Person · Male
Richard Herring
UK comedian
- From
- Pocklington, England
- Since
- 1967–present
- Releases
- 139
About
Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee). He is described by The British Theatre Guide as "one of the leading hidden masters of modern British comedy".
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Towards the end of the double act, Herring also worked as a writer, producing four plays. After Lee and Herring went their separate ways he co-wrote the sitcom Time Gentlemen Please, but quickly returned to performance with concept-driven one-man shows like Talking Cock, Hitler Moustache and Christ on a Bike as well as regular circuit stand-up. Herring has created fourteen of these stand-up shows since 2001, performing them for eleven consecutive years from 2004 to 2014 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with annual tours and a final performance recorded for DVD. His 2016–17 show was a 'best of' tour, drawing from these shows.
Herring is recognised as a pioneer of comedy podcasting, initially with broadcaster Andrew Collins on The Collings and Herrin Podcast and subsequently with high-profile comedians and celebrities such as Dawn French, Michael Palin and Stephen Fry on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast. He has maintained a daily blog called Warming Up since 25 November 2002. In September 2024 he started publishing the blog (and other material) on Substack where he has 10000+ subscribers.
Member of
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The “Just a Minute” Team spoken vocals
Discography
Live
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RHLSTP Book Club #161, “Robert Ross”
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RHLSTP Book Club #159, “Adam Kay”
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RHLSTP Book Club #157, “Mark Watson”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #589, “Nish Kumar”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #592, “Paul F Tompkins”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #587, “David O'Doherty”
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RHLSTP Book Club #163, “Steve Punt”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #586, “Andy Parsons”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #585, “Joe Kent-Walters”
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RHLSTP Book Club #160, “Matt Parker”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #588, “The Cryptid Factor”
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RHLSTP Book Club #162, “Jonathan Freedland”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #590, “Rhys James”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #591, “Richard Ayoade”
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RHLSTP Book Club #158, “Andrew Michael Hurley”
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RHLSTP Book Club #164, “Andy Webb”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #264, “Sara Pascoe”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #262, “Paul Sinha”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #275, “Michael Palin”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #274, “ Limmy”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #248, “Nick Frost”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #268, “Charlie Brooker”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #276, “Aisling Bea”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #202, “Jon Ronson”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #221, “No Such Thing As A Fish”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #204, “Rob Brydon”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #234, “Vic Reeves”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #182, “Mark Steel”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #187, “Alice Lowe”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #131, “Sarah Millican”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #134, “Peter Serafinowicz”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #132, “Simon Munnery”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #152, “Armando Iannucci”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #150, “Sara Pascoe”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #146, “Limmy”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #143, “Dan Skinner”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #141, “David Baddiel”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #148, “Robert Webb”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #102, “Tony Law”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #111, “Graham Linehan”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #117, “Armando Iannucci”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #107, “Vic Reeves”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #94, “David Mitchell”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #124, “Chris Addison”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #78, “Paul Sinha”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #62, “Paul Putner and Trevor Lock”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #83, “Diane Morgan”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #69, “Louis Theroux”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #76, “Bridget Christie”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #90, “Eddie Izzard”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #74, “Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #80, “Limmy”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #63, “TMWRNJ Special”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #68, “Robert Webb”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #67, “Romesh Ranganathan”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #71, “Johnny Vegas”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #75, “Jessica Hynes”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #44, “Jon Ronson”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #41, “Josie Long”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #38, “Alexei Sayle”
Other
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Emergency Questions with Joan & Jericha
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #309, “Alexei Sayle”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #297, “Michael Ian Black”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #294, “Sindhu Vee”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #284, “Richard Osman”
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Oh Frig, I'm 50! #1, “Dorking Cock”
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Oh Frig, I'm 50! #0, “Preview”
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Happy Now? #0, “Intro”
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Happy Now? #2, "Comic Sans"
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Happy Now? #1, "Wardrobe Malfunction"
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The Adam Buxton Podcast #17, “Richard Herring”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #3, “I'M MORTIFIED”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #11, “Not Suitable for Minors?”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #2, “4 Leaf Clover”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #5, “27 Years Later”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #4, “Hold Me Closer Tony Danza”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #5, “Good and Evil”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #6, “The Shape of Things to Come”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #9, “You Should Have a Pregnancy Test”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #10, “Lord of the Dance Sofa”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #8, “Well Played Thing”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #1, “How I Broke A Caravan Window with a W*nk”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #7, “The Circle of Life”
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Lord of the Dance Settee #6, “Donald, Wherrrreez Mah Troozers”
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RHLSTP with Richard Herring #64, "Bob Mortimer"
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #2, “The Paranormal”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #4, “Death”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life, “Full Marcus Chown Interview”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #1, “Creation”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #0, “Intro”
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Richard Herring's Meaning of Life #3, “Love”
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Talking Cock #7, “I Am an Anatomist. An Antipodean Anatomist!”
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Talking Cock #2, “Display It, With Honour”
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Talking Cock #10
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Talking Cock #8, “0898 Chat Line”
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Talking Cock #5, “The Penis Fly Trap”
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Talking Cock #6, “Hermione's Hand Twin”
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Talking Cock #11, “Lovely Lovely Cress”
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Talking Cock #4, “Talking Sock”
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Talking Cock #9, “The History of Mr Jolly”
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Talking Cock #1, "You Fuck One Goat"
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Talking Cock #3, “Wee Wee, Poo Poo, Bottom”
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We're All Going to Die! #1, “I'm Going to Live Forever!”
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Bad Habits #2, "Laziness"
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Bad Habits #1, "Workaholism"
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Doctor Who: Real Time
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2003-11-02: One Way Single Parent Family Favourites
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2004-05-02: One Way Single Parent Family Favourites
Links
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Reference
Also known as
Richard Keith Herring
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
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- ISNI
- 0000000084526069
- ISNI
- 0000000108907756
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