RHLSTP 260 - Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
British Comedy Guide
4.7 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
#260 Googling Colin Firth - Richard is back at the Liverpool Playhouse, making his annual proclamation to fight any University lecturer in the vicinity. His guest is screen-writer, author and Olympic ceremony writer, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who may be the most charming and awe inspiring man who has ever lived and also seems to be obsessed with robots (pervert).
They chat about art theft, how to keep writing with seven kids, how big breaks can come by chance on coffee breaks, impressing priests in Cannes, the amazing destiny of every Duke of York, why the Amish hate buttons, the killer instinct that led to one of the greatest University Challenge performances of all time, writing one of the best loved (as well as one of the least loved) episodes of Doctor Who, plus the amazing story of how the Queen appeared in the opening ceremony of the Olympics and how the Scum nearly ruined the surprise.A truly illuminating and inspiring chat between one of the greatest writers in the UK and the winner of the Carnegie medal.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello my fine friends, welcome to the Richard Herring podcast feed, |
| 0:04.8 | including Rahul Astapa, emergency questions, and can I have my ball back? |
| 0:10.9 | Plus the Rahul Astapa Book Club, check them all out, they're all really excellent. |
| 0:16.0 | We've got loads of cool stuff coming up, there is my gig in Wells, Rahul Astapa in Wells with John |
| 0:22.9 | Robbins, 28th of May at 1pm in the Seeders Hall in Wells. Still a few tickets left for that one |
| 0:28.8 | unbelievably. Then on the 5th of June we start at the Leicester Square Theatre with our summer |
| 0:34.5 | run, the guest on the 5th of June will be Adam Rowe from the Have a Word podcast, plus to be announced. |
| 0:44.9 | The 12th of June we have got Jazz E-Mew Archie Henderson, absolutely favorite newer acts, |
| 0:55.1 | you'll love him too, please come along and watch that, plus to be announced. On the 19th of June we |
| 1:00.2 | have Mike Bubbins on his own at last, that one is going to be terrific. 17th July, Sarah Millican, |
| 1:06.8 | more names to be announced to very soon. Also at the New Forest Arts, that one is sold out, but we've |
| 1:12.0 | got Ola Labib, Marcus Birdman, Paul Futt and Colin Holt, those podcasts will all be going out |
| 1:18.3 | at some point so you can catch them if you've missed out on tickets. Doing some gigs as well, |
| 1:24.2 | checkredgitagin.com slash gigs, trying to work up my new show, can I have my ball back and you |
| 1:30.6 | can also buy that book, can I have my ball back, go fast to Stripe.com slash ball, or I would |
| 1:36.2 | recommend getting the audiobook. If you want to give a little bit back, then why not buy that audiobook, |
| 1:43.8 | wherever you get your audiobooks or the book. It's a fantastic life saving and very funny, |
| 1:50.4 | look at testicular cancer. Look, I've talked enough, let's sit back, relax, rehellastoper, |
| 1:56.6 | richardherring.com slash rehellastoper if you want to see those doodates and links and enjoy, |
| 2:01.6 | whichever podcast you've chosen to listen to, sorry if the adverts are too loud for you. |
| 2:07.0 | This podcast is sponsored by Pod Save the UK, the new weekly politics podcast with Nishkumar |
| 2:13.2 | and Coco Khan. You guys know Nish, he's been a guest on my podcast many times, he's the world's |
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