Richard Herring's interview podcasts

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (or RHLSTP (UK: /rəhɛləstʌpə/)) and Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast are two related comedy podcasts, created and hosted by British comedian Richard Herring. Hosted on The British Comedy Guide, the podcasts are interviews with notable guests, usually fellow comedians. The original Edinburgh Fringe podcast ran from 2011 to 2013,^[1] and took place most days^[2] for the duration of the Fringe, focusing on interviews with performers at the festival. They also contain short stand-up segments from Fringe performers. The Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, recorded at Leicester Square in London, began in 2012 and follows a similar format, with higher profile guests. It runs for a shorter series than the Edinburgh Fringe version, with weekly recordings.

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
Presentation
Hosted by	Richard Herring
Language	English
Production
Ending theme	Pest – Try Again (series 1–20) Scant Regard — Untitled (series 21–)
Audio format	MP3
Publication
Original release	26 June 2012
Provider	Go Faster Stripe
Related
Website	www.rhlstp.co.uk www.comedy.co.uk/

Both podcasts are performed in front of a paying audience, but released for free download and streaming. Series One and Two of the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast were released solely in audio format, with the exception of Stewart Lee's episode, which was initially released as a DVD Extra for Fist of Fun, Series Two. From Series Three onwards all episodes of the show were released in both audio and video format – initially as a paid download, then free on YouTube. Series Seven was the first to be financed by a Kickstarter campaign in order to cover the costs of production. Since Series Seventeen, Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast has been recorded on tour at different venues and, as such, has been referred to only by the acronym title of RHLSTP. After only one episode of Series Nineteen was recorded, the remainder of the series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Herring continued to conduct interviews and provide new content via Twitch during the lockdowns. In March 2022 he started releasing the RHLSTP Book Club podcast on Fridays, recorded remotely, where he chatted with authors about one of their books.

Episode guide

Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Series One Recorded 3–28 August 2011 # Guest(s) Stand-Up 01 Michael Legge Catie Wilkins 02 Matthew Crosby Lou Sanders 03 Tony Law Chris McCausland 04 Andy Zaltzman The Behemoth 05 Dan Antopolski Nick Helm 06 Susan Calman Naz Osmanoglu 07 Glenn Wool Simon Munnery 08 Dave Gorman Nick Doody 09 Paul Sinha Tania Edwards 10 Francesca Martinez Holly Walsh 11 Sarah Millican Sara Pascoe 12 Ray Peacock Katherine Ryan 13 Shappi Khorsandi Simon Donald 14 Barry Cryer Edward Aczel 15 Josh Howie Josh Widdicombe 16 Simon Munnery Matt Green 17 Dan Tetsell Lee Camp 18 Al Murray Martin Mor 19 Dave Fulton Steve Gribbin 20 Omid Djalili Jen Brister 21 Paul Provenza Joe Lycett 22[3] Phil Nichol Markus Birdman 23 Rumpel Matt Kirshen 24 Isy Suttie Andrew O'Neill 25 Adam Buxton Seymour Mace

Series Two Recorded 2–27 August 2012 # Guest(s) Stand-Up 26 Sarah Kendall Iszi Lawrence 27 Ray Peacock & Ed Gamble Catie Wilkins 28 Marek Larwood Doug Segal 29 Andrew O'Neill Juliet Meyers 30 Simon Munnery Mary Bourke 31 Lucy Porter Markus Birdman 32 Mick Foley Gavin Webster 33 Nina Conti Christian Reilly 34 Matthew Kelly Matthew Osborn 35 Craig Campbell Helen Keen 36 Janet Ellis Ahir Shah 37 Brendon Burns Gráinne Maguire 38 Sarah Millican Pete Johansson 39 Tony Law Lou Sanders 40 Susan Calman Tiffany Stevenson 41 Nick Helm Jay Foreman 42 Simon Donald Helen Arney 43 Al Murray Celia Pacquola 44 Michael Legge Jarlath Regan 45 Felicity Ward Hayley Ellis 46 Nick Doody Steve Gribbin 47 Simon Evans Lloyd Langford 48 Martin Mor Ro Campbell 49 Phil Nichol Tony Jameson 50 Rumpel, Orbax & Pepper Keir McAllister

Series Three Recorded 31 July–26 August 2013 # Guest(s) Stand-Up 51 Jenny Eclair Alfie Brown 52 David Baddiel Katie Mulgrew 53 Norman Lovett Christian Reilly 54 Brendon Burns & John Lloyd Keith Farnan 55 Susan Calman Lee Camp 56 Rory McGrath & Josh Widdicombe Carly Smallman 57 Ian Lavender & Tony Law Carey Marx 58 Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie Doug Segal 59 Omid Djalili & Ben Moor Michael J Dolan 60 David O'Doherty & Michael Legge Felicity Ward 61 Greg Proops & Hannibal Buress Lost Voice Guy 62 Milton Jones & Bo Burnham Paul Gannon 63 Sarah Millican Geoff Norcott 64 Sean Hughes & Paul Foot Benny Boot 65 Terry Alderton & Ardal O'Hanlon Zoe Lyons 66 Fred MacAulay & Colt Cabana Nadia Kamil 67 Al Murray & Paul Provenza Sally-Anne Hayward 68 Alexei Sayle David Kay 69 Ray Peacock & Ed Gamble Dana Alexander 70 Mark Thomas & Rob Delaney Chris Stokes 71 Paul Putner & Scroobius Pip Sarah Campbell 72 Ed Byrne & Bridget Christie Luke Wright 73 Caroline Rhea & Alex Lowe as Barry from Watford Alex Edelman 74 Stewart Lee as Baconface & Simon Donald Jarleth Regan 75 Jason Manford Wayne Mazadza

Series Four Recorded 5–25 August 2017 # Guest(s) 76 Doug Anthony All Stars 77 James Acaster 78 Iain Stirling & Jason Manford 79 John Robins & Ahir Shah

Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Series One Recorded 7 May – 26 June 2012 # Guest(s) 01 Tim Minchin 02 Jonathan Ross 03 Francesca Martinez 04 Charlie Higson 05 Charlie Brooker 06 Nick Frost 07 David Baddiel 08 Stewart Lee 09 Armando Iannucci & Graham Linehan

Series Two Recorded 1 October – 3 December 2012 # Guest(s) 10 Rob Delaney 11 Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith 12 Peter Serafinowicz 13 David Mitchell 14 Dave Gorman 15 Adam Buxton Extra Stand-Up 2012 16 Russell Howard

Series Three Recorded 7 May, 28 May – 1 July 2013 # Guest(s) Special Pappy's at Machynlleth Comedy Festival Special Sony Awards 17 Chris Addison Extra: Stand-Up 2013 18 Stephen Fry 19 Mary Beard 20 John Lloyd 21 Russell Brand 22 Edgar Wright 23 Mark Thomas 24 Isy Suttie 25 Sean Hughes

Series Four Recorded 30 September – 28 October 2013 # Guest 26 Shappi Khorsandi 27 Rufus Hound 28 Miranda Hart 29 Miles Jupp 30 Dara Ó Briain 31 Ross Noble 32 Simon Pegg 33 Stephen Merchant

Series Five Recorded 17 February – 24 March, 2 May 2014 # Guest(s) 34 Adam Buxton 35 Jenny Eclair 36 Helen Zaltzman & Olly Mann 37 Robert Llewellyn 38 Alexei Sayle 39 Greg Davies 40 Danny Baker 41 Josie Long 42 Harry Shearer 43 Susan Calman 44 Jon Ronson 45 Nick Helm Special Mike Wozniak at Machynlleth Comedy Festival

Series Six Recorded 29 September – 24 November 2014 # Guest(s) 46 Katherine Ryan 47 Mark Gatiss 48: Brendon Burns 49 James Acaster 50 Steve Coogan 51 Sara Pascoe 52 Sarah Millican 53 Rebecca Front 54 Josh Widdicombe 55 Andy Zaltzman 56 Richard Osman 57 Michael Legge 58 Milton Jones 59 Victoria Coren Mitchell 60 Sue Perkins 61 Ben Goldacre 62 Paul Putner & Trevor Lock 63 Stewart Lee (TMWRNJ Special) Special Sofie Hagen at the Spike Sligo Festival

Series Seven Recorded 1 June – 27 July 2015 # Guest(s) 64 Bob Mortimer 65 Lou Sanders 66 Emma Kennedy 67 Romesh Ranganathan 68 Robert Webb 69 Louis Theroux 70 Roisin Conaty 71 Johnny Vegas 72 Mark Watson 73 Robin Ince 74 Rob Delaney & Sharon Horgan 75 Jessica Hynes 76 Bridget Christie 77 Brett Goldstein 78 Paul Sinha 79 Al Murray 80 Limmy 81 Joe Lycett

Series Eight Recorded 27 September – 29 November 2015 # Guest 82 Stuart Goldsmith 83 Diane Morgan 84 Lee Mack 85 Janey Godley 86 Robert Popper 87 Luisa Omielan 88 John Finnemore DVD Exclusive Richard Herring 89 Sarah Kendall 90 Eddie Izzard 91 Phill Jupitus 92 Jack Whitehall 93 John Robins 94 David Mitchell 95 Hal Cruttenden 96 Scroobius Pip 97 Aisling Bea 98 Ray Peacock 99 Cariad Lloyd 100 Richard Bacon

Series Nine Recorded 6 June – 25 July 2016 # Guest 101 Iain Lee 102 Tony Law 103 Lauren Laverne 104 Ben Bailey Smith 105 Marcus Brigstocke 106 David Cross 107 Vic Reeves 108 Susie Dent 109 Nish Kumar 110 Matthew Crosby 111 Graham Linehan 112 Sofie Hagen 113 Russell Kane 114 Tim Minchin 115 Tom Parry 116 Elis James Special Lord Mayor Dave Taylor at the Great Yorkshire Fringe Special Mark Addy at the Great Yorkshire Fringe

Series Ten Recorded 3 October – 28 November 2016 # Guest Special Dan Schreiber at the London Podcast Festival 117 Armando Iannucci 118 Hans Teeuwen 119 Dane Baptiste 120 Caitlin Moran 121 Will Smith 122 Tony Robinson 123 Kerry Godliman 124 Chris Addison 125 Ed Gamble 126 Deborah Frances-White 127 Dawn French 128 Tom Davis 129 Susan Calman 130 Jess Thom aka Touretteshero 131 Sarah Millican 132 Simon Munnery 133 Lucy Porter 134 Peter Serafinowicz

Series Eleven Recorded 5 June – 24 July 2017 # Guest(s) Special Bec Hill at Wells Comedy Festival 135 Paul Merton 136 Joe Thomas 137 Jessica Knappett 138 Adam Buxton 139 Zoe Lyons 140 Andrew Collins 141 David Baddiel Special Rahul Kohli and Martin Barrass at the Great Yorkshire Fringe 142 Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine 143 Dan Skinner 144 Katy Brand 145 Julian Clary 146 Limmy 147 Arthur Smith 148 Robert Webb 149 Ed Byrne 150 Sara Pascoe

Series Twelve Recorded 16 October – 27 November 2017 # Guest(s) 151 Ellie Taylor 152 Armando Iannucci 153 Rachel Parris 154 John Moloney 155 Jan Ravens 156 Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd 157 Greg Jenner 158 Simon Brodkin 159 Richard Osman 160 Reginald D Hunter 161 Johann Hari 162 Katy Wix 163 Paul Chowdhry 164 Dave Gorman

Series Thirteen Recorded 5 February – 2 April 2018 # Guest(s) 165 Kathy Burke 166 Adam Kay 167 John Robins and Elis James 168 Danielle Ward 169 Trevor and Simon 170 Jess Phillips 171 Mackenzie Crook 172 Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rachel Fairburn aka All Killa No Filla 173 Katherine Ryan 174 Peter Baynham 175 Brian Blessed 176 Pippa Evans 177 Maria Bamford 178 Sophie Willan 179 Desiree Burch 180 Al Murray 181 My Dad Wrote a Porno 182 Mark Steel Special Jessica Fostekew and Holly Burn at Machynlleth Comedy Festival Special Michael Eavis at Wells Comedy Festival (unbroadcast)

Series Fourteen Recorded 24 September – 19 November 2018 # Guest(s) 183 Jonathan Ames 184 Alex Horne 185 Ross Noble Special Toby Hadoke at Manchester Podcast Festival 186 Lou Sanders Special Glenn Wool at Manchester Podcast Festival 187 Alice Lowe 188 Jess Robinson 189 Drunk Women Solving Crime 190 Greg Davies 191 Rose Matafeo 192 Nish Kumar 193 James O'Brien 194 Amanda Abbington 195 Joe Lycett 196 Fingers on Buzzers 197 Rick Edwards 198 Sanjeev Bhaskar 199 Terry Hall 200 Adam Buxton

Series Fifteen Recorded 4 February – 1 April 2019 # Guest(s) 201 Sathnam Sanghera (recorded at Bilston Town Hall) Special Tim Vine at Bristol Slapstick Festival Special Joe Thomas and Damon Beesley at Bristol Slapstick Festival Special The Goodies at Bristol Slapstick Festival 202 Jon Ronson 203 Emily Atack 204 Rob Brydon 205 David Morrissey 206 Peter Lord – Komedia Bath 207 Kerry Howard – Komedia Bath 208 James Acaster 209 London Hughes 210 Suzi Ruffell 211 Joel Dommett 212 Matt Forde 213 Les Dennis 214 Matt Lucas 215 Rosie Jones N/A Richard E. Grant (unbroadcast) 216 Tiff Stevenson 217 Adrian Chiles – Birmingham Town Hall 218 Nicholas Parsons 219 Do The Right Thing Podcast Special Kay Mellor – Theatre Royal, Wakefield 220 Alice Roberts Special Rob Rouse – Theatre Royal, Wakefield 221 No Such Thing as a Fish Special Fiona Allen at Henley Festival Special Richard Herring interviewed by Sarah Benetto at Deer Shed Festival Special Rebecca Callard at the Great Yorkshire Fringe

Series Sixteen Recorded 2–25 August 2019 at New Town Theatre, Edinburgh # Guests Ed. 1 Laura Lexx and Tony Law Ed. 2 Lucy Beaumont and Scummy Mummies Ed. 3 Jena Friedman and Phil Wang Ed. 4 Sophie Duker and Vikki Stone Ed. 5 Jayde Adams and David O'Doherty Ed. 6 John Robins and Snjólaug Lúðvíksdóttir Ed. 7 Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie and Spencer Jones Ed. 8 Steph Tisdell and Jen Brister Ed. 9 Tony Slattery and Isma Alma Ed. 10 Lauren Pattison and Geoff Norcott Ed. 11 Richard Osman Ed. 12 Rob Auton and Lost Voice Guy Ed. 13 Arabella Weir and Bryony Kimmings Ed. 14 Sunil Patel and Daliso Chaponda Ed. 15 Fern Brady and Josie Long Ed. 16 Sarah Kendall and Rich Wilson Ed. 17 Tommy Tiernan and Sukh Ojla Ed. 18 Susan Murray and Alice Fraser Ed. 19 George Egg and Cally Beaton Ed. 20 Thom Tuck and Tom Rosenthal Ed. 21 Flo and Joan and John Kearns

Series Seventeen Recorded 3 April – 26 July 2019 # Guest(s) 222 Angela Barnes – The Old Market, Brighton 223 Stephen Grant – The Old Market, Brighton N/A Ricky Wilson – Leeds City Varieties (unbroadcast) 224 Mark Charnock and Dominic Brunt – Leeds City Varieties 225 Jimmy Cricket – The Lowry, Salford 226 Sarah Millican – The Lowry, Salford 227 Russell Howard – Kings Place, London 228 Sara Barron – Kings Place, London 229 Michael Sheen – Kings Place, London Special Guilty Feminist Mashup with Siobhan McSweeney – Kings Place, London 230 Ed Gamble – Kings Place, London 231 Bobby Mair – Warwick Arts Centre 232 Caroline Quentin – Warwick Arts Centre 233 Shaun Williamson – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 234 Vic Reeves – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Series Eighteen Recorded 15 September – 6 December 2019 # Guest(s) 235 Max and Ivan – Cambridge Corn Exchange 236 Grayson Perry – Leicester Square Theatre 237 Annabel Giles – Theatre Royal, Brighton 238 Ian McMillan – Sheffield City Hall 239 Simon Evans – Theatre Royal, Brighton 240 Seann Walsh – Sheffield City Hall 241 Jenny Eclair – The Haymarket, Leicester 242 Graham Fellows – Hull City Hall 243 Grace Petrie – The Haymarket, Leicester 244 Lucy Beaumont – Hull City Hall 245 Mark Olver – Bristol Old Vic 246 Jayde Adams – Bristol Old Vic 247 Tape Face – Richmond Theatre 248 Nick Frost – Richmond Theatre 249 Ahir Shah – Theatre Royal, Winchester 250 John Kearns – Theatre Royal, Winchester 251 Francesca Stavrakopoulou – Exeter Corn Exchange 252 Mike Wozniak – Exeter Corn Exchange 253 Dave Johns – The Stand, Newcastle 254 Seymour Mace – The Stand, Newcastle 255 Robin Ince – Leicester Square Theatre 256 Athena Kugblenu – Leicester Square Theatre 257 David Reed – Grand Opera House, York 258 Jon Parkin – Grand Opera House, York 259 Kate Robbins – Liverpool Playhouse 260 Frank Cottrell-Boyce – Liverpool Playhouse 261 George Monbiot – Oxford Playhouse 262 Paul Sinha – Oxford Playhouse 263 Tim Minchin – Leicester Square Theatre 264 Sara Pascoe – Leicester Square Theatre 265 Janice Connolly – Manchester Podcast Festival 266 Bethany Black – Manchester Podcast Festival 267 Rachel Parris – Leicester Square Theatre 268 Charlie Brooker – Leicester Square Theatre 269 Olga Koch – Cambridge Corn Exchange 270 Konnie Huq – Leicester Square Theatre 271 Reverend Richard Coles – Northampton Deco 272 Steve McNeil – Northampton Deco 273 Fern Brady – Theatre Royal, Glasgow 274 Limmy – Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Series Nineteen Recorded 9 March 2020 – 20 October 2020 # Guest(s) 275 Michael Palin – Leicester Square Theatre 276 Aisling Bea – Leicester Square Theatre 277 Adam Buxton – Remote record 278 Michael Spicer – Remote record 279 Mark Watson – Remote record 280 Bill Burr – Remote record 281 Robert Webb – Remote record 282 Kiri Pritchard-McLean – Remote record 283 James Acaster – Remote record 284 Richard Osman – Remote record 285 Greg Jenner – Remote record 286 Lauren Pattison – Remote record 287 Maisie Adam – Remote record 288: Nathan Caton – Remote record 289 Daniel Sloss – Remote record 290 Jo Caulfield – Remote record 291 Bettany Hughes – Remote record 292 Bilal Zafar – Remote record 293 Sophie Duker – Remote record 294 Sindhu Vee – Remote record Special Ally and Sally (Victorian dolls) – Remote record 295 Maria Konnikova – Remote record 296 Michael Fenton Stevens – Remote record 297 Michael Ian Black – Remote record 298 Stevie Martin – Remote record 299 John Kearns – Remote record 300 Richard Herring interviewed by John Robins – Angel Comedy Club at The Bill Murray Pub, Islington, London

Series Twenty Recorded 28 October 2020 – 14 April 2021 # Guest(s) 301 Ed Gamble – Remote record 302 Nell Scovell – Remote record 303 Arthur Mathews – Remote record 304 Kiell Smith-Bynoe – Remote record 305 Alistair Green – Remote record 306 Marek Larwood – Remote record 307 Rhod Gilbert – Remote record 308 Lou Conran – Remote record 309 Alexei Sayle – Remote record 310 Catherine Bohart – Remote record 311 Nina Conti – Remote record 312 Dr. Sophie Hay – Remote record 313 Ashley Storrie – Remote record 314 Danny Robins – Remote record 315 Nish Kumar – Clapham Grand 316 Lou Sanders – Clapham Grand 317 Iszi Lawrence – Remote record 318 Alice Fraser – Remote record Special Joan and Jericha for Comic Relief 319 Mary Lynn Rajskub – Remote record 320 Jeremy Paxman – Remote record 321 Brian Regan – Remote record 322 John Oliver – Remote record 323 Dominik Diamond – Remote record 324 Andi Osho – Remote record 325 Pippa Evans – Remote record

Series Twenty-one Recorded 21 April 2021 – 13 August 2021[4][5][6] # Guest(s) 326 Anneka Rice – Remote record 327 Catherine Wilkins – Remote record 328 Mae Martin – Remote record 329 Felicity Ward – Remote record 330 Jackie Weaver – Remote record 331 Nigel Planer – Remote record 332 Geoff Norcott – Clapham Grand 333 Sarah Kendall – Clapham Grand 334 Jessie Cave – Clapham Grand 335 Johnny Vegas – Clapham Grand 336 John Robins – Clapham Grand 337 David Baddiel – Clapham Grand 338 Isy Suttie – Clapham Grand 339 No Such Thing as a Fish – Clapham Grand 340 Robin Askwith – Clapham Grand 341 James Acaster & Ed Gamble – Clapham Grand 342 Jay Rayner – Norwich 343 Matthew Holness – Norwich

Series Twenty-Two Recorded 29 August 2021 – 19 February 2022 # Guest(s) 344 Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates – Leicester Square Theatre 345 Barry Cryer – Leicester Square Theatre 346 Bob Mortimer – Leicester Square Theatre 347 The Parapod – Leicester Square Theatre 348 David Mitchell – Leicester Square Theatre 349 Tim Key – Leicester Square Theatre 350 Louise Wener – Leicester Square Theatre 351 Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish – Leicester Square Theatre 352 Katherine Ryan – Leicester Square Theatre 353 Shaparak Khorsandi – Leicester Square Theatre 354 Dave Gorman – Leicester Square Theatre 355 Phil Wang – Leicester Square Theatre 356 Ben Shephard – Leicester Square Theatre 357 Deborah Meaden – Leicester Square Theatre 358 Emma Dabiri – Leicester Square Theatre 359 Miriam Margolyes – Leicester Square Theatre 360 Margaret Cabourn-Smith – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 361 Chris Lynam – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 362 Peter Baynham – Remote record 363 Laura Lexx – Remote record 364: Laura Jean Marsh – Remote record 365 Gráinne Maguire – Remote record 366 David Cross – Remote record 367 Ahir Shah – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 368 Mark Watson – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 369 Jon Culshaw – St George's, Bristol Special Robin Ince and Richard Herring Desert Island Flicks – Watershed, Bristol 370 Joz Norris – Leicester Comedy Festival 371 Rebecca Wheatley – Leicester Comedy Festival Special Robin Ince and Richard Herring Morecambe and Wise – Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden

Series Twenty-Three Recorded 28 February 2022 – 29 July 2022 # Guest(s) 372 Paul Chuckle – Leicester Square Theatre 373 Janina Ramirez – Leicester Square Theatre 374 Charley Boorman – Leicester Square Theatre 375 Terry Christian – Leicester Square Theatre 376 Maria Bamford – Remote record 377 Jamie Demetriou – Leicester Square Theatre 378 Samira Ahmed Leicester Square Theatre 379 Armando Iannucci – Leicester Square Theatre 380 Rosie Holt – Leicester Square Theatre 381 Deborah Frances-White – Leicester Square Theatre 382 Ardal O'Hanlon – Leicester Square Theatre 383 Freya Parker and Celeste Dring aka Lazy Susan – Leicester Square Theatre 384 Amy Gledhill – Leicester Square Theatre 385 Dara Ó Briain – Leicester Square Theatre 386 Alan Davies – Leicester Square Theatre 387 Dick and Dom – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 388 Bilal Zafar – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 389 Seann Walsh – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 390 Kunt and the Gang – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 391 Meryl O'Rourke – The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London 392 Daliso Chaponda – Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk

Series Twenty-Four Recorded 3 August 2022 – 9 September 2022 at Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, except ep. 405 # Guest(s) 393 Harriet Dyer 394 Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rachel Fairburn aka All Killa No Filla 395 Conrad Koch 396 Vir Das 397 Janey Godley 398 Flo and Joan 399 John Robins 400 Janeane Garofalo 401 Ed Gamble 402 Tim Key 403 Sanjeev Kohli 404 Omid Djalili 405 Doug Stanhope – Remote record

Series Twenty-Five Recorded 5 September 2022 – 28 November 2022 # Guest(s) 406 Reece Shearsmith – Leicester Square Theatre 407 Eleanor Morton – Leicester Square Theatre 408 Pierre Novellie – Leicester Square Theatre 409 Sally Phillips – Leicester Square Theatre 410 Bob Mortimer – Leicester Square Theatre 411 The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Leicester Square Theatre 412 Sara Pascoe – Leicester Square Theatre 413 Chris McCausland – Leicester Square Theatre 414 Ria Lina – Bedford Pub, Balham 415 Joe Lycett – Leicester Square Theatre 416 James Acaster – Leicester Square Theatre 417 Anneka Rice – Leicester Square Theatre 418 Victoria Coren Mitchell – Leicester Square Theatre 419 Philippa Perry – Leicester Square Theatre 420 Humphrey Ker – Leicester Square Theatre 421 Mathew Baynton and Jim Howick – Leicester Square Theatre 422 Sarah Keyworth – Leicester Square Theatre 423 Rich Hall – Leicester Square Theatre 424 Sikisa – Leicester Square Theatre 425 Paul Chowdhry – Leicester Square Theatre 426 Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Leicester Square Theatre

Series Twenty-Six Recorded 30 January 2023 – 27 March 2023 # Guest(s) 427 Stephen Merchant – Leicester Square Theatre 428 Fern Brady – Leicester Square Theatre 429 Josh Widdicombe – Leicester Square Theatre 430 Tim Key – Leicester Square Theatre 431 Zoe Lyons – Leicester Square Theatre 432 Joe Cornish – Leicester Square Theatre 433 John Kearns – Y Theatre, Leicester 434 Nish Kumar – Y Theatre, Leicester 435 Eshaan Akbar – Leicester Square Theatre 436 Al Murray – Leicester Square Theatre 437 Kiell Smith-Bynoe – Leicester Square Theatre 438 Catherine Bohart – Leicester Square Theatre 439 Mark Gatiss – Leicester Square Theatre 440 Jordan Gray – Leicester Square Theatre 441 Suggs – Leicester Square Theatre 442 Rhys James – Leicester Square Theatre 443 Janet Ellis – Leicester Square Theatre 444 Sophie Duker – Leicester Square Theatre

Series Twenty-Seven Recorded 27 May 2023 – 17 July 2023 # Guest(s) 445 Thanyia Moore – Leicester Square Theatre 446 Jenny Eclair – Leicester Square Theatre 447 Ola Labib – Forest Arts, New Milton 448 Colin Hoult – Hangar Farm Arts Centre, Southampton 449 Mike Bubbins – Leicester Square Theatre 450 Catherine Tate – Leicester Square Theatre 451 Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson – Leicester Square Theatre 452 John Robins – Cedars Hall, Wells 453 Bridget Christie – Leicester Square Theatre 454 Adam Rowe – Leicester Square Theatre 455 Elf Lyons – Angel Comedy Club at The Bill Murray Pub, Islington, London 456 Paul Sinha – Angel Comedy Club at The Bill Murray Pub, Islington, London 457 Markus Birdman – Forest Arts, New Milton Audible Comedy Club Lou Sanders – Remote record 458 Alison Spittle – Angel Comedy Club at The Bill Murray Pub, Islington, London 459 Paul Foot – Hanger Farms Arts Centre, Southampton 460 Ed Byrne – Leicester Square Theatre 461 Jazz Emu – Leicester Square Theatre 462 Micky Overman – Angel Comedy Club at The Bill Murray Pub, Islington, London 463 Mike Birbiglia – Remote record 464 Ben Willbond and Larry Rickard – Leicester Square Theatre 465 Alistair Green – Leicester Square Theatre 466 Peter Baynham – Leicester Square Theatre 467 Nigel Planer – Leicester Square Theatre 468 Sarah Millican – Leicester Square Theatre

Series Twenty-Eight Recorded 8 September 2023 – 18 November 2023 # Guest(s) 469 Adil Ray – Birmingham Town Hall 470 Joe Lycett – Birmingham Town Hall 471 Peter Hooton – Liverpool Playhouse 472 Neil Fitzmaurice – Liverpool Playhouse 473 Harriet Kemsley – Winchester Theatre Royal 474 Matt Green – Winchester Theatre Royal 475 Spencer Jones – Northcott Theatre, Exeter 476 Peter Richardson – Northcott Theatre, Exeter 477 Rob Reiner – Remote record 478 Stuart Goldsmith – Bath Komedia 479 Jarred Christmas – Bath Komedia 480 Lisa McGee – Belfast MAC 481 Shane Todd – Belfast MAC 482 Vasyl Baidak – Remote record 483 Lauren Pattison – Newcastle upon Tyne Stand 484 Jason Cook – Newcastle Stand 485 Jeff Innocent – Norwich Playhouse 486 Robert Bathurst – Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall 487 Steve Pemberton – Leicester Square Theatre 488 Corinne Bailey Rae – Leicester Square Theatre 489 Amar Latif – Leicester Square Theatre 490 Sooz Kempner – Leicester Square Theatre 491 Lee Mack – Princes Hall, Aldershot 492 Davina McCall Leicester Square Theatre 493 Ross Noble – Leicester Square Theatre 494 Emma Sidi – Norwich Playhouse 495 Joe Pasquale – Norwich Playhouse 496 Julia Sawalha – Leicester Square Theatre 497 Jon Pointing – Northampton Royal 498 Abigoliah Schamaun – Northampton Royal 499 Jon Ronson – Leicester Square Theatre 500 Hayley Ellis – Chorley Little Theatre

Series Twenty-Nine Recorded 23 November 2023 – 23 July 2024 # Guest(s) 501 Lloyd Griffith – Nottingham Playhouse 502 Scott Bennett and Jemma Bennett – Nottingham Playhouse 503 Katie Mulgrew – The Lowry, Salford 504 Justin Moorhouse – The Lowry, Salford 505 Bob Mortimer – Leicester Square Theatre 506 Urooj Ashfaq – Leicester Square Theatre 507 Rufus Jones - Brighton Komedia 508 Maisie Adam - Brighton Komedia 509 Armando Iannucci – Leicester Square Theatre 510 Rob Brydon – Leicester Square Theatre 511 Tony Gardner – Mercury Theatre, Colchester 512 Nick Wilty Gukbenkian Theatre, Canterbury 513 Neil Hannon – 3Olympia Dublin 514 Marjolein Robertson – Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 515 Phil Hammond Redgrave Theatre, Bristol 516 Abi Clarke – Redgrave Theatre, Bristol 517 Phil Ellis Y Theatre Leicester 518 Simon Munnery– Y Theatre Leicester 519 Olaf Falafel Bedford Corn Exchange 520 Susie McCabe Oran Mor, Glasgow 521 Nerine Skinner Remote record 522 Stevie Martin Remote record 523 Dan Tiernan Remote record 524 Stuart Laws Remote record 525 Lindsey Santoro Warwick Arts Centre 526 Tommy Tiernan 3 Olympia Dublin 527 Charlotte Church – Sherman Theatre Cardiff 528 Benjamin Partridge Sherman Theatre Cardiff 529 Tom Wrigglesworth – Sheffield City Hall 530 Paul Heaton Sheffield City Hall 531 Adam Buxton – Leicester Square Theatre 532 The Exploding Heads – Warwick Arts Centre 533 Al Murray – Bedford Corn Exchange 534 Fred MacAulay Oran Mor, Glasgow 535 Tommy Cannon – Hull City Hall

Series Thirty Recorded 24th September 2024 – # Guest(s) 536 Peter Serafinowicz – Leicester Square Theatre 537 Peter Serafinowicz – Leicester Square Theatre 538 Adrian Edmondson – Leicester Square Theatre 539 James Acaster – Leicester Square Theatre 540 Michael Sheen – Leicester Square Theatre 541 Doon Mackichan – Leicester Square Theatre 542 Fern Brady – Leicester Square Theatre 543 Count BinFace – Leicester Square Theatre 544 Ruth Husko – Birmingham Town Hall 545 Josh Pugh – Birmingham Town Hall 546 Chelsea Birkby – Leicester Square Theatre 547 Ivo Graham – Leicester Square Theatre

RHLSTP Book Club

Series One Released 11 March 2022 – 29 July 2022 # Guest(s) Book 01 Catie Wilkins You're Not The Boss of Me 02 Robin Ince The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity 03 Ed Patrick Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist 04 Al Murray The Last 100 Years (More or Less) And All That 05 Greg Jenner Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know 06 Francesca Stavrakopoulou God: An Anatomy 07 Rachel Parris Advice From Strangers: Everything I Know from People I Don't Know 08 Matt Winning Hot Mess: What on Earth Can We Do About Climate Change? 09 Katherine Rundell Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne 10 Sukh Ojla Sunny 11 Georgia Pritchett My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety 12 Emma Kennedy Letters From Brenda 13 Sam Knight The Premonitions Bureau 14 Andrew Hunter Murray The Sanctuary 15 Alice Roberts Buried: An Alternative History of The First Millennium in Britain 16 Stephanie Merritt Storm 17 Laura Lexx Pivot 18 Guy Leschziner The Man Who Tasted Words: Inside the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses 19 Marianne Levy Don't Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood 20 Malcolm Gaskill The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

Series Two Released 2 September- 16 December 2022 # Guest(s) Book 21 Erin Kelly The Skeleton Key 22 Janina Ramirez Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It 23 Fergus Craig Murder at Crime Manor 24 Natalie Haynes Stone Blind 25 Leigh Hosy-Pickett Up in Smoke 26 Marina Hyde What Just Happened? 27 Richard Ayoade The Book that No-One Wanted to Read 28 Richard Herring interviewed by Adam Buxton Can I Have My Ball Back? 29 Ian Stone To Be Someone 30 The QI Elves 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions 31 Stephen Mangan The Fart that Changed the World 32 Joe Tracini Ten Things I Hate About Me 33 Adrian Chiles The Good Drinker 34 Richard Osman The Bullet that Missed 35 Brenna Hassett Growing Up Human 36 Mya-Rose Craig Birdgirl BONUS Richard Herring interviewed by Natalie Haynes Can I Have My Ball Back?

Series Three Released 6 January 2023 – 8 April 2023 # Guest(s) Book 37 Rob Manuel The Best of Fesshole 38 Greg Jenner You Are History: From The Alarm Clock To The Toilet, The Amazing History of The Things You Use Every Day 39 Rebecca Wragg Sykes Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art 40 Dan Schreiber The Theory of Everything Else 41 John Higgs Love and Let Die 42 Tom Crewe The New Life 43 Cariad Lloyd You Are Not Alone 44 Anthony Irvine (the Iceman) Melt It! The Book of the Iceman 45 Evie King Ashes to Admin 46 Matthew Holness Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome 47 Abigail Burdess Mother's Day 48 Pope Lonergan I'll Die After Bingo 49 Ashley Hickson-Lovence Your Show 50 Kate Devlin Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots

Series Four Released 7 May 2023 – 7 July 2023 # Guest(s) Book 51 David Quantick Ricky's Hand 52 David Baddiel The God Desire 53 Jon Ronson The Debutante: From High Society to White Supremacy 54 Ben Macintyre Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle 55 Sadiq Kahn Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency 56 Dean Burnett Emotional Ignorance 57 David Wolstencroft The Magic Hour 58 Josie Long Because I Don't Know What You Mean And What You Don't 59 Sadia Azmat Sex Bomb: The Life and Loves of an Asian Babe 60 Steven Wright Harold

Series Five Released – 1 September 2023 – 22 December 2023 # Guest(s) Book 61 Lucy Worsley Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman 62 Harriet Gibsone Is This OK? 63 Caitlin Moran What About Men? 64 Jena Friedman Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Etcetera 65 David Mitchell Unruly: A History Of England’s Kings and Queens 66 Jo Caulfield The Funny Thing about Death 67 Danny Robins Into the Uncanny 68 Simon Farnaby Ghosts – The Button House Archives 69 Richard Armitage Geneva 70 Tim Key Chapters 71 Joe Wilkinson My (Illustrated) Autobiography 72 Geoff Norcott The British Bloke Decoded 73 Lou Sanders What's That Lady Doing?: False Starts and Happy Endings 74 Bec Hill Horror Heights 75 Dave Cohen Stand Up, Barry Goldman 76 Ashley Blaker Normal Schmormal: My Occasionally Helpful Guide to Parenting Kids with Special Needs 77 Alasdair Beckett-King Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum

Series Six Released 5 January 2024 – 26th July 2024 # Guest(s) Book 78: Adam Bloom Finding Your Comic Genius: An In-Depth Guide to the Art of Stand-Up Comedy 79 Farah Karim-Cooper The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future 80 Tez Ilyas The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4 81 Ian Rankin A Heart Full of Headstones 82 Bob Cryer Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow 83 Becky Holmes Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You 84 Mary Beard Emperor of Rome 85 Rosie Jones The Amazing Edie Eckhart 86 Cat Jarman The Bone Chests 87 Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse Fake History 88 Caimh Mcdonnell The Stranger Times 89 Ed Gamble Glutton 90 Rory Carroll Killing Thatcher 91 Jim Moir and Nancy Sorrell Birds 92 Lemn Sissay Let The Light Pour In 93 Sara Pascoe Weirdo 94 Charan Ranganath Why We Remember 95 David Grann The Wager 96 Helen Lederer Not That I'm Bitter 97 Peter Pomerantsev How To Win An Information War 98 Kevin Jon Davies 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams 99 Catherine Nixey Heresy 100 Joel Morris Be Funny or Die 101 Janey Godley Janey 102 James Wright Historic Buildings - Mythbusting 103 Sofie Hagen Will I Ever Have Sex Again? 104 Marcus Chown A Crack in Everything 105 The Gibbons Brothers Alan Partridge - Big Beacon 106 Stefan Stern Fair or Foul- The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition 107 Michael Redmond Eamon - Older Brother of Jesus

Series Seven Released 13 September 2024 – # Guest(s) Book 108: Iszi Lawrence The Time Machine Next Door 109: Moon Unit Zappa Earth To Moon 110: Pierre Novellie Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? 111: Richard Ayoade The Unfinished Harauld Hughes 112: Paul Sinha One Sinha Lifetime 113: Eleanor Morton Life Lessons From Historical Women 114: Emily Herring Herald of a Restless World 115: Robert Popper The Elsie Drake Letters (aged 104) 116: Danny Wallace (humorist) Somebody Told Me 117: Jenny Eclair Jokes, Jokes, Jokes

Reception

The Leicester Square Theatre Podcast has won the Internet Award at the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2018 Chortle Awards,^[7] and was the only non-BBC programme to be nominated for the comedy award at the 2013 Sony Radio Awards.^[8] The show won a bronze award in the category, becoming the first internet-only award winner in this section.^[9] Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood has also heralded the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast citing it as one of his cultural highlights in The Guardian.^[10]

In Herring's interview with Stephen Fry, Fry revealed that he had attempted to commit suicide. The story was reported across various newspapers and international news networks including the BBC and Sky News.^[11][12] His interview with Russell Brand also came to some press attention several months after its release, the press focusing on Brand discussing pleasuring a man in a public toilet for his 2002 TV show RE:Brand.^[13]

Theme

"Try Again" by Pest was used as the theme from the first episode until the end of series 20. From series 21 onwards this was replaced by a theme performed and specifically composed for the show by Scant Regard, the solo project of musician Will Crewdson.^[14][15]

References

1. "Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
2. "Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast 2012". Chortle. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
3. Episode 22 was lost due to a recording malfunction
4. "Gigs | RichardHerring.com". richardherring.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
5. "RHLSTP Tour". richardherring.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
6. "RHLSTP! (RHLSTP!)". rhlstprhlstp.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
7. "Lee, Herring and Law scoop Chortle Awards". Such Small Portions. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
8. "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013 nominations". Radio Today. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
9. "Isy Suttie wins Sony Radio Awards Gold". British Comedy Guide. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
10. Bromwich, Kathryn (16 August 2015). "On my radar: Jonny Greenwood's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
11. "Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012". BBC News. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
12. "Stephen Fry Reveals 2012 Suicide Attempt". Sky News. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
13. "Russell Brand Reveals He Had A Sexual Encounter With A Man In A Pub Toilet". The Huffington Post. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
14. @ScantRegard (5 May 2021). "I just did the new theme music for Richard Herring's great podcast #RHLSTP" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2022 – via Twitter.
15. @ScantRegard (5 May 2021). "No title for this one. I did it specifically for this podcast" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2022 – via Twitter.

External links

• Official website
• RHLSTP! (RHLSTP!) reference resource
• Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast at IMDb