Rich and Ally's Craven Newsround

Richard is taking on GB News (but then wasn't he always), but thinking it might be time to take a break for a bit, so he can concentrate on his actual proper work. So he goes mainly old school and talks with his friend (?) Ally about whether classic comedies would be made today, the lack of self-awareness of seemingly every celebrity, why Lee Hurst is interested in more important things than an in...

A couple of weeks off and Rich has come back rebelling against his producer (you won't know who that is, but a good producer always remains anonymous) and with some new characters. Cos what this show needs is new characters. Will any of the old crew get a look in? The team look at whether white straight able-bodied comedians are being prejudiced against, whether an old woman should be called Lilib...

Rich is pretty tired after nearly a year of doing this rubbish and drives to drive the whole thing into the ground. But the puppets never get tired. Today they discuss World Bee Day, what liquid you'd like to drink through which bone of which monarch, old Friends getting back together and Derek Griffiths. It's not the best one, but the bad ones are the best ones. So it can't be a bad one either.

Rich has spotted a gap in the market that he might just slot into, but is America ready for him and will his producer get him cancelled before he's even begun? Ally and Rich discuss being in love with something on another planet, the chances of anything coming from Mars and the latest news from the World Health Organisation. Cocky Carrot is surprisingly knowledgeable about the Cerne Abbas Giant an...

There has been a shake up at the channel and things are a bit different this week, which does not make Rich happy. But the Duke of York is on hand to go and fight in Johnson's Lazy Falklands and Right Bollock is doing Mary Beard (did somebody say doing Mary Beard?) and the King of the World still has a head. Sally accuses Richard of sexism and Law Fox has whipped himself into a fury about an offha...

Rich is annoyed that he hasn't won a BAFTA but he has a great joke about a giant coin that will surely seal his award for next year. He and Ally test their memory, discuss Blair's hair, but get distracted by the last 129 years of children's television. The disembodied testicle is being haunted by a disgraced TV personality and Prince Andrew seems to be annoyed that no one else's mistakes are being...

Rich is celebrating Earth Day, though he's somewhat downbeat, but could this be the big comeback for Brian Wasp? Or some of the other more minor characters? Ally and Rich discuss football and interspecies sex and the morality of repairing antique puppets, plus perform a haunting duet. Law Fox has some stiff competition for Mayor of London and there are some very special birthdays for three viewers...

Richard feels as if the Gods are against him, first he had cancer, then his beloved Prince Philip died and now someone has got angry about his cairns and desecrated and scattered the stones back on to the field. He didn't think anything could be worse than cancer, but he was wrong. Can the puppets cheer him up and push him on? Or will the Gods find a way to ruin this too? Richard and Prince Andrew...

Richard and Ally are both questioning the nature of existence and what drugs are required to create art, whether it's better to have a sex robot of a deceased partner or a sex robot of someone else. Law Fox has a supporter for his Mayoral campaign, Prince Andrew is attempting to rescue his reputation by helping out some quite specific needy people and Richard is keen to point out why not flushing...

Richard is so desperate to impress the TV executives that he has crawled out of his sick bed to do the show. Is it a healthy way to process his recent loss and is he going to face up to why all his characters are so unpleasant and right wing. It includes probably the world's first attempt to reference Milton using a diseased testicle; Ally questions the name choice of a man called William and why...

Rich is back in the saddle, but it might have to be side saddle for a little while, as he's still recuperating from a procedure which has removed a body part, but maybe given him a greater gift in return. Even though they're both still attached, he's finding his feet and trying to remember what this show is. But he's buoyed by it now being award winning. Most of the usual gang return to discuss Br...

Ian Twitch's 30 episode commission is up, so Rich is fighting for his life here. Will he be back for Series 2? And when? He manages to cram in pretty much every puppet into this swansong, whilst very much treating it like the end of term treat it is. The future hangs heavy over those who wear the crown or wield the puppet of someone holding a crown and there's echoes of the darkness that will filt...

Richard has come over all peculiar (did somebody say come over?). Maybe Cocky Carrot has been right all along. When he pulls himself together we get to see Peter Dibdin as we've only seen him once before (and that was a long time ago) and Ally tries to work who backed the Oxford jab. There's a new judicial system proposed by Richard and someone has become a grandad. And there's some medical advice...

Richard has been moved by the death that has rocked this great nation this week, but he's got some stand-up about it, so that helps make up for it a bit. Otherwise it's the usual parade of puppets and existential angst as a 53 year old man with a problem testicle considers what he has made of his life, whilst talking to a resin carrot. You'll all be doing it in the playground tomorrow. Well Prince...

Richard's descent into madness continues as he can hear sounds that no one else can hear and can't understand why this show is not on TV after six months. Maybe he needs a holiday. Or maybe he's just pretending. It's a stripped down back to basics show that covers stolen mannequins, swollen testes, multiple descendants and bookshelf dildos. But there's a very special birthday for Donkey as well as...

Richard is wondering if he can break into natural history broadcasting, but his puppets have other ideas as usual. Cocky Carrot has some competition, Ally is missing President Trump and Peter Dibdin has to address a slander. Birthdays, racist foxes, improvised poetry and a new King of the World jingle. What do you want? Blood?

Is it Capital or Capitol? Richard is delighted that the news has taken a dark turn as this is his chance to show the powers that be what a serious broadcaster he can be. I hope no puppets turn up to spoil it for him. They discuss the big acting role that Rich was born to play, Phil from Time Team's grotty hat, whether huge penises have any place in children's broadcasting and how the EU is being p...

Rich and Ally are here to wish you a Merry Christmas. But which members of the gang will accompany them? Some Christmas surprises. As well as some Christmas predictables. And some Christmas repeats. Happy Christmas.

Richard is just minutes away from finding out if he won Taskmaster, but he's got TV people to impress and what better way than to do a 75 minute improvised puppet show that raises questions about his sanity? He's laying into Hertford, as is only right, but along with an insecure Ally, threatened by his demotion in the credits chats about the terrible event that is about to hit the UK (6 more years...

Richard is taking a trip back to 2010, but is it a good idea? The puppets seem to have differing opinions. Otherwise it's all 2020, apart from the trip back to 1995 with Peter Dibdin and all the other stuff. How is Ally coping with the King of the World's popularity, what are the writers' room up to? Will Richard be cancelled? Diamond hard Brexit, Harry and Meghan shortbread, reindeer farts and wh...

The stability of the show has been rocked by a breakaway new star. How will this impact on the others and which characters are heading for the bin? The Writers' Room tries to kickstart Richard's career and Prince Andrew reveals why he is always standing to attention. Marmite Lid is back with the topical comedy that has made him famous and Brian Wasp is plotting the destruction of the human race. A...

Rich is excited to have reached this landmark twentieth episode and to have been moved to a prime time 7.30pm on Friday slot on Twitch TV. It's the time the other Twitchers would kill for. He has an anniversary question for the Queen and Prince Philip (and any of their children who might turn up) and he's trying out a couple more characters (but will be they be as solid as Conspiracy Theo?). Ally...

We get an exciting glimpse behind the scenes tonight as the team go into depth about Ian Pfizer, Trump's coup, the sacking of Superman and people who marry serial killers. There's a new character who is definitely not recycled and a new old character too. Cocky Carrot can't do his job, but has to carry on considering what or who he is and Donkey has the shock of his life. If he had ears, they woul...

Episode 18 - Technical Difficulties. It's November 5th 2020 and it's publication day for Richard's book and in celebration he is donating all his November earnings to charity (including all Twitch subs and badge money) - if you enjoy his free streams then bung some money to Movember here http://rhlstp.co.uk/movember The US is in turmoil and second lockdown has begun, but the real problem is Rich's...

Episode 17 - Together We'll Be OK. Richard is doing an awful lot of work for charity, but he hates to talk about it, but his attempts to be serious are sabotaged as usual. There's racism, there's a discussion about Christmas numbers, Ally tries to alienate Herring's family and fans and a couple of characters have had a makeover. Law Fox makes a punt to be PM and Prince Andrew doesn't realised he's...