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An oft repeated running joke between the two alludes to the fact that they are colleagues and categorically not friends. Collins has stated this in a number of blog entries, deliberately using phrases where the term 'colleague' is not entirely appropriate e.g. "Way to go, colleague."<ref>[http://www.wherediditallgoright.com/BLOG/2008/04/im-bus-driver.html Where Did It All Go Right?]</ref>. Herring has mentioned this in his newsletters, where he makes a point of over-explaining their relationship, even when it is not particularly relevant, stating the podcast is done in conjunction with "my old [[6 Music]] colleague ''(he is not my friend)'' Andrew Collings".<ref>[http://www.notbbc.co.uk/newsletters/58/richard_herring_spring_2008.html NotBBC.com] Richard Herring Spring Newsletter</ref>
An oft repeated running joke between the two alludes to the fact that they are colleagues and categorically not friends. Collins has stated this in a number of blog entries, deliberately using phrases where the term 'colleague' is not entirely appropriate e.g. "Way to go, colleague."<ref>[http://www.wherediditallgoright.com/BLOG/2008/04/im-bus-driver.html Where Did It All Go Right?]</ref>. Herring has mentioned this in his newsletters, where he makes a point of over-explaining their relationship, even when it is not particularly relevant, stating the podcast is done in conjunction with "my old [[6 Music]] colleague ''(he is not my friend)'' Andrew Collings".<ref>[http://www.notbbc.co.uk/newsletters/58/richard_herring_spring_2008.html NotBBC.com] Richard Herring Spring Newsletter</ref>


==Episode Guide==


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| 01 || February 1, 2008 || 43 min||In their first podcast, "recorded with the in-built mic on Richard's laptop because our expensive microphones didn't work, we cover [[David Beckham]], [[Britney Spears]], the [[Woolworths Group|Woolworth]]'s "[[Lolita (term)|Lolita]]"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7242623.stm] range of children's bedroom furniture, the [[United States presidential election, 2008|US election]] and much, much more."
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| 02 || February 15, 2008|| 51 min||Their second podcast covers "everything from [[feral]] thugs and [[Jordan (Katie Price)|Katie Price]] to the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]] (well, not literally everything, obviously). Younger listeners should be aware that 40 minutes is our new [[Watershed (television)|watershed]], after which we stop using polite [[euphemism]]s".
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| 03 || February 29, 2008|| 51 min||In their third pocast they "are forced to discuss [[Prince Henry of Wales|Prince Harry]] in [[Afghanistan]] as it's the only story in all the newspapers[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/28/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Prince-Harry.php]. Plus, [[capital punishment]], [[Paris Hilton]]'s kitten, [[Lemsip|Lemsip Max]] and the sweaty [[Cupid]] and [[The Fates|Fate]]."
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| 04 || March 14, 2008|| 52 min||In their fourth podcast, they cover "everything from the [[Government budget|Budget]], the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]], old mens' noses and [[wheat]] to the [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]] [[divorce]] settlement [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/17/nmacca717.xml]and the big question: whether we should do our podcast every week."
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| 05 || March 21, 2008 || 51 min||In their fifth podcast, the first to appear weekly, they cover "everything from our arch-rivals the [[Nuts (magazine)|Nuts]] Podcast, the paedo who landed, the sad death of [[Captain Birdseye]] and the sad split of [[Kym Ryder|Kym]] and [[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7307945.stm]. And wish the new [[Iraq]] a happy fifth birthday.[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/16/iraq/main3941693.shtml]"
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| 06 || March 28, 2008 || 51 min||In their sixth podcast "either our second (or third) weekly podcast, we join the nation in [[Carla Bruni]] Mania[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2008/03/27/ftbruni127.xml], ask why [[the Sun]] won't publish the harmless slang word "nosh" and examine our own personas within the new [[double act]]. And get a free [[muffin]]."
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| 07 || 4th April, 2008 || 52 min|| In their seventh podcast, Richard eats a gluten-free biscuit and threatens bran-related odours, and they cover everything from [[Robert Mugabe]] and [[Gary Rhodes]] to [[Nick Clegg]] and Britannia [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britannia-banished-as-coins-get-a-makeover-803983.html].
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| 08 || 11th April, 2008|| 55 min|| Even though Richard is on holiday, the podcast continues! They talk about [[Ed Balls]] and the human-cow hybrid[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/humancow-hybrid-embryo-stirs-debate-in-uk-parliament/62683-11.html] and whether it's acceptable to talk about [[owl]]s after a [[September 11]]-style tragedy, and it's almost as if Richard is there.
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| 09 || 18th April, 2008 || 55 min|| In their ninth podcast, they put the world to rights, albeit mainly the world of [[Gordon Brown]]'s body language to the wronged [[Hillary Clinton]], a BEFORE and AFTER spam email that we suspect is not wholly trustworthy, and the perils of taking [[Oasis]] and [[Lucozade]] onto a plane for perfectly innocent reasons[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/04/uksecurity.terrorism2]. One of them is a left wing goody two shoes, but which one?
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| 10 || 28th April, 2008 || 54 min|| In their tenth anniversary podcast, they wonder how "sensational" [[Alan Levy]]'s memoir[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/04/michael_whites_political_blog_140.html] is going to get on Tuesday, what makes Austrians put people in cellars[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7373462.stm], why on earth would [[Trinny and Susannah]] go naked for publicity and what if [[Lembit Opik]] actually married both [[Cheeky Girls]]?
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| 11 || 2nd May, 2008 || 53 min|| In their eleventh podcast, recorded during the knife-edge count in the London mayoral elections, we discuss both the "bloodbath" and the "meltdown" for Labour, while sparing a thought for fascist Italy, [[Miley Cyrus]], drunk women in Northumbria and the fools who spend money asking 118 118 questions when they can answer them for free.
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| 12 || 9th May, 2008 ||57 min|| In their twelfth podcast, they defend [[Ant and Dec]], defend [[Hitler]], share their memories of being in the Bullingdon club and find out what they were both doing on May 5, 1982 by using our diaries. Don't turn off when they start talking about the bouncy castle as it get unexpectedly much better after it.
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| 13 || 16th May, 2008 ||62 min|| Will their thirteenth podcast be unlucky? Yes, if you don't want to hear Andrew talking about Lion Man, but no, if you want to hear Richard trying to talk about pandas' hands and why [[Cherie Blair]] had to "put out" on her first date with [[Tony Blair]] in 1976. What has Andrew been controversially drinking? Two sips of [[caffeine]] or [[alcohol]]? Find out inside!
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| 14 || 23rd May, 2008 || 60 min || In the fourteenth podcast, they try to put Lion Man behind us, and investigate the ins and outs of zoophilia, plus [[Crewe]] and [[Nantwich]], the need for fathers, what to really do if you feel chest pains and the difficulty of sticking chewing gum on [[Blade Runner]]-style moving adverts.
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| 15 || 2nd June, 2008 || 87 min || In their 15th nervous breakdown, they cover such burning issues as the [[Universal Studios]] Disaster, mini-socks, gym etiquette, [[Fern Britton]]'s 'diet fib', [[Britain's Got Talent]] and 'a delicious explosion of unmatched responses.'
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| 16 || 6th June, 2008 || 58 min || In the sixteenth podcast, not by any stretch either of their finest work, unrehearsed, they discuss the [[Big Brother]] hopefuls whilst trying not to learn their names, the subtext of [[Planet Of The Apes]], crybaby [[Jon Gaunt]], Richard's advanced colour-blindness and our first ever review in a national magazine that's not as good as it used to be. And they go on about [[ginger beer]] - again!
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| 17 || 13th June, 2008 || 61 min || In our seventeenth podcast, we wish [[Wayne Rooney]] and [[Coleen McLoughlin]] the very best, rail against the Stop and Search policy of the [[Metropolitan Police]] because it mainly singles out Andrew, investigate the wording of the Queen's Regulations about moustaches in the [[RAF]], and wonder whether either Planet Of The Bulls or Planet Of the Catholics would be more entertaining that the one with Apes.
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| 18 || 20th June, 2008 || 55 min || In our eighteenth podcast, we look closely at [[David Beckham]]'s pants, discuss the sexism of [[Ascot Racecourse|Ascot]] coverage, come up with a recession-beating way of saving money on stamps in [[Taiwan]], calculate where we both stand in the celebrity hierarchy by measuring the distance between [[Ant and Dec]] and the VIP area of a fashion show in [[Northampton]], and roundly ignore the man who said Andrew sounds like [[Mr Bean]], thus depriving him of the oxygen of publicity. Plus! Extra 5% News Free!
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| 19 || 27th June, 2008 || 61 min || In our nineteenth podcast, we ponder our big relaunch with a [[brainstorming]] session that unequivocally rules out the possibility of a Vernon Troyer-style sex tape scandal; we also say happy one-year anniversary to [[Gordon Brown]], give one of the more popular political parties in [[Henley]] some marketing advice, discuss the sexism of [[The Sun]]'s sports coverage and have a look in our wheelie bins for Iraqis.
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| 20 || 4th July, 2008 || 61 min || In the relaunched podcast, which is very different to the others, we discuss [[theology]], [[Nazism]], [[Communism]], [[homosexuality]], [[transexualism]], [[hypocrisy]], the [[ageing]] process, the importance of [[context]] in the media and why [[Ian Blair]] should wear a tie, the idiot. (Alright, it's just like all the others.)
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| 21 || 9th July, 2008 || 65 min || In our twenty-first podcast, two days early this week, we discuss corn-stuffed [[caviar]], kelp-flavoured cold Kyoto beef shabu-shabu, hairy crab "Kegani" bisque soup, salt-grilled bighand thornyhead with vinegary water pepper sauce, milk-fed lamb, G8 fantasy dessert and coffee. (Thanks to the [[G8]] leaders with their faces in the trough for that menu.)
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| 22 || 17th July, 2008 || 64 min || In our 22nd podcast, we bring perhaps the most important news story of the year to wider notice, unfathomably buried at the bottom of Page 6 in this week's Sun, and ignored by all the other papers. We also start a campaign to make [[necrophilia]] illegal and review the 1983 TV drama Reilly Ace Of Spies. You don't get reviews of 1983 TV dramas on the Cobra Pubcast with [[Danny Wallace]] and [[Dom Joly]].
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| 23 || 25th July, 2008 || 59 min || In our twenty-third podcast, in light of [[Radovan Karadzic]]'s arrest for being an [[acupuncturist]], we discuss the amazing disguise possibilities of growing a beard, [[Christian Bale]] getting bail, the key differences between a [[Milton Keynes]] NCP call centre operator and a concentration camp guard, and conduct a calm, reasoned, evidence-based debate about [[homeopathy]]. We also reveal details of the first ever live podcast with an audience in [[Edinburgh]].
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| 24 || 1st August, 2008 || 63 min || In this twenty-fourth podcast, Richard is in Edinburgh (as evinced by his [[Loch Ness monster]] hat and local drink) and Andrew is in [[London]], but miraculously, they have made a podcast anyway. In it, rather than get worked up about topical matters, they discuss the wider issues of [[Giles Coren]], [[Barabbas]], [[Argentina Brunetti]], the 'quite surreal' nature of [[Un Chien Andalou]] and the precarious nature of the Collings & Herrin Podcast [[Wikipedia]] entry.
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| 25 || 6th August, 2008 || 59 min || In this historic podcast, recorded live in front of a committed, rain-sodden, early-morning weekday Fringe audience at the [[Underbelly]] in Edinburgh, we go through the Scottish versions of the daily newspapers, and talk - into an actual PA system, but then put through the usual in-built mic on the [[MacBook]] - about a girl who looked a bit like Maddie, [[Heath Ledger]], the cloned puppies, [[Jon Gaunt]]'s Dad's tears, the man who chopped off the other man's head on a [[Greyhound bus]] and walking alongside a pigeon.
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| 26 || 15th August, 2008 || 53 min || In this, our slightly tired twenty-sixth podcast, recorded last week in Richard's rented flat in Edinburgh, we offer up Jon Gaunt's autobiography Undaunted to the book club, pay tribute to Private Schultz, describe the previous week's Tempting Tatties performance-art 'happening' and invent a new [[Wikipedia]] game that all the family will enjoy, and does not involve vandalising it in a childish way. We are having a week off now, but plan to return the week after, refreshed.
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| 27 || 28th August, 2008 || 66 min || We return to podcasting after two weeks and one day to discuss such burning issues as whether [[Gary Glitter]] should be 'tagged', whether [[David Beckham]] was paid to kick that ball off a bus at the [[Olympics]], just how lazy are journalists on the [[BBC News]] website and whether the [[Falklands]] need defending any more. It is indeed good to be back, good to be back. Now with added [[jingles]]!
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| 28 || 5th September, 2008 || 66 min || Hello. In this twenty-eighth edition of The Moral Maze, we debate such burning issues [[Sarah Palin]]'s surname, the likelihood of political prisoners being released due to the sight of Richard in cotton wool-filled [[Amnesty International]] pants, [[gang violence]], gym [[etiquette]], the sexiness of [[Esther Rantzen]] and other powerful women, and whether it's helpful to describe all [[paedophiles]] as "[[monsters]]". We also re-enact the photograph from the Mail of a concerned mum and her [[Superman]] costume-wearing seven-year-old son. Guaranteed jingle-free. Bye.
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| 29 || 12th September, 2008 || 66 min || This week, in our post-end-of-the-world podcast, we explain what those men in [[Geneva]] were actually trying to achieve, congratulate The [[Mass media|Media]] for continuing to mislead us and do no work, catch up with what happened ten months ago in [[Holloway Prison]], promote [[eugenics]] but not the bad kind, apply for the job of [[caption]] writer on the Express and enjoy the aroma of a roll-on [[deodorant]] that may or may not contain [[sodium laureth sulphate]]. This podcast was recorded in spite of Richard having [[food poisoning]] and Andrew having to sit near him.
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| 30 || 19th September, 2008 || 67 min || We are 30. In our thirtieth podcast, we ignore the [[Financial_crisis_of_2007-2008|global financial crisis]] and concentrate instead on [[Shepton Mallet]], [[Strictly Come Dancing]], the ongoing battle between swan and mink, future queen [[Kate Middleton]]'s lack of rollerskating decorum, [[Bruce Parry]], [[Creme Egg|Creme Eggs]], the Devil fox, and the striking differences between [[Starbucks]] and [[Caffe Nero]]. Still no sponsorship. For one week only: no Mitford Sisters.
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| 31 || 26th September, 2008 || 54 min || In this, our second ever live podcast, recorded before a live audience in the Cross Kings pub in London's Kings Cross, at at benefit gig for No Sweat, we attempt to discuss the departure of Ruth Kelly from Manchester, the arrival of Paul McCartney in Israel and other pertinent issues of topicality, but get sidetracked by Constantine's breasts and people shouting things out, as people do in pubs. A great night was had by all, except the small children employed to make Richard's trainers. You can even hear us going on stage, and going off again at the end, like some bootleg.
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| 32 || 3rd October, 2008 || 66 min || In our 32nd, unedited podcast, back in the teetotal, audience-free safety of Richard's attic (except at night), we solve the credit crunch, dream of a utopian future where there is no racism, berate Sharon Stone, deify Bruce Parry, mock a three-year-old boy for having a permanent tattoo of Bart Simpson and alight, once again, upon Richard's Jigsaw fantasy.
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| 33 || 8th October, 2088 || 65 min || In our 33rd podcast, we cut a languid, mid-afternoon swathe through Alistair Darling's £500bn TV-screen bailout, the nude twit on the wall of the Japanese emperor's palace, Polly the tortoise in Bristol Zoo with the stretchy bandage, Lily Cole's alien face and translucent alien skin, Johnny Rotten's butter-based betrayal of everything we fought for, and Google's lunch policy
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| 34 || 17th October 17, 2008 || 66 min || The 34th Collings and Herrin Podcast covers the following hot news topics: the way the credit crunch is affecting Prince William, the new indecent exposure laws soon to rock the world of indecent exposure, the cream-and-seasonal-vegetable-based divorce of Madonna and Guy Ritchie, the election-losing teddy bear eyes of John McCain, bum-on-bum action in the Madrid derby (whatever that is), the world of 'amateur tits' and a sneak preview of our survey results. Warning: this podcast cuts off abruptly at the end, in the middle of a very funny bit. This was the software telling us to stop. Please go to www.collingsandherrinsurvey.com to take part in our survey. Thanks.
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| 35 || 24th October, 2008 || 61 min || In the 35th Collings and Herrin Podcast, Richard turns over a new leaf and promises not to swear or be crude or call Andrew an idiot or talk about having sex with the hole in the bottom of a tortoise during an operation. Within this radical rubric, we cover the George Osbourne/Oleg Deripaska/Peter Mandelson/Nat Rothschild scandal, the historic visit by 14-year-old failed Olympic diver Tom Daley to Sea World in Florida, the thorny issue of sex education for five year olds, the cost of heating a George Foreman grill for 48 hours and the dangers of staying in a hotel designed by Hanna-Barbera.
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| 36 || 30th October, 2008 || 66 min || In our 36th podcast, we are the first to comment on the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross controversy, a subject thus far pretty much ignored by the rest of the media. There's just time for us to talk about the destruction of Brecht's 'fourth wall' in relation to the James Bond adverts, the origins of the phrase 'brave new world' in Shakespeare's The Tempest and whether Mike Tindall ever thinks about the fact that his girlfriend came out of a woman who came out of The Queen. We apologise for everything.
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| 37 || 6th November, 2008 || 66 min || In our historic 37th podcast, we HAVE A LAUGH about the new world we now live in, including: Morrisons' half-price beef offer, Gary Sparrow's paucity of ambition, the chances of Ed Milliband's picture being made into a giant hat in Kenya, Lewis Hamilton's big mistake, Blake Fielder-Civil's silver tongue, Jason Manford's paucity of ambition, and a man called Barack Obama, who is the President.
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| 37a || 10th November, 2008 || 45 min || In this extra bonus podcast, we do a presentation to the Radio Academy at Millbank in London, which is intended as an introduction to how we started the podcast, and why we do it, week in, week out. We hope you get something out of it. It's not this week's actual podcast, merely a little extra. Listen to the professional delegates from the radio industry, sometimes laughing at our swear words, other times totally baffled by our rambling chit chat after a day of professional presentations. Thanks to Matt Deegan, for producing the session, and for putting up the pie charts.
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| 38 || 13th November, 2008 || 66 min || In our 38th podcast - 39th if you include last week's, 37a - we get back to basics and talk about what's in the newspapers, once we've established more logistical faults with Goodnight Sweetheart, tried to apologise to Jason Manford, set Charlie Boorman a new travel task, reminisced about the job offers we got at the Radio Academy, accused Michael MacIntyre of being the mastermind behind Sachsgate and made clear, once again, that Richard is doing better on telly than Andrew, despite benign positional vertigo brought on by Marks and Spencer's ready meals.
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| 39 || 20th November, 2008 || 66 min || In our 39th podcast, we dream of the pre-prepared lunches which are ready for us to eat afterwards: for Richard, a Marks and Spencer chilli and coriander king prawns; a Marks and Spencer nutritionally balance super-whole food salad; a Marks and Spencer freshly prepared pineapple, mango, kiwi, raspberry and blueberry; and for Andrew, his own homemade organic chilli with courgettes, artichokes, pepper, coriander and broccoli; and his own homemade organic, wheat-free plum and apple crumble. Which is best? You decide. (Or we will.)
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| 40 || 27th November, 2008 || 66 min || In our 40th podcast, we say hello to all our female listeners, by name, individually, because we can; we also discuss foreplay in the Czech Republic; the loss of the old-fashioned, star-studded Woolworth's adverts; Frank Carson's opaque views on the Israeli occupation of Palestine; 118118's racist joke service and the Deep House mix of Andrew talking about Lion Man. We also find out how old Fearne Cotton is.
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| 41 || 5th December, 2008 || 66 min || In our 41st podcast, we discuss our new lookalike service, secret dancing, Santa Claus being "f----ing dead", the intelligence of sperm, the stupidity of people who eat fast food, the price of a dog for Christmas, the dangers of the clipboard brigade and what to ask famous films stars if you get 20 minutes with them and know nothing about films.
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| 42 || 11th December, 2008 || 63 min || In our 42nd podcast, we ignore the news for the first 27 minutes while we talk about very little, but when we do finally acknowledge the outside world and the events therein, it's Lisa Snowden's potentially dangerous jive, Terry Wogan's tumble dryer, a Hampshire lollipop man's tinsel-decorated sign, the Sun's Military awards and the decision to allow Andy McNab to appear in the judges photograph with a small blackboard over his face, and that's it. Sadly, Andrew mucked about with the computer and it ends before the traditional one hour and six minutes. You should be aware of that.
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| 43 || 17th December, 2008 || 66 min || In our 43rd podcast, the pre-Christmas special, we experiment with two pints of lager/stout and some noodles and coffee, to see what happens. Scientists can study the results, as we discuss, in a rational and non-hysterical manner, the Strictly scandal, the range of hampers available this year, the throwing of a shoe at a president, the throwing of a second shoe at the same president, still unprotected, and the continued joy of secret dancing. It's like the lethargy and indulgence of Christmas has come early! There's even the unwrapping of a present.
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|P12 || 24th December, 2008 || 66 min || The Christmas Podcast - The Perfect 12
In this special one-off Christmas podclash, we join Phill Jupitus and Phil Wilding in their posh studio for The Perfect Twelve: four men and a hat, discussing twelve festive things, including Christmas films, Christmas foodstuffs, Christmas carols and outfits we'd like to see Christmas turkeys wearing. All powered by one warm can of Carlsberg. Note: this is the lo-fi, extra-length Collings & Herrin version, recorded on a laptop; the studio version - shorter and properly miked and equalised and everything - is available from the usual Phill and Phil outlets. Collect 'em all!
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| 44 || 31st December, 2008 || 66 min || In this pre-recorded New Year's Eve Review Of The Year Looking Back On 2008 Roundup Special, Andrew belatedly gives Richard his Christmas present, which he really likes, and we discuss our most-missed dead people of the year, plus give a detailed analysis of such seismic events as the Beijing Olympics, the election of Barack Obama and when Iain Morris caught the pomegranate juice thrown by Kevin Bishop. We'll be back in 2009, when Andrew resolves to stop being the controversial one and Richard resolves to start being the controversial one.
<ref>[http://www.wherediditallgoright.com/BLOG/</ref>
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| 45 || 9th January, 2009 || 66 min||In our first podcast of 2009, Richard tries out his new, chillaxed, non-hectoring, post-Caribbean persona and Andrew becomes a man of rational scientific thought and debunker of non-evidence-based myths. It takes us quite a while to get to the newspapers, but when we do, it's mainly the story about the UFO hitting the wind turbine that we cover. Don't worry, in the end, we have both returned to our usual selves. Except Andrew. And look at the lovely Grenada chocolate Richard bought him. It's great to be back, shouting at each other again at the tops of our lungs and not sponsored by Monarch Airlines.
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Revision as of 22:47, 14 January 2009

The Collings and Herrin podcast is a podcast produced by Andrew Collins and Richard Herring, which is made for and hosted by the British Comedy Guide. Herring has a habit of misspelling people's names for comic effect and it was for this reason that the podcast was named in the way it was.

It was named "Podcast of the Week" by the Times on July 26, 2008 and was estimated to have between 15,000-20,000 listeners.

Content

The content is based mainly on an analysis and critique of that week's media coverage. It is light in tone, but often veers into very dark humorous digressions. They describe their work as a "sideways look at the news."

Inception

The podcast had its inception in Andrew Collins' BBC 6 Music radio show. Collins asked Herring to come in and review the week's newspapers on a Sunday. This commenced on 10 April, 2005 and ended almost two years later, on 25 March, 2007. The reviews often ended in both of them corpsing, and they both seemed to enjoy it. Both participants have mentioned that they felt constrained by the BBC guidelines and wanted to produce a darker, more humorous and longer segment, hence the podcast.

The idea for the podcast was first mooted publicly on Collins blog on the 14th January 2008. This led to a large number of comments from readers in support of the idea. [1]

Themes

One of their more frequent topics is the writings of the Sun newspaper columnist Jon Gaunt. They have often made humour out of Gaunt's obesity and right-wing views, though these two factors are seen as merely correlative and not causal. Other running jokes focus upon Collins's aural resemblance to Mr Bean; Herring's dieting and fitness regimen; rival and more successful podcasters, such as Adam and Joe; and Herring's relative failure, both critically and comercially, when compared to his erstwhile partner Stewart Lee.

An oft repeated running joke between the two alludes to the fact that they are colleagues and categorically not friends. Collins has stated this in a number of blog entries, deliberately using phrases where the term 'colleague' is not entirely appropriate e.g. "Way to go, colleague."[2]. Herring has mentioned this in his newsletters, where he makes a point of over-explaining their relationship, even when it is not particularly relevant, stating the podcast is done in conjunction with "my old 6 Music colleague (he is not my friend) Andrew Collings".[3]


External links

References

  1. ^ Where Did It All Go Right?
  2. ^ Where Did It All Go Right?
  3. ^ NotBBC.com Richard Herring Spring Newsletter
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