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Richard Herring
Born July 12, 1967 (1967-07-12) (age 40)
England
Medium Radio, television
Years active 1987-present
Genres Black humour

Richard Keith Herring (born July 12, 1967) is a British comedian and writer formerly best known as part of Lee and Herring, a double act with Stewart Lee. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Comedy may be divided into multiple Genres based on the source of humour the method of delivery and the context in which it is delivered Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Lee and Herring were a British standup Comedy Double act consisting of the Comedians A double act, also known as a Comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners usually of the same Career to 2000 While studying English at St Edmund Hall Oxford in the 1980s he wrote and performed comedy in a revue group called "The Seven Raymonds Other notable works include the radio series, That Was Then, This Is Now and various live shows including the acclaimed Talking Cock and the resulting book of the same name. That Was Then This Is Now is a BBC Radio 2 history based comedy sketch show co-written and presented by Richard Herring

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Career

Richard Herring performing his show Someone Likes Yoghurt at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Richard Herring performing his show Someone Likes Yoghurt at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Herring was born in Yorkshire but grew up in Cheddar, Somerset, and was educated at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, where he wrote and performed for a comic troupe known as the Seven Raymonds as well as the Fringe favourites the Oxford Revue. The Pleasance (usually used with the article is a street in central Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Cheddar is a large Village and Civil parish in the district of Sedgemoor in the English county of Somerset. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county St Catherine's College, often called St Catz or simply Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The Seven Raymonds were a comic revue troupe founded in 1987 by Oxford University undergraduates The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. The Oxford Revue is a comedy group featuring students from Oxford University, England.

With Stewart Lee, Herring wrote material for Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci's On the Hour (1991). Christopher Morris (born 5 September 1965 in Bristol) is an English Comedian, Writer, director, producer, Armando Iannucci (ɑrˈmændoʊ jəˈnuːtʃɪ (born 1964 is a Scottish Comedian, Writer, Satirist and Radio producer. On the Hour was a British Radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. It was during this time that the duo came up with the initial concept for the character Alan Partridge. Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional Television and Radio Presenter portrayed by English Comedian Steve Coogan. In 1992 and 1993, they wrote and performed Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World for Radio 4. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring (the comedy duo Lee and Herring For Radio 1, they wrote and performed one series of Fist of Fun (1993), which was later remade for television. Fist of Fun was a popular British Comedy Television and Radio programme written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic They also hosted a series on Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, simply called Lee and Herring. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Lee and Herring was a British Radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, named after the Comedy A final television partnership with Lee, This Morning With Richard Not Judy, was a victim of BBC management reshuffles. This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ was a British Comedy television programme written by and starring Lee and

In 2002 Herring played the role of Renchard in the Doctor Who Webcast Real Time, together with Stewart Lee as Carey and Colin Baker as the Doctor. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. A webcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using Streaming media technology Colin Baker (born London, 8 June 1943 is an English Actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in

Since cordially ending his informal partnership with Stewart Lee, Herring has written and performed thought-provoking one-man shows to critical acclaim. Most noteworthy of these shows was Talking Cock – released as a book in 2003 – which The Guardian described as "man's answer to The Vagina Monologues. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award -winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off-Broadway Westside Theatre " Like Patrick Marber (a long-standing rival who was described as "curmudgeonly" or "a cornish curmudgeon" in Fist of Fun), he has also written and produced several plays. Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September, 1964) is an English Comedian, Playwright, Director, Actor

Richard co-wrote and presented the history based sketch show That Was Then, This Is Now (Or TWTTIN), a 6 part series produced for Radio 2. That Was Then This Is Now is a BBC Radio 2 history based comedy sketch show co-written and presented by Richard Herring A second series was commissioned and aired in September and October 2006. On the broadcast of 2nd September, he urged listeners to edit Wikipedia's Mother Teresa entry to suggest that she grew up with the middle name "Gonk". Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. ***************************************************************************************** * * Mother Teresa, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, (born August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian ref>Spink A Gonk is a small furry soft toy which was extremely popular in the 1960s and 1980s as a gift It took a whole 3 months before someone carried out his dastardly plan, although his own page had been edited in the same manner within days of the broadcast. A third series of the show began broadcast on 29 November 2007.

He has also written for television, most notably penning a large portion of Al Murray's sitcom vehicle, Time Gentlemen Please, on which Stewart Lee worked as script editor. Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray (born 10 May 1968 is a British comedian best known for his stand-up Persona, " The Pub Landlord Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom Commissioned by Sky One, it was primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray Herring has also contributed to the third series of Matt Lucas and David Walliams' popular TV sketch show, Little Britain, as script editor. Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English Comedian and Actor. David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known for his partnership Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television

On 25 November 2002 Herring started his blog Warming Up as a way to overcome writer's block. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of Writer's block is a Phenomenon involving temporary loss of ability to begin or continue writing usually due to lack of inspiration or Creativity. He has kept the blog updated regularly ever since and as of 26th February 2008 has not missed a single day. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed It is estimated that he has a regular readership of over 3000. Some of the ideas from Warming Up were used in his 2005 Edinburgh show Someone Likes Yoghurt, his 2006 Edinburgh show ménage à un and his 2007 Edinburgh show Oh Fuck, I'm 40!.

In 2005 he presented a chat show called Heads Up with Richard Herring on Pokerzone (Sky channel 843) in which he interviewed professional poker players and celebrities about their careers and their love of the game. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, was a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring, who is best known as Pokerzone was a channel dedicated to Poker, broadcasting on Sky Digital channel 843 since 19 May 2005. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into There were ten episodes in total.

Performing at the Kings Head pub in Crouch End, London.
Performing at the Kings Head pub in Crouch End, London.

Richard also made weekly appearances on Andrew Collins' BBC 6 Music radio show on Saturday afternoons, where the two would discuss the weeks papers. Andrew Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster He occasionally hosted the show in Collins' absence and joined him for the whole of his final show on 31st March 2007. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Herring is also a panellist on BBC Radio 4 gameshow Banter, which is presented by Collins. Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK starring Andrew Collins and Richard Herring.

In January 2007 Richard's live stand-up show Someone Likes Yoghurt was filmed in Cardiff and released on DVD on May 16th by the independent distributor Go Faster Stripe. A recording of an earlier show, The 12 Tasks of Hercules Terrace, was released on 5 March 2007. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Richard returned to Cardiff in June 2007 to film his third DVD, ménage à un. This DVD was released on 19 December 2007. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

In February 2007, filming began on Herring's new comedy drama You Can Choose Your Friends. As well as writing the script, Richard also plays one of the characters alongside Gordon Kennedy, Claire Skinner, Rebecca Front, Sarah-Jane Potts, Robert Daws, Anton Rogers and Julia McKenzie. Gordon Kennedy (born 22 February 1958 is a Scottish actor Kennedy grew up in Tranent, East Lothian, and attended George Watson's College in Claire Skinner (born 1965) is an English actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her television career Rebecca Front (born June 28, 1965) is an English Comedienne and actress, perhaps Robert Daws is an English actor born in 1959 He is most notable for a variety of roles he has played in television dramas Anton Rodgers ( 10 January 1933 &ndash 1 December 2007) was an English Actor and occasional director best known for his Julia McKenzie (born 17 February 1941, Enfield) is an English Actress and Theatre director. [1][2] The show was broadcast on ITV1 on 7th June 2007. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

In January 2008 he began producing the Collings and Herrin podcast with Andrew Collins, and can also be heard currently on Radio 4 with Collins, in the show Banter. The Collings and Herrin podcast is a Podcast produced by Andrew Collins and Richard Herring, which is made for and hosted by the British Comedy Guide Andrew Collins may refer to Andrew B Collins (analyst, a US research analyst Andrew Collins (broadcaster (born 1965 British journalist Banter redirects here for the Radio 4 panel show see Banter (radio show A conversation is Communication by two or more people or by one's self

Personal life

Beyond saying he is often taken by actresses, Herring generally keeps quiet about his love life. One of the few exceptions to this is his former relationship with the actress Julia Sawalha. Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous According to the Telegraph:

'So taken was he that the Oxford-educated stand-up comedian even set up a shrine to her on Fist of Fun, the television programme he wrote and acted in with Stewart Lee. "My ideal woman has the head of Julia Sawalha and the body of Julia Sawalha," went the running gag. ' [3]

When Stewart Lee pointed out that it would be easier just to say that his ideal woman was Julia Sawalha, Richard added "No, Stew, you're not listening. I said the head of Julia Sawalha on the body of Julia Sawalha. I said nothing about them being attached. "

Selected works

Radio

Television

Stand up

References

  1. ^ Warming Up 29 January 2007
  2. ^ Warming Up 19 February 2007
  3. ^ 'They told my parents I was dead', The Telegraph, September 2000. On the Hour was a British Radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring (the comedy duo Lee and Herring Fist of Fun was a popular British Comedy Television and Radio programme written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians Lee and Herring was a British Radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, named after the Comedy That Was Then This Is Now is a BBC Radio 2 history based comedy sketch show co-written and presented by Richard Herring Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK starring Andrew Collins and Richard Herring. The Collings and Herrin podcast is a Podcast produced by Andrew Collins and Richard Herring, which is made for and hosted by the British Comedy Guide A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Fist of Fun was a popular British Comedy Television and Radio programme written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ was a British Comedy television programme written by and starring Lee and Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom Commissioned by Sky One, it was primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, was a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring, who is best known as Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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Andrew Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster
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