Retro RHLSTP 113 - Alan Davies

RHLSTP with Richard Herring

British Comedy Guide

Comedy, Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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#386 Thirty-Eighth Choice - As the latest run at the Leicester Square Theatre comes to an end Richard is impressed with Adrian Chiles’ bathroom choices. His guest is comedian and actor Alan Davies. They chat about avocado bidets, being called a S****bubble by Liam Gallagher, setting off Neil Kinnock’s burglar alarm, spending a huge amount of money on a chair you might see in an estate agents, how he managed to get the Jonathan Creek gig in spite of intense competition and why he nearly left QI. They also discuss Alan’s heart-breaking but brilliantly written memoir about the loss of his mother and the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father as a child.

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0:00.0	All right there, thanks for downloading my podcasts.
0:02.0	Just to say, I'm doing the Lester Square Theatre on the 3rd and 18th of November.
0:06.5	I have one guest confirmed for the 3rd of November who I can't reveal,
0:10.7	but they're a visiting comedian and it's very exciting.
0:13.7	And have another guest on very heavy pencil,
0:15.9	who I think you would definitely want to see as well.
0:18.3	So if you want to get cheap tickets, book now, richardhering.com
0:22.5	slash Rahalester Perth for all the links. I'm aiming very high with guests, so I think it'll be four
0:28.5	big names. So don't wait to hear. Book now. Get cheap tickets. I don't make any good wait and
0:36.3	pay more money. That's fine. I don't care. I'm just trying to help you
0:39.4	Anyway, we love to see at the theatre. It's really important to get an audience. Thanks to everyone who came to Edinburgh. Those shows were fabulous as a result of all being pretty much full.
0:49.0	So do come along London or I'll keep on doing gigs in other places.
0:54.9	That'll teach you.
0:57.7	Anyway, bridgetown.com slash for a hellasper.
0:59.9	If you want to become a badger and get all the videos and access to the podcast early and ad-free
1:05.0	and find out who the guests are ahead of everyone else, I haven't even told the badges about those two guests yet.
1:10.5	That's how secret it is. Gofastestripe.com slash badges. Helps keep the podcast going.
1:16.3	Small amount of money every month. Lovely. Thank you very much for those of you who do that.
1:21.3	Anyway, fuck it. Let's listen to a podcast. Why not? This podcast is sponsored by Specksavers.
1:30.6	I'm going to leave you, said my wife the other day.
1:34.9	Fair enough, I replied, I can't really blame you. I can't believe it lasted this long.
1:40.2	She seemed confused. She said, I'm going to leave you some of this pizza. I know, I lied. I can't believe the pizza has lasted this long. Totally fooled her, and she still hasn't realised that
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