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Richard Herring
Richard Herring

Richard Herring

  • 57 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and podcaster

Richard Herring features

Miles Jupp Live

Cancer comedy special! Richard Herring, Mark Steel, Miles Jupp - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Wednesday 19th March 2025

Our live comedy columnist Mark Muldoon sees three comedy shows about cancer in one week. Is that too much? What will he learn? Let's find out, as he sees Richard Herring, Mark Steel and Miles Jupp.

Fist Of Firsts with Tim Reid Pro

Top 5 lessons from Fist Of Firsts

Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Comedy writer Tim Reid (Car Share, Meet The Richardsons) talks to the biggest names in comedy via his podcast to uncover their backstories and their creative process. We asked him to share the top five things he's learned from the first series of his show.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alex Horne, Greg Davies TV

Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions interview

Monday 20th June 2022

Kerry Godliman, Ed Gamble, Lou Sanders, Richard Herring and Liza Tarbuck talk about returning to Taskmaster to take part in the second Champion Of Champions special.

Richard Herring Live

Richard Herring interview

Thursday 30th April 2020

Podcast pioneer, Scope patron and now lockdown sports star, Richard Herring seems to thrive when big career obstacles land in his path: he's even turned stone clearing into cult viewing. But how will the rest of comedy recover, as the dust settles?

Joanna Neary. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Live

Random 8: The Pick of 2019

Tuesday 7th January 2020

Take a trip back through the last 12 months, with Dane Baptiste, Vikki Stone, Richard Herring, Lou Sanders and many more (well, four more, obviously).

Richard Herring Live

Random 8: Richard Herring

Tuesday 1st October 2019

Pompeii! Barbados! Lots of fancy US hotels! Richard Herring is going to none of those places on his RHLSTP tour - but they all crop up here.

Richard Herring Live

Richard Herring interview

Tuesday 18th September 2018

Two now-suburban men meet in one of Hertford's perfectly reasonable pizza restaurants to talk moving, writing, and changing the world with podcasts.

Richard Herring DVD Live

Richard Herring swaps posters for DVDs

Sunday 4th August 2013

Every surface of Edinburgh is covered in a poster promoting a Fringe show - and this form of advertising is not cheap. Richard Herring has come up with an alternative marketing idea - a free DVD.

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast. Richard Herring Live

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Tuesday 28th August 2012

Catch up on all 25 episodes of Richard Herring's stand-up and chat show podcast recorded at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe.

Richard Herring Live

Richard Herring: A quiet year for the festival?

Sunday 12th August 2012

A number of comedians are reporting audience numbers are down at this year's Fringe. Richard Herring offers his thoughts on the subject...

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast. Richard Herring Live

Richard Herring's Podcast line-up

Tuesday 31st July 2012

Details on the line-ups for Richard Herring's daily 2012 Edinburgh Fringe podcast show.

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