or will it alienate his two female listeners. No matter, there's some lovely stone clearing to listen to and it's a beautiful day so soak in the winter sun rays (audio only) and liften to the ftones.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 176 - Ye Ten Commandmentf. It's the morning of the 15th November 2024 and Richard has returned to the Stocean, but there's someone missing. And there's loads of blinking stones. Madrigals and commandments proliferate and there's a break down in the recording but you don't miss much. Plus should we judge people by their crimes or their stone clearing. Plus the millions of emails Richard has had about the podcast stopping.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 181 - No Sound. Me1 and Me2 are back in a new arena, with a new board and a very shoddy affair all round. If you're listening to the audio there's a good 5 to 10 minutes with no sound as Rich didn't turn on his mics, but we're leaving that in so you can enjoy it. If you're watching in video it's just as confusing. The referee loses track of who is who and the constricted new space is not fit for the sport, but the board is as flat as a pancake. So it's business as usual. Why is this still happening?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
The adventures of Grett Binchleaf as a kid. Get the rest of the book at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
We watched the final Indiana Jones movie (if you don't count those two that came after it) - and now we're going to recount the plot in detail. This episode contains spoilers for every single thing that happens in Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. Get loads more exclusive episodes right now by joining the gang at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 175 - Ftanding on ye Fhoulderf of Nerdf. It's 8.05am on the 26th September and tomorrow Richard moves a good 5 miles away from the Stocean, a distance that might mean he can never return here again. Will he clear all the stones today? Well with a little help from the Gods, who knows? Has the six plus years out on the field made any difference to the grand scheme of things? Will stone clearing fans be fuicidal? Did Wolfie do a poo today? These are all questions that you will have to ruminate on. But if this is the final curtain then thanks to the many millions all over the world who have learned from a master. You know, in a way, you have taught me as much as I have taught you.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
We watched the final Indiana Jones movie (if you don't count those two that came after it) - and now we're going to recount the plot in detail. This episode contains spoilers for every single thing that happens in Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. Get all of this story now by joining the gang for just $2 at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 174 - Ozymandiuf (Part II). It's 2.08pm on 21st September 2024 and a worried Richard Herring is out trying to get this job done before he moves in six days. It's not looking that good. The Stone Stasi, depleted by Covid, send a couple of kids out to do an adult's job, but they are no match for Richard Herring. Is it better to leave a couple of feet behind or nothing at all? What the hell has Wolfie been eating? And what's that thing out on the field? None of these questions or answered and are barely even asked. A listener email is full of embarrassing effusive praise, but at least the person who sent it kept their top on.Become a badger here: http://gofasterstripe.com/badgesSubscribe to Substack here: https://richardherring.substack.com/More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 173 - Ftone Phalluf. It's 7.20am on 18th September 2024 and Richard is out on what might be his penultimate podcast (surely he will make the five mile trip to carry on in the unlikely event that he doesn't finish the job by the end of next week). Today we look at the problem of soil coloured stones and stone like soil clumps, the irresistible lure of Hafflehoffing when you have a newly tilled field, some amazing chunks of rock, Wolfie returning stones to the field maybe as revenge for being hit in the face by a Fubbuteo kick, not biting off more than you can chew and a symbolic moment where a stone breaks in a mocking/sympathetic manner.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 172 - Fticky Fingerf. It's 5.36pm on 10th September 2024 - don't worry, you haven't missed 9/11 - It's a grey and rainy autumn day, but we know all about feafons after so many years of trudging these ftone encrufted paths. There's a deadline to clear the Stocean now - the last Friday of the month, but Rich seems to think he can finish the job in time, when he isn't being distracted by his priapic prey. God knows what he'll do if he doesn't finish or more worryingly what he might do if he does. Stick with him and join his fubftack https://richardherring.substack.com/subscribe for possibly extra stone based content.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
We read a short story that Howard wrote recently (just 11 years ago) about a man, a dog, and a bag.Get loads more exclusive episodes right now by joining the gang at https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 171: Parabola? Parabola?! It's about 9.20am on 30th August 2024 and Richard hasn't moved yet, so stone clearing can still go on. The Stocean is turning from brown to green and Richard has strict rules about removing soil and the perfect kick technique to share with you. Should he clear the field metre by metre? What does he say to the Stone Stasi lady and why does he have to censor it? And does he like stones? Find out some of this in today's chapter.Subsribe of Fubftack here: https://richardherring.substack.comSee eBay items here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/herring1967More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 170 - Balloonf and Ballf. It's 9:08am on the 19th August 2024 and the early morning is warm, the kind of conditions where a stone clearer could pass out and go missing for weeks. But the good news is that full Ftone Chriftmaf has finally arrived and the stones are there for the taking. So for the first time in a long time, the Charley Boorman lookalike takes the long way round to see just how many stones he needs to shift in the next few weeks. It's not none. Not yet. Can he clear a billion stones in a month. If anyone can it's him. And you're going to love to listen to 50 flipping minutes of him clearing stones right now. Because who wouldn't?Find out about Richard's new Substack here https://richardherring.substack.com/about
Chapter 169 - Ftone Potatoef. It's nearly 6pm on 14th August 2024 and the Stone Clearing podcast is not coming to an end as quickly as Richard thought. There's at least a month to go, which is lucky, because it's Ftone Chriftmaf, waffocks! At last, after months of puny stones we have something to get our teeth into, which is tempting as some of them look so delicious. There's some tips on haffelhoffing and a new rule (there are no rules) about only travelling in one direction and an email from a famous person but you won't guess who in a million years. Thank goodness there's another 3-4 weeks to get this job done.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
This is the way the WuWuWorld ends, not with a bang but a WuWuWhimper. (Probably not wise to start with this story, as it's kind of a sequel to several stories we've previously released, especially Jack's Turkeys.)Get all three episodes of this story now by joining the gang for just $2 at https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 168 - A Puff of Fmoke. It's nearly 6pm on the 30th July 2024 and we've learned by now with stone clearing to expect the unexpected, but no one could have expected the unexpected thing that happens today. Which is why you need 168 lessons on how to clear stones, because of all the unexpected stuff that can happen. Where did the unexpected thing come from and what does it mean?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
This is the way the WuWuWorld ends, not with a bang but a WuWuWhimper. (Probably not wise to start with this story, as it's kind of a sequel to several stories we've previously released, especially Jack's Turkeys.)Get all three episodes of this story now by joining the gang for just $2 at www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 167 - Fkidmarkf. It feels like only yesterday we last did this, because it is. It's just before 6pm on 22nd July 2024 and there's big news out on the Stocean. Fadly you miffed ye joyriderf, but even more exciting, ye crop fhe if gone. Richard wifhed it and fo it muft be fhall. Will throes of all the rape plants mean that the stones are finally accessible? Or will there be loads of straw in the way? And will we see the first large stone for quite some time? Plus an email from a much missed actor, who had the foresight to email in, but not the present-sight to go to the doctors.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter One Fix Fix - Fifyphean Fubbuteo Fuccubuf. It's 1.05pm on 21st July 2024 and the fun is fhining and Richard is starting to worry that he may not clear the field in time and is worried about the consequences of that failure. But there's probably still time and if not there is still time to learn some new stone-clearing terms. But there are big changes on the field, with a destroyed boundary and some kind of animal burrowing beneath one cairn and the ever present danger of death by hemlock or feduction by the ftone ftafi. Plus why Richard wants stone clearing to be inclusive of all people.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 165 - Ftone Pole Fail. It's 5.10pm approx on 15th July 2024 and the end of stone clearing steps ever nearer, but that has always been the case, that's the nature of time. It's another disappointing clear as Richard is hampered by vegetation and lack of fitness and peanuts in his throat. But you have to liften anyway. Juft in cafe fome pearl of wifdom droppeth from his ftupid mouth. Just be glad you don't live in America where the FF don't kill in an honourable fafhion.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 164 - Fodden. It's 5.24pm on 9th July 2024 and Richard Herring is on the cusp of his 57th birthday (do not send him nude pictures to celebrate) and has only a couple of weeks to go to clear the Stocean. Can he do it in time or will he have to commute? The rape seed pods have an unexpected and sexy (to perverts) surprise for Richard and the ditch has finally delivered big. It's good that we only do this podcast every now and again so that the quality stays very high.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
This is the way the WuWuWorld ends, not with a bang but a WuWuWhimper. (Probably not wise to start with this story, as it's kind of a sequel to several stories we've previously released, especially Jack's Turkeys.)Get all three episodes of this story now by joining the gang for just $2 at https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
With the light fading, this long-awaited series comes to its long-awaited end. We hope it has brought some fun and frivolity to your otherwise dank existence but, if it hasn't, may we suggest you complain to the BBC, as they've much more time on their hands than we have right now. While you dip your nib in green ink, why not listen with your lugholes as amateur hotel critic Peter Pilbeam ventures further afield than ever before, Farmer Collins offers more musical silage, and Eric Halibut pawns his own mother to pay for a subscription to Disney+. On behalf of the group, thank you so much for listening, and please feel safe in the knowledge that everything that can be done has been done. Rest assured that a book of the series is not available from Faber or Faber, or anywhere else, for that matter, and everything else has been destroyed in a controlled explosion. We're outta here.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/
13-year-old Howard wrote a story about all his classmates going to a party - where two uninvited guests cause havoc, and all the boys are devilishly handsome. Join the gang for loads of exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 163 - Going for Ftones!. It's 9:20am on 21st June 2024 and the spectre of the end of the podcast hangs over us all, but for now we plough on (no pun intended as this is a feriouf podcaft). There's medieval fongs and some dog poo and the possibility that Richard has been tricked into advertising someone during this chapter. It's very hot and the hemlock is scratchy and the stones are tiny. So bufineff as ufual.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Put on your boogie shoes and listen to this week's collection of lunatic skits and whatnot, or vice versa. Trilby hats are well to the fore, along with a giant aubergine and a cucumber sandwich or two, but all is not as it seems - or is it? Or, indeed, isn't it? Become a hit at parties simply by tuning in, identify the cast members and what sordid secrets the producers are holding against them in leverage to secure their participation, and that all-important gas cooker could be yours. Swing it, daddio!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/
Frame 180 - Your Next Prime Minister. The Mes are back and this time the match determines who will lead this great self-playing, lonely nation. It's some of the best snooker we've ever seen on the old green board, so don't miss it!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Believe it or not, someone who purports to be 80s pop star Nik Kershaw makes a guest appearance in this week's fun-filled show, in which a jingle is played backwards. But what does he - or anyone else, for that matter - know about crockery belonging to Nobel prize winners? And can The Actor Greg Haiste complete his own joke before it's too late? Listen in wonder, bemusement and more than a little exasperation, as we bring you another genuine edition of the programme, partly made from old mattresses. God bless.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/
Once again, we're releasing an episode from our most Secret of Gangs on Patreon - into the wild.It's the Mister Fluckcast! Starring Mister Fluck, Mike & Brian, and Gorbilla.All ten episodes of the It's the Mister Flcukcast are available now for just USD$7 at patreon.com/manbuycow - as well as hundreds of other exclusive audio episodes.More episodes of Worst Writer:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Episode 99 - Agadoo. Twitch of Fun springs back to life for its 99th episode and it's a heartfelt tribute to the fallen of D Day, amongst other things. There's no pressure to be funny luckily and this is just a conversation between two old mates that encompasses Rupert Murdoch's ventriloquist dummy face, the escalation in the chocolate button war, the two words the Queen said to Fergiana, the destruction of the homes of two comedians and the deaths of a lookalike and a pop star. When will episode 100 hit? Who knows? Richard's tour might mean it's a little way away - Get your tickets here: http://richardherring.com/ballback/tourMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 162 - Mega Chocolate Button Madneff. It's the evening of 5th June 2024 and Richard Herring is high on life, but more pertinently high on Chocolate Buttons and the result is a podcast so unhinged that my first impetus was that no one must ever hear it. But in the end I think it's an important podcast to put out to warn younger listeners of the dangers of chocolate button addiction. Things are said that should not be said in a public place, but luckily they are said here on a podcast that no one listens to, so it's the same as just shouting them in the middle of a rapeseed field. Hardly any stones are cleared, just a man questioning if his life has had any purpose. And his life has almost certainly had more purpose than yours. So where does that leave you? Is it time to stage an intervention? And if so, who first? Me or you?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Why not walk around your garden while listening to this week's episode, part of which comes to you from a cupboard on the back lot at Universal Studios? If you don't have a garden of your own, why not walk around someone else's garden, such as the President of the United States. His security detail will be very happy to see you. Whilst you're perambulating, listen to this week's show, which features the latest hopeless opus from agricultural singer-songwriter Farmer Collins, a mention of Basil Rathbone of Rhyl, and some terrible guitar playing. We could tell you more, but we'd have to kill you.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/
Chapter 161 - Keir Ftarmer - It's 8.40am on 30th May 2024 and Richard Herring's sanity is resting on a knife edge, but join him as he sings too many medieval songs and tells you not to vote Labour and gives a preview of his new podcast about dog fhit. Do you need to send help? Are you even listening? If a podcast is made in a field of hemlock and no one downloads it, does it make a sound? What's the poem with hemlock in it?You can bid for stone-clearing items on eBay here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/herring1967More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
In this week's jam-packed episode, which was constructed with the aid of a complex arrangement of ropes and pulleys, we take a sideways look at the week's biscuits. A Jammie Dodger from Tinseltown tells some tall tales and, due to circumstances beyond our Fig Roll, more of your letters and emails are given an airing in Dear Dredge, although sometimes we wonder why we bother. So don't be a Ginger Nut - clear the surrounding area and stand by with at least four cups of tea. It's going to be one Hell of a show!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/
Well, if it isn't the long-awaited return of our long-awaited show. If it isn't, we don't know what it is. If you happen to know, write to the usual address and you could win a clock radio. That's right, we've somehow managed to re-engage our cast of several to bring you a fresh set of Smurftastic sketches and sounds from the very epicentre of something, including a highly unentertaining quiz for schools, the puzzling reappearance of film director and weird man David Lynch, and more information about Leighton Buzzard than you can shake a stick at.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/john_dredge_show/
First, we read Young Howard's opinion piece on teen pregnancy, then we try out slightly-less-young Howard's idea for a whole new podcast - which, unfortunately, we couldn't even get one whole episode out of. ...Join the gang www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 160 - White Dog Fhit. It's about 8.44am on 16th May 2024 and Richard's brain seems to be gradually atrophying into sludge. There isn't much time left for this ftocean but Herring is determined to Get Stone-Clearing Done. And at least 25 stones get nicely cleared during this fairly fcatalogical podcast. Why is he wasting his time doing this and why are you wasting it listening to it? We would have wasted it anyway.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 98 - There is a Green Hill Far Away. An unexpected Wednesday Twitch of Fun from an overly tired Richard Herring, but those are usually the worst and thus the best ones. Ally and Herring discuss walking in Noel Edmonds’ shoes, whether the Queen has a furry muff, why blood is like a butterfly, whether there’s room for a Baby Reindeer character on the show, Terry’s work with various David Copperfields, casting for the new Supergran and whether Jesus partly enjoyed himself of the cross.See Rich on tour- links here: http://richardherring.com/ballback/tourBid on the eBay items here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_ssn=herring1967More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Rufus & Howard retell another of their favourite movies - Supergirl from 1984, starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway & Peter O'Toole in their greatest roles (squirt?) Follow us @worstwritershow - join the gang www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 159 - Buffineff Af Ufual. It's 16.48 on 1st May and there are a lot of stones to clear between now and our August deadline and that's without having a dog with the squits, a child with scarlet fever and a weird dizziness. But the stones must be cleared and boy are about 23 of them cleared today? Yes they are. Will rape seed ever be renamed? Can it hurt a dog? And how big is a gorilla's penis? All questions that are posed without being answered today. And great news for all fans of San Franciscan wrestlers/Batman villains.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 158, Fame Coin, Different Fides. It's 9.01am on 24th April 2024 and a giddy Richard Herring is heading out to the Ftocean, desperate to finish his task before it is too late. And don't skip this one, it includes some important info on what to do with stones that are to your left or right and a desperate plea to make love to a man in a flat cap and a woman in a bobble hat, plus a memory test about leaders of the Liberal Democrats. The Ftone Pole is back and we're in a rape maze, so it really has everything.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 179 - CBD. In a crucial frame, Me 1 takes on Me 2 at the sport of snooker and without hyperbole this frame is the greatest sporting event of all time. It may not count in the record books as both players are drug enhanced, but drugs are great and everyone should take them all the time. Anyway see or listen to what happens.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Rufus & Howard retell another of their favourite movies - Supergirl from 1984, starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway & Peter O'Toole in their greatest roles (squirt?).Get all six episodes of Supergirl now by joining the gang for just $2 at https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 157 - Ye Ftone Fettee. It's 8.38am on 18th April 2024 and the first recorded stone clear in almost two months, so most of the podcast is the reading out of the thousands of aggrieved emails that Richard definitely got about his absence, not none like you thought. The end may be in sight though for the podcast, but that is not a reason to give up on life, for your faviour might return at any time if you believe in him enough. Plus a dog fight (unrecorded).More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Rufus & Howard retell another of their favourite movies - Supergirl from 1984, starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway & Peter O'Toole in their greatest roles (squirt?).Get all six episodes of Supergirl now by joining the gang for just $2 at https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Rufus & Howard retell another of their favourite movies - Supergirl from 1984, starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway & Peter O'Toole in their greatest roles (squirt?).Get all six episodes of Supergirl now by joining the gang for just $2 at https://www.patreon.com/manbuycowMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Frame 178 - Ridiculously Late Football Scores. The snooker is back (temporarily) and all involved are too exhausted to do this. They sleepwalk their way through it all making errors galore but creating a thrilling denouement. I'd say don't waste your time, but why else would you be watching?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Massive swot Howard wrote a story about how great his new middle-school teachers were. Can you guess what score Mister Cotton gave him?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 177 - Snooker Hole. Whatever Rich thinks, it's Frame 177 and the first of 2024, but who will be the first winner in this final year of human civilization? You're going to have to fight your way through Name That Tune and the football scores to get there. But it's definitely the best frame of this year with surprises in store for everyone.More episodes:
Chapter 156 - Deadline. It’s 17 o'clock or so on 20th February 2024 and after daily podcasting in 2023 this is the first recorded clear of the year and the FF are out in force. Is the end in fight? And why do all the cairns look so unimpressive after all this work? More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
TOF #97: Yo Momma. Richard has had a gig cancelled due to flooding but Bedford's loss is your probably loss as well as you spend nearly an hour of your life in the company of him and a piece of Victorian papier mache. Ally and Herring discuss inserting batteries where the sun don't shine, the end of sex (not a problem for my viewers), a very old tortoise and Noel Edmonds' age. And the Victorian Ghost Child and Fluffy Rabbit turn up to wipe the floor with everyone. Plus exciting news of the guest for last RHLSTP of the tour that you could have got before nearly everyone else if you'd watched it live. Three to 100!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
96: The Big C. You thought we'd gone away, but we're getting to 100 if it kills us and then 1000 and won't stop until everyone on the planet earth is watching. Plus God. In this extended tribute to our King, like all other news outlets we speculate on the tiny amount we know about the issue for hours on end. What will be the best cancer for the King to have? Is it wrong to wish that cancer on him? And can we go through another funeral and coronation so soon? Plus some proper HIGNFY style jokes about the Tories, disbelief about old Keir Starmers, weather based innuendo, a lot about the frequency and strength of Richard's erections and birthday Donkey comes close to his dearest wish. Plus a haunting song from Ally of unusual beauty. Back at some point in the future.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
In Young Howard's epic sci-fi adventure, aliens are trying to kidnap the entire human race, and only Future John can stop them.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
TOF #95 Sit On It, Carter. Twitch of Fun is back for 2024 and Rich doesn't seem very happy about it. Has this really been going for four flicking years? God. The team chat about Rwanda, double fisting, dental improvement, various Royal lies and liars, a Chinese wang and Ronnie O'Sullivan stealing Ally's already stolen catchphrase. Plus a creepy visit from a largely silent Victorian Ghost Child in a mask and find out why Richard has no respect for anyone who likes him or his show.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
We read a short story by 11-year-old Howard about a serious luggage mix-up - and we learn a lot about how Young Howard thought the adult world functions.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Chapter 155: Breezy Penif. It's just after 2pm on 20th December 2023 and a pyjama-clad Herring is doing what he does best, clearing stones and inexpertly commenting on it. There's a medieval fong and foggy focks and an attempt to recover the lost WhatsApp messages as well as some news about the birth date of Jefuf and whether ftone clearing might be coming to an end.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 176 - Victorian Ghost Child. It's a crucial frame in this ongoing contest and maybe the last of 2023. Who will win at snooker? That's the ultimate question. There is an unwelcome visitor and some amazing breaks and so on. Plus big prizes for name that tune. If you watch live.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 94 - Whither Turquoise? There's a new host for the show and they're going to scare your pants off (as if you had any pants on to start with), but in a show beset by technical difficulties, interruptions and parental exhaustion things never quite get into (gottle of) gear. Though the ventriloquism is coming on. But who is the dummy? Rich and Ally talk about Princess Anne's health, what not to say to the bereaved, the second Big Bang, porridge brains, drunk kids, the male pill, moths in stuffing, vapes and Neanderthals. It all peters out a bit, but with some very good p sounds. See RHLSTP on tour: http://richardherring.com/rhlstp or Richard's new stand-up show: http://richardherring.com/ballback/tourMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 175 - Rwanda. In a crucial frame, Me1 faces up to Me 2 to see who is the best at snooker. All the usual features including name that snooker stick tune, puppet predictions, 20.04 football scores, interviews and also some snooker. Incredible action, incredulous commentary, a tired man who should be with his family. What more do you want? Blood?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 93 - Bi-sexual Bumming Bifurcated Badgers. There's plenty of incident in this week's show including an extended set by Victorian Ghost Child, only ended by a flood and then Ally and Herring talk about stopping the boats, Russian votes, scanning teenage porn users, pissing in lay-bys, who the real queen is, humping on Good Morning Britain, the lies that pilots tell you, how to get a job and what makes you an adult. Richard's new stand-up tour might get a mention - see if he's coming near to you, and then complain if he's not here: http://richardherring.com/ballback/tourMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 174 - Without Prejudice. In a crucial frame Me1 takes on Me2 at snooker. One player has been in the doldrums. Will they turn up today? And if not, how the hell will we play the game with just one player?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Following on from our investigation of The Sixth Sense (1999), we watched M. Night Shyamalan's much worse 'The Happening' - a movie in which very little happens, and the plants did it.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 92 - Brian Blessed's Battery Beret. Twitch of Fun is back and there are no children spoiling (improving) it. It's just Ally Darling and Richy Sweetie and the Birthday Donkey and the death throes of a wasp. The pair talk about celebrity deaths, Dutch Pancakes, lying liars, why men should wash their hands after going to the toilet, whether Elon Musk should rename Twitter again and Eric Idle's greatest song. There's a poignant fairytale and an Australian who doesn't understand the seasons. Back on rollicking form.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 154 - Moff. It's lunchtime on 29th November 2023 and it's a bit of a tired clear as Richard has just been for a run. Still nothing in this podcast happens by accident and there's a leffon here for you all. So make sure you listen to it all!More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 173 - Chalky Fingers/Predictive Hand. In a crucial frame Me1 takes on Me2 at snooker. Plus another name that tune with big cash prizes and some astonishing potting. But who will win? And what shall become of the doubters?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Following on from our investigation of The Sixth Sense (1999), we watched M. Night Shyamalan's much worse 'The Happening' - a movie in which very little happens, and the plants did it.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
We watched M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense from 1999 - a movie which is both wonderful and terrible and endless fun to discuss. This episode contains SPOILERS from the beginning.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
It's a crucial frame in the contest, with one player in extraordinarily poor recent form. Can they turn it around? Will Charles III experience the same fate as Charles I and who will be winning the battle of Man versus Boys at 8.03pm. Plus Guess that Tune and Whory Horse guesting as score predictor. And despite the huge number of football fixture, it's the quickest frame ever, so be grateful for small mercies.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 153: Frifky Bufineff. It's 5.24pm on 7th November 2023 and it's DARK. Too dark to see a stone, especially if your torch runs out of power. Richard is feeling frisky, but luckily there are no FF on the Stocean to help relieve him of this sexual tension. There's singing, there's fexineff and there are very few stones cleared.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
To celebrate 200 episodes of The Worst Writer in the World (a little late) - Rufus has written The Plot So Far of Howard's life: a 100% true exposé of everything that has happened to Howard ever. If you are new to the show, we strongly recommend you don't start with this story - as it refers back to many previous stories and will make absolutely no sense.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Ep 91- Man-nequin. Twitch of Fun is back and there's a double pitch invasion this time, but soon Rich restores order to discuss a year of Richie Sunaq, if you can fire Richard Madeley for doing his job, the moon on holiday, how not to say you're sorry and a beautiful rendition of most of the film Encanto.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 152 - Get Back In Your Rembrandt Painting. It's around 9.30am on 25th October 2023 and the daily stone clears continue. The Stone Stasi are back in force, but who started this war and is it a case of right and wrong or more nuanced that that? NO, the stone clearers are good and the stone Stasi are evil. Plus a look at the strangely altered cairn in the middle of the field, a celebrity visitation and some excellent rule breaking. Sadly the recording ended unexpectedly about five minutes from the end of the clear and you miss some absolute gold. Cheg on.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Hayley sets Ruth up on Tinder against her wishes and the pair review King Lear, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. Obviously they haven't seen it yet, but since when has that ever been an obstacle to reviewing?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
To celebrate 200 episodes of The Worst Writer in the World (a little late) - Rufus has written The Plot So Far of Howard's life: a 100% true exposé of everything that has happened to Howard ever. If you are new to the show, we strongly recommend you don't start with this story - as it refers back to many previous stories and will make absolutely no sense.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 171 - Carrot Based Prediction. In a crucial frame of snooker Me 1 takes on Me2 at snooker to find out who is the best at snooker. But who will it be? (Who is the best at snooker). Plus guess the cue chalk tune, puppet predictascore and the 8.03pm football scores. It's a perfectly acceptable form of entertainment.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 90 - Cat in the Wardrobe. This doesn't happen on Channel 5 (I expect, don't watch it) but the first 10 mins of the show was not broadcast - but it's here for you now. And the show is then interrupted later for a family emergency. But for a brief few minutes everything worked, with chat about robotic hands, the king's love of kids' pants, the shaming of Captain Tom's daughter and marrying yourself. Plus the resignation of a much loved character.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 151 - Welly Boot Jeopardy. It's before 5pm on the 12th October 2023 and Rich is hoping Duckett's Passage is open for business cos he has some stones to clear. It's a super eventful clear with football managers of undetermined gender and sex-swapped sex-criminals and birds composing symphonies on the telephone lines. Plus will Rich come a cropper as he tries to empty his welly? And how many rules will he break and how sexy will you find it? For those of you who thought the format was stale, liften to the fucking ftones, my friend.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 150 - Fticks and Ftones. It's 4.22pm on 5th October 2023 and there's very bad news for the believers in the Alpha and Omega God or those that think the Stocean can only be accessed by a portal and for those who want to hear a man talking about stones, not about walking along a street. Eventually there is some stone clearing, but it's not very good and a go on the stone pole, but then there's more non-stone stuff and all in all it's a disappointing chapter given the momentous occasion of making a hundred and half a hundred chapters. The FF win again.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Chapter 149: The Alfred Jewel. It's 8.22am on 29th September 2023 and the daily stone clearing podcasts continue. The sky is grey and the ground is damp and it should be perfect stone clearing conditions, but a sudden influx of FF working in a pincer movement prove disruptive and potentially fatal. Richard still manages to clear a Hermione handful of stones though and provides wisdom about how far you can throw a small stone in blustery conditions, plus alludes to the work of Jefuf and encourages you to give up your jobs to join him in his life of stones.
Episode 89 - Just The Two of Us - It's back. Staggering it's way back into existence with a host who doesn't even remember that Henry the Hippo existed. For now it's just Ally and Herring (with some interventions from the younger Herring and a phallic carrot - should they be on the same show?) Herring is tired and Sloper is in surprisingly thoughtful mood, but eventually we got on to dipping fingers into ganache, so it's business as usual. Is JRM a puppet? What household object is Kylie phobic about? Is it OK to say you want to have sex with Suella Braverman (on any level)? And the big name comedian who is going to court. See RHLSTP on tour http://richardherring.com/rhlstp
Frame 170 - Very Little Sexism. Another thrilling and crucial frame from the old green board, from a time where it looked like York City might be in with a chance of winning a football match. Two very different foes with surprisingly equal statistics take each other on in the greatest sport ever created. Who will win? That's the basic premise. Plus advance news about RHLSTP guests http://richardherring.com/rhlstpMore episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Chapter 148 - Flug. It's 5.50ish on 20th September and it's piffing down, but stone clears must clear. Richard mourns the cairn that has gone flat, but vows to rebuild and measures the angle of the rain and moans about wetting his trousers, but his advice about the stone diet and how to get net zero nice and quickly. Mainly by everyone following the stone diet.
The Birdy Song - In a crucial frame Me 1 takes on his opponent Me2 to see who is best at snooker. By the end of the frame we should know who is best for now. But not until death of one or all of the players will the conundrum finally be solved. Plus 8.04 football results. Will it be good news for York City in their bottom of the table clash (spoilers - no).More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
It's back! That's all you need to know! See RHLSTP on tour: richardherring.com/rhlstp
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Hayley and Ruth take suggestions from the listeners and review all the hot button topics, from wooden coat-hangers to Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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The speech Mark Simmons and Danny Ward gave when collecting the Victoria Wood Award (panel prize) at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Full story: https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/news/7514/edinburgh-comedy-awards-2023-results/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Chapter 147 - Ye Great Walle of Ftraw. It's coming up to 5.30pm on 16th August 2023 and the daily clear continues, but with a difference (apart from the last two or three days) - the crop has been harvested and Haffelhoffing is once again possible. There are still dangers and difficulties - straw lies on the ground like snow and their are walls that must be climbed and a holy shrine has been desecrated, but the earth shall provide bounty to those who clear stones and sing the stone clearer song.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Chapter 146 Crop Circlef - It's 1.30pm on the 10th August 2023 and the daily stone clearing podcasts are still somehow continuing. Have alien stone clearers come to the Stocean to clear some stones off the very planet? You'll have to liften to find out. Very little stone clearing today, but at least you're not listening to a podcast about whether the sun is out or not. And Richy Soonsacked better watch out cos there's a ditchy sunak coming for him. All the things in this blurb are much more amusing than anything I managed out under the hot, hot Englifh fun.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
After a long hiatus in which Ruth persisted in continuing her own one-woman lockdown, the reviewing duo are back doing what they do best, reviewing things they haven’t actually seen. Meanwhile Ruth is unimpressed by Hayley's holistic beauty products and Hayley is definitely not in a cult.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Chapter 145 - Ftone Antf - it's some time around 2pm on 20th July 2023 (email for more details) and Richard'f loofe lipf almoft give away where he if really from. But I think he covers it up OK. He has lots of intermediate tips for the quite good stone clearer, including how to avoid stone mushrooms and the terrifying true story of the stone clearer who fell victim to lurking stone ants. Plus more songs and poems than you can shake a stick at, a bit too much about organic material given the remit of this podcast and no new rules.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Chapter 144 - Difappointing Fcotch Thiftle. It's 6.14pm on Wednesday 5th July 2023 and there's a chance of rain and petrichor, but Richard has had one soaking this week, and is prepared to risk it to emulate a young Theresa May. And he may be quickly out of breath, but he has a new energy that has escaped him for the rest of the year, so it's the partially long way round today. He will teach you how to navigate a pathless Stocean and also the danger of shortening your borders and there's a surprise and a moral at the stone pole (buy tickets to RHLSTP to counteract the curse - http://richardherring.com/rhlstp). It's a great ep to sleep to and nothing really got lost when the recording got paused, so all is as it should be.
In this episode Dave and James weave together all the strands of the previous 221 to bring the podcast narrative to a pulsating climax... no they don't, this is sitcom where stories never end and people never grow. They talk instead about the best and worst sitcom endings of all time - and offer their final thoughts about how to approach this noble urge to create and complete your fabulous sitcom.
All the previous episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Chapter 143 Fcythe - It's about 6.15pm on 28th June 2023 and Rich is out for his daily podcast. Hard to believe he's kept this up all year. But for the first time you can find out how to apply for an envelope of his gametes. Plus some embarrassment for Wolfie. And a new bone based measuring system. The recording went wrong and Richard attempted to recreate what was lost but with limited success. Still his garden is looking nice.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Looking back to when we began, back when people used to say "what's a podcast?". What has changed since 2015, and what's stayed the same? Dave and James look at the lessons learned (and mistakes repeated), featuring special guests our fabulous patrons.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?
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Dave talks to writers Dana Fainaru and Hamish Wright about their brilliant new comedy Significant Other, out now on ITVX. Plus writing for long running shows, building scenes and a refusal to get bogged down in the misery of supporting Leeds United.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Young Howard's dystopian thriller, set in a future London which is physically segregated between rich and poor. Can one man bring equality to the city, simply by lying....?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
TOF #88 Rofl - With a once friendly partnership turning nasty, there may be big changes on Twitch of Fun, but the cast are contracted to appear one more time before the traditional summer break. Terry fondly remembers a fallen comrade, Henry the Hippo is given one last chance and Rich and Ally discuss the surprising illiteracy of the Princess of Wales, Rolf's last words, the truth about Proud Mary and the wit of Prince Charles. Plus the Duke of York so consumed with grief over the death of his friend that his eyes stop working. See you in the autumn (maybe).More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 142: Fhredded Wheat. It's 5.01pm on 25th May 2023 and there's only 7 months to non-stone Christmas, but there are no holidays for stone clearers and this chapter gives those of you who judge the dead something to think about when it comes to the scales of justice. Also explains how difficult it is to clear stones when faced with a beautiful if fleeting, sea of wheat. But the biggest mystery is, what will this chapter be called. Not for you here in the future, but for stupid old Richard Herring, stuck as he will be forever more in this podcast, in a past that has no answers.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Dave and James discuss how to plan your next year of writing with purpose and intention - plus some surprising news about their own plans.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Chapter 141 - Nettlef Nettlef Nettlef Nettlef Nettlef Nettlef Nettlef Nettlef - It's just before 5pm on 19th May and it's time for an evening stone clear for a very tired boy. And it's not unlike that poem by Tennyson but more nettles and fewer cannons. There's plenty of tips for dealing with the dry ground and the high crops and a message from one of the many centenarian listeners. What more do you want? More nettles?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
TOF Episode 87 - Boobs. A tired Richard Herring attempts to do a topical news story, but is not only sabotaged by puppets but also by doubts about the whole project and then technical gremlins until he just gives up. Maybe this will be his last ever performance and if so it is a testament to his life's work. Hopefully see you next week with better wifi.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 167 - It's Only A Game. Me1 and Me2 are both going to be snookering you tonight and you're going to love it. It's a show with everything, a song, a virtuoso playing their instrument, a hippopotamus obsessed with mammary glands. More than 3 two ball breaks. And the beautiful moment when Luton Town weren't going to be in the play off finals. Plus it's a crucial frame.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Bravo BCG Pro! Dave and James debrief on the hugely successful Big Comedy Conference, concentrating on the commissioners and producers who offered a rare mix of realism and hope. Plus a nod to the simple pleasures of meeting actual Geekers in real life for the first time.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Enjoy (some of) a Secret Gang Podcast from 2021 - in which we discuss vaccinations, turkeys, and fish out of water. If you enjoy it, why not come and get more at patreon.com/manbuycow
Chapter 140 Nurfery Rhymef - It's 9.29am on 7th May 2023 and the bunting is flying for King Charles the Turd. Richard has picked up another bug and the stocean is as sodden as an actual ocean, but stone clearing must be done. Richard ponders what the cuffs of trousers are called (it's cuffs if you're interested) and speculates about the genitalia of our new queen (maybe twice depending on when the tape went wrong) and sings a stone pole nursery rhyme which will be familiar to anyone who isn't a millennium. This podcast recognises no organic king, only the stone king.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
A new character brings the possibility of refinement to the show. But don’t worry, even if this is a simulation being run an infinite number of times, this show will never be refined. We chat about Coronation Oaths, Trios with no biscuits in, whether they have Cornettos in Venice, what wine gums are made of, Mike Tindall’s favourite room in his massive mansion and what you need to do to become the most famous person in the world. It’s not very much. I can only apologise for all of this.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 166 - Monarchy vs Republic. In this crucial frame of snooker, not only do we get to find out which Me is best at snooker this week, but also resolve how the UK will be governed for the next 1000 years. Plus Rich thinks he might be drinking real gin and loses his mind and gives you some 40 year old mnemonics and vocab songs from his o level studies and plays his snooker stick along with another classic comedy song. Was he drunk though? Nope, he checked. It was non-alcoholic gin. What a lightweight. Some good snooker though and hopefully you will know your place after this.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 139, Goffamer. It's 8:15am on 29th April and another day of stone clearing begins. Richard tries to encourage his many teenage fans to enjoy their lives whilst they are young and tries to sort out whether you need to clear teeth from the stocean, plus experiences one of the many dangers of nature that can afflict the inattentive stone clearer. He cheats in the game of human cheff and is nearly discovered at the last minute, but otherwise it’s a run of the mill, slightly sexy, stone clear.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Despite Terry's best efforts, it's a cavalcade of hecklers to start the show, but order is eventually restored and subjects include a possible new opera, Prince Charles' Coronation surprise, a terrible surprise in someone's ear, the awful journalism of the Daily Mirror, why remainers are to blame for the way things have turned out and the return of Victorian diseases. Accept your poverty and enjoy this despite the paucity of entertainment.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Dave and James talk to Britain's hottest comedy drama writing star Neil Forsyth about his latest hit show The Gold, the new series of brilliant comic drama Guilt, Samuel Beckett, Eric and Ernie - and his early start at the world's most famous comedy school, Bash Street.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 165 Simon Tutu - In a crucial frame tonight, Me 1 tries to defeat Me2 at snooker whilst Me2 in turn attempts to defeat Me1. But who will do the dirty business? Sybil has had a makeover and Richard is playing his cue like a Stradivarius and singing about Woolworths. More importantly it's an incredible standard of snooker for you to enjoy. So do that or this is all for nought.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 84 - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly!!!!!!!!! Richard continues to be edged out of his own show by his own sentient gametes and is also unable to keep up with the thought processes of a 131 year old inanimate bit of papier mache, that should, by all rights, have a shard of itself in the Coronation Crucifix. Ally is very angry about the Royal Family and if nothing else this episode is testament to how far the Daily Mirror has fallen as a journalistic institution. Also what's the point of gender reveal, is it time to recognise Prince Andrew as a good and decent man, what was Camilla's game plan? And do unborn babies like Marmite. All this and I forgot to mention the ultra runner who took a car for part of the race. Ah well.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 138, Ye Long Way, Wrong Way Round. It's 17.25 on 19th April 2023 and The Stone Ftafi play a move that turns the whole stone clearing world back to front and upside down and sends Richard dizzy and thinking life may be about to end. Richard is a maverick and breaks a lot of rules this evening and lets slip about his fecret cairn that can be seen from metres away. It's the difficult ftone clearing feafon of fpring so there is some invaluable advice on how to tell stones from plants. Don't miss it.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 164 - Orange. In a crucial frame Me1 takes on Me2 at snooker. I hope nobody protests. Not that that would make the board any more unplayable. Who will win? Me or me? The only loser is you, for wasting your time on this.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Rufus & Howard discuss the novelisation of Gremlins (1984), which attempts to fill many plot holes, tells us exactly what Gizmo and Stripe are thinking, and explains where Mogwai came from in the first place.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 83 - Russian Invasion. The Fluffy Rabbit show continues with Richard outsmarted and out joked by the Victorian Ghost Child at every turn. He's still a bit ill, but Ally ups his game again as they discuss the new sitcom King Mother, how tightly scripted the show is, the terrible people of Manchester, the 11 words that Rupert Murdoch used to end his marriage to Jerry Hall, filling holes with Arnold Schwarzenegger and whether an ancient doll is harmless nostalgia or deeply offensive to all right thinking people. Plus the highest viewing figures for a long time, thanks to a horde of Ruskies (but nice ones).More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 137 - Brown Fingerf. It's nearly 6pm on 12th April 2023 and the daily 2023 podcasts continue with a classic, with some inter-species bodily fluid swapping, the importance of finding a window in the weather, an alliterative Morlock and how to spot a fake stone clearer. Also there are some stones cleared.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Bleak Expectations was an instant Radio 4 comedy hit and is now headed for the London stage... a mere 16 years later. Creator and writer Mark Evans talks Dave and James through the ups, downs, sideways, hope-crushing disappointments and finally triumphant arrival of the show to the West End.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 163 - Write It Down! After a holiday break (geddit?) Me1 and Me2 are back for a crucial frame in the tournament which could have a huge impact on the final result. Richard seems distracted by half-remembered comedians and is incredibly still not over his recent bug, but the players, whilst shit, provide a thrilling match with incident and balls and a cat in it.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Rufus & Howard discuss the novelisation of Gremlins (1984), which attempts to fill many plot holes, tells us exactly what Gizmo and Stripe are thinking, and explains where Mogwai came from in the first place.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 82 - Spunky Skunk. Richard has been ill for a month and truth be told he's not really better, but luckily Fluffy Rabbit and Ally take up the strain and double their workload to make up for his stilted brain. The chat revolves around mathematical achievements, fossilised urine, a high profile convert to self-playing snooker, bags of carbon dioxide and rivers full of yoghurt. Hooray for Richard Herring do do de do. More hoorays for Phoebe though. Like shooting Herring in a barrel.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
There are quick wins to be had on your comedy writing career journey. And there'll be plenty of help with these at our upcoming weekend of Comedy Conferences. But as Dave and James explain, if you want a long lasting career you need ideas, purpose and a desire to help others.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 162 - Don Quixote. The snooker is back and so are the all important voices of the host and the commentators (well one of them). It's another crucial frame, but the cat litter box is proving a worthy adversary and the players aren't very good at snooker. Still it only ends with death.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
In the last episode, we read 'My Life Story' by 12-year-old Howard. This time, we read present-day Howard's update.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Chapter #136: Burrowing Wolvef and the Daffodilf of Fpring. It's 8.15am on 25th March 2023 and the 2023 daily stone clearing podcasts continue. Fpring hath Fprung, but it only shows the ridiculously of petty organic material and how little we think of our mothers. Plus how to cope with the changing temperatures at different points of the year and why you mustn't (and Richard hasn't) put stones up your bottom.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Ooh listen - a podcast about why you should be thinking about making a podcast! No really, tonnes of useful advice about kickstarting your comedy career by writing for audio, listening to BBC Sounds and getting to know radio producers.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 161 - Strike. Nazi supporter Ian Twitch has suspended Richard Herring for offending him by saying that the Tories are the same as the Nazis. Consequently all the pundits, commentators and predicting puppets have gone on strike in support. So this is a bare bones edition of the contest, with just the action. Which means it has all the pots in, no "expert" analysis and will probably be quite hard to follow in audio only. But unless you are a scab you will still listen. Some great action. Just a shame we couldn't describe it. On the plus side, it is mercifully brief.
12-year-old Howard looks back over the significant moments of his life so far - to prove to us that he is the worst person who ever lived.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Writer, performer and founder of Female Pilot Club, Abigail Burdess, talks to Dave and James about the joy of getting your scripts in front of a crowd. Plus all the spooky news about her darkly comic debut novel Mother's Day - and why plotting books is not unlike stitching together your sitcom.
A collection of short writing by Very Young Howard. Including a play called 'The Quarrel', a description of 7-year-old Howard's ideal castle, and a detailed itinerary for when Canadian Sid visits.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 81 - Impure Imagination. Twitch Of Fun is back for a new series and we can promise you a cast of all new characters. We can promise that, but we might not deliver it. Ally is in fine and filthy form as they discuss dead pilots, world war three, Denise Coffey and turnips, helmets, Roman dildos, Roald Dahl and Veneziana seduction techniques. Plus the follow up to Deal Or No Deal, Balls Or No Balls. Plus birthday wishes to every corner of the globe and Ally revels in being a film star (though may soon be in prison). It's great to be back.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
It's a long time since Dave and James took a deep delve into the heart of storytelling. Find out why a flat tyre is not a plot. An inspector calls? Not a plot. What about when James blew eleven quid on an ill-fitting pair of designer trousers? Now we're getting somewhere. Our Geeky pair explain how to make stuff happen in your show.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
We read two short essays by 13-year-old Howard. In the first, he answers the question: do you believe in love at first sight? In the second, he gives us a detailed analysis of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 160 - Winner Gets Ants. All the usual rubbish from this long running snooker competition, plus all the excitement of the FA and Scotch Women's football. And also some snooker. It's a very exciting frame. But can some puppets predict the result? I used to be on TV.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 135 - Fly Tipper. It's just after lunch on 3rd February 2023 and Richard is upset by what people have put at the edge of his beautiful field. Who would just chuck stuff around willy nilly like that? Today you will find out about the beautiful reminders that stones leave of themselves when they are taken from the field and how you can make more stones out of them. Plus requests for 24 hr a day stone clearing fall on deaf ears. Hopefully Wolfie is OK, but you also get quite a vivid description of one or her movements.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Dave and James talk to writer, performer, stand-up and Buffering co-creator Steve Bugeja about driving with a murderer in your passenger seat, working with the most famous voice in the country... And what's left for Steve now he's achieved his life's ambition of appearing on his favourite podcast.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Young Howard's story explores when it is morally acceptable to steal from an old lady.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 159 - Potting through the Pain. It's another round of snooker and both players have been poked in the eye and also have painful hips. But that doesn't stop them playing snooker to a scarcely adequate standard. Who will win? They thought it was all over, but is it now?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 134: When the Foil Turns to Ftone. It's 8.45am on 19th January 2023 and the resolution to do a stone clearing podcast a day this year has not gone too well, but will definitely happen from now on. It's a podcast full of incident, with frozen gates, ground as hard as stone, medieval songs and poems, terrifying new tactics from the Ftone Ftafi and an attack from a muzzled dog. Plus Wolfie seems to be working against me. Loads of great tips on how to deal with frozen ftones and an email from a Scotchman.More episodes:
Exciting news from the BBC: they're signing up 10 comedy writers, producers and directors to spend a year learning how to turn your ideas into actual programmes. Dave and James offer guidance for how to enter and tips to make your blurb stand out. And bring you up to date with the latest news from the BCG Pro comedy writers' conference. Be there or... no, no excuses, be there.BBC Bursary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/comedy/comedy-collective-bursary/Big Comedy Conference: https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/conference/Build A Script - from "I've got an idea" to "I've written a first draft" in 8 weeks - free copy here: https://www.davecohen.org.uk/14 Problems with your pilot script: https://jamescary.samcart.com/products/14-problems-pdf-webinarDave and Dan's topical course: https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/inside_track/return-of-topical-comedy-shows/More episodes:
Framer 158: Sh!thouse - An absolutely appalling game of snooker to follow last week's classic. Nothing in this is worth your time or your money. Luckily we are not asking for money, but you could potentially earn some money by doing something productive instead of experiencing this. There was a good shot near the end and also a great escape from an impossible snooker, though you can't see it properly because the logo was in the way. Back for more next week.
We watched the 2002 Tom Cruise spectacular 'Minority Report' - and now we're going to discuss it. In eye-watering detail. So grab a mouldy sandwich & a green glass of milk and hide your eyes from those spiders... ***This episode contains ALL THE SPOILERS for Minority Report (2002).More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 157 - Academical. It's the first frame of 2023 and what new year's resolutions will the players have and will anyone involved remember how any of this works? It doesn't matter. It's one of the greatest displays of self-playing snooker ever recorded. Sit back and enjoy it all, because sport does not get better than this.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
We watched the 2002 Tom Cruise spectacular 'Minority Report' - and now we're going to discuss it. In eye-watering detail. So grab a mouldy sandwich & a green glass of milk and hide your eyes from those spiders...***This episode contains ALL THE SPOILERS for Minority Report (2002).More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
What do you want to achieve this year? Still chasing the dream? Is it even the same dream that you think you want? There are still plenty of ways to succeed, as James says "as long as people like laughing and they like watching television".More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Chapter 133 - Pommel Hat Trick. It's just before 10am on 1st January 2023 - a new year and a new resolution that will keep you full up with stone clearing all year. There's some sneaky work from the Ftone Ftafi and there's some bad news for one section of our listenership, but I don't take the rules and there are no rules. Plus human wee, dog diarrhoea and exciting stone pole action. It's going to be a great new year.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 132 - Diplodocuf. It's 8.04am on what might be the 29th December 2022 and it's the last podcast of the year. Today we find out about the double and the importance of the periphery and why Newton's Law of Motion means that stones can not propel themselves, but are capable of steering and a Great Escape. Plus an email in from somewhere that ceased to exist in 2018, which will need its wikipedia entry amended.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
To celebrate this year's 100th anniversary of the BBC, Henry Dawe has joined forces with actors Scott Simpson and Mary Piercy to record an audio tribute to the Golden Age of British Comedy. The script weaves the names of the great talents into the dialogue between the characters. This is Part 6, the final part.https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/golden-age-of-british-comedy-audio-tribute/
Just days after creating the seminal classic "Jack's Turkeys" - Young Howard wrote this highly derivative, gender essentialist, anti-royalist (one out of three ain't bad) story of Santa... going crazy.*CONTENT WARNING: suicide (in reference to the movie "Gremlins").More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Christmas and Sitcom. Two words that go together like turkey and stuffing. There are more than 300 Christmas sitcom specials and in this episode Dave and James unwrap their favourites with Pozzitive radio producer David Tyler and the actor Laura Aikman, who has appeared in a few great Christmas episodes herself (including Gavin & Stacey). What makes a great Christmas special? And why do we love them so much?More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
To celebrate this year's 100th anniversary of the BBC, Henry Dawe has joined forces with actors Scott Simpson and Mary Piercy to record an audio tribute to the Golden Age of British Comedy. The script weaves the names of the great talents into the dialogue between the characters.https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/golden-age-of-british-comedy-audio-tribute/
Chapter 131 Berocca Wee - It's about 8.45am on 17th December 2022 and the snow lies deep and crisp and even. Which makes stone clearing pretty tricky. So welcome to an early Pro edition of the podcast where Rich shows what you have to do to clear in these conditions. And a miracle doth come to paff that fhall prove the exiftence of the Ftone Godf thif Chriftmaf. Plus an advance that will change the course of science. Happy Stone Christmas to ye all and to all a good stone.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
To celebrate this year's 100th anniversary of the BBC, Henry Dawe has joined forces with actors Scott Simpson and Mary Piercy to record an audio tribute to the Golden Age of British Comedy. The script weaves the names of the great talents into the dialogue between the characters.https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/golden-age-of-british-comedy-audio-tribute/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 80 - Ally the Red-Nosed Puppet. Rich and Ally take to the air to try and drum up support for their eBay items and it's a veritable flurry of excitement as the prices go through the roof LIVE on air! It's a tired end to the year for Rich but we get a haunting rendition of a pop song from Ally and then discuss the absolute front of Paul Burrell, misuse of time travel, winter penis, the lack of sexiness of Michelle Mone and the hypnotic effect of boobs. We'll be back in 2023. Hopefully. Though forgot to check that with Sibyl. Thanks for the support in 2022 guys.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Ever get one of those days where it's just not happening? Days that turn into weeks... Dave and James confront the bane of the new writer's life, offer ways and means of pushing through it, and dare to suggest that it might not be a thing at all.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Chapter 130 - Pacman. It's 12.53pm on 4th December and it's a rare Sunday lunchtime stone clear. It's intermediate but the odd pro tip might slip through. There's a real email. Which isn't unusual obviously. And then another real email at the end with yet another listener after Richard's gametes. Plus why it's important to have a false family and Rich has an affable chat with a member of the Stone Stasi.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
To celebrate this year's 100th anniversary of the BBC, Henry Dawe has joined forces with actors Scott Simpson and Mary Piercy to record an audio tribute to the Golden Age of British Comedy. The script weaves the names of the great talents into the dialogue between the characters.https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/golden-age-of-british-comedy-audio-tribute/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
To celebrate this year's 100th anniversary of the BBC, Henry Dawe has joined forces with actors Scott Simpson and Mary Piercy to record an audio tribute to the Golden Age of British Comedy. The script weaves the names of the great talents into the dialogue between the characters.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/golden-age-of-british-comedy-audio-tribute/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Join the gang: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 79 - Tom Cruise's Chopper - Ally owes the Victorian Ghost Child an apology. Ally and Rich discuss passports, the new Queen, Jenny Agutter's fine acting, a big fish, a big bum and an old cat. Prince Andrew performs a musical about himself and Sibyl makes some bold and bald predictions. Richard questions what he is doing and whether he'd get so few viewers if he was imagining all of this. It's the only place you can see anything like this. Bid on the eBay items and help us pay for our new computer here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/herring1967
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Part 2 of our wide-ranging chat with top comedy drama writer Lisa Holdsworth (Call The Midwife, New Tricks, All Creatures Great And Small) with advice to new writers, the joys and perils of show running and the importance of the Writers' Guild, which she currently chairs.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 156 - Politics and Sport. In a crucial frame Me1 takes on Me2 - one of them is on a bad run of form, can he turn it around? And will there be any repercussions for Referee 1 after last week's controversies. And will the LGBTQ+ community boycott the sport after this week. Find out by watching/listening to the latest instalment in this thrilling contest.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Join the gang: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 78 - J** C*. The Victorian Ghost Child has had a taste of success and it's going to be hard to shake her off, but she's still comfortably the most accomplished thing in the show, Rich and Ally discuss the resurrection of Neighbours, pornographic meteors, taboos you should bust to save your marriage, who the monarch of Christmas is, the main talking point from the Joe Lycett RHLSTP, the final words of the dying and the sad news about the sexy ghost from Ghostbusters (or the good news depending on how you look at it). Plus a new same phrase for Ally. The Christmas break can't come too soon.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 129: Wet Fock. It's 5.25pm on 16th November 2022 which can mean only one thing - Night Clear. In the rain too. Which means you can learn the important technique of picking up wet stones to get the least mud on your finger. Plus a wellington emergency and memories of the night that stone clearing almost killed Richard and his wish for that danger to return.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 155 - Touching the Pink. It's a crucial frame and there's a couple of controversial moments that could alter the whole course of the competition, but the referee's decision is final. Plus a 7 year-old heckles as she insists we look at her art, the football scores are in at 8.03 and Prince Andrew is back. I remember when this thing was purely about the sport of kings, self-playing snooker, not the sport of noncy dukes. No Sweat. Enjoy it now before unlucrative ads ruin it.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Join the gang: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Dave and James talk to the brilliant comedy drama writer Lisa Holdsworth. What is comedy drama? If anyone knows Lisa does, she's written loads of them - New Tricks, Call The Midwife, All Creatures Great And Small. Tonnes of great advice if you're planning to enter the BBC Writersroom call for Comedy Drama Scripts.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 154 - Nonce Sense. In a crucial frame Me 1 and Me 2 battle it out for the title of who is the best at snooker. There's arena naming controversy and Sybil is unavailable, but surely no one else is capable of seeing the future like her? It's a high octane contest and maybe the best snooker we've seen on the old green board since lockdown.
More episodes:
https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Join the gang: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Episode 77 - Diana's Hand. It's turning into the Victorian Ghost show, which means there is a danger of things actually being funny. But Rich and Ally discuss the nerve endings in a clitoris, whether you are beholden to agree with the person who gave you your first job, what to do if your writers hate you, the dangers of taking your own toilet seat with you everywhere you go and Musky Twitter. Plus the music hall song, "My Old Man Was A Tottenham Fan" and a very special and expensive guest appearance.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 153 - Vision On - In a crucial frame Me1 takes on Me2 at snooker and to couldn't be more exciting. It's just not possible. Even if it was on a rollercoaster. In many ways that would spoil it.
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Chapter 128 - Brick and China. It's 8:30am on 1st November 2022 and Rich is back to getting fit and back out on the Stocean. There are some hints of the hard level chapters to come, the echelons of stone Heaven and the problems of the periphery. Plus are stones gendered and which ones can you have sex with without being branded a pervert. Rich has a brush with the common man, who he knows respects him and there's some satisfying stream of consciousness as well as a stream of wee. Warning this podcast includes uncensored urination and flagrant Stone Clearing rule breaking.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Join the gang: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Join James for this exclusive interview with Dave Cohen, whose new improved second edition of the indispensable Complete Comedy Writer is published on 21st November. Hear what happens when James throws random sitcom writing questions across the table to his co-host. Our first non-Zoom show for two years.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
As a special bonus treat, this week we have a previously-unreleased episode of The ManBuyCow Podcast!
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Join the gang: https://www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Twitch of Fun #76 - Crap on Cereal - Richard is back and his very own Matthew Corbett is trying to steal focus, but he soon has things back on track with a very tired attempt at looking at the days news which includes whether Jimmy Carr is better or worse than Hitler, a new way to become the greatest footballer on earth, a surprising downfall for a beloved 80s celebrity and another unsexy robot. Will we be back next week? Sybil says no.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Fascinating chat with Scott Dikkers, legendary creator of The Onion. His is a great story of how someone with no connections to the comedy world can break in and create their own niche. This episode is packed with helpful insights from his excellent How To Write Funny trilogy of comedy writing books.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 152 Snooker, She Wrote - In a crucial frame in the contest Me1 takes on Me2 at snooker with hilarious consequences. Plus football scores at far too far into the matches to be of any interest to anyone.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 75 - Detty Doo is Doin the Do - Rich is keen for Ally to stop doing the bawdy songs of the Victorian era that will surely get them cancelled and tries to move things into the political - rather than the genital - region. He has limited success. The team discuss the rules of chess, Velma’s sexuality, whether Truss and Kwasi are of this world, who voted for this and whether if you impregnate someone in character then you don’t have to pay child support.
To get one of the limited edition Right Bollock puppets head to http://gofasterstripe.com/ball and click on deluxe edition. You can get just the book and exclusive signed postcard if you want though.
Frame #151 Stone of Scoooooooon - In a crucial frame Me1 takes on Me2 as they attempt to ascertain who is the best at snooker. Plus news of the most important football match of the year, Halifax Town versus York City. And a scary doll.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 74 - Morlock Cyclops with the Eye of Sauron - Rich is flying high - he's back on the telly and he's got a book coming out, so he's doing this thing alone. No props. Which is very handy. He talks about water on Mars and Motorhead murderers. Plus unusual wallpaper choices, some bawdy Victorian Music Hall songs, the Queen's profession, the health of Bob Mortimer and a special cartoon.
Buy Richard's book here https://www.waterstones.com/book/can-i-have-my-ball-back/richard-herring/9781408728598 Become a badger here http://gofasterstripe.com/badges
Twitch of Fun 73 - Danny Dyer's Crayons. It's another LIVE show in front of an audience of absolute idiots. The kind of people who would cheer a Marmite Lid. Rich has just performed an emotional hour of scripted stand-up about his testicular cancer, so what would be a more inappropriate juxtaposition than an attempt to improvise comedy with some uninspiring news stories with some puppets? The gang talk about the Queen's funeral, Meghan Markle, who might be the new James Bond, who would be better on money than Prince Charles, Phil and Holly and why truth doesn't matter when you've made up your mind and how a more famous comedian has trumped Richard. You probably won't get to see this because of the nuclear war though. Which is probably lucky for Rich.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Producers, commissioners, script readers - everyone tells you what they want more than anything from a script is to hear "your authentic voice". What do they mean by that? The answer is different for everyone. Dave and James offer tips to help bring you closer to finding yours. Yes that means you! And you. Every single one of you.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
Frame 150: In Liz We Truss. It's a century and a half of snooker in just ten and a bit short years and tonight is a pivotal frame in the contest. Crucial some might say. Some amazing snooker but from whom and for how long. Will defeat be snatched from the jaws of victory again. And who will buy Richard's book?
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 127 Fquafhed Hedgehog - It's 8.52am on 26th Feptember 2022 and the Ftocean has seen some changes, but it's not Ftone Chriftmaf yet. Richard mourns a fellow fwimmer in the great Ftocean, but feels he can not say the things he wants to say in this day and age where you can no longer say what you want to say, despite all the people who say this and then say what they want to say anyway. He talks about some rule breaking that he has participated in and then is cut off by a brilliant move in the game of human cheff. The Ftone Ftafi seem to be back with some underhand tricks, but Rich has a few tricks of his own up his fleeves.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
When Howard was just eleven, he wrote a story about all his classmates & teachers getting killed one by one. In this episode, we find out if he received a good grade, or therapy.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
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Frame 149 - Executioner. The period of mourning is over but one player is still reeling from the funeral, whilst the other expresses views on the monarchy that can not be condoned by any right thinking person. But away from politics and football scores it's a thrilling and crucial frame. Enjoy the action.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
TOF #702 Dog Groomer - It’s been a difficult time for us all this week, but we finally hear what the Duke of York has to say about it all. Also Ally explains why some hand holding is unacceptable and other hand holding is fine, how the rings of Saturn were formed, how to cheat at chess, what would make dinosaurs happy and how Bing might have disrespected the Queen. Plus Oxford commas, Row-land and a brilliant Gotcha for DLT.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 126, Chunky Chew Chew! It's nearly 8.30am on the 16th September 2022 and the stones they must be cleared. There's some wonderful olde hymns to the Alpha and Omega Gods and some terrific chunks. If you like chunks this is the chapter for you. But only if you've listened to all previous chapters. Plus another member of a famous family gets in touch, but they're not the most famous family I know. Listeners may be disturbed by the chewing in this podcast, but we have to ensure that only the committed get the fecretf of the ftonef.
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Dave and James talk two-minute-movies with the queen of sketchwriting Gemma Arrowsmith, best known for her work with Tracey Ullman and whose new Radio 4 series begins next week. Gemma knows everything about how to write comedy sketches and she wants to share her knowledge with YOU.
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Frame 148 - Concord Rangers. We could have just sloped off and pretended we'd forgotten but we're back with a tired but thrilling frame in honour of her majesty Mrs Mclusky. There's a lot of football to get through first. And Sybil makes another prediction. And so on.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
In this episode, we read from Howard's middle-school Religious Studies exercise book - to discover what he learned about the Ten Commandments, and his personal opinion on commandment number six: thou shalt not kill.
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TOF 71 God Save The King. In a solemn Twitch of Fun recorded at 8pm on the 8th September 2022, the darkest day in UK history, we reflect on the life of an amazing woman, plus why you shouldn't hold in farts, living in a 170km long city, a woman upset with Greggs not stocking something that they were stocking and a eulogy from an excised testicle. Plus Richard is haunted by his younger self and people with birthdays selfishly celebrate them in spite of the news.
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Twitch of Fun #70 - Nude - Richard and his puppet pals are back from their holidays and trying to remember how everything works. Unfortunately for us they more or less manage it, although they need to resort to a tiny amount of puppet porn to keep viewer figures up. Apart from that, it's business as usual - a bit of singing, a touch of satire, and some heart stopping predictions from Sybil.
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James and Dave are joined by a gang of Geekers to celebrate the first 200 Episodes. A deep but fun discussion about credits, com dram and commissioners. Where things were when we began in 2015, where they are now and where they’re going for comedy writers.
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Last week's writing challenge was for Rufus to write a traditional detective story, with no sci-fi and no Grett Binchleaf.
Chapter 124 - Ftone Halloween. It's 8.14am on the 25th August 2022 and after a month of stone rest, Herring is back. Will the Ftocean be clear of crops and if so what wonders shall Herring find? Remember size and hardness is not important in any way, but you always remember the particularly hard ones, plus a stone the size of a child's head, but which child and just general excitement to be back here. The rain will not dampen the fire in stone clearer's heart.
Howard challenges Rufus to write a traditional detective story - but first, we need to learn about all the different types of crime.
Dave's been in Edinburgh to see the first full on Fringe since 2019. What's changed? What hasn't? And what's all the fuss about Jerry Sadowitz?
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We read 11-year-old Howard's newspaper article about an unusual caterpillar - called "A Green Thing that Grows..."
The simple answer is "it's what BBC Writersroom are looking for this November." Dave and James return to this tricky question to help you work out your best strategy for entering the competition - with extra helpful advice from top writers who excel at the form.
Submissions open Wednesday 9 November and close Wednesday 7 December 2022. Details here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/send-a-script/ Sign up for Dave's fortnight of free emails (15-26 August) "What Is Comedy Drama?" davec@bindman.net
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Chapter 123 - Thiftle Be Ye Laft One of Ye Fummer. It's 5:23pm on 26th July 2022 and the sun is burning hotter than it looks like it'll be and a dehydrated Richard Herring barely manages to clear a stone, let alone talk about it. The thiftles cheer him on his way to Fcotchland and the bramblef magically appear for to give him fuccour. If the Stone Gods will it then we will be back in the autumn for the next infinity chapters of what is still the third most successful stone clearing podcast in the world (excluding New Zealand).
Episode 69! Goodnight Sweethearts - It's the end of the current series of Twitch of Fun and what a number to go out on! But will we return or will Richard finally have made the breakthrough to proper TV. That's right TV. Which has ten years left. Just the right time to leave the internet behind. Does Sybil see more Twitch of Fun in the future? And why didn't she see the tyre blowout that put paid to the live episode last week? Why is she so obsessed with Paddy McGuinness. Plus John Cleese, how to stop your sperm being stolen when you're dead, Moon Day, Truss and Sunak and bad news about Nicholas Lyndhurst. See you in September. On Channel 4?
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Chapter 122 - Daify Duke. It's the evening time of 20th July 2022 and after a hiatus the stone clearing podcast is back to tell you how to clear stones when the earth's vagina is baked hard and the crops are thick. In the heat of the summer this is an exceptional sexual chapter and must not be listened to children or adults who don't like to listen to a man talking about being sucked off by stones. Plus the terrible fate of the stones that miss the stone poll. And Rich is nearly caught in the act by his wife. It was worth the wait. Sorry to the thousands of you who have emailed in asking where the podcast had gone.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Dave and James welcome back the kings of DIY moviemaking Danny Stack and Tim Clague. Fresh from their triumphant week at the Cannes Film Festival, the UK Scriptwriters team talk about making your own shows, selling them abroad, and how to make a name for yourself even if you don't know anyone in the business.
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We read several stories that Howard wrote at primary school - including Haunted Hotel, Whodunnit, and the epoch-defining Nut Planet.
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Episode 68 - Modern Girl - Richard has been taken advantage of by Ian Pizza Express, but at least he now knows the best way to cut up a pepper. He is (eventually) joined by Ally and they discuss Richard's glittering new TV career, whether Rich is married to his mum, dolphins pooing on coral reefs, Brad Pitt being unable to recognise faces and why only three Michael Jackson records are being cancelled. Marmite Lid is back being as edgy as Hell and Prince Andrew defends the stupid costumes he dresses up in. Come and see show 69 at the Phoenix in London on 11th July. Tickets here https://www.seetickets.com/event/rhlstp-at-the-phoenix/the-phoenix-london/2325600
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Commissioners say they love them, they remain hugely popular, nobody's writing them. Surely the answer is obviously yes yes yes! Dave and James think so but be aware of the high risks - and you'll need to think creatively about pitching the idea.
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Young Howard decided that The Wind in the Willows just wasn't realistic enough - so he rewrote it.
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Frame 147 - Maximum Break - An incredible landmark as the podcast hits its 147th frame. Sadly everyone involved is so knackered that this is going to be a total waste of 20 minutes of your life. Richard seems annoyed to be there, the players can't play, the referee can't remember whose go it is. Absolute fucking shambles.
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Our latest drunk writing challenge - to write Mister Men or Little Miss stories!
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TOF Episode 67 - Sex Mites. Richard is killing time before the Champion of Champions Taskmaster show airs - has he beaten the odds to win? He and Ally discuss the perverts in our pores, newly single Jerry Hall and soon to be married (?) Olivia Wilde and insensitive to people who obviously weren't witches. There's a return from the dead for an unpopular character and perhaps in exchange the loss of a dear friend. Is Rowan Atkinson right and should comedy be as offensive as possible? You'll probably not think so after this....
You can see how Richard did on Taskmaster on More 4: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster-champion-of-champions and the video of his watch along will be available to badgers in their secret area at some point in the next week or so (probably).
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In Part 2 of the interview, Ashley Pharoah, co-creator of Life On Mars, explains the eight years of development that preceded the hit drama, and how it literally involved bags of money. And entertains us with tales of his other top-rated shows and, ah, Bonekickers.
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We watched the best Superman movie ever made: Superman III (1983). Now we're going to take a very long time trying to understand it.
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Frame 146 - No, I'm Czechoslovakia. In a crucial frame in the contest, Me1 takes on Me2 at snooker to see who is the best at snooker. They are both tired and dizzy and there are a few fouls in this one and practically no decent play, But you have to take the rough with the smooth and snooker is a game of two halves, so shut up with your complaining and just watch or listen to it and be grateful it's here at all. What's wrong with you?
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Twitch of Fun - Episode 66 - Check it! History has been made. Twitch of Fun has gone live, in front of a studio audience, full of countless fans (if you're unable to count over 60). In an impressively unprepared show on a very slow news day, Rich and Ally and the puppets that could fit in Richard's bag discuss the world's loneliest tortoise, the hands of Prince Charles, the world's most vengeful elephant, whether 52 year old men exist, why the Duke of York couldn't go to the Order of the Garter meeting and whether it's time to forgive and forget, America's favourite vegetable and whether AI has become sentient. Plus we will find out if Heidi is real, wish Terri a happy birthday, discover why tonight's show has prevented multiple crimes and find out if Sibyl's predictions for Birmingham and Paddy McGuinness came true. All in glorious audio only, the only way to enjoy ventriloquism. We will be back at the Phoenix for another Twitch of Fun on 11th July, almost 2 years to the day since episode one and the day before Richard's 55th birthday. Come down and celebrate with us. https://www.seetickets.com/event/rhlstp-at-the-phoenix/the-phoenix-london/2325600
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We watched the best Superman movie ever made: Superman III (1983). Now we're going to take a very long time trying to understand it.
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TOF #65: Peanuts In My Throat. Rich is back after a week off due to illness and there's lots of exciting robot sex news for him to chow down on, and lots of peanuts. He and Ally discuss what they'd do with a sweaty finger, how long they'd wait for a girlfriend in a coma and whether they would eat poop in order to defy ageing. A Twitch of Fun fan pretends to have a wife to impress the chat room and we resolve an important mat issue. And Sibyl has some bad news for Birmingham. Come and see Twitch of Fun LIVE on 13th June at the Phoenix pub in Cavendish Sq. Rob is bringing Heidi (he claims) https://www.seetickets.com/event/rhlstp-at-the-phoenix/the-phoenix-w1/2325570
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There most certainly was for Ashley Pharoah, who went on to co-create of Life On Mars, one of the best comic drama series of the last 20 years. In Part 1, he talks about breaking into the industry through writing for soaps and making his own stuff, including Where The Heart Is and Around The World In Eighty Days.
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Frame 145 - Württemberg. In a crucial frame in the contest, Me1 and Me2 face off on the old green board to try to determine which of them is best at snooker, whilst Richard propositions an 82 year-old woman who was widowed today and everyone gets a bit too excited about Referee 3 (can you spot the mistake she made in setting up the board?). Hang around til the end for the greatest shot ever made in the history of self-playing snooker - great in audio, even better in video. Tech difficulties meant that the latest football scores came at about 8.07pom which is no use to anyone. Sorry.
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Chapter 121 - Fometimef ye ftonef are Filent. It's about 5.15pm on 7th June 2022 and it's been a month since the last podcasted stone clear, so we have to feel our way back together. Stripped back to basics, fighting some of the most difficult conditions known to stone clearers and seeing the sprouting of this year's poppies and thistles that come from where stone friends and enemies fell. It's certainly not insane, what's going on here. That's all that I know.
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We watched the best Superman movie ever made: Superman III (1983). Now we're going to take a very long time trying to understand it.
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Frame 144 - Referee Three - In this crucial frame Me 1 takes on Me 2 at snooker to determine who is the best at snooker. And recent refereeing errors mean the frame begins with a bang, with no expense spared for the special effects. Will a new broom sweep the sport clean of claims of corruption. It's an incredibly spooky frame with thrills and spills and pills and gills. Watch to the end. You won't believe what happens.
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We watched the best Superman movie ever made: Superman III (1983). Now we're going to take a very long time trying to understand it.
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Richard is out of the gates and ready for his sideways looks at the news, but wi-fi issues buffer everything up. People watching live get a terrible experience and the disruption takes the wind out of Richard's star sails. The recording has no buffering though so you can finally see what was going on. Rich talks about monkey pox, replacing hands, Ellen leaving under a cloud and a horror version of Winnie the Pooh. Plus how he aims to take on Abba by taking Twitch of Fun LIVE in front of an audience with NO BUFFERING on 13th June at the Phoenix. Book your tickets here https://www.seetickets.com/event/rhlstp-at-the-phoenix/the-phoenix-w1/2325570 (you will also get a RHLSTP with Dick and Dom - all for just £11!)
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Writing topical jokes for radio is one of the fastest ways to build your credits and get to know producers. With The Skewer winning bucketloads of awards, Scotland's Breaking The News and now a new Radio 4 Extra show DMs Are Open, there's never been a better time to write topical comedy. Learn the secrets of successful gag writing from Dave and James, and regular topical writers Dan Sweryt and Eleanor Hayward.
Additional material about how to write for specific shows is available if you sign up to our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/SitcomGeeks
James Cary's Perfect Pilot Sitcom Plot webinar is on 30th May 2022: http://sitcomgeek.blogspot.com/2022/05/your-perfect-pilot-sitcom-plot.html
Dave Cohen's blog on finding a comedy writing partner: https://www.davecohen.org.uk/blogs/how-do-you-find-a-comedy-writing-partner/
BCG Pro's article on BBC commissioning changes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/inside_track/bbc-comedy-commissioning-wishlist/
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Frame 143 - Fire Referee 1 (Into the Heart of the Sun). An exhausted Me1 and Me2 take to the old green board to see who will win this crucial frame. They are keen to get it over with as soon as possible, but another monumental refereeing error extends play time. Bad for them, but loads more snooker for you.
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A moving tale by Young Howard about a man, his faithful dog, and the corrupting influence of money.
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Episode 63 - Man on the Roof. Richard has been booted back to the Thursday night slot by a furious Ian Twitch, but is it better not to be in the harsh light of the mainstream spot? The team chat about Euromillions, penis flowers, a tribute to Vangelis and Harry Potter's self-love. Plus advice from 105 years ago about how to throw your voice. Which Ally proves to be pretty good at. And a bit of a shock from Cocky Carrot.
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Frame 142 - Frog - A very tired Richard Herring presents this crucial frame in the contest. Can Sybil repeat her amazingly accurate prediction from last week? What were the football scores at 8.03pm? Who raids a snooker match after it is over? Why is an old bamboozled man hosting a Twitch channel? Who will win this crucial frame? Find out by watching/listening.
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A Million To One - Richard is nervous about Twitch Of Fun being moved to the prime time Friday evening slot, but is determined to do the show without the stupid puppets ruining his big break. He talks about moon cress, skewers the Tories with his incredible satire that is sure to change minds and discusses arseholes a lot. Should the Queen resign? Is there a door on Mars? Is society prejudiced against white private school educated men? And will the show retain the prime time slot next week?
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Dave and James talk about... talking. How do you bring your comic conversations to life? What gets left out? How do you make it funny? And find out which hugely famous TV writer calls dialogue "the least important part of my job".
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Frame 141 - Curse? It's a crucial frame in the contest that might well determine the eventual winner, but will the incredible shift in form continue? There's a big match of football too, but the two early goals arrive too late to get a mention on the soccer round up. Sybil's powers are getting spooky and Me2 is playing for a very special fan. And there's some phenomenal snooker action, plus watch out It'll Be All Right On The Night - a funny thing happens with one of the cameras. Even better in audio.
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We read a story called 'Hey! You down there!' by Young Howard - which tackles themes of greed, hubris, and underground mole people.
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Episode 61 - You Get Out What You Putin. A cock in the BFG and questions over Richard’s mental health, plus a clip that will be played on the news and suddenly not seem so funny. Plus THREE jokes and the start of a nuclear war. There’s also time to talk about Prince Charles's hobbies, grim health news, Dave Chapelle and why Countdown is a job for life.
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Frame 140 - Porn - It's a crucial frame in the contest, after last week's controversy. Referee one's life is hanging by a thread, but allegations have been made against both players. But at times like these we can only let the snooker do the talking and boy does it talk tonight? No, it doesn't. It's a game.
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Chapter 120 Moifture - It's before 8am on the 4th May 2022 and Richard is off for a second crack at Chapter 120, the first having been recorded from inside his pocket (though attached at the end of this podcast for completists). Rich gets one foot from a possum-playing rabbit, sees a spooky tree, pontificates on water, the enemy of stone and whether he'd rather have sex with a mermaid or a siren. The lost podcast is the best one ever - see what snippets you can pick up from the pocket record. It's like a faded gospel found in a cave.
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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Episode 60 - How Uranus was Discovered. Rich makes a pitch to Elon Musk in the hope he might be interested in purchasing another hot internet property. Also on the agenda are watching porn at work, losing the freedom of the city of York and how Right Bollock has inadvertently sent Rich's career on an incredible trajectory that sees him in the prime slot of 8.50am on Sky News. Plus a charming celebration of the Queen's 70 years on the throne. For more info about feeling your own bollocks (or those of a friend) head to movember.com
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Creator of the great comedy monster Martin Fishback, Fergus Craig talks about his early love for Mr Bean, the Edinburgh hit double act of Fergus & Colin, and tries to persuade James that Reeves and Mortimer are the business.
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Frame 139 Yellow - The contest couldn't be at a more exciting point and this frame is absolutely crucial. Should the arena be named after the wife of a Neofascist? How are Gala Fairydean getting on in the football? Why are people still watching this when they're allowed to go out now? And will Sybil's Paddy McGuinness prediction come true? Oh and there's some snooker too and a bit of a controversy that threatens to shake the sport to its very foundations.
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Twitch of Fun #59 - Glankety-Glank - Twitch of Fun is BACK for an unprecedented third series, but some changes have been made. Who is out and who is in? Will Rich make it into the squad? Ally is on hand to make some slightly out of date topical references and discuss Adrian Chiles' urinal, Johnny Depp's poo in the bed and what makes the Queen laugh. Her son, Andrew Windsor crops up to talk about Barbie dolls and travelling back in time to have sex with our mothers. Plus The Champion of the Earth. It's embarrassing and poorly conceived. So business as usual. Thanks Ian Twitch.
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Frame 138 - Bad News For Paddy - Let the contest continue. More superb snooker action as well as expert football analysis and terrifying visions of the future from a scary doll. Can the Me who has been doing badly hit form at last? Or will the Me who is doing well continue to deliver the goods? And when is Twitch of Fun back? All questions will be answered (well these three will).
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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Dave and James talk to Hat Trick boss Jimmy Mulville about his decades of phenomenal comedy success, developing new writing talent and why you should never send him a substandard script.
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Frame 137 - Sixty-Nine. It's a crucial frame in this ongoing contest that could well decide the final result. Can the out-of-form player turn things around or will the in-form player stay in form and win? And more importantly, what are the football scores at 8.03pm and what does the Scrappy Doo of Self-Playing Snooker think is going to happen?
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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Chapter 119 - Horfe. It's just after 8am on the 8th April 2022 and luckily Richard knows the facts about the sun so isn't scared that it's behind clouds. He has discovered strange markings in the crops that might indicate a lost stone clearing community and for the first time in ages he's gone all Charley Boorman and is taking the long way round. The Stone Stasi are quiet, perhaps a bit quiet and then BOOM they hit you with the unexpected. Plus lots of tips about border stones.
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Frame 136 - These Are The Days of Miracle and Wonder - We're mourning the death of a cinematic great, but we still need to know the 8.03 football scores, however painful they may be for York City and can Sibyl keep up her amazing 1 week run of getting the result partially correct? It's an incredible frame of snooker from start to finish. You are going to be lucky too witness this, even if in audio only. Plus a baby with a baboon for a heart. This podcast has EVERYTHING.
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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Chapter 118 - Fimile - it's 5.45pm on 31st March 2022 and the ftone gods are fending more terrible weather to blight Richard's attempts. But what is the snow like? There are some talking stones and a bit about daffodils. And another visit from a mysterious figure.
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Part 2 of the advice-packed interview from Daniel Peak, one of our most successful sitcom creators. Code 404, Not Going Out - and he's not afraid to talk about the ones that got away. This week, Daniel heroically relives Big Top, an episode or six of what happens when a sitcom fails to please the Lords of TV Criticism.
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Frame 135 - Post-Watershed - The snooker is recorded at 9pm this week, meaning a certain number of swear words are allowed, but will the Mes use them all? And can they top (or just copy) the Oscars? And how will having football scores from later in the game affect things? What the Hell is this thing? How is it still going on? Why are you enabling it by consuming it? This is your responsibility. Who will win this frame? Will Sybil predict it? What the Hell is this thing?
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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...announced in this week's bonus episode. Dave and James discuss what made it onto the shortlist, how the quality of scripts has improved in recent years and why the future of narrative sitcom is hopefully assured. (And congratulations to Lloyd Glanville for the winning script Unsustainable)
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Frame 134 - Ajax - The snooker is in danger of being replaced by a football update service. Which I think might be more popular. But Sibyl would surely warn us if that was going to happen, so accurate are her predictions. Anyway, more snooker playing in what is a crucial frame in the competition.
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A three-headed space dog is terrorising the world, and only one soft-boiled detective can stop him.
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Part 1 of our deeply insightful natter with brilliant sitcom writer Danny Peak, regular writer on Not Going Out and creator of one of Sky's most popular comedies, Code 404.
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Chapter One One Feven - I'm Not Faying I'm Jefuf - It's 7.45am on the 9th March 2022 and there's a little bit of a wind going on and Wolfie is making enemies and friends, as we return to the Ftone Ocean for another important chapter in the audio binder that is Stone Clearing. Rich reveals news about lost Fhakefpeare plays and gofpels - how does he know so much about it? I can't say. The cairn that never grows is back and still no bigger and the ditch that had so much success with Brexit turns its powers to World War Three. Plus an entitled stone gets on Richard's nerves. Is it the witterings of an old man or the wise words of the fon of Godf? Become a badger to listen to the Fecret Ftone Clearf http://gofasterstripe.com/badges
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Chapter One One Fix - Felfridgef - It's 7.45am on 3rd March 2022 and it's time for a nice quiet stone clear. Why don't we just enjoy the views and have less of the yapping? Some stones are cleared, the main cairn is coming along lovely, look and Rich lets you know what he'd do if he was CEO of various companies.
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Frame 133 - Young Boys. Richard is going great guns with his 8.02pm football score catch up. He might even stop doing the snooker and concentrate on that. But for now the snooker continues and it's a stone cold classic frame and it's a crucial one for the competition. Maybe as few as 1000 frames to go, so don't miss it.
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Howard's friend Smith likes two things: making bets and getting in sewers. In this story from 12-year-old Howard, Smith tries to do both.
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James and Dave have read your Hat Trick Script Competition Scripts and here are the headlines: 1. It really is hard. 2. Thanks so much for sending them in. Oh and a few thoughts about mockumentaries, sociopaths and the language of sitcom scripts.
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Frame 132 22/2/22 - It's a day of massive numerical significance, but will that be reflected in the final score. Sibyl certainly thinks so. And will Rich finish the show in time to get some time to himself before his wife gets home? So much jeopardy, so many twos. This is a crucial frame in the contest that is bound to have an effect on the final result. But who will win. Who???
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Chapter 115 - Donald Finden - It's 5.50pm on 20th February 2022 and Richard heads outside and is surprised to see that it's lightly raining. He does not know what is to come. I do not think it is hyperbole to say that what he encounters is as challenging as climbing Everest, but it's been transplanted to the bottom of the Marianas Trench without oxygen or feet. No spoilers but if you are of a nervous disposition or don't want to hear a 54 year old man calling for his mummy then do not listen to this chapter.
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Howard digs out his middle school History book - and finds that , even in History class, he wrote stories. This one is a day in the life of a Sumerian child, and showcases all the subtlety and compassion that we have come to expect from 12-year-old Howard.
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Episode 58 Biscuit - A physically and mentally drained Richard Herring is glad to see the end of the second series of Twitch Of Fun (we're taking a break, but as long as Ian Twitch recommissions the show we should be back in a few weeks), but the less prepared and more knackered it is, the better the show and Ally really steps up to bring in the required energy. The pair discuss why aliens are stalking Lily Savage, which comedian is genetically capable of surviving car crashes, Ally's former girlfriend Eunice, baby ghost sharks, the back catalogue of Adam Ant and the innocence of Andrew Windsor. We also show the Sky Potato-produced, Writers' Guild Award-winning sketch from Drunk Women Solving Crime (starring Rich as the main character). Plus subliminal advertising from gofasterstripe.com We will miss you.
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Frame 131 - For Whom the Bell Dongs - After a fortnight hiatus the Mes are back, in a crucial frame that could make all the difference in the contest. With a visit from the completely innocent Duke of York and another prediction from Sybil, the players get down to some very exciting snooker action. Who will win? I am not telling you in this blurb as that's more or less the whole point of the game. And then you wouldn't bother watching/listening. Oh, you aren't anyway.
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In this week's episode, Howard sets Rufus a challenge to write in a style that's way out of his comfort zone - erotica. The result is a story so damn sexy that Howard can barely read it without exploding. CONTENT WARNING: sex acts and naughty words.
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Chapter 114 - Pink! - It's just before midday on 13th February 2022 and after a week amongst the stones of Wales, Richard is back where he belongs, watching a dog poo in a bush. There's a spooky encounter with a goblin baby and the domination of an unusual hue, plus more stone clearing advice for the intermediate stone clearer who probably doesn't yet hear the beautiful voices of the stones.
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Currently one of our most successful comedy writers, Georgia Pritchett talks to Dave and James about the long road to success, working virtually in LA and making Armando laugh.
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This week, we read two short pieces by Young Howard. The first, by 11-year-old Howard, is a short story about a gang of kids daring each other to take life-threatening risks. The second is a highly inappropriate list that 13-year-old Howard's teacher told the whole class to write.
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Episode 57 Ally Sloper PM - Richard isn't in the mood for a sideways look at the news, is he damaging his legacy? Or do you need to first have a legacy to damage it? The puppets are in an unpleasantly frisky mood as they discuss Boris Johnson, Jimmy Savile, testicular cysts, what it takes to impress Holly Willoughby, how it's possible that so many viewers of this show are married and how people have sex when they are different size. More predictions from Sibyl who says we'll be back in a fortnight.
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Frame 130 - Northampton 0 Barrow 0 - Richard tries to boost his viewership by offering an unparalleled sports service. Referee 1's life is hanging in the balance and the players are giving Vladimir Putin something to think about. Sybil brings her magic power of prediction to the festivities again and it's a record breaking frame which could have a real impact on the final score.
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It's another drunk writing challenge! We got drunk, came up with writing prompts, then wrote a story each. Then we waited a week and tried to read them.
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Chapter 113 Ftone Fhelf - Richard is confused about the date but it's 26th January 2022 at 5.15pm - it's getting dark, Richard's had Covid and the Stone Stasi are waiting at the first corner, but nothing can stop stone clearing except our inevitable and imminent deaths. Richard is back with more intermediate tips and explains how to turn yourself into a shelf as well as advising you as to where you can put your chocolate fingers. The main cairn is looking nice, but the stone pole is hidden behind massive new plants, so how will that go. Some emails and a trip into Richard's living room are just some of the delights that await you. Why are you still listening? Because you are the best. Don't let anyone tell you any different.
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Dave reports back from his first two years of trying to become a novelist, and details the ups and downs of starting a new writing career. Warning: includes ignorance about the industry, misplaced arrogance and emotional attachment to worn out old ideas.
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Frames 128 and 129 - Sybil - Me1's wife is out so the players get to do two frames tonight. There's potting, controversy and a good joke about balls going in the bin. And there's a new character with amazing powers that will blow your mind. Will Referee 1 still have his job next week? And when will VAR bring some consistency to the sport?
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We dig into Young Howard's short-lived music career, and read the angsty and occasionally weird lyrics he scribbled in his songbooks.
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Episode 56 - Sybil - Richard has a sincere apology to make about his Covid lockdown transgressions, but once that's over we're straight into meeting a terrifying new character who is going to kill you in your sleep. Ally and Richard discuss eternal youth, whether it's time for The Edge to let it go, a terrifying new conflict and how the Queen consumes her fruit. There's a prolonged interview where a slightly tetchy Andrew Windsor attempts to defend his reputation (with mixed results) and there's a backlog of birthdays to clear up. It all peters out a bit in the end, but you can't haver everything. And this is the only Twitch show that will predict the future for you. Though you can probably do that yourself. We're screwed.
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Frame 127 - Fifty Seven Years To Go - All the Mes have been declared Covid free and allowed into the country and so Self-Playing snooker can continue. But the curse of the world's oldest man has struck again and Richard is keen to get downstairs to see his wife after being denied his conjugal rights for 10 long days and nights. So the players play quick and play beautifully, but has the whole competition become one-sided and what can the Lord Jesus Christ do to help?
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Work deep, build habits. Dave and James return from the break with great ideas to improve your writing productivity and increase fun. Plus a great new topical opportunity for 2022.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Frame 126 - Seventeen Years To Go - The contest is reaching a crucial stage where every frame played counts as one frame to whoever wins it and the trophy can be won or lost right now, though we won't be able to be sure about that until one or all of the players are dead. It's a cracking frame of snooker though and all good fun, until everyone gets a bit weird near the end. But don't let that put you off. You are not wasting your time with this, whatever other people might tell you. You're part of something important. At least, it's as important as anything. All of this will be stripped away and forgotten and we will be but dust on the breeze. Look/listen out for some amazing shots.
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Episode 55 - Jizz Lane - Richard tries to go it alone with his novel solution to the Covid crisis and Ally gives him some advice about not bringing his personal problems into the show. But then isn't the show just a product of his problems? The pair discuss Cliff Richard calendars, racist Dorset roads, Maxwell's cushy prison and how Princess Di's funeral might have gone. Plus it's the birthday of the person who made Richard's entire podcast career and there's the return of a much-loved character who hasn't been on for a while for some reason. Plus a statement from the lonely Duke of York. You can still support our kickstarter grift, even though it's hit its target http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
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Make 2022 The Year Of The Comedy Writer. James and Dave offer a great guide for ensuring that next year is your best for writing yet. Includes hopes and goals, brutal frankness and the number one key to comedy writing success.
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Chapter 112 - Jefuf Versus Reef-Mogg - It's nearly lunchtime on 27th December and Richard is having more technical issues, especially when he tries to do his bit about Omega versus Omicron which goes missing for the second time in two podcasts. Hopefully it settles down once Firi is turned off because Rich has some messages about the true meaning of Christmas, a celebrity email and a great Pacman analogy which is only slightly spoiled by the bit where he finds the Pacman stone not being recorded. Happy New Year.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Episode 54 - Fanta Claus - It's Christmas so this week is much more impromptu than the usual tightly scripted episodes. There's songs, laughter, rapprochement and an old man lamenting his failing sperm production. Everything you want from Christmas. Plus a proper joke, some Coldplay anecdotes and a discussion about whether aliens are religious. And a beautiful duet to end on and Rich ending up with a sore throat even though he did practically nothing in the show. Support our kickstarter at http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
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Frame 125 - The Not Christmas Frame - Richard is back playing with himself, live on Twitch and he's determined that this fine sport should not be tainted by Yuletide chuff. It's a thrilling frame which could go either way, with some amazing talking points. Perfect to watch on Christmas morning (as long as you are not celebrating Christmas). Back the RHLSTP Kickstarter here: http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
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Chapter 111 - Furry Dog Fhit. It's 3.40pm on 21st December 2022 and Richard is taking a look back over a turbulent year for stones of all kinds, plus a seasonal look at which of the seven dwarves Richard would choose to pleasure (with their consent). The Stone Stasi are out in force and somehow manage to interrupt transmission just at the end of the stone pole. We pick up at the Brexit ditch and believe you me, we've lost so absolute gold. Including some stuff about the true meaning of Chriftmaf. Ah well.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Episode 53 - Gusy Gusy Gee - The gang are all back, with their hilarious take on all the main news stories, including THAT Christmas party, Omicron, deadly otters, swearing Clangers and what politicians like to do with globes. Plus will Prince Andrew ever be able to resume royal duties? This is the only topical puppet show that dares give you the answer. Also is there a hut on the moon and what uses can you think of for a robot hand that can exert different pressures?
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Still time to polish that Hat Trick sitcom script to perfection. In this episode we answer your last-minute queries. What's a self-contained episode? How do we introduce characters? How much rewriting should we do? How can we be sure you won't steal your ideas? (SPOILER: we won't)
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Frame 124 - All The Angles. It's all change at Me1 vs Me2 Snooker today, with an unnecessary degree of professionalism introduced (to the presentation at least). It won't really make much difference to the audiophiles though. There's high breaks, controversy and one of the Mes wins a frame of snooker. But which one? I can't say here as finding out is essentially the only thing that makes this worth experiencing.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Episode 52 - Cocaine Hippo - A sleep deprived Richard Herring becomes surprisingly loquacious and doesn't let the puppets get much of a word in edgewise, but if he's going to get back on the TV then he has to go it alone. Topics for discussion are lots of BJs of all sorts. Did BJ have a baby to distract from his party? Did a man really give himself a BJ in his car? Has BJ ever taken drugs? Plus should we feel sorry for Allegra and is it possible to not think Michael Sheen is the best person in the world. Plus French Donkey and French Carrot meet, with disastrous consequences.
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Frame 123 - BJ Fan? - Things get a little political ahead of this crucial frame in the contest, with so much resting on the result, but there comes a time to let the snooker do the talking and there's a chance of a maximum break for one player, but will he take it? Or will he blow it? There's only one way to get the answer. Tune in to the world's premier self-playing snooker match now.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Episode 51 - Gagy, it's Cold Outside. Richard and some of his puppets discuss Omicron, Arwen, Meghan, Rees-Mogg, Jizzlane, sex mess and George Michael. Will Ally and Sally get a Christmas number one. And how much would you pay for a RHLSPT Rubik's cube? You can bid for that and more here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/herring1967/
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The Hat Trick Sitcom Script competition window is now open. Brrr! You've got five weeks to bash that script into shape. Everyone talks about the first ten pages but how do you write the end? James and Dave explain why "it's not about the pumpkins."
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Frame 122 - Earthquake - As predicted in the Book of Revelations, on the 10th anniversary of the first self-playing snooker podcast the ground fhall fhake and the frame fhall freeze and no one will be fure which Me hath won the frame. It's 10 years since we started and we're still going strong. Expect some guest appearances from your least favourite Mes and some crossover guests too. But mainly expect some earth shattering snooker and real incident. Thanks for sticking with this. It will continue until there are zero listeners/viewers. So far you are winning in this stand off, but it can't be long now.
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Chapter 110 - Leafy Tricksters - It's just before 6pm on 30th November 2021 and after back pain and bugs, Herring and Dog are back with their hilarious stone-based double act. Includes faffing with taking pictures, trying to open a dog poo bag in the dark and more high-jinx. How much weight of stonage has been removed in the three years this has been going on? Find out by listening to this very informative chapter and imagine how bad the other one he recorded must have been to not be broadcast. Bid on stone based and other cool items here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/herring1967/
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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TOF #50 Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Down! I don't quite know how, but we've got to episode 50 of this show, even though each episode is just exactly the same jokes as last time. Richard has had good news - though his nemesis is upset by it - and he is also continuing with his secret work for charity, that he doesn't like to talk about. The show is recorded under the dulling effect of a nasty cold, but only Richard is affected, so Ally has some funny stuff to say. The pair talk about Sex dolls, Peppa Pig, whether a half man, half dog is scarier than a dog and whether men are turning to crime because of a female Doctor Who. Fifty shows. Fifty shows.
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Frame 121 - To Vax or Not To Vax, That is the Question - One week from the tenth anniversary of the beginning of this never ending tournament and there have been some booster jabs in the mix. Will they affect snooker arms? And are you better off unvaccinated? Some incredible break building in this episode and some tromboning too. But who is tromboning who?
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Episode 49: Looking Gack it's so Gizarre - In possibly the most fluid and strange episode yet Rich accuses an innocent nurse of murder, blames Santa for Covid, chastises Phillip Schofield for not taking penises seriously (like Rich does) and wonders if everyone else in the world is robots and him and Ally are the only real human beings. Is this a sophisticated parody of an ex-TV star, desperate for a return to the limelight having a mental breakdown or is it just an ex-TV star, desperate for a return to the limelight having a mental breakdown? Whichever one it is, please don't tell anyone about this show. Thanks.
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Good news - TV's top comedy commissioners want the same as we do for our Hat Trick Sitcom Script Competition. Dave and James discuss Broadcast magazine's Commissioners Panel meet in which Channel 4, Sky and UKTV are all asking for broad, multi-generational, family-like sitcoms by new writers, and not a narrative arc in sight. Plus details of when to send us your scripts. And how to make the leap from episode outline to first draft.
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Also: if you want to sign up for Dave's free email series Make 2022 The Year Of Your Comedy Career write to funnyup02@gmail.com
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Frame 120 - BJ - More self-playing snooker like in the other episodes in the ongoing mission to find the best me. Can we bring it home in under 30 minutes?
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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TOF episode 48 Sex Pest Sex Mess - Twitch of Fun is back after a brief hiatus of having proper work to do. And Ally and Rich get to discuss how it's important to have a name that you can't make rude words out of, if you're an artist, Richard Madden's threeways, Hitler based self-cancellation, selling heir looms and banging against a brick wall. Plus a new old character and some original songs. What's not to love?
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Frame 119 - Poor Ziggy - it's back and it's nearly been going for ten years at a heady pace of almost a frame a month. But someone connected with the wider Self-Playing Snooker universe has passed on and there has to be a moment of reflection. Before the greatest sporting event of the millennium. It will keep you guessing right up to the last minute and wishing you could have joined the millions who saw it live.
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You've got two months to write your script for our Hat Trick Sitcom Contest. In this episode Dave and James talk about the pros and cons of setting your sitcom at work, home, in outer space or the land of the fairies. Find out which settings are most likely to work for this particular competition.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Exciting news - today Sitcom Geeks launch our Sitcom Script Competition in association with the mighty Hat Trick and BCG Pro - with £1000 for the winning script. What we're looking for, what we're not looking for, why it's free to enter and what to do next, all discussed in breathless excited detail by James and Dave.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Episode 47 - Dragon Boneman Versus Fluffy Rabbit - A surprise guest leads to an impromptu promo for Twitch of Fun and I think you will all be able to tell who the funny one is in the family. It's a very weary Twitch of Fun tonight, that nearly didn't happen, but Richard couldn't bear to think of all those excited grown adults celebrating their birthdays not getting their donkey kicks. We're asked to imagine a lot in this episode which is insensitive given everyone involved suffers from aphantasia, but there's some questions asked by Prince Andrew that we should all be asking and a question asked that isn'e even a question. Plus deadly sprinkles, not panicking, overthrow of the political system and what the Queen wants to eat with every meal. Sit on it, you malodorous ragamuffins.
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Chapter 109 - Path of Conkerf. It's just before 5pm on 14th October 2021 and it's a fine autumn night to visit a freshly ploughed field to clear easy stones that a child could clear. But what should you do when presented with such easy stony booty? You should take care my friends. For the FF are lulling you and Halloween is just around the corner.
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Frame 118 - 118 118 - It's back. After almost 11 months, the classic self-playing snooker contest picks up again - no stupid accents, no knock outs, no bullspit. But who will prove superior tonight Me 1 or Me 2. There's controversy from the off, but from then on just pure excitement and amazing break after amazing break. Sometimes there are snookers. Some times the other player gets out of the snooker. And then one player wins. Plus an update of the England Hungary match for people who want to know what the score was about 20 minutes in. It's back baby.
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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...
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Richard has discovered where he stands in the Twitch firmament of stars and it's not great news. Perhaps he is too tired to perform today, but Ally comes to the rescue with a song, a merry quip and a disgusting thing he'd like to do to your mum. What does Right Bollock have in common with Boris Johnson? Who endorses the malaria vaccine? Is a dog the antidote for a cat? Should you ever apologise for a joke? Which teacher would Richard like to have sex with? This and much (but not that much) more on tonight's amazing show.
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Stuart Goldsmith is a great stand-up and host of the superb long-running podcast examining what makes people funny. Great advice for freeing yourself up, going to Edinburgh "every show this year was a work in progress". And a searingly honest examination of his own favourite question "why aren't I more successful?"
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Chapter 108 Quick Fand - It's approaching 6pm on 2nd October and most of you are heading for a night out on the town, but Richard is heading for a night on the Stocean wave to clear some stones in the rain. He will be warning of how you can get sucked off out here on a night like tonight, plus how improper wiping can give you fingers like an ardent stone clearer. So be warned. He pays the price for glory seeking like some kind of Bryan Bramble and ponders on what the Ditch that Ftopped Brexit might have saved us from.
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Episode 45- Technical Difficulties - This very special Twitch of Fun is recorded over two nights as the first one went a bit wrong, but it was worth the 24 hour wait to see the gold that the puppets would come up with. Richard is weak, as usual, but is pulled towards comedy by his pretend friends whilst debating the petrol crisis, men who say it's not all men, Starmer's supporters going against what he wanted and the immortalisation of Kevin Costner in song. Plus Right Bollock's BAFTA plan and Prince Andrew's banana preference.
And remember you can buy Richard's new book and audiobook wherever you get your stuff from. Don't give it to Ian Amazon until he comes up with a better robot.
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After last week's detailed analysis of Gremlins - Rufus set Howard a writing challenge: to write a scary but appropriate-for-children, disney-style story - similar, but not too similar, to Gremlins. This week, Howard reads that story... CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide.
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Shoot up the Table - It's finally here, the final day of frames and the two one million pound winners (or one two million pound winner). Some people thought it was all over before these last two frames, but those people might be in for a shock. I promise you that this tournament will keep you on the edge of your seat right down to the very last shot. Will Ian Durex turn up and will he be backed by the Cockheads? Thanks for watching these 'lockdown' tournaments. Back to regular Me1 vs Me 2 now.
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Rufus watched the 1984 movie, Gremlins. Now he's going to retell the plot to Howard, who has seen the film approximately a million times. We get deep into the loose ends, confusing rules, and mystifying structure of the movie, while still loving every single second of it.
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TOF #44 No Sweat! - There's technical difficulties aplenty tonight, but Richard Herring is, or at least once was, a professional and he soldiers on. The cast discuss Boris Johnson referencing the Muppets, a time traveller from 2027 and whether talking to puppets is a sign of midlife breakdown. Plus Prince Andrew comes up with a new catchphrase that you will be astounded took him over a year to discover and Right Bollock finds a home in the crook of Richard's real arm. Plus a bit of a surprise from the King of the Universe. Some of the show is not shit.
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Dave and James go deep into smelling the flowers, keeping perspective and learning to love Bill Gates - all of which can help you to become better comedy writers. Also exciting news about the autumn's topical shows The Skewer and Breaking The News.
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Things Get Serious - In the penultimate week of frames there are some huge matches that could change the top, middle and bottom of the table. Will Durex cough up their Johnny money? Will the highest break be beaten? Will we find out what Sam Beckett's mission was? Isn't this just the same bloke playing himself at snooker quite badly? Will Referee 1 be blasted into space? Some of these questions might be answered tonight.
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Chapter 107: Moby'f Dick. It's 7.52am on 21st September 2021 and Rich just got some junk from the recycling bin on his fingers, but he doesn't mention it in the chapter as that would be unprofessional. Stone Chriftmaf has arrived and though that makes stone clearing easy, it also leads to psychological problems that every intermediate stone clearer must learn to address and live with. But also some big stones to find and disperse. The FF have been quiet, maybe a bit too quiet and there's a philosophical email to address and some poo to carry around, but apart from that it's pretty much run of the mill.
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Rufus watched the 1984 movie, Gremlins. Now he's going to retell the plot to Howard, who has seen the film approximately a million times. We get deep into the loose ends, confusing rules, and mystifying structure of the movie, while still loving every single second of it.
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Mates - Some people think it's all over, but there are still a few of the Mes in a position to win the whole shebang and three of them are playing tonight. At least one of them won't be in a position to win by the end of it. But there's some amazing action and some tough choices to be made by the professionals and still no word from our sponsors Durex. Don't be a dondom.
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Chapter One Hundred and Fix - Fix Geefe A Flying - It's approaching 7pm on the 12th September 2021 and Richard is finally forced to confront the allegations that are flying around the stone clearing world and which you've probably seen mention of on stone clearing message boards or rival stone clearing podcasts (mentioning no names, Brian Bramble). Hopefully you will not judge him too harshly, for he is but a man, with a man's knees. He certainly doesn't let it get in the way of some sublime stone clearing tonight, with a rich seam of new stones revealed and after the harsh Ftone Summer Winter, the first glimpse of Ftone Fpring before Ftone Autumn gives way to proper Ftone Winter. The Feafonf are different out here. It's a clear without FF interference, so just enjoy the stones and the geese and forget about whatever rumours you've heard.
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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Series 3, Episode 1 - Just How Much I Missed You. It's been away for the summer, but like a cold snap (did somebody say "cold snatch"?) it's back. With the same old jokes/characters/catchphrases and some new old ones. The team speculate on how the new Abba songs might sound and discuss the Chattanooga Choo Choo, bacon with nipples and pig faced sharks. Prince Andrew talks about his quiet summer. Right Bollock isn't quite sure which sinister figure he is emulating and the King of the Universe fills us in on where he's from and what he's the king of. Plus a fitting tribute to the victims of 9/11 and the five things you should never say to a child. Mama Mia.
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Top comedy writing teachers Chris Head and Kay Stonham join Dave and James with great tips for how to develop your career. A big shout out for the solo comedy writers in this age of the comedy-performer, understanding there's room for everyone - plus The Joy Of Sketch, and the excellent "Big hat little hat" theory of comedy writing.
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Eraser - It's all hotting up now isn't it and tonight's frames could put the pretty kitty amongst the pigeons or basically crown the champion with 6 frames to play. Me1, Me2, Me 11 and Me 31 are the players in action and any of them could be walking home with at least one million pounds in a month's time, courtesy of Ian Durex. But what will the results be? If only there was some way to find out. WATCH IT. And use a condom. Even though that ruins it really.
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Chapter 105: Field of Gold. It's before 8am on 6th September 2021 and Richard and Wolfie have an event strewn stone clear ahead of them. There have been changes on the Ftocean that just make things harder than before, but that's why you're here, for intermediate advice on how to cope with this and there's tonnes of this. Plus an intervention from a possibly dead celebrity and a callous murder at the end. And more rules than you can shake a stick at.
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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Highest Break - It's the final matches of the fifth round and the tension if pretty much unbearable. But still just about bearable. There's discussion of the highest break so far in the tournament and then one of the players challenges for the highest break. But which one? And can she make it? There's a million pounds from our sponsor, Durex if whoever it is that can do it. If that money ever turns up. Which it probably will. Who will be top of the table at the end of this? I can't remember. Maybe you will remember if you consume this. Only four more weeks till the champion is crowned.
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Chapter #104: Droopy Penif Earf - It's 8.42am on 1st September 2021 and it's been a while since we've been on the Ftocean. Rich is dizzy, with dizziness, not excitement, but stone clearing is the best medicine, even if the crop reminds you of your genitals. The fabric between alternate universes may be fracturing and some of the listeners may be travelling in time (but no fpoilerf), but otherwise it's business as usual. And a very exciting stone pole too.
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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You've created a great character - congratulations! Now all you need to do is create another, and another, and build your stories around them. This episode Dave and James delve deep into creating relationships between characters.
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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Chapter 103 - Beardy Thiftle Man - It's late in the evening on the 12th August 2021 and Richard is taking a crepuscular walk around the Stocean, though his path is strangled by crops and wheat. He meets a weird small man on his way who may be the embodiment of a plant and gives you some folk lore about the moon. But it's otherwise a moribund edition of the podcast. But you must listen to it anyway.
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Writer John Vorhaus has been teaching us how to do comedy for decades - his 1994 Comic Toolbox is one of the oldest and best guides for sitcom writers and this episode is PACKED with profound knowledge and glittering jewels of advice.
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Xenophobia - The contest is really hotting up as we try to determine who will be the champion of the European Super League of Self-Playing Snooker and all the players in today's frames are in contention for the win. The ESLOSPS would like to apologise for some of the views expressed in this episode, but sadly they have no recourse to ban players for what they think or say, however offensive to slightly rubbish countries that might be. But let's concentrate on the action and all the places that a Durex can go. Because those are all that matter in this crazy world.
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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Chapter 102 - Four Bearf. It's 7pm on 29th July 2021 and Richard is out for a calm intermediate stone clear on a spookily quiet evening. The conditions are tough as the crops are dense on one side and the weeds spiky on the other and not many stones can be cleared, but that's why we've moved on beyond the beginners' lessons now. Because stone clearing is TOUGH. There's some fun with diarrhoea and the chapter is slightly truncated as Rich received an email from a 1970s kids' TV star who he couldn't remember the name of and who it turned out at the end of the podcast (when Rich googled him) had died in quite an unpleasant way. I don't know how he managed to email in, but out of a rare burst of sensitivity we've decided to delete the portion of the podcast in which this occurred out of respect for this childhood hero. You can sponsor Rich's half marathon here http://justgiving.com/monoball
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In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.
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You can find a million books, blogs and vids about how to make that first draft sparkle - but hardly a word about the next step. This episode James and Dave fill the chasm and offer tips on how to turn your possibly-not-yet-perfect work into something special.
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Johnny Be Good - The ESLOSPS is heating up. Can Me 3 go top tonight? Which Me will have lost all four of their first four frames? Is Me11's luck about to turn. Will the old-fashioned attitudes of some of the people involved in this enterprise ever change? And where exactly is Me31 even from?
There's a week off as the Mes go on holiday together, but we'll be back soon, before going on holiday again. Sponsor Rich's half marathon at http://justgiving.com/monoball And don't forget to claim your free condom from our sponsors @durexuk
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Last week, Howard challenged Rufus (who doesn't understand romance or movies) to write a romance movie. This week, we read it.
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Captain Green: We approach the halfway point of the European Super League of Self-Playing Snooker and with four of the top five in action tonight, we should really see things start to take shape. It's unbearably hot, but it's not just the snooker players who have breaks, because the weather breaks halfway through and there's thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening during the second match. Absolutely the most astonishing night of self playing snooker so far and you won't believe the standard of play or the outcomes of any of this. It's genuinely the greatest sporting contest of all time. And we're only halfway through. Sponsored by Durex. Wife away? Treat yourself to a posh wank with Durex.
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In the first part of this week's show, we return to DRUNK PARABLES - for our second attempt to write moralistic fiction while sloshed. In the second part, Howard (award-winning romance movie writer) teaches Rufus (pillock) how to write romance movies.
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TOF Episode 42 - Those We Have Lost. It's a happy first birthday to the show that no one thought would get beyond Episode 1. Hold on, I mean the show that no one thought should get beyond Episode 1. It's catch up time for all the living characters and a fond farewell to the dead ones, plus a few birthday surprises. Plus celebrities get on board to tell Rich how much they have enjoyed the show. It's amazing. What a year it's been. Genius or disaster? Insane or the sanest thing that has ever happened? It's one of the two. Here's to Series 3.
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James and Dave explain what's needed in the final steps before you write the first draft of your script. Plus comedy news - the backlash against the government's Channel 4 sell-off and Life Of Brian - The Musical.
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ESLOSPS #6 - 54 Years Old. Things are hotting up so much that one way or the other you will probably require a Durex. It's the remaining matches for the third round. Will there be a runaway league leader after this or can the pack at the back make a difference? Me 7 is taking on Me31 and more excitingly Me10 is up against Me11. But who will win? Only one way to find out. Unless you just ask someone who's seen it. So two ways. Sponsored by Durex. When you do your ex. Do-your-ex (Durex).
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Young Howard wrote a locked room mystery. Unfortunately, he didn't know what a locked room mystery was. This episode contains SPOILERS for The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)
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Chapter 101 - Ye Nettlef and Ye Thiftles. It's just after 8am on 8th July 2021 and things are about to get Intermediate. Do not liften to yif podcaft unleff thou have liftened to all 100 chapterf and ye Fummertime Fpecial. There is some pretty strong stuff in this one and all your preconceptions of stone clearing will be blown away. Plus loads of really good songs. Only for intermediate stone clearers though.
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ESLOSPS #5: Don't Be A Dondom. Rich is singing obscure Barron Knights songs like some kind of unsuccessful Peter Kay who tries to remind people of things that they don't remember. But there's only one sport to worry about tonight as four of the players play their third match in the European Super League. It doesn't get more crucial than this. And the snooker is deep and crisp and slightly uneven tonight. You're going to love it. Sponsored by Durex.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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Last year David Tyler of Pozzitive Productions asked for your radio sitcom scripts. 600 competition entries later he joins Dave and James, armed with masses of encouraging help and advice - and hopefully some positive news for the winners.
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Chapter 100 - Ball(f). It's 8.33am on 30th June 2021 and the momentous day has arrived. The final Beginners' Chapter and number 100 (of infinity). There are a few clues of the intermediate stone clearing that is to come, but it's mainly a celebration of stone clearing and gerontophilia. Even the FF are keeping a respectful diftance. Enjoy this whilst you can because things are going to get TOUGH from here on in. Only those with balls can carry on to the next level. You are allowed to count the balls of your feet.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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ESLOSPS Week 4 - Alias the Jester: After the awful tired play last week, self-playing snooker bounces back with two of the most exciting frames EVER! But who will top the leader board. Also where is the leaderboard? Sponsored by Durex.
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The Adventure of the Complicated Head (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea how it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf goes undercover at a boys' school to investigate a series of gruesome and unusual murders.
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Chapter 99 - A Fea of Blood - It's around about 5.40pm of the 22nd June 2021 and it's a relaxed evening stone clear as we come to the end of the beginner chapters and start to look forward with apprehension to what the intermediate chapters shall bring. A couple of advanced tips may frighten you, but otherwise it's plain sailing, watched over by the souls of a million fallen stone clearers. When will we fall and join the poppied dead? No one knows when, we only know that it muft come to paff. If you wish to sponsor Richard for his half-marathon run head to http://justgiving.com/monoball
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Sex Dew - Richard has had his arse handed to him by a professional 2-player-snooker snooker player, but he returns, sharply dressed to prove that he is the king of the 1-player version of the game which at least doesn't have a sarcastically big board. Me 1 takes on Me3 and Me 2 plays Me4 in their second matches in this super league. Sponsored by Durex.
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We read a very short play that Young Howard wrote, which teaches us the right way to meet your girlfriend's parents.
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Episode 41 - We'll Meet Again. Richard is taking on GB News (but then wasn't he always), but thinking it might be time to take a break for a bit, so he can concentrate on his actual proper work. So he goes mainly old school and talks with his friend (?) Ally about whether classic comedies would be made today, the lack of self-awareness of seemingly every celebrity, why Lee Hurst is interested in more important things than an individual life and why footballers won't say bad drinks are good for money. Plus an update on the Netherlands/Austria match and an incredible series cliffhanger. And Marvin the Monkey is back with a song about stairs.
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If you thought the Bible was a proper serious tome, prepare to have your viewpoint challenged by James's new book The Gospel According To A Sitcom Writer. Also in this episode, Dave explains why there has never been a better time to think about writing for Children's TV.
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It's a hot day and everyone in the arena has forgotten to bring any fluids so there's a real chance of collapse in this week's frames, but the ESLOSPS must go on. Me 7 takes on Me10 in a battle of the accents and Me 11 plays against notorious cheat Me31. Plus everyone is wearing a Durex condom thanks to our sponsor Durex - because the end of you cue needs to have chalk on it to protect everyone. In this metaphor the cue is your penis and chalk is a condom. Hope you enjoy this multi-million pound event.
First up, we read the animal-based parables that we wrote while drunk. Then we settle in to read a Religious Studies project that 12-year-old Howard wrote about death, in which he examines the beliefs and rituals of various religions, and gives advice on how to cope with bereavement.... How bad can it be...?
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TOF #40 - I Hate That Monkey. A couple of weeks off and Rich has come back rebelling against his producer (you won't know who that is, but a good producer always remains anonymous) and with some new characters. Cos what this show needs is new characters. Will any of the old crew get a look in? The team look at whether white straight able-bodied comedians are being prejudiced against, whether an old woman should be called Lilibet and the mild danger posed by hornets. Plus Rich is running a half marathon but doesn't like to talk about it. If you enjoy this awful entertainment (or even if you don't) please sponsor Rich at http://justgiving.com/monoball
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ESLOSPS #1 - Money is More Important Than Fans. It's a new direction for self-playing snooker as the 8 most successful/richest players break off to form their own European Super League of Self Playing Snooker. The fans are up in arms, but unlike the weak fools in football, we're carrying on regardless. F the Fans. But which 8 players will make the cut and who will be playing tonight? I am not telling you in this as that's most of the fun. But the action will prove that it's best to have the best of elite playing if you want brilliant snooker. Big prize money for the winner and for the highest break of the league. Strap in. The next 14 weeks are going to be mega. Sponsored by Durex, for when you want to shoot your balls all over the place, but don't want to get an in off.
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Chapter 98 - Armiftice Day (with a Bee) - It's 8.06am on 9th June 2021 and the 100th chapter is approaching. But is that meaningful or do stones not count? The stocean is so fecund that even the people round the edge of it can get pregnant and the souls of dead stone clearers emerge via poppies, the Stone Stasi may have a dangerous new weapon and the cairns and the stone pole are obscured by nettles. What a time to still be alive. Just. This also includes another chapter 98 from May 18th where the recording went wrong, but you might as well listen to what survives. If you have enjoyed these free podcasts and want to donate to charity, please sponsor Richard here: http://justgiving.com/monoball
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The conclusion of a two-part swashbuckling adventure by Young Howard - starring two suspiciously-familiar characters.
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Dave talks about his debut novel Stand Up, Barry Goldman ("funny and fascinating, a lovely tale" Jo Brand) out on 8 June, and he and James discuss sitcom story arcs - who needs 'em?
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The first of a two-part swashbuckling adventure by Young Howard - starring two suspiciously-familiar characters.
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We watched the movie Snowpiercer, and in this episode we discuss the plot in detail to see what we can learn about how (or how not) to write stories (especially stories about very long trains that go round and round the world forever.)
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Episode 39 - Extra Thumb - Rich is pretty tired after nearly a year of doing this rubbish and drives to drive the whole thing into the ground. But the puppets never get tired. Today they discuss World Bee Day, what liquid you'd like to drink through which bone of which monarch, old Friends getting back together and Derek Griffiths. It's not the best one, but the bad ones are the best ones. So it can't be a bad one either.
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Self-Playing Snooker Winter Tourney - FINAL - Pointless. It's been a long journey and some balls have popped out of the pocket along the way, but we're pulled out all the stops (ie changed the colour of the scoreboard) for the Grand Final. Which of the quite dull characters will win? Is anyone really behind either of them? And what next for self-playing snooker? Find out by ingesting this.
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Sketches are BACK! Charlie Dinkin and Ben Sutton talk about comedy quickies and Daddy's Super Yacht TV, a production company focused on making online and TV sketches. They're joined by Becca Bain and Alex Garrick-Wright, winners of Dave's Making A Scene Of It competition. Tons of inspiring information and advice about how to be short, sharp and silly.
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Winter Tourney - Semi-Finals - My Dog Has No Nose. Richard is very moved by the being that this week's arena is named after, but we're here for snooker, not tears. But will the snooker leave us in tears too? It's Viking Me versus Meninist Me and Serious Me versus Female Me. Richard is extremely partisan but can he somehow manipulate it for the big money Meninist versus Feminist final? Or are we looking at the boner killing Viking Me versus Serious Me? Or one of the other possible outcomes? Only one way to find out. The 500,000th view of the Twitch channel occurred during this stream.
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We read another short story from 12-year-old Howard's English exercise book. This one's called "Daft John" - but who is the mysterious John? And what thrilling secret will we learn about him by the end of the story?
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Chapter Ninety-seven - Bubblef - It's 8.30am on 14th May 2021 and it's grey and drizzly, but it's one of the last few beginner chapters and soon we'll be moving on got intermediate stone clearing. So buckle up. For now we're talking about folly fins and the power of the rain to cleanfe the fuperior life formf, where the foul of the stone doth refide and how everything if bubbles. There's a couple of celebrity emails and the name of the blafphemer doth come up for the firft time in a while.
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TOF Episode 38 - Toxic - Rich has spotted a gap in the market that he might just slot into, but is America ready for him and will his producer get him cancelled before he's even begun? Ally and Rich discuss being in love with something on another planet, the chances of anything coming from Mars and the latest news from the World Health Organisation. Cocky Carrot is surprisingly knowledgeable about the Cerne Abbas Giant and Right Bollock's plan to kill Rich might just have backfired.Plus cocks on shoulders, the logistics of doing an animal Truman show and a reminder that it's forever autumn. Get your ass to Mars.
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Winter Tourney QFs 3 and 4 - They Think It's All Over. Back on the old green board and we're so close to the final now that you can literally taste it. Serious Me is taking on Total Recall Me and Motorcycling Me is facing off to Female Me. There's still a chance that the final could be between two qualifiers. Or between a sexist and a woman. Or a Viking and someone serious. But by the end of this presentation you will know who the last four are and what all the permutations will be. God it's thrilling.
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We read a short story that Howard wrote when he was 12 - called "Little Red Riding Hood: The Wolf's Tale" OR "Blood Red Terror Hood."
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There has been a shake up at the channel and things are a bit different this week, which does not make Rich happy. But the Duke of York is on hand to go and fight in Johnson’s Lazy Falklands and Right Bollock is doing Mary Beard (did somebody say doing Mary Beard?) and the King of the World still has a head. Sally accuses Richard of sexism and Law Fox has whipped himself into a fury about an offhand comment made by two women in America. Have you seen a Gwendoline Fly? But had Richard lost his right bollock again? Tune in next week to find out.
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Sitcom Geeks/BCG Pro Script Challenge winner Peter C Hayward took our advice, went out there and made a pilot of his radio sitcom. Yes, it can be done! He tells Dave and James how he created the show during lockdown, and how with the help of Kickstarter he's planning to make the whole series. Ever wondered what happened to the co-creator of Phoebe's Smelly Cats? Peter has the answer.
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Self-Playing Snooker Winter Tourney - QFs 1 and 2 -Marmite Face. Richard has had to make a difficult choice re making money or maintaining the integrity of the one player sport. I wonder which he has chosen. Tonight Viking Me takes on Oversharing Me (in a terrible, but thrilling frame) and then Successful Me attempts to overcome Meninist Me. It's four of the least likeable players and two of them will be in the semi-finals and one will be in the Final. God help us. We're really ramping up to the denouement of this seemingly never-ending contest. You have to stick with us to the bitter end now.
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Chapter Ninety Fix - What's the Point in That if You Don't Know What a Cairn is? - It's 7.45am on the 4th May 2021 and the wind she doth blow. Most of the podcast sounds like a washing up bottle full of pebbles being shaken by a toddler, but you might be able to make out Richard's words of wisdom amongst the mayhem. It'll be worth it, because there's an email from a big celebrity. And though your ears will be full of chaos, the field is almost back to its previous state. See in the picture the state of repair to Michael's Cairn.
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Stars - 14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
Episode 36 - Who Remembers Simon the Giraffe? - Rich is annoyed that he hasn't won a BAFTA but he has a great joke about a giant coin that will surely seal his award for next year. He and Ally test their memory, discuss Blair's hair, but get distracted by the last 129 years of children's television. The disembodied testicle is being haunted by a disgraced TV personality and Prince Andrew seems to be annoyed that no one else's mistakes are being homed in on. Sally is called on to talk about parking and there's some big wasp news. And the oddball ends with a space oddity.
Chapter Ninety-Five - Ye Borg Queen Doth Bifhop - It's 27th April 2021, around 8.30am and after the genuine trauma of the last chapter, Richard has licked his wounds and is back on the Ftocean trying to undo what was done to him. But who is the madman in this situation, the person throwing stones on to the field or the one throwing them off? Is it possible they are both as mad or sane as each other? These things are sent to test our faith in the stone gods, who really seem to be testing (and teste-ing him this year) and whatever the dangers, the work muft continue. There's always been danger in this, but now there is genuine danger. Richard has been doing this long enough now to be able to read nature's clock. What a lovely big clock nature hath?
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From Me and All the Mes - It's been a tricky few weeks for all sorts of reasons but the second round matches end with a huge bang as Samuel Beckett Me takes on the never defeated Motorcycling Me and 'Legs' 11 takes on Self-Doubting Me. We've lost some big scalps and some even better accents in this tournament. Will the disappointment continue? You will be on the edge of your seat for both frames with some fine, fine snooker on the old green board. By the end of this broadcast you will know the names of the 8 Mes who will be battling it out over the next four weeks to win the truly amazing trophy.
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Stars - 14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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TOF Episode 35 - Are you OK? Rich is celebrating Earth Day, though he's somewhat downbeat, but could this be the big comeback for Brian Wasp? Or some of the other more minor characters? Ally and Rich discuss football and interspecies sex and the morality of repairing antique puppets, plus perform a haunting duet. Law Fox has some stiff competition for Mayor of London and there are some very special birthdays for three viewers who have all had sex (which is a first for that slot). The title of this show comes from Rich's mum's three word review of the show.
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As viewing habits change, we have to find new ways to hook our viewers. Dave and James talk about big entrances, life changing starts, tough choices and when you should have sex on a bus. Plus why it's vital you should 'go' to Edinburgh this summer.
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Which Me Is It? - A weary Richard, full of crisps is finding all the balls flying out of pockets a little bit triggering. In the first frame there's some confusion about whether Me 4 or Me5 is playing Conspiracy Theory Me. It's very offensive when commentators think that all Mes look the same. Then Boring Me 14 takes on Total Recall Me 27. Will any of the competition's big characters get through to the quarter finals or do we need a European Super League? It's a terrible and tired event, but at least we are closer to knowing who will be the winner of this cursed tournament.
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Stars - 14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly). Follow us @worstwritershow - join the gang www.patreon.com/manbuycow
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Doctor...er...Simon? Carbunkle - Richard feels as if the Gods are against him, first he had cancer, then his beloved Prince Philip died and now someone has got angry about his cairns and desecrated and scattered the stones back on to the field. He didn't think anything could be worse than cancer, but he was wrong. Can the puppets cheer him up and push him on? Or will the Gods find a way to ruin this too? Richard and Prince Andrew discuss appropriate clothing, Rich and Ally talk about pubs being open and the godhead of Caesar, Right Bollock compares himself to Meghan Markle and the King of the World looks carefully through the funeral guest list to see if he's on it and Ally reveals that he could say the letter b all along. Cocky Carrot interrupts and Tery threatens to walk.
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Chapter 94 - Vandalf. Richard is on his first official audio chapter since the stone gods decided to teach him a lesson about removing stones. It should be a happy occasion, but some person or force has gone out of their way to turn his world upside down. Trigger warning - those concerned about the welfare of stones should not liften. But this is worse than having cancer. And also very disrespectful to the memory of the original stone clearer Michael (RIP). We will overcome my friends. This is like when the pretend God tested Job. Obviously stone clearing is always serious, but this is a more serious one. Why hast thou forfaken me?
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Half Empty Bawl Bag - After a brief intermission for bollock removal, the Mes are back. King of the World Me, so far unbeaten, takes on Successful Me and Northern Me attempts to defeat horrible Meninist Me. Surely Rich can control the results? He can't. He really can't. If things had turned out differently he might be doing John Oliver's job and John Oliver might be taking to himself in an attic (oh, he kind of is). Anyway business as usual - bad snooker, poor refereeing, weak commentary but maximum excitement.
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Stars - 14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly). Follow us @worstwritershow - join the gang www.patreon.com/manbuycow
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Fpring Fpecial - Ye Ultimate Ftone Clear. It's 9th April 2021, around about 3pm. It's been a few weeks since Richard was struck down and forced to clear a very special stone, but as Fpring returns he takes his first tentative steps back on the Ftocean, in audio and video. Wolfie is away so can not join him, but there is much to process and a special stone to find. How many stones have grown in the enforced vacation? What effect will the absence have on the Ditch that Ftopped Brexit? Will the Ftone Pole bode good luck or bad? And which member of the Goodies will attempt to catch Rich in the act. It's an emotional return to the field and a tribute to the grumpy old bugger who has left us.
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Episode 33: Love is Like an Oxygenated Butterfly. Richard and Ally are both questioning the nature of existence and what drugs are required to create art, whether it's better to have a sex robot of a deceased partner or a sex robot of someone else. Law Fox has a supporter for his Mayoral campaign, Prince Andrew is attempting to rescue his reputation by helping out some quite specific needy people and Richard is keen to point out why not flushing the loo is the perfect punishment for your captors. Plus a take down of the film They Live that's only taken 42 years to concoct and a battle betwixt the French and English birthday donkeys.
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What will the comedy writing landscape look like as we come out of covid? James and Dave are surprisingly upbeat about the future for comedy writing despite the demise of BBC Four and the question marks hanging over the future of stand-up.
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14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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32 Jacket Potato. Richard is so desperate to impress the TV executives that he has crawled out of his sick bed to do the show. Is it a healthy way to process his recent loss and is he going to face up to why all his characters are so unpleasant and right wing. It includes probably the world's first attempt to reference Milton using a diseased testicle; Ally questions the name choice of a man called William and why anyone would want to fuck a gender reversed doppelgänger of themselves; Cocky Carrot misses a Mary Poppins based open goal; Law Fox is happy to report that the UK is not at all racist; and the French Donkey makes a very good case for him being in control of the birthdays. Plus the floor is thrown open for questions for the King of the World. Maybe Rich should have stayed in bed.
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14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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Episode 31 - Crotch Kiwi Fruits. Rich is back in the saddle, but it might have to be side saddle for a little while, as he's still recuperating from a procedure which has removed a body part, but maybe given him a greater gift in return. Even though they're both still attached, he's finding his feet and trying to remember what this show is. But he's buoyed by it now being award winning. Most of the usual gang return to discuss Britishness, trapped container ships, Gazza's magic tree, Fossible Fub Fassforts and an eventful month for the royal family. Rich is left asking if this is the best way to process what he's been through, but he's genuinely grateful for your support this year and your kind (and less kind) messaged over the last month. The best news is that a second series has been commissioned. So big thanks to Ian Twitch for that. And you won't ever know the great work he does behind the scenes to keep this thing on the rails, but great work Terry the producer.
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Writer, producer and acclaimed comic novelist Lissa Evans tells us what it was like directing and producing Father Ted - and what makes a funny script.
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14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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James and Dave discuss the importance, if you want to get in in comedy, of having A Plan. Plus we announce the winner of Dave's Making A Scene Of It competition.
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14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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Stars - 14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly). Follow us @worstwritershow - join the gang www.patreon.com/manbuycow
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Dave announces the shortlist for the Making A Scene Of It competition, James reports back from his sitcom webinar about character - plus some surprising conclusions are drawn from the great Tuesdays Are Funny experience.
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Winter Tournament - Round 2, Matches 1 and 2. Rich is about to take a shortish break (geddit) but manages to get in two frames before lockdown, though the snooker board is warping by the second. Impressionist Me37 takes on Viking Me15 and Oversharing Me18 faces off to one of only two previous semi-finalists still in the contest Gay Me3. And there's some pearls amongst the excrement tonight. We'll meet again, don't know where don't know when, but one thing will be different on the next time we're together. Apologies for the many technical issues with this event. But it's all part of the fun.
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Stars - 14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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Twitch of Fun: #30 End of the Line? Ian Twitch's 30 episode commission is up, so Rich is fighting for his life here. Will he be back for Series 2? And when? He manages to cram in pretty much every puppet into this swansong, whilst very much treating it like the end of term treat it is. The future hangs heavy over those who wear the crown or wield the puppet of someone holding a crown and there's echoes of the darkness that will filter through the next, more gritty series. But for now, there's some four way ventriloquism, some fox time travel, Brian Blessed, Terry the producer, puppets fighting for their inclusion in future shows and more questioning of whether just calling yourself something actually makes you something. Thanks for all the support over the last however many months 30 weeks is. We'll meet again.
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It's a thrilling end to round one of the Winter Tournament as we finally find out who the last 16 players will be. Interestingly all finalists from the first three tournaments are already out, so we're guaranteed two virgin finalists (even more virgin if teenage me was still in). Tonight sees Female Me take on Somerset Me in one of the most exciting frames ever and then self-doubting me takes on oversensitive me in one of the most forgettable frames ever. Next week, if God be willing, we'll be back with the start of round two. Incredibly exciting times, especially for any five year olds watching.
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14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).
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Podcast characters Richard and Greta (Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen) answer some questions British Comedy Guide asked them.
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Episode 29 - Did Somebody Day Tiny Dick? Richard has come over all peculiar (did somebody say come over?). Maybe Cocky Carrot has been right all along. When he pulls himself together we get to see Peter Dibdin as we've only seen him once before (and that was a long time ago) and Ally tries to work who backed the Oxford jab. There's a new judicial system proposed by Richard and someone has become a grandad. And there's some medical advice backed by a doctor about the danger of keeping farts in. This show literally has everything. It will have you in bits. If you've desiccated in a box. Plus an absolutely legendary guest star. Thanks again to sculptor Richard Ison for his incredibly puppet making skills.
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Top stand-up and BGT winner Lee Ridley aka Lost Voice Guy shares his amazing story of comedy success, the influence of heroes The League Of Gentlemen and Lee Evans, the new series of Ability on Radio 4 and his hilarious book I'm Only In It For The Parking, out in paperback on 11 March.
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We're approaching the end of round one and tonight sees the Titans that are Samuel Beckett Me and Italian Me fighting it out for the chance to play newcomer Motorcycling Me and perennial loser Northern Irish Me. There's controversy, there's a lot of xenophobia and there is some of the worst self-playing snooker that has ever been broadcast in any medium.
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Chapter 93 - Myftery Fnowy Footprintf. It's bang on 8am on 9th February 2021 and the Stocean is covered in fnow again. But that will not ftop a hardened ftone clearer. Or one without an erection. Today you will learn the important of the icy kick, some freezer wisdom from the Venerable Bede and another rule to add to your list and to update on https://sites.google.com/view/stoneclearing/ if you're the person who has been failing to keep that up to date. Perhaps you've been got by the stone Stasi. There's a great stone pole and a lame chase from the one member of the Stone Stasi who is committed enough to be up and at em on a cold February morning. Is love in the air?
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Doctor Who & the Candle of Ever. A story that Howard wrote when he was at middle school - in which Doctor Who must save the universe from jelly monsters.
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Twitch of Fun 28 - Gargados with Russ Aggot. Richard has been moved by the death that has rocked this great nation this week, but he's got some stand-up about it, so that helps make up for it a bit. Otherwise it's the usual parade of puppets and existential angst as a 53 year old man with a problem testicle considers what he has made of his life, whilst talking to a resin carrot. You'll all be doing it in the playground tomorrow. Well Prince Andrew will. The puppets cover topics like what to do when a motorway is smarter than you, sexist Olympians and being half in and half out of the Royal Family. Plus Rich is being haunted by a ghost or puppet that doesn't want him to sleep. Hooray.
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Hayley and Ruth review the current selection of the Covid vaccines, while also finding time to cast a scathing eye over all online theatre.
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Chapter 92 - Fpunking Ftones. It's 8.20am on 2nd February 2021 and the fnow has gone and the mud doesn't feem as bad in comparifon. There's some big twiftf and revelations in this week'sf chapter and Rich rifkf a fchifm by nailing his colourf to the maft on a controverfial fubject. Is the Roman villa Roman or a villa? Have you ever made a stone ejaculate? Does that mean that they don't or is the fault with you? Will you be able to cope with the new pace that will come as the chapters become more advanced in a few weeks? Are our human lives important at all? And do the stone Stasi need me to survive in order to keep themselves as relevant as Lego Batman? An incredible stone pole too. You might want to become a badger now: http://gofasterstripe.com/badges
The winter tournament continues apace as the arena gets renamed during the broadcast as news filters through of a tragic demise. It's Boring Me versus Sleepy Me and Ventriloquist Dummy Me versus Total Recall Me, so at least one dull and at least one high concept character will be in the next round. But which ones. Only one way to find out.
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Doctor Who & the Candle of Ever. A story that Howard wrote when he was at middle school - in which Doctor Who must save the universe from jelly monsters.
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Episode 27 - Gilly Gollocks. Richard's descent into madness continues as he can hear sounds that no one else can hear and can't understand why this show is not on TV after six months. Maybe he needs a holiday. Or maybe he's just pretending. It's a stripped down back to basics show that covers stolen mannequins, swollen testes, multiple descendants and bookshelf dildos. But there's a very special birthday for Donkey as well as the most magic magic button yet.
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In today's episode James explores creating new characters using Jessica the fictional celebrity chef. And Dave launches #TuesdaysAreFunny the weekly 830pm Twitter Sitcom Geekery Watchalong.
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Big Drama - Two self-playing snooker legends in action tonight in former champion Me31 and three times semi-finalist Me7. If they both win they will meet in round 2, but Conspiracy Theory Me, me 22 and Serious Me, Me4 will be doing their best to stop them. All in an arena named after a murdered horse. What more could you want? Use your Amazon Prime sub to help us make more content or become a badger at http://gofasterstripe.com/badges
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Chapter 91 - Yellow Fnow- It’s 8.25am on the 26th January 2021 and we’ve gone straight to an intermediatery lesson as the Stocean is covered in crispy snow. How do you clear stones when you can’t see stones? What are the best ways to surreptitiously melt it? And will science ever work out what snow even is? There’s a vicious attack from the horrible muzzled dog and a friendly (?) greeting form the mobility scooter lady. Plus more celebrity emails.
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Doctor Who & the Candle of Ever. A story that Howard wrote when he was at middle school - in which Doctor Who must save the universe from jelly monsters.
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The Adventure of the Women Getting Abducted by Crabs (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a job as a children's entertainer - and finds himself investigating the Smythe family secret: the curse of the gigantic kidnapper crabs.
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Giant ant creatures from outer-space have invaded the Earth and enslaved humanity. Fortunately, there is a resistance - led by Uncle Dennis Quaid. But who can be trusted? And who will give in to temptation and join the InformAnts?
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The Adventure of the Women Getting Abducted by Crabs (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a job as a children's entertainer - and finds himself investigating the Smythe family secret: the curse of the gigantic kidnapper crabs.
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Uncle Dennis Quaid arrives from the future with a warning: it's rubbish there. So Rufus & Howard devise a plan to make the future world a nicer place.
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Episode 26 - Don't Stop Gelieving. Richard is wondering if he can break into natural history broadcasting, but his puppets have other ideas as usual. Cocky Carrot has some competition, Ally is missing President Trump and Peter Dibdin has to address a slander. Birthdays, racist foxes, improvised poetry and a new King of the World jingle. What do you want? Blood?
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Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a job as a children's entertainer - and finds himself investigating the Smythe family secret: the curse of the gigantic kidnapper crabs.
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After the local church burns down in mysterious circumstances, Rufus & Howard host the church fete in their back garden. There's hot carrots to eat, goldfish to whack, and a hungry bear to tame. What could possibly go wrong?
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Chapter 90 - The Three Df. It's 8am on the 21st January 2021 and Rich has left behind his film star career for the glamour of stone clearing. He has to lift a tree that is blocking his path and receives a veiled threat from a member of the Ftone Ftafi and he also has to take a diversion into the village to pick up some tabloids where Wolfie meets her enemy. It's all happening. Only 10 chapters away until we've completed the beginners' course and can move on to more advanced techniques.
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The Adventure of the Women Getting Abducted by Crabs (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a job as a children's entertainer - and finds himself investigating the Smythe family secret: the curse of the gigantic kidnapper crabs.
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The Robot in the Rumpus Room. Howard has a date. And since he's never been on one before, Rufus helps him practise. Find out what Howard would do on his perfect day, what Rufus would ask a crystal ball, and who God would invite to dinner.
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The Adventure of the Women Getting Abducted by Crabs (A Binchleaf Adventure). Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a job as a children's entertainer - and finds himself investigating the Smythe family secret: the curse of the gigantic kidnapper crabs.
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The Crisps in the Microwave. Rufus & Howard have been burgled! Now, all they have left are some magic beans. Should they try to sell them? Or would it be better to swap them for something edible?
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Me1 vs Me2 Snooker with Richard Herring Winter Tourney Matches 7 and 8 - After a week off to accommodate Richard's film career, we're full steam ahead with Teenage Me taking on Yorkshire Me and former champ Welsh Me taking on the lowlife that is Meninist Me. By the end of tonight 40 players will have become 28 and we'll be halfway to knowing the line-up for Round 2. But for now let's just sit back and enjoy some of the greatest self-playing snooker ever committed to tape.
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The Demon in the Cellar. Rufus & Howard haven't been able to find anything since Great Aunty Beatrix died. So they take a day-trip to Hell to talk to her.
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The Uncle in the Future. Rufus accidentally invents a time phone, then gets a call from the future to warn him of... what? To find out, Rufus & Howard will have to dial every number that has ever existed.
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Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a job as a children's entertainer - and finds himself investigating the Smythe family secret: the curse of the gigantic kidnapper crabs.
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The Grett Binchleaf Adventures are now on The Worst Writer in the World podcast, available from British Comedy Guide and wherever you find podcasts.
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Back in 2010, Howard was asked to write a short erotic story for a published collection. Unfortunately for all of us - he did. CONTENT WARNING: this episode contains extremely sweary language, & graphic description of rude bits and sexual acts. Do not listen if you are under 18. Or over 18. Or exactly 18. Do not listen if you are delicate, or sensitive, or ever want to be able to have sex again, or innocently enjoy a lollipop.
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Treason! The British Royal Family. They had it all - the jewels, the titles, the palaces. But now all they have is one chance to live. Because on the most popular show in TV history - only one can survive.
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Welcome to a new year of comedy writing, as Dave talks about writing topical comedy (hence the rejection and waste), James tries to enforce good habits for writers (other jolly news) and Dave launches If Only I Had The Time, his short book about trying to write when there's a pandemic going on.
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Twitch of Fun - Episode 25 - Is it Capital or Capitol? Richard is delighted that the news has taken a dark turn as this is his chance to show the powers that be what a serious broadcaster he can be. I hope no puppets turn up to spoil it for him. They discuss the big acting role that Rich was born to play, Phil from Time Team's grotty hat, whether huge penises have any place in children's broadcasting and how the EU is being punished for kicking us out. Plus way more birthdays than feel comfortable and the return of a character who makes Trump look like he lacks self-confidence. And a Hootenanny to see us out. What's not to love?
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Chapter 89 - Frofti Graf. It's 8.05am on 7th January 2021 and it's the first recorded clear of a New Year, though the ftones laugh at the paffage of a year, which is but the blink of an eye to them. The world descends into chaos, but the ftocean remains constant and calm with everything slowly being put in its correct place. Some are calling Herring mad, but perhaps he is the only fane man on the planet. The stones certainly tell him that he is. The cold earth grips her stones tight. But Herring prises them away and the stones thank him. Literally. Let he who has ears underftand.
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Winter Snooker Tournament - Round 1, Matches 5 and 6. Two huge frames this week, as another lockdown is confirmed LIVE on air (and that's great for self-playing snooker). Scotch Me takes on King of the World Me and Successful Me takes on Me2. Nearly all these players have been knocked out in round one in previous tournaments, but which of them will flop out again? Controversy in the chat room, but only cos the chat room aren't reading their tea-towels.
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Dave and James reveal their plans for next year, including the launch of The Situation Room, home for James's brilliant new online sitcom writing masterclass. Meanwhile Dave will be finding out again what it's like to be starting out as a new writer as he plans the spring publication of his first novel.
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Winter Snooker Tournament - Round one, Matches 3 and 4. 2020 has been an amazing year for self-playing snooker - more action, BBC TV exposure and now this fourth tourney do the year. And it's a low profile match betwixt Me18 and Me12 where God will test his only begotten son and then a high profile and tense encounter between heavyweights Me3 and Me1, the former angry not to have been in the elite championship and the latter crowing about winning it. What will happen.
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Chapter 88 - Dead Beets. It's after 9am on 29th December 2020 and Richard is looking back on one of the greatest years in history for stone clearing. He has to deal with star struck villagers (and some pretending not to be star struck) and a potential rambler orgy, but has an admission about his 'career' that may surprise no one. The Alpha and Omega cairn (pictured) is growing fast after just two and a bit years of attention and the stones are growing nicely as the mud clears. But will Richard find Wolfie's name tag? So much incident and excitement that you might expire. Don't listen to this if you're trying to sleep.
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Twitch of Fun Christmas Special - Rich and Ally are here to wish you a Merry Christmas. But which members of the gang will accompany them? Some Christmas surprises. As well as some Christmas predictables. And some Christmas repeats. Happy Christmas.
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Finally we're into the first round proper and the draw throws up some cup final matches for round one. But the first one is newcomer Impressionist Me37 versus Neanderthal Me17 (both of whom made it through the qualifying round). There's refereeing controversy in this one, but a blistering contest to start the thing off. And then it's Viking Me 15 versus former finalist Angry Me32. Very similar personalities, but who will triumph on the old green board tonight. This is what the days before Christmas were made for.
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Episode 23 - Grab Your Ginoculars. Richard is just minutes away from finding out if he won Taskmaster, but he's got TV people to impress and what better way than to do a 75 minute improvised puppet show that raises questions about his sanity? He's laying into Hertford, as is only right, but along with an insecure Ally, threatened by his demotion in the credits chats about the terrible event that is about to hit the UK (6 more years of Mrs Brown's Boys), how to get billions off the husband of MacKenzie Scott's ex-husband, whether you can use a mask of your partner to cheat on your partner and Robbie Williams being poisoned by fish. Also the Duke of York has some more accusations to face and Sally and Rich are the new Meghan and Harry and Cocky Carrot has his (unseeing?) eye on a lovely girlfriend. Plus Peter Dibdin has some home truths for female Stevie. Not all your favourites make it in this week, but surely that one has to? Doesn't he?
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Dave and James look back on the closed down year - what is comedy drama, scene competitions and a little shard of light and love for our fellow comedy scriptwriters.
Recorded infuriatingly three days before the BIG BBC COMEDY ANNOUNCEMENT we had been trailing for the last three episodes - but still lots to report here about BBC changes.
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SPECIAL Winter Tourney - Preliminary Round 4 - Technical Difficulties. Rich has had a beer and a half and his camera has packed up. Will he be able to finish the preliminary rounds? Or play snooker inebriated? Meninist Me and Oversensitive Me are the former players playing for their place in the first round proper, but what aspects of Richard's personality will they meet around the old green board. And when can we get on with the actual tournament? Rich is tired, emotional and his mind is falling apart. So business as usual.
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Chapter Eighty-feven - The Fomme. It's 7.45am on the 15th December 2020 and today's stone clear is in memory of Patrick Hill's dog Dizzy. Richard is forced to think of a time where he (or Wolfie) might traverse this field without their best friend. If his failing fitness is anything to go by then Wolfie should outlive him. There are still camouflaged beets and the mud is as bad as ever, but the hope of new stones growing through the mud like hammy poppies keeps the spirits up. There's the biggest stone for a while and one that looks like an egg, but the Stone Stasi are quiet. Maybe a bit too quiet. But Rich says hello to a lady in a dressing gown, so there's some human interaction.
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Episode 22 - The Love is Gone - Richard is taking a trip back to 2010, but is it a good idea? The puppets seem to have differing opinions. Otherwise it's all 2020, apart from the trip back to 1995 with Peter Dibdin and all the other stuff. How is Ally coping with the King of the World's popularity, what are the writers' room up to? Will Richard be cancelled? Diamond hard Brexit, Harry and Meghan shortbread, reindeer farts and whether films with humans and puppets can work are all covered. Plus Law Fox talks about hugging all his friends and Brian Wasp clears up some Taskmaster confusion. Conspiracy Theo is in it too. It's all happening.
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SPECIAL Winter Tourney - Preliminary Round 3 - And This Is Me.... Kickstarter rewards are in the post. Get swapping your stickers guys. Richard brings you two more frames involving half-remembered figures Me26 and Me28 and new Mes Me37 and Me38. Will the newcomers overcome the straggler old hands. And when will we get into the first round proper?
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Big changes at BBC Writersroom - they want your comedy drama scripts NOW. Plus part 2 of our fascinating chat with Victoria Wood biographer Jasper Rees. He reveals all about her hopes and successes, extraordinary confidence, and relationships with Julie Walters and the gang who stayed with her through years of fabulous shows.
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Chapter Eighty-Fix - The Darkneff. It's 5.10pm on the 1st December 2020 and night has fallen. Richard braves the ghost-ridden field, which is too scary even for the Ftone Ftafi for his first dedicated night clear and the conditions are atrocious. The farmer has driven their tractor all over the path and the central part of the stocean is like quite slow quick sand, but more soily. Will our hero get out alive? And how do you see stones in the dark? And what becomes of the beets when they rot? Desiccated or slimy? Plus a beet joke to lighten the mood. It's terrifying, like a horror film. You'll love it.
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SPECIAL Winter Tourney - Preliminary Round 2- Mama Mia My Pizza Is Ready.
It's the second week of the preliminary round to decide which old and new players will be in the first round proper. And Me21, the Italian Me is taking on newcomer Me35 and Me 24 the Chinese Me hopes to defeat young Me36. There's a special guest in the interview room and some talk of Tipping Point, but after 20 dull minutes the action gets going and snooker is the winner.
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Episode 21 - Swear Words Are The Tools of Fools. The stability of the show has been rocked by a breakaway new star. How will this impact on the others and which characters are heading for the bin? The Writers' Room tries to kickstart Richard's career and Prince Andrew reveals why he is always standing to attention. Marmite Lid is back with the topical comedy that has made him famous and Brian Wasp is plotting the destruction of the human race. And an old, old character (who is now the correct age) returns. But it's all about the King. Who like Ozymandius before him may lay waste to everything.
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Chapter 85 - Trampoline Fox. It's 7:40am on 24th November 2020 and the stocean is eerily calm and quiet. Brooding clouds overhead forewarn of something dire to come, but where are the FF? It's a long clear with a couple of technical difficulties, but the Ftone Boxing Day ftones are good and Richard only has to hide in a wood once. To support Movember donate here: http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember Get Richard's ebook for an insulting 99p here: https://amzn.to/3m2anCm
SPECIAL Winter Tourney - Preliminary Round 1: Nothing Sinister. It's lockdown 2 and so it's the fourth tourney involving more Mes than Me1 and Me2. Never podcast before, but we're now introducing Mes 33-40 and if they can beat the worst players of the rest then they could bet through to the first round proper. Tonight it's Neanderthal Me17 versus Fist of Fun Me33 and Left Handed Me20 versus Motorcycling Me34. Surely old leftie is just making up numbers like last time? Never be sure of anything with self-playing snooker Donate to Movember here http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember Buy Rich's ebook for just 99p (til the end of November) here - https://amzn.to/2UXoRre
20 King of the World - Rich is excited to have reached this landmark twentieth episode and to have been moved to a prime time 7.30pm on Friday slot on Twitch TV. It's the time the other Twitchers would kill for. He has an anniversary question for the Queen and Prince Philip (and any of their children who might turn up) and he's trying out a couple more characters (but will be they be as solid as Conspiracy Theo?). Ally and Rich discuss dummies in the real world, the alternative definitions of faggots and the Pope's Instagram. And some of the regular characters return, whilst there isn't time for others and it's already the longest show yet... oh God.
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Part one of our revealing interview with Jasper Rees, author of the brilliant Let's Do It Victoria Wood biography. "Everyone thought they knew her but they were wrong, it was she who knew them." The story of dinnerladies, and Victoria's advice to aspiring sitcom writers.
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Chapter 84 - Fhorn, Not Fhaun. It's 7.32am on 17th November 2020 (but when's international MEN'S day?) and the stocean is fully harvested and the undergrowth has had a haircut. At last we get to see the incredible progress made around the outskirts as we anticipate the cold of winter. Where are the Ftone Ftafi today? And will there finally be a successful Ftone Pole? And does he mean fecund or fecond? Sponsored by Eggbox Imaging for all your Buckinghamshire post production needs. To support Richard's moustache please donate here http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember
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Frame 117 - Dog Chewed Reading Glasses. It's another frame of snooker, this time sponsored by Kevin Franklin. The moustachioed players (sponsor us at http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember) are both out for victory and there's so much hanging on the result of this frame. And there are several breaks of over 1 point to enjoy and some record breaking action.
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Episode 19 - The Ghost of Donkey's Past - We get an exciting glimpse behind the scenes tonight as the team go into depth about Ian Pfizer, Trump's coup, the sacking of Superman and people who marry serial killers. There's a new character who is definitely not recycled and a new old character too. Cocky Carrot can't do his job, but has to carry on considering what or who he is and Donkey has the shock of his life. If he had ears, they would fall off. All this in the tightest scripted hour and a quarter of topical news available in the world today.
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Chapter 83 - Mud - It's 7.30am on 10th November 2020 and finally the beets are all harvested, but there are enough left lying on the ground to provide someone with a fine broken beet business. Today's episode is sponsored by HebTroCo - check em out https://hebtro.co/. Ftone Chriftmaf has not been as fecund as Ftone Eafter but there are fome rich feams nonetheleff. There's another surprise celebrity email, but hardly anything else of worth. Support Rich at Movember http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember or use your Amazon Prime sub (all November subs will go to Movember too)
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Frame 116: Biden His Time. It's 9th November 2020, but when's international men's day? Buy this book to find out https://amzn.to/2InQPsW
Me1 and Me2 are back on a suspiciously wonky board, but can the player who has had a bad run of form change his luck? It's another extraordinary back and forth where nothing is clear, especially the pathetic moustaches on all the players' lips. Sponsor them at http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember or use your Amazon Prime sub in November and all the money will go to the cause too.
Just listen to it/watch it/both. What are you expecting from this write-up? The result?
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Episode 18 - Technical Difficulties. It's November 5th 2020 and it's publication day for Richard's book and in celebration he is donating all his November earnings to charity (including all Twitch subs and badge money) - if you enjoy his free streams then bung some money to Movember here http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember The US is in turmoil and second lockdown has begun, but the real problem is Rich's equipment fucking up and general lack of preparation ending in calamity. But along the way Rich manages to offend Brian Wasp again, whilst literally laughing in his face, Cocky Carrot has to consider the nature of his soul (as well as react to ever innuendo) and the greatest love story of all time Sally and Prince Andrew hits a rocky patch. For a moment Rich forgets that the characters can't talk on their own. Also off the top of your head can you think of funny people to get married if they are going to hyphenate their surnames (cos Rich can't), who is the funny man and who is the straight man. There's a surprise genii behind the magic button and whatever you think of the rest of it, it's worth hanging around for the closing credits. What does a programme associate do again?
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More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Ahead of the deadline for Dave's scene writing competition the Geeks discuss how you can learn from the greats: specifically Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Blackadder The Third. Plus a surprisingly upbeat prognosis about the future of comedy writing (spoiler alert: plenty of positives but it's still bloody hard to breakthrough).
Couple of links off the back of the show: 1. Dave's Writers' Guild video, How To Make A Living Writing Comedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVToqqNkGQ 2. Blog James wrote about scene writing that we talk about in the show: https://sitcomgeek.blogspot.com/2012/10/finishing-your-scene-on-joke.html 3. Making A Scene Of It competition: https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/opportunities/making-a-scene-of-it/
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Chapter 82 - Rain Orcheftra. It's 7.30am on 3rd November 2020 and the rain if coming down. But that's no reason not to support the endeavours of today's sponsor. Singingringingtwee Cavity Searches Ltd (and their CEO Chris Ives) whose money will be going to support comedy clubs through lockdown). The alien harvesters have been and the field is shorn of both beets and stones, though slaughtered beets remain to cause organic confusion. The rain makes its music as it falls and Rainn Wilson makes his second appearance. At the end Rich thinks his headphones have run out of power, but the audio continues in its usual high quality right until the end. If you'd like to donate to Rich's fund for Movember then head here my fine friends http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
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Richard is giving November over to charity and doesn't he like to bang on about it, the bloody virtue signaller -though to be fair he wouldn't raise much money if he kept it all quiet. Anyway the snooker comes on eventually and there are thrills and spills aplenty. Plus bad sound for part of it, because Richard's mic is too close to his neck.
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Lots of other causes and ways to help too. And maybe a new tournament on the way. Hooray for lockdown!
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 17 - Together We'll Be OK. Richard is doing an awful lot of work for charity, but he hates to talk about it, but his attempts to be serious are sabotaged as usual. There's racism, there's a discussion about Christmas numbers, Ally tries to alienate Herring's family and fans and a couple of characters have had a makeover. Law Fox makes a punt to be PM and Prince Andrew doesn't realised he's being filmed, which is a bit dangerous. And it all ends on a song which may bring a tear to your eye. Oh and Cocky Carrot is in it.
Movember - http://rhsltp.co.uk/movember Refuge - http://rhlstp.co.uk/300 Scope - http://rhlstp.co.uk/scope Buy Richard's book please: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0751581453
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 114 - Bat on a Motorcycle: After last week's unbelievable contest, surely it can't be as exciting again. It shagging can. It's possibly even better. No spoilers. There's an awful lot of chat about charity that you can skip, but then there's a raid from another Twitch channel and a huge crowd and so a bonus frame from players picked at random from the Punani album. Who will it be? And who will triumph. It's a second unbelievable frame in one night.
Download RHLSTP #300 and give some money to Refuge here: http://rhlstp.co.uk/300 Donate to Rich's Movember fundraising by subscribing to Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rkherring, becoming a monthly badger: http://gofasterstripe.com/badges or donating on his Movember page: http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember
Chapter 81 - The Lord'f My Fhepherd. It's 7.59am on, let me work it out, the 27th October 2020. The harvest has had to happen by now, right? Right??? Another dip into the book of medieval stone clearing mottos PLUS the great ftone hymnal comes into play. All that plus the stone pole, a shape-shifting octopus woman and Richard forgetting to do the singing, ringing tree on the one say it would probably have worked.
Download RHLSTP 300 to give some money to Refuge: http://rhlstp.co.uk/300 Make a donation to Movember to thank Richard and the Stone Gods for all that they do for you: http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember
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Episode 16 - Tucking My Shirt In. Ally is worried about Prince Andrew moving in on his territory (but can't predict how far he might take that) and tries to take control of the show. The ghost child is back with a character that is (to be frank) as good as anything else in this weird experience. There's love, there's singing, there's beer and there's efficient and sexy politicians who don't seem to be evil. Richard and Ally keep getting their roles confused and everyone has to bail so we can watch Taskmaster. But all your favourites make an appearance and it's not all embarrassing and awful.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Richard hates to talk about all the amazing work he does for charity, so let me do it for him. Bid on the RHLSTP jumper here and donate to SCOPE https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marni-striped-mohair-jumper-as-worn-by-Richard-Herring-on-RHLSTP-tour/184499767838 Download the extended special RHLSTP #300 here http://rhlstp.co.uk/300 and donate to Refuge Your November Twitch and badge money will go to Movember, so sub if you're with Amazon Prime or become a badger here http://gofasterstripe.com/badges
Dave and James discuss Dave's new BCG Pro scene-writing competition and what we might learn from Blackadder, plus news about news - topical comedy's moment. And bonus sitcom writing advice from James's 'Writing That Sitcom' book.
Dave's Making A Scene Of It competition: https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/opportunities/making-a-scene-of-it/
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By Royal Appointment. There's a special guest in tonight's snooker frame and a member of royalty no less. Will affect the play? And which way? Me2 is drinking fine whisky, but Me1 has gone tea-total. Will it affect the play? And which way? It's an absolute banger (the frame, not the royal guest). Don't forget to tune into Twitch on Thursdays for Twitch of Fun. And if you with Amazon Prime, please give us your free money. http://twitch.tv/rkherring
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 80 - Day of the Triffidf. It’s 8.13am on 20th October 2020, the 20th month of 2020 (or it feels like that anyway). The conditions are damp but God is peeking down through the clouds from his heaven above. Will the harveft have come? And if not are we in danger from the plants that caused the Black Death? Richard is once again followed by the dogless lady who keeps sneaking up on him (cf the live stone clears on YouTube) and is being asked the sources for his Anglo Faxon wifdom. It’s a dull clear, but they can’t all be gold.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 15 - Gaggoshka. Rich is excited that Taskmaster is about to start, look he's even wearing his "costume" but more excited that he has a very exciting exclusive interview with a notable personage. You'll never guess who. Ally is slightly out of joint, but this is a show with everything, including a puppet show from a Victorian ghost, a rejuvenated carrot and a hyperventilating donkey. We cover all the big news, like Elton John's marriage and Union Jack portaloos and which is the best Quality Street. Will wasps ever beat bears? And will Bernie Taupin ever be on Tipping Point? We're just counting down the seconds to Taskmaster, let's face it.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter Seventy-Nine - Imagine All The People Clearing All the Ftones. It's 8am on 14th October 2020 and over 2 years since Richard started stone clearing (sept 2018) but not quite two years since he started these chapters (12th November 2018) and amazingly there are still a few stones left to clear. More medieval wisdom today, plus tales from the North of Adrian's wall of the backward tribe of Scotch stone clearers, plus a surprisingly spritely John Lennon joins the stone stasi. Plus the finging ringing tree, the ftone pole, the ditch that ftopped Brexit and cured Covid and your emails. Check out http://twitch.tv/rkherring and subscribe to save yourself from the curse of 2021.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 112 - Judge Not, Lest Your Cameras Stop Working. Rich is in a bouncy mood, no doubt due to his return to TV this week (Taskmaster C4, 9pm Thursday in case he forgets to mention it), but gremlins attack the camera feed and turn this into an old school Me1 vs Me2 snooker audio only contest. Podcast listeners won't notice much difference but if you're viewing via YouTube you might spot some differences. Every frame counts whether observed or not and there's some thrilling snooker going on behind the snap shot of the old green board.
If you are an eccentric millionaire please bid on Richard's RHLSTP notebook here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184480101778
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 14 - Fox Law with Law Fox. Richard is trying to sell his RHLSTP notebook to raise money for Refuge - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184480101778 - the snowflake, but is concerned about the jobs that the government think he should do. He's joined by a new guest and a quite new one who has aged very badly. But Ally is there with some xenophobia that he's winking at, and some strong views about pumpkins. There's way too many birthdays and Marmite lid is looking for a new job. And there's some gremlins too, but sadly they're only there to fuck up the videos and not perform their high-jinks. Next week the show is on at 7.30pm because the new series of Taskmaster starts at 9pm, giving us time, probably, to do the whole show.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Dave and James celebrate the big 150 chatting to the great writing pair who brought you Drop The Dead Donkey, Outnumbered, Kate & Koji and tons more. Great stories of rejection (how many pilots turned down by the BBC since Outnumbered?) acceptance (yes sometimes that happens too) and some novel advice from Andy about how to sit.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Frame 111 - Life is a (Broken) Carousel (Cupboard) My Friends. Rich is tired and distracted after a battle with a broken cupboard, but that won't stop him and the Mes putting in 100% effort for a great frame of snooker. Referee 1 is faced with a problem that he should have been prepared for and everyone else should just be happy they're getting their Punani albums. It's the usual thing, but who will win this week and does it matter and will you be watching this for eternity upon your inevitable deaths?
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter Feventy-Eight - I'm Just On The Phone. It's after 9am on the 6th October and the farmer has still forgotten about their crop, but the sun is out and so is the moon and Rich is chilled and loquacious. He is almost discovered by a ftealth ftone ftafi and sees a Spunkular out on the stocean, but otherwise he can mainly relax and tell you about his cupboard and his book and the ancient wisdom of medieval times. Plus bonus attempt at cupboard unblocking.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 13: Guild Gack Getter. Richard dropped a beer this lunchtime which has led to mild inebriation, so the show might not reach the professional standards you have come to expect. He's trying out a new comedy partner, but most of the old ones make it into the lockdown bubble. They discuss caged students, middle-aged nudity, expensive haircuts, sexy evil people and how to make marrying your cousin even worse. Sally has some proper clean jokes, Marmite Lid might have had his grift rumbled and Brian Wasp is still upset after finding out about the genocide of his friends. Donkey is back doing birthdays and we're all looking forward to Fox Law with Law Fox. Will the kickstarter hit a milestone that will get you the chance to see some sexy Victorian ankles? Help us get to the target so we can donate all profits to help Live Comedy http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 110 - Is the Board Haunted? The long running feud betwixt good and evil (but which is which?) continues with Me1, the Normal Man taking on Me2, the Very, Very Strong Breeze in the greatest sporting contest of all time. But will the Self-Playing Snooker Punani album ever see the light of day? And can the people watching on Twitch raise the total by £1000 and guarantee a second frame of snooker between two guest players? And will Rich let them play even if they don't raise the money? We need £20,000 to be reached for the stuff to exist and all the profits are going to help keep live comedy going. http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 12 - Cocky Carrot. Richard is heartbroken about the effect that Covid-19 has had on his hometown, but he can't let personal feelings get in the way of his attempts to get back on the telly and he takes a sideways look at Leave-o-philes and dogs sniffing out diseases. He is joined by some dolls who make him question his own sanity and also his liquorice consumption, plus how his life might have been different/better if he'd got a tiny bit of Alan Partridge. Marmite Lid brings the mood down further and Richard has angered a wasp which can't be a good thing. But hopefully we're all dead already.
Check out the show live on Thursdays on http://twitch.tv/rkherring and subscribe for free if you're with Amazon Prime. Pre-order Richard's book. And support our kickstarter: http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter And buckle in for six more months of lockdown and all that is to come. If you thought he'd broken down already then you've seen nothing yet.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Self-Publishing guru Joanna Penn explains why the future of comedy lies in doing it yourself. Why we must write what we love, embrace AI and produce our own audio. A must listen if you're keen to make a career of comedy writing.
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Chapter Feventy-Feven: Jamef Hunt and Niki...... It's 7.48am on 23rd September 2020 and the prospect of second lockdown hangs heavy on the fhoulders of everyone but the stone clearer. He lives by the rules of the field, not the rules of the BJ. There is a surprise celebrity guest out on the stocean today and some wise sayings about blackberries and shelves. Plus an email from one of our foreign listeners. Plus quite a lot of awkward silence. It's everything you could want and more.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 109: Bew Nalance. The fate of the Punani self-playing snooker album hangs in the balance (to make it happen please donate at http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. All profits go to help save live comedy) - or the nalance depending on which T shirt you are wearing - but there is still snooker to be played and it's another unbelievable, if not supernatural frame of snooker where some very weird stuff happens. Who will be the victor and who shall be vanquished? Richard Herring I reckon. But you can never be sure.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 11 - Slinky Winkies. Rich looks like he might finally get to do his sideways look at the news on his own at last, and he's all over the shooting grouse and psychic dogs and Darth Vader's new job. But a certain someone turns up and from thence the humour arises. There's competitions, collages, Michael Gove's genitals, Bradley Walsh's professionalism and a night flight to Venus. Plus a lot of dead grouse. It's kind of fun. A twitch of fun.
Here's how to link your Amazon Prime and Amazon gaming accounts to give us free money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uts1dSzQxdo And check out our excellent kickstarter http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter - all profits go to help save live comedy.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter Feventy-Fix - Chameleon Man. It's before 8am on 17th September 2020, but Rich has already been awake for two hours. But it's time for the podcast to get serious and into some next level stone-clearing, if the FF will keep out of Rich's grill. There are some new enemies to contend with as well as advice on how to deal with another stone clearer on your patch. More ancient wisdom and the first email for a while that doesn't feel like someone has just written the first thing that they've thought up. Support the Snooker kickstarter if you have lost your mind, here http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter Check out Rich's video stone clears either live on Twitch http://twitch.tv/rkherring or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Herring1967
Frame 108 - Squashed Fly At Night, Snooker's Delight. After last week's unusual outbreak of maturity, will the players be up for concentrating on the beautiful game? Probably not, let's face it. But it's an interesting frame that breaks several records and leaves the Referee in a green ball conundrum. Support live comedy and get some fabulous rewards by backing our kickstarter here: http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. Watch these live and see some other stuff as well on Twitch http://twitch.tv/rkherring
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 10 - AI BJs. Richard is worried about the future of Soleros when he should be worrying about the depths his career has sunk too. Luckily his little pals turn up to help him through this difficult time. There's more birthdays with Donkey, what's the buzz with Brian Wasp and Marmite Lid observational comedy, but Ally is on hand to talk about lockdown 2, sex robots, Lily Allen's wedding and his prejudice against foreign parrots. Plus 35 years of embarrassing grown adults talking to socks in the Broom Cupboard. And a slightly new direction for Whory Horse. And let's see how Ally gets on when he is forced to go solo.
See this live every Thursday at 8pm on Twitch http://twitch.tv/rkherring and subscribe it you're with Amazon Prime (for free). Or just follow for notifications of when Herring is on air.
Pre order The Problem With Men here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-problem-with-men/richard-herring/9780751581454
Support the kickstarter and get the donkey T shirt here: http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter All profits go to helping Live Comedy.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Dave and James with news of an exciting new competition, plus keeping your plots clear and what to do when your main character isn't funny (clue is in the title).
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Chapter Feventy-Five - Ye Beetf Go On. It's approaching 9am on 9th September 2020 and a sleep-deprived Richard Herring hopes that his befuddled head will give him access to the realm of the Morlocks, logdogs and babies on horses. He has one dull hallucination but otherwise he just meets a load of new Stone Stasi with meat dogs. A wondrous transgression of the rules (well if the government can do it) leads him to the harvested next door field and a wonderland of mediums, not like the crap he's having to deal with in his own stocean. Only another six months to chapter 100. Maybe lockdown two will be over by then.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 107 - Astonishing. This frame decides which Me is best after 100 non-void frames (technically last week's frame did that as one frame was a draw) but who will be ahead or level at the end of this important yet also meaningless milestone in this best of infinity contest? The level of snooker is fitting for such an (un) important frame and has to be seen or listened to to be believed. Will the result bring these brothers from the same mother together or push them further apart and can we ever defeat ourselves in the ultimate contest of life. Check out the amazing rewards in our new self-playing snooker kickstarter: http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. All profits going to keeping live comedy alive (and live).
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Episode 9: Hiding from Gill Gayly. Richard is trying to hedge his bets betwixt right wing and woke comedy, but will it get him back on the telly? There's surprises aplenty in this week's ep, with a rhyming couplet balloon debate, proof that Richard has a better body than James Bond, Marmite lid riffing on the Corona Virus, Donkey reluctantly wishing some relatives of viewers a happy birthday and some cool jingles and a new song. Plus Sally's attempt to open an Only Fans account and Brian the Wasp and Gwendoline Fly (what's left of them) and a plaintive cry from Whory Horse. Enjoy it now before it is wiped when this is a global phenomenon. Keep an eye out for the snooker kickstarter at http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 106 - Green Screen Trip Hazard. An unprepared Richard Herring has just got his kids (almost) to bed and made his wife dinner and now his evening is his own, so he's playing snooker against himself and talking to himself. It's another thrilling frame though. Will the tides of fortune turn and will both players' plans to win all remaining frames come to fruition. Look out for the snooker kickstarter starting soon on http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter Seventy Four - King Pofeidon'f Trident. It's just after 5pm on 1st September 2020 and Richard's mood is calmed by the beauty of a late summer sun. He makes an astonishing archaeological discovery early on, but it's not a stone so who cares. The stone bowling alley sees some fine bowls and a Ftone Ftafi member prevents access to the stone pole. Plus Rich reluctantly discusses his charity work. Thanks for making the Kickstarter work. Check out live stone clearing on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rkherring
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 8 - Ally Calendar. Richard is flying high as the stone clearing kickstarter has hit its target and he's got a new stream deck with even more buttons to press, but hopefully this week he will get to present alone. We'll see. The chat involves whether it is possible to name the leaders of the Liberal party from the 21st Century; having a baby with a fictional character; whether the Daily Mail has a right to comment on fascism; and whether Ally would go on I'm A Celebrity. Plus birthdays with Donkey, more hilarious topical japes with Marmite Lid, an ever decaying wasp and an appearance for her indoors and she's frisky. Plus who is damaging all the dolls in the house? Maybe they will wink and give themselves away.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
A look behind the scenes at Twitch Of Fun to see some new characters and ideas in development to see where your money for the Stone Clearing kickstarter will go. The first chapter of Everything Happens For No Reason gets a reading and, as the total goes up, we get to meet some characters old, very old and new. Still a little way to go so if you enjoyed this enough to chuck in a couple of quid then that would really help: http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
Dave and James talk to the stand-up star and top writer about her brilliant radio monologues Little Lifetimes, the Edinburgh Festival that wasn't, her fondly-recalled Channel 4 sitcom with Henry Normal and Frank Skinner - and exactly how close she came to becoming the new host of Bake Off.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Frame 105 - Vice Versa. It's been an amazing run of frames since the cameras have been allowed in to capture the action, but one of the players seems to not be himself and the other one seems to be the self that the other one is not. What has happened? It's like someone is having a breakdown. But which one? Or Ones? Some great play and another thrilling climax (and that was just Me1 on his weekend with no kids). Coming soon the Self-Playing Snooker kickstarter. But in the meantime, help out the stone clearers. I know they are your enemies, but they need your support. And without them what would you be? http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 73 - David Bowie Dog. It's 6pm on 24th August 2020 and Rich is confused about how many chapters in he is. You have a very limited time left to get your witch's finger or dick or lovely numbered membership card so head here NOW http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. Rich is surprised by a Stone Stasi member who seems friendly enough, but note what he calls his dog. There's a brief intermission where Siri cuts in to heckle Rich. It's a short chapter but an important one. Liften to the Ftones.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 7: Gelle's Leg Has Come Off - Richard has moved to a professional studio with completely solid walls, such has been the success of this new venture. Hopefully he'll be able to review the papers uninterrupted here... No chance. Ally, Donkey, Brian Wasp Marmite Lid and even a little Herring are all on hand to mess things up. The chat is about how to steal the Crown Jewels, a pop star with scurvey, the colony of the damned, appropriate names for terrorists and when serial killers wear masks. Plus offensive cups and some Putin baiting.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Frame 104 - Rode To Nowhere - It's the second frame of this contest to be filmed and it's another scintillating frame of self-playing snooker. Definitely the best televised frame you will see this week and definitely definitely the best one that you will just listen to. There are some fireworks off the green board too and some bad language and sportsmanship, but it's a beautiful ballet of balls on the board and I hope that will make up for it.
To support the stone clearer kickstarter please head to http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter All profit goes towards making more online content. The content will always be free so that those of you who can't afford to pay can enjoy/endure it.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter Seventy-Two - What If Wolfie Thinking? It's just before 8am on 17th August 2020 and Rich is in pensive mood - so much so that he forgets that he is podcasting at one point. It's nearly two years since he started and, despite having cleared thousands of stones, how many more lie beneath the soil? Will he ever finish? His chances are about as good as the current kickstarter campaign hitting its target. But if you have enjoyed these chapters and/or the Twitch stuff, check out your chance to get a stone clearers' guild membership card, proficiency badges and even a witch's finger (or dick) here http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter All profits will go towards making yet more online content.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Episode 6 - Barbara Knows Best. After a week in a box with Whory Horse, Ally is very relaxed, but he might be some surprised by some format changes and workshopped new jingles, just as you might be surprised by the new countdown screen by the wonderful Andrew Bobbin and the scary Richard Herring Lewis Chessman by Richard Ison. The pair discuss A level results; what dummies dream about; the sexual allure of Priti Patel; Prince Andrew imitating our comedy again; and Ricky Wilson's burning desire for revenge over children. Plus some updated songs and a contender for Christmas number one and a last minute replacement for Brian Wasp.
Back the stone clearing kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467836598/stone-clearing-with-richard-herring There is a snooker one (including Ally T shirt) starting up soon.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Part 2 of our fascinating interview with the creator, writer and star of Channel 4's hit series Home about how the show came about and how they found their star.
Plus BAFTA Rocliffe script tips, Comedy Crowd comes clean and life without Edinburgh.
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Chapter 71 - Hydrate. It's just after 8.30am on 12th August 2020 and Richard is back from his holidays, but it's already boiling hot and he fears he will die of thirst and his bones be discovered by future stone clearers. Will he die and join the heavenly realm of stone clearers? Probably not. He has info about the imminent kickstarter campaign and good advice on how to stone clear in this awful heat. Keep an eye on Richard's Twitter for details of how to get your scout badges and witch's finger or dick @Herring1967 and tune into http://twitch.tv/rkherring for more top class entertainment which for some reason is not considered suitable for mainstream TV.
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Frame 103 - Sinking Balls, Sinking Economy. It's back! For the first time since lockdown the best sporting audio podcast in the world has returned and it's Me 1 vs Me 2, no frills, but many thrills. Me1 is riding high from elite tournament success, but can Me2 burst his bubble? Or at least shag his wife? If you haven't been watching the months of Twitch streaming you may be surprised by the leap in skill level, beautifully described in audio by Commentator 1. You can watch it, if you care to, in the video section at http://twitch.tv/rkherring or come and see lots of live stuff most weekday nights. And if you are with Amazon Prime you can pay us actual money at no cost to yourself - This video explains how. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9jahbh0oA
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Is it a global pandemic or is it actually a global, site specific, highly ambitious, multi media/theatre piece? Hayley & Ruth firmly believe it's the latter and proceed to review everything from the 'casting' to the 'writing' of the Covid response with their usual mixture of hypocrisy and idiocy.
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Episode 5: Whory Horse. Rich is still on holiday really, but so desperate to show the BBC of his versatility that he’s made this taster tape of his various skills for them. We get more comedic observations from Marmite Lid and a buzzing Frankingstein-style reanimation and three more characters are added to the roster, but it’s when Rich tries to do his serious news review that things get taken off track. Ally and Herring are back together to discuss Prince Andrew’s perverse use of puppets, Boris Johnson’s amazing strength, what rich people spend their money on, how to control Herring gulls and the dangers of using John Cleese as a measure of distance. It goes on for an hour. I am very sorry. You can give us free money if you are with Amazon Prime - here’s how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9jahbh0oA Check out http://twitch.tv/rkherring for all sorts of free and live “entertainment".
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Episode 4: Decapitated Morph. Rich is riding high on his newly announced TV success, but will his hubris and champagne drinking bring him crashing down. And what will interrupt him next? There's a special surprise guest star (don't look at the image for the full surprise) and some old friends and Ally and Herring discuss whether President Trump will ever leave, whether Stonehenge is all that impressive, the ownership of dummies, who is the dummy? and the offensiveness of Golliwogs. It's a doll heavy episode, but that's why you're watching/listening you perverts. Rich is on holiday now, but should be back next Friday.
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The writer and star of Channel 4's hit TV series Home talks to James and Dave about the journey, via the distinctly-named Dutch Elm Conservatoire sketch group, a dramatic role in White Teeth and... financial journalism?
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Chapter Seventy - Tractor Trampled Beetf - It's 8am on 29th July 2020 and Rich is on the brink of leaving you all for a life with a Hollywood fuperftar, but might as well get one stone clear in before that happens. The farmer has been sabotaging his own crop and the stone Stasi are quiet, maybe too quiet, but Rich is not put off and manages to clear over 20 more stones in the 30+ minutes of this lesson. May be a break for the holiday next week or a fummertime fpecial. Who knows? What's the big TV job. If only there was some way to find out.
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Episode 3 - Marmite Smiley Face. Richard is nearly back in the big time and he's using this podcast as his audition and wearing a shirt so he will be taken seriously. But his little friends can't wait to be involved. Will they ruin it for him again? Rich bites the hand that feeds, Donkey speaks actual words and Ally ruminates on his ability to travel in time and the curse that has become. Plus find out the truth about Prince Andrew, whether Rich is part of the Russia scandal and there's a bit hint about what TV show he might be returning to and which professional dancer he'd like to be teamed up with. Plus a man who has gone crazy in lockdown and thinks his Marmite pot is hilarious. Imagine a grown man holding up an inanimate object and thinking that makes him funny.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/
Chapter 69 - Funflower. It's 6pm on 21st July 2020 and Richard is out for a summer evening clear. The field has a mysterious splattering of yellow amongst its beety crop. What can it mean? Is it a signal of some kind? The kickstarter for membership of the Guild of Stone Clearers draws ever nearer and there's some Stone Stasi pretending to be gardeners, but Wolfie knows who they really are and warns them off. There's also an important discussion as to why it is acceptable to find stone clearers sexy. Because they are.
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Episode 2: Nobody Likes a Same Phrase. Richard brings in a brand new puppet to try and mix things up, but it may be too early to try and save a franchise with an unpopular character that no one likes. Luckily Ally is on hand to pep up the serious news review. The boys cover all the poo in bed news, the audacious attempt to steal a tiny amount of money on Twitter, Yvette Fielding's dad popping up from the after life to screw with her body image and drugs in Glasgow. Plus, how to eat a boiled egg and what dummy gametes are made of. And some ominous stuff that will make it hard for Rich to sleep soundly in his bed again. Join us on Twitch for more jolly japes: http://twitch.tv/rkherring Relativity is on Friday mornings at 11.30am on Radio 4 (and available on Radio Player) and Rich's new book should be on presale from Friday 17th at all good book stores.
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Fascinating insight into how The Office came about from producer Anil Gupta, and more tales of TV mayhem from Anil and Richard Pinto, the writer-producer team that gave you Goodness Gracious Me, Citizen Khan and more.
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(News theme by Mansardian under Creative Commons 3 Licence via Freesound https://freesound.org/s/61320/)
Chapter 68 - Prickled by a Prickler. It's approximately 8.06am on 14th July and a 53 year-old Richard Herring is wading through the rain and dew soaked crops to give you a podcast with less chat and more stone clearing. Should have got some Richard Herring Prickle Guards from Amazon. He's got a pocket full of valuable witches' dicks and he's wearing his gloves and he's back where he belongs in audio, appearing on a podcast with stones that can talk for themselves. It's quiet out there. Maybe too quiet. And who is putting branches on the cairns?
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Episode 1 - What's the Problem? Richard tries to do a sensible news review, but his plans are scuppered when his 128 year old puppet wants to get involved. They discuss the innocuous things on Johnny Depp's table, social media gaffs, Kanye West's presidential bid, cancel culture and whether Richard's mimicry of accents is a hate crime. Plus there's a surprise for Ally and any fans of 19th Century druggists.
You can watch this live every Thursday night at 8pm on Twitch (http://twitch.tv/rkherring) or continue to enjoy ventriloquism, as God intended, in audio only. If you're with Amazon Prime give us free money to make more podcasts with by linking your Twitch and Prime accounts and subscribing every week - Here's how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9jahbh0oA
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Areat interview with the writer-producer team behind Goodness Gracious Me, Citizen Khan, The Kumars and more - and we haven't even got to The Office yet.
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Chapter Fixty-Feven - Coca Cola Fponforfhip. It’s about 8.20am on 30th June and the weather was almost cold enough for Richard to wear his North Face jacket (Whichever direction your face is pointing, choose North Face) and he wears it anyway and gets a bit hot. He’s on the search for more dicks (and fingers) and to a cynical eye might be attempting to monetise this ancient art. You can be sure he would never do that though, even if Ian Cocacola is intent on getting his branding into this podcast. Will Wolfie attack a dog and how will Rich respond when directly challenged about what he’s up to. Surely his years of training means he won’t make the same mistake as Cowley in [i]The Great Escape[/i]? Look out for the ftone clearing kickftarter that will be coming foon. Occasional live streamed stone clears at http://twitch.tv/.rkherring
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Stone Clearing Chapter Fixty Fix - Witch'f Finger or Witch'f Dick? It's 8am on 25th June 2020 and a contrite Richard Herring is back on the fun-baked Ftocean, in audio only, as it should be. He's looking for the petrified digits of magical hags to send out to his loyal army of fupporterf. A reminder of the importance of hydrating in summer months and making sure your dog does not die and blow your cover. Plus an emailer lets Richard have it for his awful felling out. Plus some trowel tips. Back where it belongs. No visuals.
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Dave and James catch up with the latest comedy news - is there a future for Channel 4, why writing a new sitcom is like coming out of lockdown, and how we need to approach writing race in comedy.
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Chapter Sixty-Five - Geometry Leffon. It's about half past four in the afternoon on 10th June 2020 and Rich has recently been bitten by a stone, but he's still not shy. It's the podcast with everything, a squirrel dicing with death, an encounter with some ramblers, witches' fingers, dicks and balls, a tribute to a fallen stone-clearing hero and a selection of stones that have been precision engineered by nature. That's everything right? There's no other podcast like it. If you want to be one of the lamestream fooles then you can join me most mornings at around 8am for live stone clearing at http://twitch.tv/rkherring. And if you're with Amazon Prime you can give me free money. Here's how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVji_FONrxo
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Notes on Love, Part 12. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Dave and James talk to inspirational DIY moviemakers Danny Stack and Tim Clague about seizing the initiative and producing your own media - plus some delightfully optimistic predictions for how coming out of lockdown may be most helpful for writers who are starting out.
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Notes on Love, Part 11. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Chapter Fixty-four - Love is like a Butterfly. It's been a while, but it's 29th May 2020 and about 5.15pm and Rich is out in the rich summer evening sun to clear stones. But it's so peaceful and one terrifying incident aside, we're free of the FF and he feels like he's eaten a whole bag of marijuanas. It's a backwards loop and there's now a Dominic Cummingf cairn, but apart from that it's business as usual. Except finally someone is flirting with Rich. Remember if you want to join the mainstream idiots you can watch live stone-clearing most mornings at about 8am at http://twitch.tv/rkherring and if you're with Amazon Prime you can give Rich a free £5 a month too. It's good to be back.
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Notes on Love, Part 10. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Last minute tips for ensuring you send your best work to the BBC Galton & Simpson bursary competition, news of more contests and fabulous prizes (Prizes!), and learn from the best as Dave and James dissect Pixar's comedy rules 12-22.
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Notes on Love, Part 9. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Notes on Love, Part 8. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Dave and James talk to multi-talented writer-producer-director-editor Justin Sbresni (The Worst Week Of My Life, The Robinsons) about the new lockdown sitcom Housebound and plenty more besides, including hot tips on the best new comic actors and great advice on creating visual comedy.
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Notes on Love, Part 7. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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It's the last episode of this hugely inflatable series, which can only mean one thing: yes, it's the last episode of the series. Or is it? Yes, it is. And we end it all in style with a whole host of famous guests flown in from all over Melton Mowbray. But where are Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Grumpy, Grover and Muriel? Who is the mysterious 'Frank Muir?' And why is Planet Skaro closed for repair? Find out in this, the Year of the Mahogany Sideboard. And whatever the conclusion, we hope you've enjoyed whatever this has been. Thank you for your time and effort. And do remember to keep 'em peeled. They taste awful with the skin left on.
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Notes on Love, Part 6. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Pixar are the most successful movie makers of the last 50 years. This week Dave and James examine the first 11 of their 22 rules of storytelling, judging how they might apply to the current series of Friday Night Dinner.
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Chapter Sixty-Three - No Nudef Pleafe - It's 8.10am on 22nd April 2020 and Richard has been dragged away from his TV stardom one Twitch (http://twitch.tv/rkherring) by a technical glitch and has deigned to come back here to give you audiophiles a little bit of guidance. But you know he loves you most and hates all those fame hungry Twitchers who are bombarding him with nude selfies. He thanks the Stone Gods that none of you would ever do that. Probably some stuff about stones in here too. It's hard to remember now.
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Well done for making it to Episode Five, where we count our chickens both before and after the return of agricultural icon Farmer Collins, just for good measure. Ralph Ploojagig doesn't make an appearance this week - or any other week, for that matter - but perhaps Sunday Brunch will take him under their wing and give him some hot broth or both. Also, part of this week's programme will be in color...but which one? And can you find the missing U in 'color'? Write it in the margin of your Radio Times before you start listening and you too could win a signed super deluxe edition of Larry the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in this, the Year of the Aardvark.
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Notes on Love, Part 5. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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This week John looks at the rising problem of cellophane. He also meets a man in the street who takes a dim view of electricity, along with a porcupine called Ronald who emits squeaking noises (the two may be related). Plus catch up with the show's free-falling producer Richard Cray as he spends a welcome break in hospital. Why not send him hard-boiled eggs or nuts, or some such? (The two may be related.) Yes, it's all here - but why? And should it really be somewhere else? Find out, if you can, in this, the Year of the Plinth.
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Notes on Love, Part 4. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Chapter 62 - Can You Stone Clear Without A Dog? It's Eafter Monday 13th (not 12th) April at about 8.45am and Rich is doing his first ever completely solo stone clear. Will it be the same without Wolfie (she's OK, just on a little holiday at the in-laws)? Has Rich's head been turned by the tens of people who have been tuning in to WATCH him ftone-clear? (THE BLAFPHEMY - check it out 8am most mornings at http://twitch.tv/rkherring) NO. He disdains those idiots and only likes the true flag hagf who will only listen to podcasts recorded from inside his pocket. But, in exciting field news, there's a new bench on the field.
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Dave and James chat with Australian writer Peter C Hayward, writer of Night Crew, the winner of our first BCG Pro/Sitcom Geeks Sitcom Script Challenge. Featuring giant toasters, Finnemore fandom, and a bee plot.
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Today's low, low budget episode is brought to you by Kludge, which now comes in a handy three-ounce tin. On the 'show', for want of a more apposite description, you'll hear details of how to join our fan club, which proudly boasts over three members, many of them still alive. We welcome David Lynch as himself, sadly, and there is entertainment of an unusual nature when Harold the Mad Pianist emerges from a vat of soup to play for both King and country in this, the Year of the Mungbean.
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Notes on Love, Part 3. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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In this week's slightly concave episode, John stumbles on the secret of life but loses it again during a particularly dramatic game of Buckaroo, and a man who lives on top of your TV set becomes embroiled in string. In the words of Twig Harper, never ever ever ever EVER forget that, whatever this programme contains, standards will be upheld in this, the Year of the Cube.
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Notes on Love, Part 2. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Dave and James talk to John O'Farrell and Brenda Gilhooly at the Chortle Book Festival about all things writing, including coming up with the right idea at the right time.
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John Dredge returns with a new series that really lets the flavour flood out. False claims aside, car parks will be all the rage in this, the first episode since the last one, so spare a thought for things both hither and yon. Non-special guests include avant-garde composer Arnold Schoenberg, who will be communicating in his own inimitable style. Classical actor Greg Haiste returns to the fray for free, not that there was any money left in the piggy bank after we bought all those biscuits, and silage will definitely be to the fore in this, the Year of the Cagoule. So sit back, relax, pull your chair up to the ceiling, and let John and his cast of 48,000 do the rest. It's a gas!
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Notes on Love, Part 1. A rom-com movie script by Howard, concerning the lives and loves of musicians, models, and Portuguese people with oversized heads.
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Chapter Fixty One - Fell Out - It's the evening of 23rd March in the first year of the plague and Richard seems to be distracted by the huge break out success of his twitch tv stream of live stone clearing http://twitch.tv/rkherring. Is he heading for a fall? Has he fold out? Join him at 8am every morning to find out and see what it looks like outside. And if you have an Amazon Prime account, get a twitch account, link the accounts (do this on a browser - just put Twitch into search on Amazon and click the button) and then subscribe to Richard's channel using the subscribe button and Twitch Prime option.
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Chapter Fixty - Ricky's Villa? It's 5.45pm on 17th March in the year of the plague. The terrified inhabitants of Richard's village are cowering in their houses, terrified of an invisible virus (the fuperftitiouf fool), but nothing will stop the clearing of the stones. Richard ponders more on the volume of ancient brick in one portion of the field, but mainly seems trying to convince you to follow him on http://twitch.tv/rkherring for live stone clearing and more and to persuade you to give him your free Amazon Prime subscribe (or some money). But his heart remains pure and he comes up with a scheme to cure the country of its malady. Well done on getting on board before stone clearing hit the mainstream.
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Frame 102 - Streaker. It's the only sporting fixture available in the world today, but Me 1 and Me 2 are back with an action packed frame which has everything: good snooker, bad snooker, multiple pitch invasions, full frontal nudity, a box in the way, a confused babysitter and some cuddles. It's a shame and a relief in many ways that we weren't filming this one, but we might start filming some soon. Follow me at Twitch http://twitch.tv/rkherring and if you're an Amazon Prime customer you can link your twitch account and give me $4.95 a month for free by using your one free subscription. It doesn't auto-renew though, so keep coming back and donating it if you like the stuff I am doing. Should start in the next couple of weeks. You can also pay to subscribe, but don't start doing that til I am up and running. Me 2 is not happy about any of this. Any gambling companies want to sponsor the event or take bets on it - get in touch. It might just save your business. Thanks to Nathan Jay for the swanky new theme tune.
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With the BBC comedy writing window all set to open on 16th March, Dave and James find out from Writersroom Comedy overseers Simon Nelson and Amanda Farley how to dazzle them with your comedy entries. They're joined by one of last year's winners and current Felix Dexter Bursary writer, Athena Kugblenu.
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Chapter 59 - The Hangover. It's approaching 9am on 11th March 2020 and Spring has sprung, but Richard has been drinking and is not sure he can get round the field without being fick. But it's a podcast packed with incident, including the first significant human contact for a while and theories of the eugenics of the stones. If you don't enjoy this one then I am not sure that a man going round a field clearing stones is really for you.
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Chapter 58 - Up Above Ye Ftreetf And Ye Houfef. It's a chapter of two parts as the stone gods curse the first recording and end it after 15 minutes (Richard did another half an hour which you could only have heard if you hid in a bush). But then we pick it up a day later. It's the 2nd and 3rd March 2020 and we have the stone clearer cure for the coronavirus, which was much better in the lost podcast. Plus forgiveness from the stone gods, a rude teenager and finally a chat about the road works with a passerby. The lost podcast was amazing though.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 7 - a stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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It’s four years since the podcast reviewed the EU Referendum and in this episode Hayley and Ruth discus Brexit, as always with varying degrees of accuracy. Also Hayley explains self-care and Ruth reminisces about her own childhood Brexit while reiterating her stance on therapy.
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James and Dave answer your sitcom script-based questions about turning your idea into a sitcom, making sure your idea hasn't been done (it has), what makes a studio sitcom script, resolving plots, series arcs, budgets and how much writers actually get paid. Plus exciting news about the upcoming BCG comedy writers' conference.
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Chapter Fifty-Feven - Hot and Cold Ftone Maffage. It's 8am on 25th February 2020 and this lesson is ostensibly about the best way to get stones to the edge during a cross field clear. But Richard reveals what might be the origin story of his fascination with ftones and how this whole thing might be an attempt to dredge up repressed memories of a man maybe using stones as an excuse to touch Richard's winkie. Maybe not though. He might just have dreamed it. But it does make sense of his obsession with the temperature of stones. Trigger warning - if a man has touched your winkie twice whilst giving you a massage, this podcast might dredge up memories of having your winkie touched twice during a massage.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 6 - a stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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Chapter Fifty-Fix - Ftorm Dennif - It's the evening of February 15th, Faint Fkeletor'f Day and the skull-faced hero has stirred up a hurricane. But the stone clearing must be done and Richard bravely risks his life to bring you this chapter of how to clear in adverse weather conditions, which also serves as his last will and testament. He is perhaps less brave at the end than the beginning, but tune in to find out if he survives and if he gains a new found respect for trees.
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The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 5 - a stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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Chapter 55 - The Human Diamond. It's the eve of 12th February 2020 and Ftorm Ciara has left behind devastation and fallen trees, but all the ftones are fafe. The overcast sky leaves its mark on Richard’s soul, but he will press onwards towards oblivion. Someone has been kicking stones back on to the field. An aggrieved and terrified villager or a sleep-walking Herring. No one can be sure. All we know is that stones will not be defeated by the imaginary force of wind.
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Dave and James dig deep into the 15 scripts on the longlist of the BCG Pro Sitcom Geeks Script Challenge and explain what works, and how you can all move your scripts forward.
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The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 4 - a stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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Chapter 54: Jerufalem. It's 4th February 2020, not December or January as is claimed by the tired and confused host of the podcast, whose brain is weak but whose arms are strong. And it's the first difficult visit to the Ditch that Ftopped Brexit since Brexit. Plus the bowling technique, a new rule and some great Hasselhoffing to keep you going. And Rich discusses how TV fame will never make him forget his fans. No Hollywood superstars or rappers though. It's all downhill from here. Unless William Blake does us a video for next time. To help pay off stone clearing's increasing debts become a monthly badger here http://gofasterstripe.com/badges
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The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 3: A stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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James and Dave talk more about the scripts from the BCG Pro competition, with some more thoughts on getting the story going, how story is character (saving you a fortune in Robert McKeen seminars) and when talking under your breath is funny, and when it isn’t.
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Chapter 53: Unneeded Torch. There's an amazing surprise guest to get you in the mood for today's chapter of stone clearing, with some wise words and stone philosophy, but don't let that distract you from the lessons that are imparted in this very important chapter, mainly not to take your torch with you if there is still daylight. But Rich is forced off the field in an exciting game of cat and mouse with a possible ghost, but still managed to feed the Ditch that ftopped Brexit to definitely once and for all ftop Brexit. Who controls your destiny? Stones.
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The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 2: A stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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While you were eating and sleeping your way through the holidays Dave and James were reading your script entries to the BCG Pro Sitcom Geeks Script Challenge - all 65 of them. Ahead of announcing the final shortlist they discuss what they've learned. Essential listening if you want to enter this year's BBC Writersroom Script Competition.
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The Fall of Hemlock Chase, Part 1: A stage play by young Howard, set in a mysterious run-down mansion, about a dysfunctional family who dream of escaping to London.
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Chapter 52 - Ice Clearing. The first frost of 2020 has turned the ground into a clench-jawed child and only loose milk teeth shall be cleared today. Some chat about why no stone clearer can have a partner of any kind and some stuff about not having sex with dogs, which I think we can all get on board with. Plus how did Hasselhoffing get its name? The answer might surprise you. Look at the progress on the main cairn. Pretty impressive huh? Off the ftocean we join Richard as he attempts the relatively simple task of driving a car 50 metres down the road and for a moment thinks his dog is on fire. Plus a celebrity email about whether water can ever be a stone. You are in for a treat. Sorry the recording kept cutting off. Probably the cold.
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Chapter 51 - Beft Coat. It's 5pm on 13th January 2020 and it's time for a cold night time clear. Richard has seen the error of his ways and not allowed a sponsor for this week's podcast, because stone clearers clear for love not money. There is some important lessons in maths and whether clothes are good or bad and the worldwide brotherhood of stone clearers. Also why you shouldn't wear you best coat when stone clearing. The best thing you can say about this one is that is mercifully short.
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Chapter 50 - Mile-ftone. It's the first stone clearing podcast of the new decade and the 50th chapter- though the ftones would laugh at you for thinking either of those things were remarkable. And we finally have a fponfor - Faynor Fales www.saynorsales.com But how will the ftones feel about Rich felling out and being fupported by a business that exploits ftones - will they send a sign with a magic radioactive stone that looks like a pound of flesh the discarding of which seemingly destroys the broadcast? You'll have to listen to see. Otherwise find out how stone clearing might be responsible for the evolution of all life on earth and hear of Richard's secret plan to make this a podcast that's just about him moaning about his marriage, once you've all stopped listening. Do keep your emails and sponsorship offers coming in herring1967@gmail.com. Here's to the next 50.
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"My act is like putting a cartoon in someone's head." Dave and James enjoy a fascinating session in the company of one of the country's top comedians, ahead of his biggest live tour in years.
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Frame 101 - A Quiet Place. Rich is meant to be working, but takes a break (get it) to play his final frame of snooker of the decade. But what if his wife finds out what he's doing? He has to be super quiet, a bit like in that film. Will this be the end of Me1's marriage? And is that what Me2 wants? And who will win? And does anything matter any more? The suspense will kill you and Me1's wife may kill him, which will make future episodes less exciting. Happy New Year Listener.
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Chapter 49 - Happy Anuary. It's just before midday on 31st December 2019, but your human anniversaries mean nothing to the ftones or their gods. Anus only looks forwards and so shall we. Some more stones get cleared and somehow the history of stone clearing gets more smeared with soil and Richard attempts to stop himself falling into the hot water of judging stones by their colours or women by their strangeness. Also transatlantic communication from a famous actress promises hope of a new love, but only in the event of an accident. Alaf, Richard muft return to his family for now, but who knows which way the winds of Anuf will blow.
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Chapter 48 - The Curfed Chapter. Boxing Day 2019 and it's around 12.30pm so only an idiot would call it morning. This was already the second attempt at a podcast today, but the first recorded from inside a pocket (and we've done that before) and this one mysteriously cut off halfway. I suspect the Catholic Church may have had some influence over this as both times I tried to explain the true hiftory of Jefuf. This was not as good as the first attempt and we have lost much, but then we also lost the last ten minutes and the pronouncement 'Be Fit, don't be Fhit' so you're really missing out. But there's a Chriftmaf treat for you if you can wait til the end. (picture by Steve Burnett)
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Four comedy writers walk into a bar. Ahead of the comedy writers' Christmas Party Dave chats with NFTS comedy graduate Sara Gibbs, improv superstar Pippa Evans and writing legend Paul Bassett Davies about women in writing rooms, the changing definitions of sitcom, Stephen King and Dolly Parton. Summing up: Yes it's still tough, but the opportunities are still there.
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Frame 100 - It's finally here. We're made a century break and it's time to find out who will be in the lead at this crucial though completely arbitrary point of the contest. Will it be Me1 or Me2 or will a different Me come in and win it? There's only one way to find out. The Mes have failed to make a profit at snooker this year and the recent live event actually made a loss. But if you want to help and indeed to see that tournament when it is edited together then become a monthly badger at http://gofasterstripe.com/badges In the meanwhilst sit back and listen to this frame with some of the most impressive snooker in the whole 100 frames. Will it be the first frame ever where there isn't a foul shot? Only one way to find out.
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Chapter 47: Burder. It's around 8.20am on 17th December 2019 and before he can get any stone clearing down Richard has to try and get the last bit of recycling into his bin whilst trying to prevent his dog running into traffic. After that it's business as usual as the world's slowest nervous breakdown unfolds before your ears. Some good clarification about whether you can poo on stones though and more fears that this podcast is now listened to only by perverts. A gruesome discovery of a exploded bird might make you wonder if that is a portent of something to come (a dead mouse led to a major fire) or if it was assassinated for attempting to clear stones. But the weafel in the field is the Ditch that Ftopped Brexit. Has it ftopped working? And why? And what part have the BBC played in all this? There's a lot to take in and I don't want to spoil the many delightful surprises so, you know, listen to it and find out what's in it and stop reading this.
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Hayley & Ruth interview the incredibly softly spoken author Jinny Glover. A woman so quiet that members of her own family question her existence...
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The Firm, Part 9: the final episode - written by Rufus.
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This episode Dave and James ask what's the difference between character and characters, story and stories, stand-up and acting? (Spoiler - it's not 8 quid). Also not to be missed - James's theory that all sitcoms are like biscuits. Nice.
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Chapter 46 - Urinary Onan. It's about 8.20am on 11th December 2019 and ye fun is just above horizon and there is froft on ye ground and Richard has some expert tips on the subterfuge required to be a stone clearer. Plus the cold has got to his bladder, but has he sunk so low as to wee on a podcast (TRIGGER WARNING - YES). Who is the real sick man? Who are the worst kind of hypocrites? Who is satirising who in this podcast and should you be more ashamed than Herring? Your hand gets a mention and Rich inadvertently offends a blind dog. Plus has he done enough, or too much to ftop Brexit?
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The Firm, Part 8: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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Chapter 45 - Afteroidf. It's just before 5pm on 2nd December and aside from crepuscular light in the distance and the smiling moon, all is dark. And it's time to ponder whether there is stone clearing on other planets and why stones brought organic life to our world. Plus nighttime transgressions and Edmondsing. It's the podcast with everything.
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The Firm, Part 7: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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Dave and James revisit the dos and don'ts of plotting, adding sparkle to your stories, with added jeopardy for comedy drama fans.
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Frame 99 - Commentator Two Is Impressed. We’re approaching the 100th frame of this long running contest and both players seem keen to win this not very important frame. And there is some scintillating play and records tumble like frozen fractals all around. The headphones started running out of juice about halfway through so I hope the sound is OK. I couldn’t be arsed to check. See Me1 VS Me2 snooker LIVE at the Cockpit Theatre on 4th December. Amazingly some tickets left - https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/richard_herring_me_1_vs_me_2_snooker
Chapter 44 - Am I Right, Ammonite? It’s about 8.20am on the 26th November 2019 and Rich is going the long way round. With some hard earned wisdom about how weather works and some fine Hasselhoffing and a largely undisturbed run from dog walkers and log dogs, he gives us the chance to reconnect with the stones and the sound of boots squelching in mud as he destroys potential archaeology and casts aside the sea creatures of eons ago. Plus is there a wood clearer attempting to taunt him and who shall win the battle of wood, stone and flesh? Plus a joke.
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The Firm, Part 6: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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The Firm, Part 5: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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Frame 98 - Recycled Art Exhibit. It’s 17th November 2019 and the news is full of the antics (or not) and the sweat (or not) of the Grand Old Duke of York, but I doubt that that will get a mention in a serious sporting contest like this. But the snooker board has to be cleared of rubbish before the play can commence, which is apt as this is almost certainly the most rubbish snooker that has been witnessed in almost 100 frames. Who will be ahead at Frame 100 and does it matter? Does a foul on the final black ball end the game? All questions that must be answered in the next 26 minutes. See Me1 vs Me2 Snooker LIVE at the Cockpit Theatre on 4th December. Tickets here - https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/richard_herring_me_1_vs_me_2_snooker
Chapter 43 - Ivory Towerf. It's 7.45am on 14th November 2019 (as it turns out one year and two days since the first chapter, but stone clearers like Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays) and the weather is overcast. Richard is out on the muddy field, clearing stones for real, not just reading about doing that in books like Bryan Bramble and the students at his University of Stone Clearing in Wellington. He has some harsh words for those who study rather than do and for anyone who collects stones in a mortar board, plus is reminded of his mortality by the increasing coldness of the stones. Fummer is over. And what has happened to all the other dog walkers? Oh they're over there.
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Here's plenty of valuable last-minute tips from James and Dave before you send your script out to a producer or competition. And don't worry if you miss the Sitcom Geeks Script Competition deadline - the next BBC Writersroom deadline is closer than you think.
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The Firm, Part 4: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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Chapter 42 - Headphone Narnia: It's November 6th and nearly 5pm and Richard is heading out into the dark Hertfordshire night to try and clear as many ftones as he can whilst shrouded in the cloak of night. It's been a while since he's done a night clear and he has to remind himself of torch and dog poo holding etiquette, but his ungloved hands may be cold and dirty, but they are nimble. More mottos and rules to live your stone clearing life by and probably some other stuff too, I can't really remember now. But stop trying to find some spoilers - just liften to the ftones my friend and enter your own Narnia (I forgot that everyone gets turned to stone there, that would have been a good point to make.)
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Frame 97 - Wasp Mortuary. It's been too long, but Me1 and Me2 are back on the old green board for a quick frame, even if they floor is littered with the bodies of insects. There's early controversy as one player gets away with knocking and replacing a ball, but then it's pure high-adrenaline snooker where only one player can win unless it's a draw. Who will emerge victorious as Frame 100 looms. Don't miss the chance to see Me1 Vs Me2 Snooker live on December 4th at the Cockpit Theatre in London. Tickets here - https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/richard_herring_me_1_vs_me_2_snooker Be quick because who knows if they will sell out?
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Hayley & Ruth are at the National Theatre waiting to review some play or other. But while they wait, they respond to a listener request to review popular television programme The Apprentice.
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The Firm, Part 3: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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With the November 17 deadline approaching for the Sitcom Script Challenge, Dave and James talk about extracting maximum mileage from your characters. Spoiler alert: they don't have to be likeable.
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Chapter 41 - Father and Fon. It’s about 9am on 30th October 2019 and no need to thank me but Brexit has been averted. Today’s podcast in the autumn sunshine involves multiple dog walkers, the pride and fear involved in bringing your children Stone Clearing, how stones are more important than even your own offspring and how the Brexit Ditch will only accept humble offerings. Plus mystery whistling, Roman villas and tantalising info on the Stone People. Plus are women allowed to clear stones. This is the only stone-clearing podcast that dares to tell the truth.
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The Firm, Part 2: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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The Firm, Part 1: an attempt at a Doctor Who novel by Young Howard - for the New Adventures series - in which Doctor Who and Ace encounter a mysterious organisation known as the FIRM.
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Chapter 40 - Lady in Red. It's 8.39am on 18th October and Rich has a lot of work to do, but instead he's doing this. It's a full podcast which ticks all your boxes and, fingers crossed, has done enough to thwart Brexit. Remember to donate to the ditch when it succeeds. Along the way there are rules, madrigals, out of breathness, speculation about impregnated boots and government attempts to thwart the project. Plus the welcome return of the log dog. And some mud.
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It's half of our name but we don't talk often enough about the situation. Dave and James talk to producer David Tyler (Cabin Pressure, Dinnerladies, Milton Jones and loads more) about what makes a good sit, plus James's chapter on this from Writing That Sitcom.
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Chapter 39: The War Betwixt Ftone and Flesh. It's just after 8am on 9th October 2019 and the weather is overcast and the ground so soft that any stone can be pulled out. There's some expert Hasselhoffing on display as Richard enjoys the Ftone harveft and some of the medieval times' less impressive motivational rhymes. And for the first time in a while he's going the long way round and regaling us with legends of where the stones came from and how he plans to live forever himself. Kindly he caters to the insomniacs that he knows do not use this podcast for its intended purpose, but not the onanists who are definitely not using the podcast for its intended purpose. A call from his wife truncates the recording, but not much is lost. Plus is Richard playing into the hands of Borif Johnfon? And can he be seen from space?
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Dave and James look at the recent Emmy successes for British shows Fleabag and Succession, and talk about what makes a successful career, and why overnight success can be years in the making.
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Chapter 38 - STP. It’s the evening of the last day of September 2019 and the conditions are damp. Richard and Wolfie go out to see if the Brexit ditch can have as much effect on world events as it clearly did last week and whether Boris Johnson has found the way to dampen its magic. There are more medieval aphorisms to help you with your stone clearing and some amazing discoveries including a very big stone, a stone that seems to have writing on it (a warning from the stone?) and a heart-shaped stone which seems to be encouraging Richard to carry on. Mixed messages from the world of geology perhaps. But Richard presses on, even though his wife nearly catches him in the act, which could be a marriage-ending moment. Please again, no w*nking to this podcast.
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Frame 96: Dizzy. The Mes are all ill having been dizzy and in bed all day, so perhaps it was an unwise decision to rise from the sick bed to play snooker. Or perhaps it was the best decision of all time. Although there are some lapses in concentration from the commentator and the referee that might have severely affected the result, the records were tumbling on the old green board and it's an amazing game of snooker. Who won? You know how to find out. Keep an eye on richardherring.com/gigs for news of the upcoming live frame. If you want to give to the RHLSTP kickstarter head to rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
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Chapter Thirty Feven - Ftone Fanta. It's 5.30pm on 23rd September 2019 and a tired and emotional and seemingly quite unfit Richard Herring has woken up to find the Ftone Fanta has been and the field that has been hit by every element possible in the last month has now been ploughed and there are boulders everywhere. Hear him struggle to lift the biggest stone ever off the field (pictured), hear him struggle to breath as he carries other stones across the field. Is that heavy breathing what it sounds like? Oh God, thank goodness this is audio only. Listen to a man so bewildered by the sheer abundance of stones that he finds it difficult to speak. You do not have permission to pleasure yourself to this episode.
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James talks to Cole Moreton, multi-tasking multi-talented writer/author/journalist about books, the Krays, and writing tips from Jeffrey Archer. Dave chimes in helpfully with a list of rock stars called Colin.
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Chapter Thirty-Fix - Morning Again! It's 8.30am on 17th September and Richard Herring is on the way out to see how the village will react to the triumphant comedy gig he has just done in the village hall. Whilst some stones are cleared there's a lot to delight canine coprophiles in this chapter, as Richard diligently cleans up dog poo at his own personal expense, whilst many less scrupulous dog walkers fail to bag the poop. There's a moment of extreme levity to take us out of the otherwise serious discipline and some sage advice about how many hours a day a newbie stone clearer can clear without risking death.
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Chapter 35: Ashes to Ashes. It's about 5.30pm on 10th September 2019 and the village is still buzzing with talk of the fire. And whilst people count the financial cost of the damage, Richard is fairly jigging round the field as he finds stone after stone, each huger and more stony that the last. The plough has not made its official visit to the field yet, but what a harvest there is to come if this is anything to go by. The Brexit Ditch has its work cut out for it today, plus more emails from you, the listeners. We do read all the emails, but sorry, we can only read out the best ones.
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Frame 95: A Broken Man. As the 100th frame approaches, the contest to find out who will be ahead at this arbitrary stage is really heating up. But this is an awful frame of snooker, both players tired from late nights, with half an eye on baby monitors, under the dim lights of unshaded light bulbs. You are lucky you can't see it and just have to listen. And the victory is hollow and empty today with the loser broken and the pointlessness of the tussle maybe finally becoming clear in his mind. At least none of the people involved actually listen to this. Imagine how much lower than them you are.
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Back to school as Dave and James update the complete guide for writing the best sitcom script. Plus news of an exciting new competition for all aspiring sitcom writers.
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Chapter 34: Fire and Rim Stones. It’s 2nd September 2019 and as the world burns, so incredibly does my field and quite a lot of stuff around it. Not the stones though. They are impervious. It’s an action packed stone clearing, only slightly spoiled by the first 20 minutes of the podcast failing to record again. After so many hallucinations on the field can it be true that there were firemen, a fire engine and burned decking? And is it inappropriate that Richard is jocular about the devastation and delighted that a small amount of ploughing designed to stop the out of control flames has thrown up a bumper crop of stones? You will never have heard such an eventful stone clearing podcast, even if you’ve listened to every episode of every stone clearing podcast in the world. I expect the mouse got cremated too.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 33: Dead Mouse. It's about twenty past six on the 29th August 2019 and even though it's just two days since the last one, Richard is out for another stone clearing podcast, to make up for the truncated one (but maybe he'll test your resolve by making this daily). It starts philosophically but then becomes more so as Richard comes face to face with mortality. But he also is forced to question whether the stones have been making a Great Escape in his absence and what his role in history will be. Is he one of the baddies? There's another fish to wrestle in at almost the exact same spot as last time and a Brexit reckoning to be had. Plus your emails. Do keep those coming in.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 94: Bung. Back from Edinburgh and the old slights literally forgotten in the last month, Me1 and Me2 return to the green board to try and settle this like men. Well like a man. Taking on two fairly similar personalities, both of whom aren't very good at snooker. Or are they? Some spectacular breaks await your ears and also some fouls. But hanging over it all like a ghost at the feast, the possibility of corruption. How is this still going on?
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Stone Clearing Chapter 32 (partial) Rust and Dust - It's an evening do walk on 27th August 2019 and Rich is trying to remember how to stone clear, but also wondering how the field and cairns will have changed in the four weeks he's been away. It turns out it's a lot. But also the effort required in landing a huge stone clinging to the stocean with all its might causes something to go terribly wrong and for this to become another legendary podcast beset by technical difficulties, which will make Herring question what he is even doing here.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
James wrote a script, Dave read eight novels thanks to not having WiFi and now they're ready to guide you through the start of a new term and a new season of comedy writing.
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"The show is the cheap and easy bit, the accommodation is the nightmare" - Dave and James discuss the true cost of Edinburgh; plus selling yourself, revisiting what type of writer you are, and in praise of Gary Delaney the Human Joke Machine.
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Hayley and Ruth review the British heatwave. Despite uncomfortably high temperatures and melting train tracks, Hayley has had the time of her life during the heatwave, whereas Ruth refuses to wear anything other than wool. Oh and the pair also receive a pie in the post.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Catch up with Susan's live dates here: https://susanharrisoncharacters.com/live-dates/ and listen to Gemma's climate change comedy No Planet B here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-planet-b/id1460398628. Theme music by Matt Lewesy and Amy Ashworth from Skiffle and the Piffles.
With the Edinburgh Fringe about to start, could this be the festival where the rest of you discover Anna Nicholson, whose Woman Of The Year show won best comedy at the recent Adelaide Festival. James talks to Anna about the leap required from festival regular to solo performer. Includes a love letter to the great live topical show NewsRevue, 40 years old this summer.
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Chapter Thirty-One: When Ye Bee Meeteth Ye Thiftle, Then Who Will Be Ftung? - It's 6.35pm on 23rd July and Hertfordshire is baking under a heat wave, but there are stones in the shape of buns and dog genitalia to find and computer game characters melded with tennis players to avoid. And a bee on a thistle. And the possibility of a Boris Johnson funded pro-Brexit ditch. Let us all be thankful that this podcast is fronted by the one stone-clearer not to be driven mad by the immensity of the challenge he has set himself. And one who has such clear respect for the army of listeners who email him each week. Happy Birthday Kevin Franklin.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
The DTRT team explain that the show has moved to Acast. To hear the next series, follow one of these links: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/dotherightthing/ https://play.acast.com/s/dotherightthing
Whether you have a day, an hour, or five minutes waiting for the bus to spare, Dave and James offer lots of practical advice on how best to use your time. Plus news of a great comedy script contest this autumn, and shows with Good in the title. Easily your most efficient use of 46 minutes and 10 seconds.
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Chapter 30: Judy Murray Assignation. It's approaching 5pm on 8th July 2019 and Richard Herring has hurt his big toe, but nothing can stop him stone clearing, not even the prickly plants that are threatening to take him down like the Triffids they dream of being. Richard has to get home to take over childcare and is also risking a curse by making his first harvest of stones to take off the field for (un)lucky kickstarters, so maybe he is a little distracted. But he also wants to risk a major daylight transgression, but will the mother of Andy and Jamie Murray turn up to thwart him? And is Prince Andrew going to start stone-clearing soon? Before this episode you would have said that was unlikely. But with stone clearing anything can happen.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 93: Mr Broofing. Welcome to Frame 93 of Me1 Vs Me2 Snooker, this week sponsored by MRB Roofing (http://mrbroofing.co.uk) for all your North Herts roofing needs. And it's a controversial grudge match, as the enmity between the two players increases, which might lead to fisticuffs in real life, but it just means fireworks on the old green board. After a voided frame tensions are higher than ever, but who will win. And who will sponsor this showcase for the UK's fastest growing new sport next. Contact herring1967@gmail.com to get your company or name above this well-roofed arena.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 29: Don't Be Distracted By Botany. It's 8.10am on 1st July 2019 and the big news is that Richard has misplaced his trowel. Will the last minute substitute that he found in his garage suffice? There's only one way to find out. It's very much a first day back at work after the holidays, but includes some excellent long lobs, a major and flagrant transgression into the Whocean, bare legs and a terrifying new surveillance technique from the Stone Stasi which could capture even the most rat-like stone clearer. Plus further lessons in Anglo-Faxon and a flirtation with a sexy listener via the medium of cat-sick. This podcast really has everything.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
This week James and Dave discuss improvisation, how to make dialogue sound like what real people talk like, like, and women in comedy writing rooms.
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Fummertime Fpecial. Richard is in Devon and it's the Fummer Folftice, the holiest of days for a stone clearer. And he has discovered a cairn that could only have been built by giants or Merlin or a giant Merlin. Will he fall to his death from the mountain he has climbed or will his secret from his wife remain? Also why stones are better than sewage.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 92: Snooker Egg. Welcome to the newly names Pliny Memorial Nest (like a bird's nest) Arena, renamed for our sponsor Pliny, a fictional crow who died on TV exactly 20 years ago to this day. And as the Tories battle it out to see who will lose to Boris Johnson, Me 1 and Me 2 are also at an epoch defining stage of this contest and the repercussions could echo down the ages. Who will win this tussle? The snooker is dirty and bad, but you can not fault the entertainment value that you will get in this frame. It will have you on the egg-de of your seat.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 28: Bramble (Not Bryan) Protector. It's around 7.50am on 13th June 2019 and the Stocean has been replaced by a still, yet wet lake of wheat which will have any stone clearer wetting their britches and questioning the role of the foreskin. Not many stones are cleared as the podcast diverts into some unnecessary areas and a shape-shifting member of the stone-stasi is bearing down on Richard and not in the way that he secretly hopes for. Plus some emails. See the Voice of the Ftones, Michael Fheen live on stage, talking about what this job means to him at King's Place on 17th June: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/richard-herring-podcast-17-jun/
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Ever thought: "I've had a great idea for a sitcom"? Then wondered what to do next? Dave and James are creating an entire sitcom before your ears - and in this episode they explain how they plan to journey from "I've had a great idea" to "Welcome to Episode One."
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Frame 91: Dying Air Pods. There is still a lot of bad blood between the two players after the denouement of the last frame, but who will come out on top in the psychological thriller? And will the uncharged AirPods last the course of the frame? Plus which player is the best runner and how many drugs and Tories references can Commentator 1 get into the frame? It's another absolute thriller of a contest between these two snooker lightweights which will send you reeling this way and that and taking nose cocaines like a Michael Gove. Check out RHLSTP tour dates at http://richardherring.com/rhlstpt/tour
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter Twenty-Feven - Poppy Leaf - It's about 7.45am on the 5th June 2019 and yet some disgusting inhabitants of the village still have their minds filled with sex, when there is good, moral, purifying and distracting stone clearing to be done. Richard talks at length about how he is not interested in the sordid lives of the perverts he lives amongst and also finds some surprising stones. A heavy-dugged posh woman sends him scuttling down a different path and the post-Brexit (which clearly can't happen as long as the stones go in the ditch) stone-clearing world is discussed. Your emails and a clarification on one of the rules and the beauty of nature that must be crushed by stones.
To see the Voice of the Ftones, Michael Fheen talk about the difference the stone clearing job has made to his career, please come to see him on RHLSTP at King's Place, London on 17th June - https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/richard-herring-podcast-17-jun/
Sorry I was moving the bins back into the house at the beginning, but thought you'd like to hear that. It's not all stones, stones, stones.
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In this extract from the 'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' audiobook, we hear Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse fishing for rainbow trout in Surrey.
The 'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' book is available now as in print, ebook and enhanced audio edition. https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/mortimer_whitehouse_gone_fishing/shop/6174/mortimer_and_whitehouse_gone_fishing/
Live from the Leicester Comedy Festival, Dave and James discuss writing and performing and the trials, tribulations bitching and loneliness of the long distance stand-up with Dan Evans, Joe Bor, MJ Simpson and Sarah Johnson.
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Chapter 26: Rimmed By Labs. It’s about 7.45am on 28th May 2019 and the field is thick with dew and Richard has a sartorial surprise for you. Plus find out how he lost 1.5kg in a weekend, what the mysterious multi-dogged man is like up close, why it’s hard being the son of a god and further plans to change himself to stone. Plus dog sharks, why wearing red is a bad idea if you are part of the stone stasi and why the medieval stone clearers names and work have generally failed to survive. If you want to see Richard interview voice of the ftones, Michael Fheen, probably exclusively about this job and how he felt getting it and how it has changed his life, then come to Kings Place, London on 17th June for a very special RHLFTP - https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/richard-herring-podcast-17-jun/
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Frame 90: Anal Embarrassment. It's an exciting time for the Mes with sobriety and fitness adding a new level to the contest and both players start out in high spirits, but a thrilling frame is marred by post match petulance and unnecessary rudeness from the loser, with potentially career ending disrespect (cos you can't say anything these days, with all the politically correct brigade). Hopefully it won't spoil your enjoyment of a wonderful frame on the old green (and possibly slightly warped) board. If there was any way we could edit it out of this live broadcast, believe me, we would.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 25: Rabbit Army. It's just before 8am on 20th May 2019 and the weather is cloudy. Rich is off for an early morning stone clear wearing his jogging clothing. He's got more emails than he can realistically read out and is having to fight weeds and thoughts of his own mortality. But there's good news from Switzerland re his ambitions to become immortal. He's the victim of a double pincer movement from two old ladies which curtails his clearing efforts today, but still gets in a good few medium medium medium clears. And clarifies what that does and doesn't mean, whilst proposing a more expert 4D system. Plus a pitch for a new TV show to replace Game of Thrones. You'll never guess what it is called. Do check out the stone clearing website, even though is unofficial, not run by Richard and as strewn with errors as the field is full of stones. https://www.stoneclearing.com/
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
The final part of Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Hayley and Ruth head to the Fortune Theatre in London's West End to watch The Woman in Black. Is the ghost in the play a spectre that only Hayley can see? Or is it a woman in a wig as Ruth suspects? Thanks to listener Jenny for the ghostly suggestion for this episode. See Susan live here: https://susanharrisoncharacters.com/live-dates/ and Gemma's climate change comedy No Planet B is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-planet-b/id1460398628
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Dave and James catch up, slightly breathless, on the feast of narrative comedy from across the entire range of TV channels since March. There's more twists to the ongoing comedy drama plot, post Writersroom script advice, and the answer to that question you're always asking - how do I get an agent?
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Chapter 24: Bonef of Ftonef. It's approaching 7pm on 14th May 2019 and a trendily dressed Richard is in search of stones (and not dog-walking based love). But more excitingly he's invented a brand new non-confusing stone size classification system that will bring this audio guide into a 3 dimensional video extravaganza (in the cinema of your mind). The crops are so high that is hard to see where the vegetation ends and the stones begin, but that doesn't stop Richard musing on how he might be able to literally become one with the stones and live amongst them for eternity. You may laugh at his vision. But let's face it, laughter is unlikely. Check out https://www.stoneclearing.com for all your stone clearing needs.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. Join the Secret Gang - or just have a look at what you could get, and listen to the free stuff here: www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 89 - No Offence. Richard is terrified one of the Mes might inadvertently bring a Twitter storm down on this sporting podcast by making an inappropriate joke, but will they? Or will they let their snooker do the talking? And when these players are on the practice board, who are they playing? It’s an incredibly exciting frame with a denouement that no one could have predicted (apart from one person), which makes all European football look like the moribund multi-person entertainment that it surely is. Over 20 more of these in 2019. Imagine that.
Chapter 23: Ye Calm After Ye Ftorm. It's approaching 6pm on May 7th 2019 and Rich is already regretting that he didn't record his last stone clearing jaunt where the Stone Gods showed their displeasure or appreciation (it's so hard to interpret) of his work by sending a storm of fire and ice to punish or reward him. He also chats about how he is prepared to lose one eye (but no more than that) in the quest to achieve is goal and how he hopes he can die out on the field. Has he run out of thing to say about stone clearing? Would people still listen if this was just the sound of a man stone clearing and not commenting about any of it? Why are all the other dog walkers involved in sexual trysts whilst he has to weave crops together to find love? How much more rambling will this become as Herring becomes older, and at what point will you decide it's inappropriate to carry on listening to the disintegration of a once cogent mind? But is not that very mental decay the artistic point of this whole endeavour? The immutable though ironically mute stones remaining unchanged as all around them atrophies? Who knows? Eventually there is some good advice about dealing with nettles. So worth hanging in through the bleak middle section.
Oh and did I mention that there is now an unofficial stone clearing website? It's here: https://www.stoneclearing.com/. Richard Herring is not responsible for the content of this site. Or really anything that he does from this point onwards. But this site is by some anonymous stranger, hopefully not Bryan Bramble.
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. Join the Secret Gang - or just have a look at what you could get, and listen to the free stuff here: www.patreon.com/manbuycow
Frame 88 - A Dog and a Dyson. The snooker board is being cleaned and the Mes are 4 months sober, but will this cleanliness count for or against the debauched Me2. I am not going to tell you in this blurb, that would be crazy, but there is incident aplenty, including a curious visitor to the arena (it's Wolfie the dog in a podcast crossover, there's no point in pretending otherwise, she's in the photo). Still a chance to own a signed snooker ball or cool T shirt or sponsor this podcast via our kickstarter www.rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. Thanks to all those of you who donated. We hit the target! But still happy to pay for even more podcasts. Please do not watch the terrible two player snooker, which isn't even in audio only. It's an aberration.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 22: We Plough Ye Field and Fcatter Ye Good Feed On Ye Ground. It's evening time on 29th April 2019 and Rich is rambling and ambling his way round the field once again to discuss whether it's possible for a man and a stone to create a female stone baby; why he does not recognise the God of the Bible; the place of metal in stone clearing; a crow that became a dog; a double meeting with a dog walker and his dog Wes; and why you mustn't throw stones whilst animals are in the vicinity; and why ski clothing is good to wear in the winter, but not so good once spring is here. Oh and there's some shooting going on in the background, but don't let that distract you. Plus some light relief stand-up comedy from Rich and the other dog walker. You can still donate to the kickstarter (on week of broadcast) and have a chance to get a cursed stone or a T shirt that won't be available anywhere else. Plus a documentary about stone clearing which is all definitely happening now as we've hit our total. Thanks very much for helping out if you did http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Frame 87 - Cat Hair On My Balls. The team are back and raring to go on a rare afternoon frame of self-playing snooker, with one of the Mes really needing a win to keep within passing distance of the other Me. It’s a thrilling frame with the shot of the competition thus far and an extraordinary end game that will leave you on the seat of your pants. Also Richard explains how clever it is what’s going on here and not stupid like you thought.
If you want to get 25 more frames of Me1vsMe2 Snooker in 2019 or see a filmed tournament between the players or get a Me 1 OR a Me2 T shirt (BUT NOT BOTH) or a signed snooker ball in a presentation case or have the arena named after you without having to die or be a shape, then please back our kickstarter http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter before May 5th 2019.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Dave and James sit down for a nice long chat with BBC Executive Producer Gareth Edwards who's managed to steer the ship on Upstart Crow, Still Open All Hours and Spaced. Yes. Spaced. I know, right? Lots of good advice here, including two rules about notes.
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Chapter 21: Jefuf Chrift. It's a bright sunny morning at about 7.36am on 24th April 2019, but that won't stop Richard somehow making this podcast about sex again. And whether it's possible for a man to breed with a stone is probably the least controversial idea in this chapter as Richard expounds upon his understanding of the Gofpel and whether Jesus was a stone clearer (and one just sent to prepare the world for the true Meffiah). Some stones are cleared and maybe one of them might belong to you. Go to http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter for your chance to own a curfed sftone (or an uncurfed T fhirt). No stones were impregnated during this podcast.
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 20: The Ditch Yat Ftopped Brexit. It’s the evening of 15th April 2019 and Richard Herring takes his dog out to do a fhit, whilst secretly going about his own work, to create a monument of such enduring glory that it will make the twilight years of his life worthwhile. It’s an oddly sexually charged chapter, with Richard annoyed that the early promise of being seduced by randy village women has come to naught, but at least some of the dog walkers might be getting some. And even though Herring has his eyes on something more valuable than the tawdry rewards of a snatched sexual encounter, he does believe his quest has a few short term benefits, like keeping this country in the EU, as it has been for millennia. If you want a stolen stone or a cool T-shirt or to see a documentary about Herring’s quest or just to guarantee another 25 episodes of this podcast in 2019 then donate whatever you wish to our Kickstarter campaign http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Dave and James talk about how you can buff up your script so it's ready to send off to someone important. They also talk a bit about residuals and royalties - and Dave uses this to try to convince James about the benefits of the EU. James unsurprisingly isn't buying it.
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Chapter 19: Midwitch Cuckoof. It's about 7pm on 8th April 2019 and Richard is enjoying the delights of an evening stone clear in the new spring. And whilst he is hampered by encroaching flora and sun-baked field, he enjoys the relative calm. Until he is haunted by the voices of children that he fears only he can hear. Where are they coming from? What do they want? Are the stones literally talking to him? And who is the man walking back and forth, dogless in the distance. Guarantee 25 more of these podcasts in 2019 and get your hands on a T shirt or even a stolen stone OR even sponsor the podcast (imagine the increased revenue your archaeological trowel business could get out of being mentioned) by heading here http://www.rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter. Plus some stuff for people who like bins. This really is the podcast for everyone (whatever the British Podcast Awards thinks).
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Chapter 18: Acroff the fky are fcudding cloudf. It's 8.30am on April 5th 2019 and Richard and Wolfie are embarking on Chapter 18 (not feventeen, like he foolishly believes) and there's exciting news on how you can get to actually see some stone-clearing, or get a stone-clearing t shirt, or an actual cursed stone from the field in a perspex case or even sponsor the podcast (head to http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter for details), plus a revolutionary new tool that could cut your stone clearing time in half. There's a suspicious amount of dog walkers today and a protracted conversation with two of them full of nervous laughter and possible unchecked racism. It's the podcast with everything. You can even get some tips on feeding your dog. Look at all I give you and I never ask for anything in return - oh except for money http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter
Frame 86 - The Contents of a Cat's Anus. The Mes are back, but do they have an ulterior motive to sell you something? If they do then all they are selling is the best quality audio only self-playing snooker podcast in the world. Commentator 1 has all his allusions to Brexit worked out and ready to go, and the trailing Me has some work to do if he wants to catch up with the leading Me. Balls fly off the board, the board is too close to the wall and there’s cat fur everywhere and maybe worse. Meanwhile the babies sleep and Me2 misses alcohol. Enough to lose? Let’s let the snooker do the talking.
To find out the amazing snooker and stone related rewards in the latest RHLSTP kickstarter head to http://rhlstp.co.uk/kickstarter and pledge to ensure Me 1 vs Me2 snooker gets to at least Frame 111.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
A fabulous hour spent in the company of the undisputed kings of narrative TV comedy, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais - Likely Lads, German building sites, American TV and the shows they wished they had written.
The Likely Lads is available on DVD and Blu-ray from https://networkonair.com
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/
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Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Hayley and Ruth review self help books, including such classics as Don't Forget Your Crown, Make Yourself Cozy and The Secret, in what turns out to be closer to an impromptu counselling session than a journalistic review.
Recorded on Hampstead Heath London. Theme music by Matt Lewsey and Amy Ashworth from Skiffle and the Piffles.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 17: What's Her Name? It's 8.38am on 22nd March 2019 and no one knows what is happening with Brexit, but one man knows what he is doing for the next 45 minutes: clearing stones whilst watching his dog perform ablutions. He hasn't just lost his trowel out on this field, but also his mind as he fails to recall the name of a major character in one of the biggest film releases of all time. Is someone travelling back in time to kill him - where does the dog walker vanish too and does a poorly thrown stone have terrible consequences for the rest of the world? Also how can you tell what direction a bald man is facing from a distance? You can hear everything this week in crystal clear surround sound. Bet you wish you couldn't. Now sleep. Look at those stones she's cleared. Whoever she is. Anyone can do it if they've got a gun.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
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James and Dave talk about what we learn from all the new comedy that’s tumbling out of our tellies, the BBC Writersroom window, writing books, self-publishing and London Book Fair. Rufus Jones is also declared an Ian Botham of Comedy and Derry Girls a Costume Comedy.
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Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Chapter 16: The Rattle of the Wind. It's March 15th 2019 at 8.40am and there are amazingly still stones to clear. After the stone gods attempted to fabotage last week's podcast with pocket noise, this week, they doth command the winds to blow this humble clearer off course. But Herring will not be swayed, clearing upwards of 23 stones off the field in this 40 minute odyssey. He will, however, have little of interest to say. The ever vigilant Ftone Ftafi are hiding well today, but Herring faces death at the hand of his arboreal nemesis. Will he make it home safe to his kitchen again? Or was this podcast discovered about the person of his frozen and crushed cadaver? Only one way to find out. It might have been better if you'd just heard the inside of his pocket this time.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Revenge of the Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People. 12-year-old Howard's epic fantasy adventure - starring God, Satan, Erick Jenkins, and a lot of Living-Dead Went-the-Wrong-Way Humanoid Mole People.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
Frame 85 - A Lot of Work For Charity. It's been a while but a debacle of a stone clearing podcast has sent the Mes back to the old green board to clear something more reliable, the 16 balls that make up the 6 by 3 snooker challenge. Everyone is finding their feet in this one, but there is some extraordinary play, a new score board, Robot Voice possibly beginning to become sentient and standing on polystyrene. All the elements that fans of a man playing himself at snooker badly will enjoy. And if you want to give to Refuge then here's the link: https://www.gofundme.com/whensinternationalmensday2019
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_snooker/
Chapter 15 - From Inside a Clearer's Pocket. It's 7th March 2019 and 7.35am, a sunny but cold morning. Sadly Richard failed to realise that his EarPods were not connected to his iPhone so this is a recording of inside his pocket with him mumbling in the distance, except for one bit at about 28 minutes where he gets his phone out to photograph some weird beheaded trees hanging in a fence, presumably as a warning to him. Also maybe at the end a bit too. It was a paranoid delight with loads of great emails, more human chess and conspiracy theories and it's interesting that it has essentially been wiped. They have got to the recording. But it is being put out for an interesting perspective on stone clearing and an affront to audiophiles everywhere. Can you listen to Chapter 15 all the way through? Can you make out some of the pearls of wisdom. Stone pole hit on first attempt too. Goddammit. It's unlistenable. So business as usual.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
You may have missed this item in the news, but apparently something called Brexit is about to happen. James is detained entertainingly with the team behind the unlikely Northern Ireland Brexit TV hit Soft Border Patrol - producer Marie McDonald, writer Marc McElroy and performer Alan Irwin.
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Chapter 14 - Stone Jesus. It's about 7.50am on 28th February 2019, the sun shines through the mist and the ground is moist and it's time to find out what has been going on in the field this week. Richard lays out of his fears of death, but his certain resurrection to eternal life and figurehead of a new religion, with a better wall than any of the others can boast. Along the way he is spied on by geese and a mysterious many dogged figure who chills Richard's stone heart, but gives him an excellent new tactic that will win you any game of chess. Today's size guide is the potato. Familiarise yourself with potatoes before the podcast or it will make little to no sense. Read more about stone clearing at http://richardherring.com
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Hello. Nice to see you again. The long-awaited 7th series of Do The Right Thing is going to appear this summer and it's a whopping 12 episodes long. Over the next few weeks and months we're recording the last few of these episodes - not just in London, but also in York and Birmingham. It would be amazing to see you at these gigs. More information can be found here: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/dotherightthing/gigs/
Please come!
RHLSTP SPECIAL: Tim Vine - Back to Back. In the first of three special interviews from the Bristol Slapstick Festival, Richard talks to ex-World Record Punster and Pen Behind the Ear supremo, Tim Vine, who picks some of his favourite comedy clips. The pair chat about how to write one-liners, how they have helped and failed to help each other's sets, the best joke ever from the Edinburgh Fringe and look through some of the influences that have made Tim the child-man that he is today. Will a slightly ill Tim make it to the end of the interview? Let's hope so, cos there's a great clip with his dad to enjoy if he does.
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Chapter 13 - Conquistadors. It's 7.50am on 21st February 2019 and there is still many centuries of work to be done. But nature is either giving Richard his blessing or spying on him from above, as he does his best to get his job done without being shopped by the Stone Stasi. Is stone clearing the cure for all mental illness? Or is it just adding to the issue? Will Richard manage to hit the stone pole? Will the world be saved from disaster by a contribution to the ditch? How many weeks before the main cairn meets up with the next cairn along? Are stones as precious as gold? Or more precious? All these questions will be asked and not answered in this thrilling episode. Thanks for all the emails. It's very hard to mention everyone who is writing in, but you can join the likes of Brenda Dogbin by contacting Rich at herring1967@gmail.com.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
An episode in which Dave and James catch up with the latest comedy news. Will we have to wait for Coronation Street to finish before ITV commission any more comedy? Is it curtains for comedy writer conferences? And are you all set for this year's BBC Writersroom window for comedy scripts? Plus, how to approach radio sitcom, writing one-liners, and lots more.
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Chapter 12: Chess. It's Valentine's Day 2019 but Ftone Clearerf hath nay time for love, not whilft there be ftones in the ground- so Richard heads into the Hertfordshire mist to clear the complacent stones. He has used all his guile to lull them into a false fenfe of fecurity and it's a bumper crop for the wily stone hunter. Are the stones his friends or his enemies? No one is sure, but for passive bits of stuff in dirt they have much magic, not least to change his mood in the space of three quarters of an hour. Making this the uplifting feel-good stone-based podcast of the year. We visit a part of the field that have as yet gone unbroadcast on the podcast and execute a double trespass into the forbidden field. Loads more emails and a worrying bit about toothless grannies that you might want to skip. But will Rich hit the stone pole and elicit a simultaneous cheer from the nation? No Fpoilerf.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Top British novelist and audience sitcom connoisseur Jonathan Coe talks to James and Dave at Chortle Book Festival about 1970s sitcom books, Yes Minister, working with Clement and Le Frenais, and, when we can get him off the subject of sitcom, his brilliant new novel Middle England.
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RHLSTP #201: Sathnam Sanghera - Sex in a Bush. RHLSTP is going on the road this year - check http://richardherring.com/gigs for dates (loads more to come) starting with a journey to Bilston Town Hall in Wolverhampton. Richard is incredibly and justifiably rude about the fifth worst city on the planet, but does he secretly love the place? His guest is local boy made good; author, journalist and defender of Wolverhampton (apart from the racist bits) Sathnam Sanghera. The pair discuss what it was like to work on Live TV (with an amazing revelation about Topless Darts); what it was like being an ordinary person going to Oxbridge; sharing a flat with John Oliver; the universality of the story of Bros and whether one of them has had work done; the figurative and literal madness of family life; and losing religion (and sometimes hair). Sathnam reveals that he has in fact met Richard before and it's a another embarrassing story of past foolishness. The next episode sees a new chapter in the RHLSTP story. Thanks so much to Orange Mark and everyone at British Comedy Guide for their fantastic support for this project.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/
RHLSTP is at the Leicester Square Theatre every Monday til the 1st April. Why not come along? Future guests include James Acaster, Les Dennis and Matt Lucas: https://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873492663
Glenn Moore and Jayde Adams and a House Band(!) are the tent, yurt and teepee guests for a very special episode recorded at the 2018 Latitude Festival. Within... a lot of singing, an embarrassing lack of scientific knowledge, an attempt at crowd surfing, misplaced scissors and The Killers.
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RHLSTP #200: Richard Herring - Pennsylvania Polka. It's episode 200 of the podcast and the end of Series 14, two insane milestones for this ramshackle lump of podcast. And to celebrate this occasion there's a record breaking fourth appearance from the grandson of a Batman, Adam Buxton. Adam sets the agenda from the start, bearing gifts, mocking stone-clearing like a philistine, revealing what 1995 Richard Herring had somehow discovered annoyed Stewart Lee, and attempting a slightly underwhelming tribute to Groundhog Day. Plus find out how Nile Rodgers responded to jokes by kids; why a head in a jar has to bring its own cloth; whether it's possible to have a film set at Stonehenge without the stones being knocked over at some point; and whether child-men in their fifties have to finally grow up. Plus some extraordinary epistles from World War One and how fields with barbed wire can still cause injury even today.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/
Thanks to everyone who has supported this endeavour over the last 200 episodes and six years. Hopefully we can continue to move onwards and upwards. We will be touring the podcast in 2019 (as well as another run at the Leicester Square Theatre on Mondays from 4th February to 1st April. Tickets here https://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873492663)
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Chapter 11: Frozen Stocean. It’s February 2nd 2019 and Hertfordshire has been coated in the gametes of the Ice Gods, trying to thwart ye noble Ftone Clearerf for anofer feafon. Richard has some tips on how to stone clear in the snow, but to be honest, this is first proper go and he’s just making it up as he goes along. The stone cupboard that is the ground is frozen shut and yet does that not make the discovery of the odd stone all the more valuable? How many stones did you clear today? So dare you judge a man who has cleared more stones than you? Will Richard meet any of the superstitious villagers or will they be scared away by the white blanket that has enveloped the field? Will he find any ammo and manage to hit the sign post? What will become of the world if he can’t find a stone to throw into the ditch to calm the angry snow gods? Etc. Picture by Kittie-Wai More stone clearing info at http://richardherring.com/warmingup. Warning! Includes some non-stone material
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Dave and James talk to writer and producer Paul Mayhew-Archer, about his massive four-decade career making audience sitcoms: shows he co-wrote that went well, like The Vicar Of Dibley, shows he helped onto the screen that didn't go so well, like Chalk and 'Orrible. Paul also shares a wealth of advice and experience as well as a lovely story about a man trying his hand at comedy and then drama.
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RHLSTP #199: Terry Hall - Terry Hall Hall. Richard has finally won a TV quiz show and I am afraid he will never stop talking about it again, but he’s nervous as Hell because one of his heroes is on the podcast and he’s sure he’ll screw it up, it’s ex-Fun Boy Three-er Terry Hall. They discuss the dynamics and disagreements that come with collaboration, the nostalgic sexual time waves of early 1980s fashion, the one occasion when Terry laughed, being mistaken for a ventriloquist by the taxman, why the greatest album of all time only made it to 95 in the charts and why Terry didn’t end up as a hairdresser. There’s some serious chat about sexual abuse and depression and how Terry had dealt with these traumas and some cruel assessments of the town of Coventry. And can the power of RHLSTP finally get the album Home to number 1 where it belongs? No, I don’t think so. It doesn’t seem to be commercially available.
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Chapter 10: Bleffed are the Ftone Clearerf. It’s 8.45am on a bright and frosty 28th January 2019 and stone clearers everywhere are mainly waiting for the plough to do her work and create more work for idle hands. But there are still some finds to pull from the clamp like jaw of the field and time to ponder about who puts the stones here and why and celebrate the Stone Gods and abhor the falfe godf of them that fhall not toil in the fieldf. It’s a relaxed podcast that talks a little more about the practice of ancient stone-clearers and their rudimentary podcasts and the precarious nature of their short lives. Plus we meet the muzzled dog again and Wolfie uses Richard’s hat to reveal a stone that might otherwise not hath been revealed. If you want to hear your name read out on the podcast then do email Richard as so many people have done, at herring1967@gmail.com and if you want to know more about the UK's fastest growing religion then keep an eye on http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
RHLSTP #198: Sanjeev Bhaskar - Pert Nipples. Richard chats with the audience and struggles to find anyone who works in IT, but discovers a human interest story that would be moving and inspirational in the hands of anyone else, but Herring manages to get laughs instead, the monster. HIs guest this week is actor, writer and a man who might be able to take on Michael Palin for the title the nicest man in show business, Sanjeev Bhaskar. They talk about working with a tiny James Bolam; Richard's drunken debauchery and theft at a corporate gig in the early 90s; how Sanjeev's big break rested on the toss of a coin; the real life origin story of The Kumars and how a TV executive attempted to ruin it; and how Sanjeev ended up marrying his own grandmother. Loads more stuff in this one including Brian Blessed, working with Pythons, pert nipples (I must have told that one before) and becoming friends with Roger Moore.
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Hayley and Ruth look forward to what 2019 has in store in arts and culture, reviewing art exhibitions, plays and films, none of which have happened yet.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Susan Harrison is in Showstopper! The Improvised Musical at the Other Palace until March: https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/showstopper-the-improvised-musical/
Gemma Arrowsmith is performing her show EARTHLING at VAULT Festival in February: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/gemma-arrowsmith-auntie/
Chapter 9: Stanley is a Dick. It's 9am on 22nd January 2019 and the sun is shining brightly. The soil is relatively wet and loose, though small puddles are frozen over. Is this global warming? Having left the field and his brain largely fallow for a fortnight Herring returns to his task untroubled by log dogs, but there are some incidents with real dogs that are quite hairy. Are they log dogs come to life? Some nice finds and a few more tips and Rich clears up what the podcast is actually about (spoiler: it's about stone clearing) and there are some enjoyably mundane chats with some of the people in the village, all of whom are unaware of what is going on. Pluf a fpecial gueft apperance from the Venerable Bede (is he the myftery voice too?). See some video footage of stone-clearing here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_DH4TIYAA
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
RHLSTP #197: Rick Edwards - Bailey's Comets. Rich is back on the telly, even if at this point, House Of Games is looking like it might be another House of Horrors, but if he plays his cards right he might be able to get on another quiz show, because his guest is the host of !mpossible, it's Rick Edwards. Find out how Ruby Wax helped steer his career; what it's like to get married in Kew Gardens; how Rick upset Jake Gyllenhaal; and if it's true that he has no sense of smell. Richard attempts to pull down the concept of Alternate Universes, but fails (if only we'd been in the Universe where he succeeded in making his point) and the pair discuss whether being incredibly handsome has damaged their careers. Plus Backgammon, Rick and Morty and some pretty successful attempts by Richard to remember pop culture things that no one else recalls.
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Today's special guest is none other than James Cary. Well he has a great new book out called The Sacred Art of Joking and it offers a fresh perspective on the evergreen topic of causing offence in comedy. Find out what makes people get angry at comedy, why Jesus was funny and listen to the rare sound of James and Dave disagreeing with each other.
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Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
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Dave and James talk to Moose Allain, otherwise known as the most consistently funny man on Twitter @MooseAllain about jokes, cartoons and Twitter (of course).
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RHLSTP #197: Fingers on Buzzers Podcast - Frank Bruno's Chauffeur. Drunk from one beer from last week's podcast, Richard is indiscreet about one of his former girlfriends, but let's move quickly on to welcome Lucy Porter and Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan from the excellent Fingers On Buzzers Podcast. Rich finally gets to dedicate a whole podcast to his quizzing failures and to envy Lucy for the number of extra shows she's been on. We hear about behind the scenes on the Weakest Link; how Lucy and Jenny met on a record breaking episode of The Chase; who knows the most about their home town; foot fetishism; sexual awakenings during Hi-de-Hi!; how creating a quiz show can make you a millionaire; and which celebrity from Croydon Richard would most like to have sex with.
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Chapter 8: Ozymandius. The sun is coming up behind cloud cover at about 7.40am on 8th January 2019 and the secret stone clearer of Hertfordshire reluctantly leaves his feckless family behind for a more important calling. It's a technical podcast this week, not for beginners, which will give you guidance on how to choose the stone you clear from the confusing multitude. But it also considers why the stone clearers of old have left so little evidence of their work and how working at this job for so long changes your perspective on what must be done. Plus a thrilling incident involving violent dogs, and more of the chess game that is trying to avoid as many dog walkers as possible. Read more about stone clearing at http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup and see a portion of the field in the video intro to RHLSTP with the Fingers on Buzzers podcast (up on 9th Jan): https://www.youtube.com/user/Herring1967
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
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Part Two of James's interview with Will Ing, Dan Gaster and Paul Powell, the comedy writing team behind Insert Name Here, with great insights on how to make and write a panel show.
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Part 1: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/episode_94/
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Chapter 7: Brave New Field. It's 2019, but stone clearing has gone on every year of human history and will not stop now, just because it's the future. The feckless and superstitious folks of the Hertfordshire village where Richard lives are afeared of the field stone-moving imps and have left out messages in stone to try and appease the fairy folk. But Richard is not worried about that. He has clearing to do and has to get fit so he can clear more efficiently. It's a relaxed podcast in which Rich transgresses one of the main rules of Stone Clearing (but remember there are no rules) and meets another dog with a mental illness, just as he is worrying about his own sanity. Was it just a dog of the mind? A log dog made flesh? Your guess is as good as mine. You'd have to have a stone cold heart not to think this was the most amazing thing ever created. But wait til you see the wall.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
RHLSTP #195: Joe Lycett - 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 podcast you don't have to listen to soon). His guest is RHLSTP super fan and fly in the ointment Joe Lycett. They discuss the beauty of being allowed to be silly in a serious world; whether Tom Daley should be sponsored to go to Pride; the Daily Express making mountains out of molehills; how a TV chef did not appreciate a joke about chicken jerk; and how envy can eat you up and how age can soften its grip. We also learn about Joe's new projects, including the Great British Sewing Bee, and hear from Esme, one of the judges of that show, who is in our front row and is rather well refreshed after a day out with Joe.
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Dave and James look back on 2018 and talk to kids' TV writer Joe Williams, Mark Evans (Bleak Expectations, Mitchell and Webb) and Writers' Guild online comedy nominee Hannah George about what they've learned this year, and what they hope to take into 2019.
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Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
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Hayley and Ruth review the BBC1 Christmas Day schedule, which includes such gems as Zog, BBC News, Christmas Morning from Oldham Paris Church and Hammy's Boomerang Adventure. Obviously they haven't seen any the programmes on offer but when has that ever stopped them before? Theme music as ever by Skiffle and the Piffles.
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/hayley_ruth_two_stars/
Lazy Susan and Adam Hess are the helpers helping Santa's little helpers (Tom and Ben) in this year's blockbuster Festive Flatshare Slamdown. As with any Xmas special, expect Carol Singers, Santa, Panto, True Stories, Advocaat (of course) and quickfire answers with a 'vague assonance' (TM) to the 12 days of Christmas!
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RHLSTP #194: Amanda Abbington - Chicken Carcass Ghost. Rich has had to deal with the soft poo of his ill dog, but he didn't eat any of it, even though it looked delicious and anyone who says he did is lying. And he meets some men who work in IT in his audience, which is a novelty, but wait till you hear about the marital status of one of them... His guest is a woman he worked with just four days before recording, though she seems to have forgotten all about it, Amanda Abbington. Can she name the cast of Man Stroke Woman? How many times has she appeared on The Bill? What is Nicholas Lyndhurst's acting secret? Has she played Give Us A Clue with Una Stubbs? And Rich recounts how he has twice failed auditions to appear in shows with her. Rich makes a pitch to appear in Death In Paradise, which might not quite work out for him and there's chat about UFOs, sex robots and more evidence that drinking alcohol might not be the best preparation for a long-form interview.
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Dave and James bring up the ton with a live and lively chat from the Museum of Comedy with the brilliant Marcus Brigstocke and top writer Sarah Morgan, about their Radio 4 sitcom The Wilsons Save The World. Plus details on BCG Pro, British Comedy Guide's new service for those who create comedy.
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Chapter 6: Horizontal Rain - it’s 6.45pm on Saturday 15th or 16th December (you will have to check your calendars) and conditions are wet, but stone clearers can not stop their work just cos Noel’s House Party is on or because they might get wet. The storm clouds may gather but so must shalt the stone clearer. After the show biz excitement of the opening chapters, Richard is keen to demonstrate the day to day drudgery of the task he has set himself. And he does that extremely well. Includes illuminated dog bottoms, smeared radiator covers and no significant finds. But the thrill of transgression and the suspicion of log dogs even when you can’t see them. Read more about stone clearing at http://richardherring.com/warmingup
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Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
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Dave talks to stand-up, podcaster, kids' comedy pioneer Tiernan Douieb about juggling stand-up, podcasting and kids' comedy (but not juggling), and the dangers of spreading yourself too thin.
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RHLSTP #193: James O'Brien - Sean Connery's Macbeth. Rich is back on terrestrial TV as a last minute guest on a new Channel 5 gameshow, so cheg on suckers, he's out of here. He always hated podcasts and was just using you to get back on the telly. But while he's waiting for the phone to start ringing there's time for another chat, this time with the journalist and broadcaster James O'Brien. Recorded on a particularly depressing week, but maybe not as depressing as the world you're living in as you listen to it, there's some serious dissection of Brexit, Trump and how fake news and indignation have stymied debate. Find out about James' time as a showbiz reporter, his investigations into the truth behind Interval and more from his book 'How To Be Right In A World Gone Wrong'. Is there any hope? Are we learning what it was like to live through the rise of Hitler? Has James ever tried to suck his own cock (don't know, forgot to ask)? And is the way through all this just to drink eight craft beers and let the anti-depressants cheer you up? And there's a revelation about his Red Dwarf/Star Trek knowledge that will destroy his credibility forever...
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Chapter 5: Dementia Dog. It's 8.20am on December 9th 2018 and conditions are breezy with occasional drizzle. The ground is still moist, which should be a worry for those who are concerned about global warming, but it's great news for stone clearers. Covered in this chapter: whether it's heresy to wear any type of clothing on the field; how to deal with sibling stones; marking your territory; what happens when you encounter an unfriendly dog owner; being the first non-bald man to wear a head torch; how the stone gods show their pleasure; where do the new stones come from; and why are all the cairns so pathetically small after all this time. Plus an encounter with Fred and his friends.
If you have any questions or would like to sponsor the podcast, email herring1967@googlemail.com. Find out more about stone clearing at http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup
Today Richard was wearing Petgrow Cut Resistant Work Gloves Level 5 Hand Protection, available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07GRVQ2BF/comedyguide-21/ Richard has not been paid for this glove endorsement. But is happy to be paid for other endorsements.
If you think your dog might have dementia this website can help you identify the symptoms. http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/dementia-in-senior-dogs-6-ways-to-deal-with-the-effects There are no charities running at the moment for dogs with dementia, only for dogs for people with dementia. When will there be people for dogs with dementia?
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Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
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Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Eric and Ernie. In this episode James talks to Neil Forsyth, writer of the brilliant Eric, Ernie and Me (as well as the great Bob Servant).
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RHLSTP #192: Nish Kumar - Not Michael Sheen. Richard's participation in a PTA quiz in his village led to an unlikely correspondence with one of his new neighbours, but he's really looking forward to meeting the star of Twilight and the Damned United - oh no, he had to pull out, so we got Nish Kumar instead. But lucky us (apart from the obvious bad luck) because we get to hear about Nish shitting himself on camera watching a man get down and dirty with a horse; being the worst Taskmaster contestant ever; the best use of a House Of Games trophy; and what it's like to lose it on Question Time. How's Brexit going to turn out and why can't Brexiteers stop themselves leaving? Plus the unpredicted but satisfying success of The Mash Report. If you're hoping Michael Sheen might pop up as a surprise guest at the last minute then I am afraid you will be disappointed (hopefully we can get him to come down in 2019) but there is a brief ray of light as he sends us a message.
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Stones 1 Gloves 0. It's 8.35 on December 4th and the Herring household has been hit by a sickness bug, but stone clearing waits for no man and the work must be done. It's frosty but the earth is moist and the stones are coming up easy, as Rich covers a variety of subjects including whether size is important, the part that urine plays in the discipline, how fast you should walk your dog and whether it would be better to clear a field of plastic. Read more about stone-clearing at www.richardherring.com/warmingup
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
As Christmas approaches Hayley and Ruth brave London's busy Oxford Street to watch Jodie Whittaker turning the Christmas lights on. Along the way they review the John Lewis advert... without having seen it of course.
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Theme music as ever by Skiffle and the Piffles. 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas' thanks to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
RHLSTP #191: Rose Matafeo - Ladybird. Richard has had a ladybird in his house and is reminded of the horrors of the 1976 ladybird invasion, but how it eventually paid off to his advantage, but there's no time to consider too deeply if he's had sex with an insect that has magically taken human form, because he's talking to 2018 Comedy Award winner and the quarter Croatian, Rose Matafeo, the third guest on this podcast series to have lived in a house just behind Richard's old house in Shepherd's Bush. Richard gets pathetically drunk on just one bottle of Beer 52 beer and is scarcely able to remember how to speak, let alone recall what was discussed, but it includes a lot of racist attempts to do the English accent by Rose; plus what it's like to be up the tallest building in the Southern hemisphere; 'women's things'; an attempt to understand millennials; waiting for Burt Bacharach; watching your pet die; and the New Zealand version of The Horny Time Traveller.
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Dave has got a book out! About comedy writing! Who better to interview him about it than James? Plus questions answered about theme tunes, building your world, audience v non audience, and where Chris left his keys.
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No Sparks. After a couple of podcasts for newbies, we go right in to professional level stone-clearing, with a night clear, conducted at the unGodly hour of 6.15pm on November 23rd 2018. Richard's last night stone clear was an amazing success, filled with fear, magic, fire, ice and a huge stone. Will tonight be as successful? Will Richard fall victim to a Night Hawk? Will the dim light of his torch somehow discover treasure? But what is the meaning of treasure? Stone clearing will change your perception of this and also of your own self-worth. It's not just the night that is dark as the podcast continues, it is Richard's heart and mood and for this reason we advise any high-spirited new stone clearers to save this podcast for a time later in their career. Sure it's a profession full of joy, but it's also full of the darkness at the heart of the void that you are exposing via your work. Richard ate his curry with his wife after, and was gay and kept his experiences out in the war against the stones to himself. Only you know how he was really feeling. Only you know what he is attempting. Keep the secret.
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Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/
In this episode Al, Dave and James get all excited about one of the greatest sitcoms of all time - Fawlty Towers.
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RHLSTP #190: Greg Davies - Bowl of Cheese. It's a showdown battle of who is best, Richard or Hugh Jassburn - in book form at least, but Richard is keen to bring back one of his all time favourite guests: the magnificent beast and Master of Tasks that is Greg Davies. They discuss schoolday soilings; dick-lifters; being related to a ghost; little Alex Horne; the exquisite pain of laughing when you're not meant to; sex with teddies; the saddest of bachelor meals; the death of two fathers; the devastating surprise of ageing; what it takes to be in your fifties; the weirdest group of celebrities to gather at Buckingham Palace; and the wondrous comedy of commitment to joyous stupidity. It's eye-wateringly funny stuff with two childish old men who should know better.
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Rachel Parris and Sean McLoughlin are the houseguests for a return to the LaughOutLondon Festival featuring Tom almost asphyxiating himself beatboxing, Sean getting very angry about Money and Minerals, Rachel delivering the most impressive Beef Brothers sneeze-based prosecution ever, Matthew calling an audience member a 'bit of a piece' and Ben failing to clear a very, very, very low bar when it comes to explaining why he can't do the chore.
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Ground Spiders. It's Sunday 18th November and the sun is just coming up. Most of you are in bed, but Richard and Wolfie are already up and clearing stones and pooing respectively. Today's podcast is about the items that can trick you into thinking they are stones, plus the search for the mythical great white stone, hiding somewhere in the Stocean. Hope you like the new theme tune written by Mike Cosgrave. For more info on stone clearing see www.richardherring.com/warmingup If you have any questions about stone clearing send them to herring1967@gmail.com
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/
Once upon a time, Howard wrote a romance movie script. Will Rufus be able to perform such depth of emotion convincingly? Or will he just do stupid voices like usual?
More episodes: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/