| Ref No | BSUCA/JP/1/2/26 |
| Collection | John Pidgeon Collection |
| Title | Lee and Herring interviewed for 'Talking Comedy' |
| Name of creator | Pidgeon, John, 1947-2016 |
| Date | 26/11/1998 |
| Duration | 1 hr. 25 min. 37 sec. |
| Extent | 1 sound cassette (DAT 125) |
| 1 audio file Broadcast WAVE Format |
| Description | Stewart Lee and Richard Herring interviewed by John Pidgeon at The Sound Company, London, for 'Talking Comedy', a BBC Radio 2 programme in which comedians talk about the people that make them laugh. Tape marked as 'Lee & Herring Vox'. This is the unedited interview, not the programme as broadcast.
[1.40] Comedy censorship on the radio. [3.01] Bill Hicks and Intelligent rudeness. [5.20] Swearing in comedy. [10.43] Religion discussed in comedy. [13.56] Monty Python and strong personalities in comedy. [17.50] The Dumb Show and writing comedy. [21.30] Ted Chippington and Simon Munnery. [26.40] Greg Fleet [29.40] The lack of originality in Comedy circuits. [32.01] Al Murray: The Pub Landlord. [39.34] Spinal Tap. [46.39] The Simpsons and American writers. [50.50] Weekending and Peter Baynham. [56.15] Listening to Peter Baynham's Grooming routine (Track is not audible for the listener). [58.24] Listening to Alan Partridge (Track Inaudible for the listener). [1.01.30] Life of Brian (Track Inaudible for listener). [1.03.04] Listening to Harry Hill (track Inaudible for Listener). [1.11.04] Listening to Spinal Tap's Stonehenge bit (Track inaudible for listener). [1.16.07] Listening to Ted Chippington with God and Jesus (track inaudible for listener). [1.21.23] Lee and Herring doing the "Talking Comedy" promotions. [1.26.10] Recording ends.
[Summary by Matthew Hoss] |
| Notes | LPCM wave 16 bit 44.1kHz. Digital Audio Tape (DAT) captured using a Mac running MacOS; SPDIF connection via RME PCI card. Digitisation engineer Adrian Finn, Greatbear analogue & digital media ltd. Digital file topped and tailed. |
| Category | Audio recordings |
| Access conditions | This recording is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU for study/research purposes only. Access to audio-visual recordings is through digital listening copies. The University of Kent acknowledges the intellectual property rights of those named as contributors in this recording and the rights of those not identified. |
| Copyright | John Pidgeon, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, BBC |
| Level | Item |