Retro RHLSTP 135 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
British Comedy Guide
4.7 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
#426 Sarah Alabaster - It’s the last show of the series, but never fear, the RHLSTP juggernaut will continue until you have to wrestle the microphone from Herring’s cold, dead hands. His guest is singer, podcaster, 24 hour dancer and lock down internet sensation Sophie Ellis-Bextor. They discuss Richard’s feelings for Sophie's mum, being carried to bed by Joey from Bread, why Sophie was embarrassed when Jarvis Cocker used her toilet, the weird and sometimes horrifying culture of the 1990s, how Sophie has combined being a pop superstar with family life, falling down Esther Rantzen’s staircase and making up with Robbie Williams and how Sophie has made a life long career in a fickle business. Plus how she ended up in Neighbours and Game of Thrones. And how to stop your husband playing golf.
Sophie is a truly inspirational person and her book is open and honest. Buy it here - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/spinning-plates-music-men-motherhood-and-me-tales-from-our-favourite-24-hour-kitchen-disco-queen-sophie-ellis-bextor/6190400
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, all my rap fans out there, thanks very much for downloading my podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | We've got some upcoming dates for you, my finest friends. |
| 0:09.1 | We are on Monday the 23rd of February. |
| 0:12.2 | I am at the Leicester Square Theatre. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm talking to Jamila Jamil and Andy Hamilton from Drop the Dead Donkey fame. |
| 0:18.3 | Come on, guys, this should be sold out. |
| 0:43.8 | Why is it not sold out? Please come and see it if you can. 16th of March. David Mitchell will be my guest. It's already sold out, but you can join the waiting list. 20th of April at the Lesser Square Theatre also. And there's two new dates added on the 1st and 8th of July. Yes, they're Wednesdays. Both of the Lester Square Theatre. And maybe playing Joytwich in June as well. Look out for that one on the Friday afternoon. Some people say it's crazy. I say it's a good idea. Do go to go fastor stripe.com if you want to buy a copy of the |
| 0:49.1 | rare DVD, can I have my ballback only a very few copies left or the I write bollock autobiography of my testicle |
| 0:56.5 | and there's many other fantastic downloads and books on there some by me and some by other |
| 1:00.9 | fantastic beautiful wonderful comedians please support go fast a stripe if you can it's thanks to them |
| 1:06.7 | that we are here at all anyway sit back relax and enjoy your fantastic new podcast that you |
| 1:12.3 | have decided to listen to, you sucker! |
| 1:16.1 | Hello, my finest friends, welcome to another retro Rahalasdapa. We're back in late |
| 1:22.2 | 2022, early 2023 as we talk to Sophie Ellis Bexter. I've already interviewed her mum. Now it's time to |
| 1:29.7 | interview the daughter. Sophie Ellis Bexter, fantastic musician and lovely woman as well and |
| 1:36.9 | doing her kitchen discos during lockdown. Who wouldn't love that? Look, we're re-releasing these |
| 1:43.2 | because you might not have heard them the first time, but also we're putting out the videos in full for free. On YouTube, Herring 1967 is the channel. If you're listening, if you're watching this, you're probably on the YouTube channel already. But do tell your friends about the podcast. It's better for us if you listen to them because we get some money from the adverts. If you want to get rid of the adverts and you want to have loads of other benefits, become a badger at GoFastastastripe.com slash badges, and you can get an ad-free feed, as well as getting the podcast a bit early, as well as getting all the videos we do. Not just from three years ago, from right now. You could be watching the last video we did right now instead of this old one. |
| 2:19.3 | Anyway, let's sit back, relax, and enjoy the wonderful Sophie Ellis Bexter. |
| 2:27.7 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Leicester Square Theatre. |
| 2:30.5 | Please welcome a man who's finally got his blue passport. |
| 2:34.6 | It's Richard Herry. |
| 2:41.7 | Thank you, my fan friends. |
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