Having recently passed its landmark 100th edition, I thought it was due time for me to sing the praises of the Collings and Herrin Podcasts - the most consistently enjoyable weekly mix of comedy and satire out there (sorry Mock the Week, you're nothing in comparison!).
The combination of respected broadcaster and perrenial 6Music nearly-man Andrew Collins and '90s comedy hero Richard Herring may seem to some an odd one. I'm not entirely sure how or why the double act came together, but part of me doesn't want to know. As it stands, the podcast is an enigma in itself, and the wonderful juxtaposition between the two presenters only heightens this magical, mystical feeling.
Collins is ever-quaint, offering a balanced, liberal-lefty presentational style that wouldn't be out-of-place if it was emanating from a college media lecturer. Herring, on the other hand, is a vulgarity expert, seemingly only speaking in profanities and can be oft heard shouting at the podcast's unanswerable enemies. These have included Duncan Norvelle, Jan Moir, Peter Kay and Richard Littlejohn.
However, these unquestionalbly morally corrupt souls have not recieved as much of Herring's contempt as the podcast's greatest enemy, a Macedonian man called Virgilio Anderson. Neither Collins nor Herring know who he is, yet he claimed the 'facebook.com/richardherring' domain name before Herring himself had a chance to do so. Herring attempted on numerous occasions to contact him, but he did not reply, deepening the mystery surrounding his identity. Some clues to his personal interests were offered by the information on his Facebook profile, however. This included his prefrences, such as "Books - fiction, non-fiction", suggesting that Anderson likes all books.
The combination of respected broadcaster and perrenial 6Music nearly-man Andrew Collins and '90s comedy hero Richard Herring may seem to some an odd one. I'm not entirely sure how or why the double act came together, but part of me doesn't want to know. As it stands, the podcast is an enigma in itself, and the wonderful juxtaposition between the two presenters only heightens this magical, mystical feeling.
Collins is ever-quaint, offering a balanced, liberal-lefty presentational style that wouldn't be out-of-place if it was emanating from a college media lecturer. Herring, on the other hand, is a vulgarity expert, seemingly only speaking in profanities and can be oft heard shouting at the podcast's unanswerable enemies. These have included Duncan Norvelle, Jan Moir, Peter Kay and Richard Littlejohn.
However, these unquestionalbly morally corrupt souls have not recieved as much of Herring's contempt as the podcast's greatest enemy, a Macedonian man called Virgilio Anderson. Neither Collins nor Herring know who he is, yet he claimed the 'facebook.com/richardherring' domain name before Herring himself had a chance to do so. Herring attempted on numerous occasions to contact him, but he did not reply, deepening the mystery surrounding his identity. Some clues to his personal interests were offered by the information on his Facebook profile, however. This included his prefrences, such as "Books - fiction, non-fiction", suggesting that Anderson likes all books.
With its decidedly lo-fi production (it is all recorded with the in-built mic on Collins's Mac) and unusual consistant length (1hr, 36mins, 6 seconds - the maximum time that GarageBand can record), the podcast is twee, utterly unbroadcastable and full of running jokes, making it just my cup of tea.
Collings and Herrin, I salute you.
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