Mitch Benn (Part 1) - "Wild-Eyed Loner at the Gates of Oblivion"

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

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Performing Arts, Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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RHLSTP #617 - Wild-Eyed Loner at the Gates of Oblivion - Rich is in salt-obsessed Droitwich at the second Rik Mayall festival and reads a bit of the never produced script of Man Down that he wrote for Rik (who would have done it better). His guest is Rik-fan, musician and comedian (usually at the same time) Mitch Benn. They chat about the remarkable cast of the Edinburgh show “The Bootleg Bootleg Beatles” and their varying fortunes, what Rik meant to the kids back in the early 80s, how Mitch was secretly the most popular comedy character in the UK for several years and getting to play Zaphod Beeblebrox alongside the original radio cast. It’s a solo performance to match the great Brian Blessed, but Rich manages a couple of humorous interjections!

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0:00.0	Hi, Richard Herring here. Thanks for downloading my podcast. Now, you may have heard on the grown-up news that I've not been very well. I'm feeling fine. I'm sort of in the middle of treatment for very minor cancer. It's not curable, but it's completely treatable. So please don't worry about me. In the meantime, if you want to become a badger, this is an excellent time to support us at gofastestripe.com slash badges. If you would like to buy a thank you Moriati t-shirt from Rich and Alley's Craven Newsround, then head to go fasterstripe.com. And you should be able to find them on there. They're only going to be available for a couple of
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0:42.5	that podcast, particularly, that's a great way to pay us back for that. Look, I'm still coming to the
0:48.0	Edinburgh Fringe unless something goes horrifically wrong. In August, from I think the
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0:59.1	Hellasper. You can see all the dates and the guests confirmed so far who are Mike Wozniak,
1:05.8	Susie McCabe and Flo and Joan. There are some big names to come, I'm sure. I'm aiming very high with this.
1:13.0	And I will be giving some recommends of people you should be going to see at the fringe through
1:17.2	interviews over the next few weeks as well. Anyway, thank you very much. Let's sit back.
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1:28.5	And that's worth more than money. I mean, obviously, it doesn't keep us going. But thank you very much for the love you've been giving us and very much appreciate. And I'll do my best to carry on doing these until I get bored.
1:39.6	Anyway, sit back, relax and enjoy another podcast from the head and mouth of R.K. Herring.
1:49.6	Hello, Droit Witch. Welcome. Welcome to the Rickmail Festival in the Norbury Theatre.
1:55.4	Please welcome a man who spent most of his teenage years pretending to be Rick Mayle. It's Richard Herring.
2:08.1	Thank you.
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2:12.0	You're so lovely.
2:12.7	Love to be here.
2:13.6	I've always dreamed of playing Joy, Witch.
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2:20.2	My tour manager did not know where it was.
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