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50 funny podcasts to make you feel much better
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The Guardian, 5th April 2021Chortle Awards names Legends Of Lockdown
Fergus Craig, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne, John Robertson, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Stevie Martin, Alistair Green, Janey Godley, Mark Olver, Archie Henderson, Catherine Bohart, Toussaint Douglass and Munya Chawawa are amongst those named Legends Of Lockdown in the Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2021Relativity to return to Radio 4 for Series 4
Radio 4 has ordered a fourth series of Relativity, Richard Herring's comedy drama about a multi-generational family.
British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2021Richard Herring has operation to remove testicle
The current Taskmaster champion had the operation under general anaesthetic early on Wednesday morning at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2021Russell Tovey & Sian Clifford star in new improvised film
Filming has completed on a new improvised comedy from director Jamie Adams, starring Russell Tovey and Sian Clifford.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd February 2021Christmas books: The Problem with Men, Richard Herring
One can imagine academics spending years to come to pretty much the same conclusion without being anywhere near as funny.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st December 2020Richard Herring and Nick Helm star in Giddy Stratospheres film
Richard Herring and Nick Helm are to star in Giddy Stratospheres, a comedy film by Laura Jean Marsh about the noughties' indie music scene.
British Comedy Guide, 17th December 2020The Problem With Men, by Richard Herring review
Anyone who's been on Twitter on March 8 will know the Sisyphean task Richard Herring has taken on in doing fighting trollery with trollery.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th November 2020Book review: The Problem With Men, by Richard Herring
Extending into such topics as why many men confidently believe they could score a point against Serena Williams on a tennis court (they couldn't), why female leaders have a better record on dealing with COVID-19 than male ones do and whether a man can ever be considered a feminist, this is thought-provoking, intelligent and lots of fun.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 4th November 2020The Chortle comedy book festival is back
Stars taking part in next month's event include Frank Skinner, Adam Buxton, Helen Lederer, Richard Herring, Mark Watson, Andy Hamilton, Gary Delaney, Laura Lexx, Robin Ince, Matt Forde, Arthur Mathews and Michael Spicer.
Chortle, 27th October 2020