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Radio 6 Music,2 mins

"Some of my routines were almost deliberately written to annoy people" - Richard Herring ponders ideas vs laughs in comedy

Radcliffe and Maconie

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Ahead of his best-of show, Richard Herring speaks to Mark Radcliffe about balancing exploration of ideas and audience entertainment in stand-up and his worry of 'nastier' jokes from routines being circulated absent of their context on social media.

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