Red Richardson gets the moustache treatment on arrival and tells Harry the real story behind his Tonight Show appearance with Jimmy Fallon — the sanitised set, the Rockefeller Centre security, and why a podcast clip got more reaction than national US television ever did. Sarah the AI Bot runs through Red’s path from a near-miss Harry Potter audition (lost to Daniel Radcliffe) to his viral Stay Toxic sketches and a US tour built off Instagram alone. This week’s Theme of the Week welcomes naval historian Andrew Choong Han Lin to mark 110 years since the Battle of Jutland. Red tries his luck in What’s in the Watermelon? and Gary delivers yet another classic in his joke corner.

00:00:00 – Drone Shots

00:01:55 – The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: how he got booked, the “clean” set and bombing in NYC clubs

00:08:03 – Why TV did nothing but a podcast clip blew up overnight

00:10:48 – AI chat 00:11:32 – Sarah the AI Bot: the Harry Potter audition he lost to Daniel Radcliffe

00:15:34 – Sarah’s second update: Edinburgh Fringe, the Stay Toxic sketches and the US tour

00:17:44 – Growing up around comedy and how he got into stand-up

00:21:34 – Sarah’s third update: podcasts, ad campaigns and the Rik Mayall family connection

00:23:18 – Theme of the Week: The Battle of Jutland with naval historian Andrew Choong Han Lin

00:44:48 – What’s in the Watermelon?

00:49:37 – Gary’s Joke Corner

00:52:14 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans

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This week on The Harry Hill Show, the team deal with a stowaway stoat before welcoming Ore Oduba — Newsround alumnus, Strictly Come Dancing champion and Rocky Horror Show veteran.

Sarah the AI Bot runs through his journey from a sporty Dorset childhood and Loughborough University to a broadcasting career spanning Newsround, Match of the Day Kickabout and the Royal Opera House, plus his unlikely Strictly win.

Harry and Ore swap stories about a long-forgotten TV pilot with Janet Street-Porter and Rylan, lockdown’s chaotic drive-in comedy gigs, and treading the boards in The Rocky Horror Show.

This week’s Theme of the Week welcomes art historian Verity Babbs to talk us through the deranged genius of Hieronymus Bosch, before Ore puts his knowledge to the test in a game of What Is The Velcro Singing?, and Gary tries out some jokes in his usual corner.

00:00:00 – Stoat Alert

00:02:04 – Licky

00:03:54 – Reminiscing about a forgotten TV pilot with Janet Street-Porter and Rylan

00:05:57 – Ore plugs his podcast “The Actors Safe Space”

00:07:58 – Sarah the AI Bot’s intro and bio: Dorset childhood, school sports and Loughborough

00:10:06 – PE teacher chat and the Steve Redgrave/Olympics mix-up

00:13:29 – Sarah returns with Ore’s broadcasting CV: Newsround, Sportsround, Match of the Day Kickabout

00:14:24 – Newsround nostalgia and why BBC children’s TV lost its way

00:16:19 – The Royal Opera House ballet relays with Darcy Bussell

00:19:06 – Lockdown drive-in gigs and the car-ferry heckling story

00:21:25 – Sarah’s third update: the National Lottery, Claimed and Shamed, This Morning and winning Strictly

00:22:00 – Joining the cast of The Rocky Horror Show

00:26:23 – Theme of the Week: Hieronymus Bosch with art historian Verity Babbs

00:38:16 – What Is The Velcro Singing?

00:40:33 – Gary’s Joke Corner

00:44:01 – Butterfly In Blue Jenas

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Harry’s friend Loggy needs the heating turned up, then comedian and Guilty Feminist co-host Jessica Fostekew stops by to talk Club Night, training as a barrister before quitting to do stand-up, and the unexpected size of her nostrils after indoor skydiving. Professor Chris Lintott joins us to talk us through why gravity is the weirdest weak force in physics.

00:00 – Loggy is cold

00:55 – Jessica Fostekew arrives

01:50 – Remembering Club Night

05:11 – Sarah the AI Bot wants to wrestle

06:30 – Barrister training vs. stand-up

12:18 – The Guilty Feminist and “I’m a feminist, but...”

15:02 – Mandy crashes the call 17:28 – How she got into comedy

20:42 – Regency Innovations Presents; Loggy and Co.

21:58 – Theme of the week: Gravity with Professor Chris Lintott

22:38 – The 17th-century spring-powered space chariot

33:07 – Newton’s apple

40:10 – Name the Celebrity Seed

45:50 – Gary’s Joke Corner

48:03 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans

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