Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring (the comedy duo Lee and Herring), and narrated by Tom Baker as the titular character, Lionel Nimrod, an over the top parody of Leonard Nimoy. The show itself somewhat parodies the Leonard Nimoy program "In Search Of...". Over two series Lee and Herring tackled, and explained, such varying topics as Monsters, Love, The Human Body, and, finally, The Unexplained itself. Much of the comic material in the show was re-used on Fist of Fun.
The opening music, over which "Lionel Nimrod" introduces each show, is Jerry Goldsmith's theme to the film Logan's Run.
The series included performances by Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front who would both continue to work with Lee and Herring on many of their following productions. The series was produced by Sarah Smith. The show is regularly rebroadcast on BBC 7.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Series 1 1992 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World of...
| No. |
Episode No. |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
1 |
"Monsters" |
October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08) |
| 2 |
2 |
"Creation" |
October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15) |
| 3 |
3 |
"Death" |
October 22, 1992 (1992-10-22) |
| 4 |
4 |
"Good & Evil" |
October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29) |
| 5 |
5 |
"The Human Mind" |
November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05) |
| 6 |
6 |
"Love" |
November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12) |
[edit] Series 2 1993 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World of...
| No. |
Episode No. |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 7 |
1 |
"Magic" |
July 15, 1993 (1993-07-15) |
| 8 |
2 |
"The Future" |
July 22, 1993 (1993-07-22) |
| 9 |
3 |
"The Human Body" |
July 29, 1993 (1993-07-29) |
| 10 |
4 |
"The Sea" |
August 5, 1993 (1993-08-05) |
| 11 |
5 |
"The Scheme of Things" |
August 12, 1993 (1993-08-12) |
| 12 |
6 |
"The Unexplained" |
August 19, 1993 (1993-08-19) |
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