Richard Herring's interview podcasts

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
Presentation
Hosted by	Richard Herring
Language	English
Production
Ending theme	Pest - Try Again
Audio format	MP3
Publication
Debut	26 June 2012
Provider	Go Faster Stripe
Website	comedy.co.uk

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast and Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast are two comedy podcasts, created by and starring British comedian Richard Herring. Hosted on The British Comedy Guide, the podcasts are interviews with notable guests, usually fellow comedians. The original Edinburgh Fringe podcast ran from 2011 to 2013,^[1] and took place most days^[2] for the duration of the Fringe, focusing on interviews with performers at the festival. They also contain short stand-up segments from Fringe performers. The Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, recorded at Leicester Square in London, began in 2012 and follows a similar format, with higher profile guests. It runs for a shorter series than the Edinburgh Fringe version, with weekly recordings.

Both podcasts are performed in front of a paying audience, but released for free download and streaming. The Leicester Square Theatre Podcast has won the Internet Award at the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Chortle Awards,^[3] and was the only non-BBC programme to be nominated for the comedy award at the 2013 Sony Radio Awards.^[4] The show won a bronze award in the category, becoming the first internet-only award winner in this section.^[5] Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood has also heralded the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast citing it as one of his cultural highlights in The Guardian.^[6]

In Herring's interview with Stephen Fry, Fry revealed that had attempted to commit suicide. The story was reported across various newspapers and international news networks including the BBC and Sky News.^[7][8] His interview with Russell Brand also came to some press attention several months after its release, the press focusing on Brand discussing pleasuring a man in a public toilet for his 2002 TV show RE:Brand.^[9][10]

Series One and Two of the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast were released solely in audio format, with the exception of Stewart Lee's episode - initially released as a DVD Extra for Fist of Fun, Series Two. From Series Three onwards all episodes of the show were released in both audio and video format - initially as a paid download, then for free on YouTube. Series Seven was the first to be financed by a Kickstarter campaign in order to cover the costs of production.

Episode Guide

Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Season One Recorded 3–28 August 2011. # Guest Stand-Up 01: Michael Legge Catie Wilkins 02: Matthew Crosby Lou Sanders 03: Tony Law Chris McCausland 04: Andy Zaltzman The Behemoth 05: Dan Antopolski Nick Helm 06: Susan Calman Naz Osmanoglu 07: Glenn Wool Simon Munnery 08: Dave Gorman Nick Doody 09: Paul Sinha Tania Edwards 10: Francesca Martinez Holly Walsh 11: Sarah Millican Sara Pascoe 12: Ray Peacock Katherine Ryan 13: Shappi Khorsandi Simon Donald 14: Barry Cryer Edward Aczel 15: Josh Howie Josh Widdicombe 16: Simon Munnery Matt Green 17: Dan Tetsell Lee Camp 18: Al Murray Martin Mor 19: Dave Fulton Steve Gribbin 20: Omid Djalili Jen Brister 21: Paul Provenza Joe Lycett 22:[11] Phil Nichol Markus Birdman 23: Rumpel Matt Kirshen 24: Isy Suttie Andrew O'Neill 25: Adam Buxton Seymour Mace

Series Two Recorded 2–27 August 2012. # Guest(s) Stand-Up 26: Sarah Kendall Iszi Lawrence 27: Ray Peacock & Ed Gamble Catie Wilkins 28: Marek Larwood Doug Segal 29: Andrew O'Neill Juliet Meyers 30: Simon Munnery Mary Bourke 31: Lucy Porter Markus Birdman 32: Mick Foley Gavin Webster 33: Nina Conti Christian Reilly 34: Matthew Kelly Matthew Osborn 35: Craig Campbell Helen Keen 36: Janet Ellis Ahir Shah 37: Brendon Burns Grainne Maguire 38: Sarah Millican Pete Johansson 39: Tony Law Lou Sanders 40: Susan Calman Tiffany Stevenson 41: Nick Helm Jay Foreman 42: Simon Donald Helen Arney 43: Al Murray Celia Pacquola 44: Michael Legge Jarlath Regan 45: Felicity Ward Hayley Ellis 46: Nick Doody Steve Gribbin 47: Simon Evans Lloyd Langford 48: Martin Mor Ro Campbell 49: Phil Nichol Tony Jameson 50: Rumpel, Orbax & Pepper Keir McAllister

Series Three Recorded 31 July–26 August 2013. # Guest(s) Stand-Up 51: Jenny Eclair Alfie Brown 52: David Baddiel Katie Mulgrew 53: Norman Lovett Christian Reilly 54: Brendon Burns & John Lloyd Keith Farnan 55: Susan Calman Lee Camp 56: Rory McGrath & Josh Widdicome Carly Smallman 57: Ian Lavender & Tony Law Carey Marx 58: Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie Doug Segal 59: Omid Djalili & Ben Moor Michael J Dolan 60: David O'Doherty & Michael Legge Felicity Ward 61: Greg Proops & Hannibal Buress Lost Voice Guy 62: Milton Jones & Bo Burnham Paul Gannon 63: Sarah Millican Geoff Norcott 64: Sean Hughes & Paul Foot Benny Boot 65: Terry Alderton & Ardal O'Hanlon Zoe Lyons 66: Fred MacAulay & Colt Cabana Nadia Kamil 67: Al Murray & Paul Provenza Sally-Anne Hayward 68: Alexei Sayle David Kay 69: Ray Peacock & Ed Gamble Dana Alexander 70: Mark Thomas & Rob Delaney Chris Stokes 71: Paul Putner & Scroobius Pip Sarah Campbell 72: Ed Byrne & Bridget Christie Luke Wright 73: Caroline Rhea & Alex Lowe as Barry from Watford Alex Edelman 74: Stewart Lee as Baconface & Simon Donald Jarleth Regan 75: Jason Manford Wayne Mazadza

Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Series One Recorded 7 May - 26 June 2012 # Guest(s) 1: Tim Minchin 2: Jonathan Ross 3: Francesca Martinez 4: Charlie Higson 5: Charlie Brooker 6: Nick Frost 7: David Baddiel 8: Stewart Lee 9: Armando Iannucci & Graham Linehan

Series Two Recorded 1 October - 3 December 2012 # Guest(s) 10: Rob Delaney 11: Peter Serafinowicz 12: Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith 13: David Mitchell 14: Dave Gorman 15: Adam Buxton 16: Russell Howard

Series Three Recorded 7 May, 28 May - 1 July 2013 # Guest(s) Special: Pappy's at Machynlleth Comedy Festival 17: Chris Addison 18: Stephen Fry 19: Mary Beard 20: John Lloyd 21: Russell Brand 22: Edgar Wright 23: Mark Thomas 24: Isy Suttie 25: Sean Hughes

Series Four Recorded 30 September - 28 October 2013 # Guest 26: Shappi Khorsandi 27: Rufus Hound 28: Miranda Hart 29: Miles Jupp 30: Dara O'Briain 31: Ross Noble 32: Simon Pegg 33: Stephen Merchant

Series Five Recorded 17 February - 24 March, 2 May 2014 # Guest(s) 34: Adam Buxton 35: Jenny Eclair 36: Helen Zaltzman & Olly Mann 37: Robert Llewellyn 38: Alexei Sayle 39: Greg Davies 40: Danny Baker 41: Josie Long 42: Harry Shearer 43: Susan Calman 44: Jon Ronson 45: Nick Helm Special: Mike Wozniak at Machynlleth Comedy Festival

Series Six Recorded 29 September - 24 November 2014 # Guest(s) 46: Katherine Ryan 47: Mark Gatiss 48: Brendon Burns 49: James Acaster 50: Steve Coogan 51: Sara Pascoe 52: Sarah Millican 53: Rebecca Front 54: Josh Widdicombe 55: Andy Zaltzman 56: Richard Osman 57: Michael Legge 58: Milton Jones 59: Victoria Coren Mitchell 60: Sue Perkins 61: Ben Goldacre 62: Paul Putner & Trevor Lock 63: Stewart Lee Special: Sofie Hagen at the Spike Sligo Festival

Series Seven Recorded 1 June - 27 July 2015 # Guest(s) 64: Bob Mortimer 65: Lou Sanders 66: Emma Kennedy 67: Romesh Ranganathan 68: Robert Webb 69: Louis Theroux 70: Roisin Conaty 71: Johnny Vegas 72: Mark Watson 73: Robin Ince 74: Rob Delaney & Sharon Horgan 75: Jessica Hynes 76: Bridget Christie 77: Brett Goldstein 78: Paul Sinha 79: Al Murray 80: Limmy 81: Joe Lycett

Series Eight Recorded 27 September - 29 November 2015 # Guest 82: Stuart Goldsmith 83: Diane Morgan 84: Lee Mack 85: Janey Godley 86: Robert Popper 87: Luisa Omielan 88: John Finnemore Special: Richard Herring* 89: Sarah Kendall 90: Eddie Izzard 91: Phill Jupitus 92: Jack Whitehall 93: John Robins 94: David Mitchell 95: Hal Cruttenden 96: Scroobius Pip 97: Aisling Bea 98: Ray Peacock 99: Cariad Lloyd 100: Richard Bacon

Series Nine Recorded 6 June - 25 July 2016 # Guest 101: Iain Lee 102: Tony Law 103: Lauren Laverne 104: Ben Bailey Smith 105: Marcus Brigstocke 106: David Cross 107: Vic Reeves 108: Susie Dent 109: Nish Kumar 110: Matthew Crosby 111: Graham Linehan 112: Sofie Hagen 113: Russell Kane 114: Tim Minchin 115: Tom Parry 116: Elis James Special: Dave Taylor at the Great Yorkshire Fringe Special: Mark Addy at the Great Yorkshire Fringe

Series Ten Recording 3 October - 28 November 2016[12] # Guest Special: Dan Schreiber at the London Podcast Festival 117: Armando Iannucci 118: Hans Teeuwen 119: Dane Baptiste 120: Caitlin Moran 121: Will Smith 122: Tony Robinson 123: Kerry Godliman 124: Chris Addison 125: Ed Gamble 126: Dawn French 127: Deborah Frances-White 128: Tom Davis 129: Touretteshero 130: Susan Calman 131: Sarah Millican 132: Simon Munnery 133: Peter Serafinowicz 134: Lucy Porter

*DVD exclusive

References

1. "Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
2. "Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast 2012". Chortle. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
3. "Lee, Herring and Law scoop Chortle Awards". Such Small Portions. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
4. "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013 nominations". Radio Today. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
5. "Isy Suttie wins Sony Radio Awards Gold". British Comedy Guide. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
6. Bromwich, Kathryn (16 August 2015). "On my radar: Jonny Greenwood's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
7. "Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012". BBC News. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
8. "Stephen Fry Reveals 2012 Suicide Attempt". Sky News. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
9. "Russell Brand talks about sex with male stranger for TV show". Mail Online. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
10. "Russell Brand Reveals He Had A Sexual Encounter With A Man In A Pub Toilet". The Huffington Post. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
11. Episode 22 was lost due to a recording malfunction
12. "Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast". Ticketsolve.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

External links

• Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast at the Internet Movie Database