Comedy

This Morning with Richard Not Judy

7.0(6)

First Aired:February 15, 1998

Seasons:2 seasons

Episodes:18

Status:Ended

This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ is a BBC comedy television programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. Two series were broadcast in 1998 and 1999 on BBC2. The name was a satirical reference to ITV's This Morning which was at the time popularly referred to as This Morning with Richard and Judy. The show was a reworking of old material from their previous work together along with new characters. The show was hosted in a daytime chat show format in front of a live studio audience, although it featured a small proportion of pre-recorded location inserts. It was structured by the often strange obsessions of Richard Herring; examples include his rating of the milk of all creatures and attempting to popularise the acronym of the show. The show featured repetition, with regular and vigilant viewers being rewarded by jokes that would make no sense to casual viewers. The show seemed to oscillate between the intellectual and puerile. However, irony was often used, even though the citing of irony as an excuse was mocked by the show's stars in one of many self-referential jokes.

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Cast

Stewart Lee

Brian Cant

Emma Kennedy

Kevin Eldon

Mark Gatiss

Paul Putner

Richard Thomas

Richard Herring

Seasons

E1Episode 1

45m

Feb 15, 1998

Richard uses the Spice Girls to explain the five types of women.

E2Episode 2

45m

Feb 22, 1998

Richard tastes milk from various animals.

E3Episode 3

45m

Mar 1, 1998

Richard obsesses over the recently deceased wrestler Big Daddy.

E4Episode 4

45m

Mar 8, 1998

E5Episode 5

45m

Mar 15, 1998

E6Episode 6

45m

Mar 22, 1998

Rich and Stew celebrate Mothers' Day.

E7Episode 7

45m

Mar 29, 1998

E8Episode 8

45m

Apr 5, 1998

E1Episode 1

45m

Mar 21, 1999

Rich and Stew reminisce about the 1970s. When things get knocked over, spill, or fall out of cupboards, Beetroot, Noel Edmunds and Mr. Blobby an extra final scene from "Titanic"

E2Episode 2

45m

Mar 28, 1999

This week's lazy joke: ""28 years old, I was."" Extra final scene: Trainspotting.

E3Episode 3

45m

Apr 11, 1999

This week's lazy joke: ""and then I got off the bus."" Extra final scene: Thelma & Louise.

E4Episode 4

45m

Apr 18, 1999

Simon Quinlank returns. Lazy joke: puns in British sitcom titles.

E5Episode 5

45m

Apr 25, 1999

Unusual Preist "If you sow barley" Hunger Strike, Sunday Heroes Vineyard Extra final scene: Alien Resurrection.

E6Episode 6

45m

May 2, 1999

"I'm Julia Roberts" Unusual Priest "What will your friends think?" Beetroot Again, Yashmaks Bible Heroes: Lazarus, Curious Alien, Corrs Shrine, Extra final scene: Planet of the Apes.

E7Episode 7

45m

May 9, 1999

Climbers, Marilyn Manson, Richard agrees to be a spokesman for cress. Unusual Priest: Jew and Sabbath, Quinlank or Internet, More Cress...much more, Cress Sex, Curious Alien and Curious Orange. Sunday Heroes- Temptation.

E8Episode 8

45m

May 23, 1999

Hale and Pace? Unusual Priest: Vanity, Vanity all is Vanity, Extra final scene: Braveheart. Lazy joke: And that was just the teachers ... aaah. History of GCSE'S,MCCress Advert, Sunday Heroes: Ian, When things fall over in a beer garden.

E9Episode 9

45m

Jun 6, 1999

Lazy programming: puns on actors' surnames. Extra final scene: Blues Brothers 2000.

E10Episode 10

45m

Jun 13, 1999

Stewart loses his power by wearing a jumper made by his gran. Extra final scene: Se7en. The Curious Orange becomes Davros from Doctor Who.