This Morning with Richard Not Judy
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Jon Plowman
Top Cast
Stewart Lee
Brian Cant
Emma Kennedy
Kevin Eldon
Mark Gatiss
Paul Putner
Richard Thomas
Richard Herring
Seasons
Season 1 (1998)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
1998-02-15Richard uses the Spice Girls to explain the five types of women.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
1998-02-22Richard tastes milk from various animals.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
1998-03-01Richard obsesses over the recently deceased wrestler Big Daddy.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Episode 4
1998-03-08Episode 5: Episode 5
1998-03-15Episode 6: Episode 6
1998-03-22Rich and Stew celebrate Mothers' Day.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: Episode 7
1998-03-29Episode 8: Episode 8
1998-04-05Season 2 (1999)
No overview available.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
1999-03-21Rich 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"
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
1999-03-28This week's lazy joke: ""28 years old, I was."" Extra final scene: Trainspotting.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
1999-04-11This week's lazy joke: ""and then I got off the bus."" Extra final scene: Thelma & Louise.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Episode 4
1999-04-18Simon Quinlank returns. Lazy joke: puns in British sitcom titles.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: Episode 5
1999-04-25Unusual Preist "If you sow barley" Hunger Strike, Sunday Heroes Vineyard Extra final scene: Alien Resurrection.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: Episode 6
1999-05-02"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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: Episode 7
1999-05-09Climbers, 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 8: Episode 8
1999-05-23Hale 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 10: Episode 10
1999-06-13Stewart loses his power by wearing a jumper made by his gran. Extra final scene: Se7en. The Curious Orange becomes Davros from Doctor Who.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 9: Episode 9
1999-06-06Lazy programming: puns on actors' surnames. Extra final scene: Blues Brothers 2000.
Runtime: 45 min
