This Morning with Richard Not Judy (1998)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 18 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British comedy show presented as a spoof daytime chat show. It features sketches, live audience interaction, and running jokes about the hosts' odd fixations.

satiricalabsurdistplayfulintellectualsillyenergeticself-referentialironic

What happens

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 the morning slot on BBC Two in 1998 and 1999. The name was a satirical reference to ITV's This Morning, at the time popularly referred to as This Morning with Richard and Judy. Presented in a daytime chat show format in front of a live studio audience, the programme featured live material from the show's cast as well as pre-recorded sketches. Much of the show's humour would oscillate between the intellectual and puerile and involved irony, repetition and the often strange obsessions of Richard Herring, such as rating the milk of all creatures and attempting to popularise the acronym of the show (TMWRNJ), in the style of Tiswas. Richard Thomas provided music on keyboards throughout the show. Lee and Herring were assisted by their 'nubile slave duo' Trevor and Nathalie (Trevor Lock and Nathalie Brandon), who were normally mute ("We can't afford to pay you to speak") and would sometimes be dressed in outlandish costumes. Kevin Eldon appears in both series, reprising some of his characters from the earlier Lee & Herring series Fist of Fun, such as Simon Quinlank, the "King of Hobbies". TMWRNJ was a regular subject of complaints on Points of View, in particular for content seen as inappropriate being broadcast in an early timeslot and sketches making fun of Jesus being shown on Sundays. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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