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The DVD is presented in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen, as you’d expect, and there’s no problems with the picture whatsoever. I’m more used to Blu-rays, so when watching a DVD on a 50″ plasma, the image looks a little soft, but that’s no defect with the DVD itself.
Similarly, the audio is in Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Pro Logic) and there’s nothing going on in the rear speakers but you don’t expect them to be – it’s not a special FX film. It’s mostly Richard Herring with the mic, and that’s all you need.
The extras are as follows, the first three of which are on the first disc and the rest are on disc 2:
- Poster Shoot: Behind the scenes (5:22): Photographer Steve Brown, who has shot some of Herring’s previous posters, talks through some of the alternative concepts and filming the shoot itself.
- Railways and the Holocaust (9:36): Richard Herring talks about this magazine… sorry, bookazine, and how it came to be featured in the show, as well as what happened when a ranting punter complained to him about it after a show.
- Dropped material (2:06): A routine which featured early on in the tour but was dropped later on, as it mentions the now-deceased Nelson Mandela. I won’t spoil what it was about, but it still made me laugh.
- Richard Herring’s Meaning of Life Episode 4: Death (1:29:57): The episode of the internet series which is also available on the Go Faster Stripe website and there’s some of this content which also features in the main show itself, but I love extras like this. I’m a completist and it’s great to have to hand precisely what inspired the main show.
I love well-chaptered films and performances, but unfortunately while the main show only has two chapters (one per half), this one only has three.
- Edinburgh Audio: The show performed at the Edinburgh Festival on August 23rd 2013, and as it’s just an audio file, it’s impossible to scan through it or even see exactly how long it is, but the website confirms it’s 91 minutes.
- Gravestones Explained (4:17): Richard Herring talks us through the set pieces.
- Start of the 2nd Half (11:29): Richard Herring freeforms with the audience before he records the second half, and it also explains how he ends up in his own audience during the show!
- Waving at the Pigeons (24:35): A much younger, and considerably less bearded, Richard Herring takes part in The Oxford Revue 1988 along with his classmates. Again, it’s extras like this which, had they not been filmed back in the day, would be lost forever and are, thus, priceless. It’s great fun to watch.
- Chris Evans (NTO) Trophy III Another audio piece, so I don’t know off-hand how long it lasts, where Richard takes himself on at “Me1 vs Me2 Snooker”, as he’s described in his Metro columns.
The title is for the third Trophy in the series, following previous DVDs, and it’s in the name of “Chris Evans (not that one)”.
I really enjoyed watching and listening to these extras and it shows that a lot of thought has gone into them rather than most DVDs and Blu-rays which give you a handful of generic extras at best.
Subtitles are in English, and chapters are very thin on the ground with just two during the main performance. I feel one should come every five minutes on average whether a performance or film. The menus on each disc feature spooky graveyard-like sounds.
Richard Herring: We’re All Going To Die was recorded live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London. There’s the 2-disc DVD for £15, or for £17 for also yet a copy of the gig programme, and they’re available to buy now from Go Faster Stripe.com
Check out more info about Richard Herring at RichardHerring.com
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Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 92 minutes
Year: 2014
Released: November 26th 2014
Chapters: 2
Widescreen: 1.78:1 (16:9)
Sound: Dolby Pro Logic (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Disc Format: 2*DVD9
Producer: Chris Evans
Poster and menu design: Steve Brown and Ben Gubb
Sound: George Lingford and Tom Joyce
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