Weeks have passed for you in the Donald Trump President Elect alternate universe, but this was recorded less than a week after the result and Richard and the world are trying to process what he means. He makes a bold prediction that we can only hope has come to pass, before introducing the never efficiently researched Susan Calman.

There’s chat about the loneliness of touring, the terror of the new world order and what it might mean for minorities and whether we need more diversity on television. It gets pretty serious in places, but there’s lots of fun chat about filthy Miriam Gargoyles, having a drink with Cliff Richard, eskimo rolls, Princess Anne’s bun and whether it’s really necessary to apologise to everyone for absolutely every joke.

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You have us at an advantage this week, as you know who the next US President will be and we don’t. What terrible future are you in? Either way. But let’s forget about that and welcome the smiling man-mountain that is Tom Davis.

Suddenly he is appearing in everything, most notably the brilliantly fun Murder in Successville, but we’ll find out about how he made it and what he was doing before. Are Scaffolders really the craziest of all the tradesmen? Are footballers good at anything other than football? What if Paddington was 6ft 7 and from Croydon? How healthy is Romesh Ranaganathan’s poo? And how badly can you mess up a chance to play a Biblical figure in a movie?

There’s also another addition to the forthcoming volume, “Stories about meeting Brian Blessed”.

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No podcast this week, but Rich is here to wish you a happy 2017 and to let you know how you can help us make more podcasts. And the stuff you stand to win if you do. Just go to http://www.gofasterstripe.com/badges and make a monthly donation and you’re in.

Rich is giddy with fanboy excitement at having one of his childhood (and adulthood) comedy heroes in the off-white seat, it’s the loveliest person in the United Kingdom Dawn French.

They discuss what it is like to be in a double act where you actually like your partner, on stage vertigo, the Queen Mother’s teeth, whether it’s worse to lose a pet or be an orphan and a choice between getting students through their exams and international comedy fame.

Richard risks derailing everything by asking the Vicar of Dibley some very inappropriate questions, but she is more than equal to them. Witches and ghosts and west country and intergenerational rivalry feature but can Richard make Dawn cry or reveal her evil side? Only one way to find out.

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Rich is reeling from a Pointless betrayal of the twin-Judases, but he rises above it to introduce podcaster, writer, businesswomen, feminist and champion of diversity Deborah Frances-White.

There are some fascinating stories of adoption, what Jehovah’s witnesses can and can’t expect from the earthly paradise, whether relationships continue in the after life and one of the best explanations of how privilege works that you will ever hear.

Plus there’s clarification on the robot sex dilemma and how it might be acceptable, the orifices of Jesus and the place of humour in dealing with that which is serious.

Check out Deborah’s brilliant radio show Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice.

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Rich finds a woman in the audience who doesn’t seem to know where she is, who he is or understand the concept of remembering. She continues to be bamboozled throughout the show. And perhaps with reason as this chat with pretend aristocrat and real diabetic Ed Gamble takes some odd turns.

In one of the giddiest podcasts for quite some time Richard tries out a lot of new emergency questions which prompt discussions about the sleeping habits of gametes, the dangers of falling into a river, an impression of Buzz Nigeria and whether asking someone if they’re tried sashima is an acceptable question.

A nuclear physicist is on hand to discuss the chemistry of jumping into a pool of something and Ed has to decide if he’d save Rich from crucifixion. There’s also some chat about Mock the Week, Drunk History and how this whole podcast is very much a practice for interviewing a more famous guest. And a quiz about retailers leads to the invention of an exciting new board game. And we see the unwelcome return of Victorian idiot, Ally.

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Rich discovers that someone from US TV is in the audience and considers sending the guest home so he can audition for a stand-up special, but Chris Addison is backstage and it would be rude to do that after he’s bothered to come in.

The pair chat about wikipedia based factual inaccuracies, the true story of how Chris was nearly Doctor Who, the technical realities of sewing people together anus to mouth, some thoughtful exposition about a world with realistic robots, whether opera is obviously shit or if it’s actually good, why American TV produces the results that the UK seemingly can’t, as well as having a smack down between the average Herring and Addison fans.

And can Rich Columbo Chris at the end?

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Richard has had his topical comedy well pretty much depleted by recording AIOTM the night before this, but considers creating a new beard based podcast, but luckily relents to introduce comedian, actor and wannabe humanitarian Kerry Godliman.

They discuss working with Christopher Guest, how Richard could have gone to drama school if only he’d been any good at acting, being rescued by a topless lady, how to pronounce taramasalata, whether political comedy is the be all and end all and what motivates comedians to do charity.

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There are some fine beards on display in the front row as always, but it’s all about the puny moustache that we can see on stage tonight. It’s on the face of the first knight to every appear on RHLSTP, Sir Anthony Robinson.

Find out what happened to Fat Tulip’s garden,what inspired Maid Marian, why Brian Blessed attempted to make a citizen’s arrest on Tony, what happened when Time Team came to Cheddar Gorge and if a knight of the realm has every tried to suck his own pork sword. Some great stuff about Blackadder and Rowan Atkinson too.

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Buy Tony’s very entertaining autobiography, “No Cunning Plan” here - amazon.co.uk/Cunning-Plan-Sir-Tony-Robinson/dp/0283072571

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Richard welcomes a newbie audience member from Canada in his usual unpleasant style, before bringing on a man who had the name first, so why should he change it, it’s Will Smith (UK).

The pair reminisce about forgotten masterpieces Banter and Time Gentlemen Please, before discussing what they would do if they had Adam Sandler’s money, Will shows he’s still got it when it comes to Six Degrees of Bergerac, they pitch a lot of genius ideas for Dragon’s Den and work out how to have definitely consensual sex with a ghost.

There’s time to chat about Marillion, how to be a living statue, growing up in Jersey and the move from stand-up to writing Emmy-award winning comedy and novels - check out Will’s fantastic book Mainlander https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mainlander-Will-Smith/dp/0007594267 - And there’s more new emergency questions as Richard struggles to get to the ridiculous kickstarter target he has set himself.

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