RHLSTP 578 - Bernie Clifton (Part 2)
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
British Comedy Guide
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
RHLSTP #578 - Ken Dodd’s Tollbooth Baguette - We’re back at the Crossed Wire Festival in Sheffield and you’ve had some time to relax and go to the toilet, but the audience haven’t. Richard is still talking (though mainly listening) to comedy legend Bernie Clifton. Finally we’re getting to Bernie’s TV career and cultural references that might be understood by anyone under 85. Remember that Bernie is 89 years old and this podcast (along with last week’s) was recorded all in one go. And I reckon he had another two hours in him if we didn’t have to go home. He talks about his appearances on Crown Court, singing XTC songs on Crackerjack, how he survived the wave of alternative comedy that scuppered some of his contemporaries, how he ended up on The Voice and returned to his first love of singing and who his biggest comedy hero was. There’s more mayhem and poetry and not enough time to talk about any of the things Richard wanted to. But man, what a beautiful, joyful, amazing man and what a phenomenal memory (and bladder).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Ratfans. I'm back in the UKKK after my lovely holiday and I'm recharged and ready to go. I want to do everything. I love Rahalasdapa now. I'm even going to do Twitter fun and snooker again probably. So stone clearing, who knows? |
| 0:16.4 | Anyway, look, the exciting news for Rahalistaba.dhba fans is I have some live gigs planned. |
| 0:22.6 | We've got so many in the can, luckily, that I don't have to do loads of live stuff. |
| 0:26.9 | There's some great stuff we did in Edinburgh and before coming out up until Christmas, basically. |
| 0:33.8 | But there are some opportunities to see it live. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm in Beaudley on the 16th of October. |
| 0:38.4 | Might be sold out, but check with the theatre if there's a waiting list. |
| 0:41.8 | I am back at the Leicester Square Theatre, but for two nights only, |
| 0:45.5 | it'll be four guests somehow, even though I only do one guest a week. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm going to make sure they're all top-drawer big stars, |
| 0:53.1 | because there's only four people. |
| 0:54.9 | It's Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 18th of November. |
| 0:58.8 | With the less square theatre, the first 75 tickets or something are cheapest |
| 1:03.1 | and then it goes up a bit and then the last 200 are the most expensive. |
| 1:06.6 | So I would say book now because I am aiming for those big names that you love, |
| 1:10.7 | some of whom haven't been on for a little while. |
| 1:12.8 | So I'm hoping we can get some of the absolute favourite big star names |
| 1:17.4 | that you always clamour to come and see. |
| 1:21.5 | So why not book now and hope that I'm right about that and save yourself some money? |
| 1:26.7 | The more people who come to these shows, the more we'll do. |
| 1:29.4 | The London gigs have been a bit poorly attended, but it was picking up a bit again. |
| 1:34.0 | So if you want to keep us going on to see us live, then come and see us Less Square Theatre. |
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