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Richard Herring
Richard Herring

Richard Herring

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

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Richard Herring review

Can I Have My Ball Back? is a frequently silly, consistently funny and highly personal account of a difficult experience, cheerfully rendered with warmth, wit and a really grotesque puppet.

Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 29th March 2025

Pleasance and Stand announce more Fringe 2025 acts

The Pleasance and The Stand have unveiled a new batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows, ahead of the official festival box office opening tomorrow.

Chortle, 11th March 2025

Richard Herring: "The audience were often in pain from laughing"

Richard Herring is podcast royalty, with RHLSTP racking up 1m downloads a month. He talks us through the main moments that have shaped his career.

Richard Herring, Square Mile, 10th March 2025

Michael Redmond resurrects Eamon, Older Brother Of Jesus for TV

Father Ted star Michael Redmond is writing a sitcom about Jesus' brother for television, just as its original radio incarnation, Eamon, Older Brother Of Jesus, is finally heard on the BBC, almost 30 years after it was controversially axed on the eve of its broadcast on the grounds of blasphemy,

British Comedy Guide, 10th January 2025

How comedians are fighting cancer - with juvenile jokes, and courageous candour

Deluged by medical calamities, our stand-ups have hit back with terrific, transcendental shows that TV would be wise to learn from.

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 29th December 2024

Peter Serafinowicz teases more Look Around You as he joins Amandaland

Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper have discussed reviving their breakout television series, Look Around You, Serafinowicz has revealed, as he joins the cast of the BBC's Motherland spin-off, Amandaland.

British Comedy Guide, 13th November 2024

Richard Herring: Laugh or you'll cry

When comedian Richard Herring got cancer of the testicle, it confirmed his belief that life is precious - and ridiculous.

Ralph Jones, New Humanist, 3rd October 2024

Jon Holmes opens up about cancer diagnosis in Radio 4 series

Radio 4 series Jon Holmes Says The C-Word will see The Skewer creator, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer, talking to comedians about their personal experiences of undergoing cancer treatment.

British Comedy Guide, 18th June 2024

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back? review

Given Richard Herring has built at least some of his long career on knob gags - in Talking Cock he literally wrote the book on the subject - his brush with the disease has given him carte blanche to use every innuendo and silly euphemism for his seed satchels he can, and it's an opportunity he has gleefully seized.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th June 2024

Richard Herring review

His ability to find the funny side in personal adversity is commendable, and the show successfully conveyed a message of resilience without falling into sentimentality.

Matthew Brown, Narc Magazine, 28th May 2024

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