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

"Red Richardson" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Red Richardson. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

"Ore Oduba" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Ore Oduba. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill

"Jessica Fostekew" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Jessica Fostekew. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harry’s ex Mandy crashes the cold open with a few home truths set to music, then Keith Lemon and Bo’ Selecta creator Lee Francis stops by to talk getting discovered by Davina McCall, “manifesting” Keith Lemon on his kitchen wall, following Richard and Judy in character, and testing Celebrity Juice games with Johnny Vegas. Dr Emily Patterson-Morgan joins us in Theme Of The Week to discuss the genuinely unhinged life of Lord Byron.

00:00 – Cold open: Mandy crashes the show

01:20 – Breakup song

03:53 – Leigh Francis arrives

04:40 – Leigh’s podcast with Jill, Emma Bunton and Jade

05:36 – How they really first met

07:49 – Alex Horne and “when’s Kevin Lygo gonna die”

08:18 – Gino D’Acampo’s “northern people” story

09:42 – Show and tell: Fancy Dress Friday

15:16 – Sarah the AI Bot: Lee’s facts and early career

22:14 – Keith Lemon and Avid Merrion origin story

25:20 – Sketch: the dating agency

28:25 – Celebrity Juice, Keith Lemon the Film, Rocketman cameo

32:19 – Ad break: Notorious Baddies Mini Pants

34:01 – Theme of the week: Lord Byron

48:27 – Name the Celebrity Seed

52:20 – Gary’s Joke Corner

54:50 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans

New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill "Leigh Francis" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Leigh Francis. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harry's elephant rescue mission takes an unexpected turn involving a clown, a dark web chat room and the police.

Comedian, quizzer and former GP Paul 'The Sinnerman' Sinha stops by to talk about following in Harry's footsteps at St George's Medical School, the brutal realities of the World Quizzing Championships and staying relevant enough for The Chase.

This weeks Theme of The Week is TAXIDERMY! Simon 'The Stuffa' Wilson tells us all about life stuffing animals for Hollywood.

00:22 – Sarah the baby elephant: the clown-rescue story

02:53 – Sarah comes on stage

04:10 – Gary announces the guest

04:24 – Paul Sinha says hello to Licky

05:01 – Harry and Paul's shared history: a brutal 1995 gig in South London

06:33 – Doctor by day, open-mic comic by night

08:53 – Sarah the AI Bot: St George's, the "slag mag," and the racist admissions computer

16:16 – Why quizzing? Paul's dad's "you're no son of mine" ultimatum

17:30 – Growing up on Sale of the Century and old-school TV quizzes

19:10 – Gary's phone call aside (the "never actually a doctor" gag)

20:07 – Sarah AI Bot: career highlights, The Weakest Link to The Chase's "Cinnamon"

20:52 – The Twix draw / Cinnamon vs. Sinner name mix-up

21:48 – How the World Quizzing Championships actually works

24:08 – Staying relevant for The Chase

26:56 – Paul's book, Once Sinner Lifetime, and getting a mention in it

29:10 – St George's memories and Dominic Holland, Spider-Man's dad

31:00 – Corporate gig disasters: Dave the badger and the Southampton guessing game

33:27 – Regency Innovations Home Cremation

34:36 – Theme of the week: Taxidermy with Simon "the Stuffa" Wilson

44:36 – Name the Celebrity Seed

49:35 – Gary's Joke Corner

52:40 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans

New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner.

#TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #PaulSinha #nationwidemigrationandeducation

"Paul Sinha" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Paul Sinha. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of the Podscarf, we welcome prop comedy legend, Spencer Jones, alongside University of Manchester New Testament scholar Dr Andrew Boakye, for an hour of pure, unadulterated junk-shop invention and first-century Galilean prophecy. Licky's fame finally goes to his head, Spencer unveils a £160 pair of parcel-photo feet, Sarah the AI Bot grows a moustache, and Gary goes blonde.

New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner.

#TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SunilPatel #nationwidemigrationandeducation

"Spencer Jones" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Spencer Jones. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunil Patel turns up to be offered a Scotch Prize Ball (Regency Innovation TM), asked repeatedly about working for Natwest, and finds out from an AI bot that his dad ran a pub, prompting a full on-air correction.

Harry sits down with crime historian Dr Angela Buckley for this week's themed deep-dive, Victorian Crime, and somebody nearly wins a round of Name the Celebrity Seed.

0:17 The Mechanically Reclaimed Meat Society (MRSA)

1:03 Introducing Scotch Prize Balls

4:01 Offering Sunil a Scotch Prize Ball

4:52 "Have We Met Before?"

5:05 The Radio Show About Living Forever

5:26 The Man Who Freezes Bodies

6:01 £130k for Full-Body Cryonics

6:38 Who Makes This Set?

7:14 How Cryonic Freezing Actually Works

7:55 "I'm Going to Say Scam"

8:07 Paying for Your Own Cryonics with Life Insurance

9:20 Is There a Halfway House for Frozen Guys?

9:25 Middle-Aged Men Freezing Their Dead Mothers

10:11 How Sunil Feels About AI

11:26 Mistaken for a Fred West Advert

11:49 Nationwide or NatWest?

13:01 Sarah's AI Biography Begins

14:57 "Not Much Clear Information About Me Online"

15:04 The University of Kent Honorary Doctorate

16:02 How He Drifted Into Stand-Up

17:28 Sarah's Grudge Against Charles the Robot

19:13 "Best Actor in That Nationwide Advert"

20:51 The Crypto Podcast and the 12-Year-Old NFT Millionaire

21:37 Pitching HasBucks: A New Cryptocurrency

22:24 What's Next for Sunil Patel

22:49 Starting Out on Radio 4's Weekending

23:43 The Trousers-Falling-Down Pitch Meeting

24:19 The Beans-Down-the-Pants Comedian

25:39 Twix Drop

26:04 Ad Break: Scotch Prize Balls (Full Advert)

27:18 Theme of the Week: Victorian Crime with Dr Angela Buckley

28:22 What Actually Was Victorian Crime?

29:34 Buzzers, Snow Dippers and Victorian Thief Slang

30:16 Crimes Against Property vs Crimes Against People

30:56 Policing Before the Police: The Bow Street Runners

31:44 Punishments: Capital Crimes, Fines and Transportation

32:17 Detectives in Disguise

33:24 Modern Pickpocketing (and Phone Theft)

34:17 Jack the Ripper

35:16 Why the Press Made Him a Legend

37:03 The Royal Family Conspiracy Theory

38:00 The Victorian Crime Hotbeds

38:37 Murdered in Your Own Bed

39:51 The Victorian Version of a Phone Scam

40:06 Prison Treadmills

40:54 Why Transportation to Australia Ended

43:20 Where to Find Dr Angela Buckley's Work

44:16 How Victorian Detectives Actually Solved Crimes

47:22 "Criminals Always Return to the Scene"

47:54 Are Criminals Getting Better?

48:24 Name the Celebrity Seed

52:31 Gary's Joke Corner

54:15 Butterfly In Blue Jeans

New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner.

#TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SunilPatel #Nationwide

"Sunil Patel" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Sunil Patel. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Pascoe turns up for old times' sake, gets grilled by not one but two Sarah's, pitches a Thursday Murder Club rival called The Wednesday Hospice Pickpocket Club, and has her own historic bankruptcy read out live on air by an AI bot with a long memory and no filter. We welcome Queensmith CEO Brett Afshar for this week's theme, Diamonds, and somebody ends up wearing a £185,000 ring.

0:17 Going Through My Dead Nan's Handbag

2:19 The Locket

2:45 Enter Sarah Pascoe

3:12 Licky

3:36 Catching Up: "Long Time No See"

3:50 The YFCs and the Boadicea Chariot Comedy Analogy

7:03 The Weirdos Book Club

7:13 Flight from Death Row and the Withered Twin Theory

8:38 Comedians Training Their Dogs

8:58 Amanda Lamb, Shepherd

9:49 Sarah's Verdict on AI

10:20 The U2 Album Everyone Hated

11:49 The Houseboat on the Strait of Hormuz

12:14 Turning Down Riyadh and Dubai

13:16 Enter the Other Sarah (the AI Bot)

16:02 You Must Be Joking and The Tomorrow People

18:38 The Belt That Made His Trousers Fall Down

19:16 Meeting Cariad Lloyd at University

20:11 The Wisest Thing Anyone's Said About Podcasts

24:19 The Participation Song

25:11 Would I Lie to You and the Lee Mack Rule

26:09 The QI Fee and the BBC Tartan

26:57 Hosting Have I Got News for You (and the Glue Prank)

28:31 Last One Laughing and the Case for Bob Mortimer

30:24 Should Roisin Be Allowed in the Room?

32:04 A Cigar and Her First-Ever Stand-Up Gig

33:07 Interrupted by a Deliveroo (For Greg Wallace)

41:44 Twix Drop (Possibly Poisoned)

42:20 Why AI Should Run on Sewage

44:16 Sacked from The Great British Sewing Bee

46:14 The Thursday Murder Club and the Hospice Pickpocket Pitch

50:50 Medievaloo

52:48 Theme of the Week: Diamonds with Brett Afshar

53:23 What Actually Is a Diamond?

54:34 How Diamonds Reach the Surface

55:36 The History of the Diamond Engagement Ring

56:43 Where in the World Diamonds Are Mined

58:47 How You Cut a Diamond With a Diamond

59:26 The Largest Diamond Ever Found

1:00:33 What Makes a Diamond Valuable

1:01:37 Carats, Explained

1:04:38 Trying On a £185,000 Ring

1:06:53 Blood Diamonds and Diamond Ethics

1:08:06 Lab-Grown Diamonds

1:11:30 Harry's Joke Corner

New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday.

Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner.

#TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SaraPascoe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.