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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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Relativity 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 2021

Richard 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 2021

Russell 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 2021

Christmas 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 2020

Richard 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 2020

The 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 2020

Book 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 2020

Taskmaster wins 1.7million viewers for Channel 4

That figure is roughly in line with what the show scored on Dave when catch-up viewing was also counted - which means the show is sure to grow its audience with the change in broadcaster, once on-demand requests are also counted. Channel 4 has also hailed the fact that the show won its 9pm slot among the key 16-34 year-old demographic.

Chortle, 16th October 2020

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