Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

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Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring (the comedy duo Lee and Herring), and narrated by Tom Baker as the title character Lionel Nimrod. [1] [2] The show parodies the Leonard Nimoy programme "In Search Of...". Over two series Lee and Herring tackled, and explained, such varying topics as Monsters, Love, The Human Body, and, finally, The Unexplained itself.

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The opening music, over which "Lionel Nimrod" introduces each show, is Jerry Goldsmith's theme to the film Logan's Run .

The series included performances by Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front, who would both continue to work with Lee and Herring on many of their following productions. The series was produced by Sarah Smith.

Episodes

Series 1

No.
overall		No. in
series		Title  [3] Original release date
11"Monsters"8 October 1992 (1992-10-08)
22"Creation"15 October 1992 (1992-10-15)
33"Death"22 October 1992 (1992-10-22)
44"Good & Evil"29 October 1992 (1992-10-29)
55"The Human Mind"5 November 1992 (1992-11-05)
66"Love"12 November 1992 (1992-11-12)

Series 2

  1. ↑ Hanks, Robert (13 October 1992). "Robert Hanks enters Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World". The Independent . p. 18. Retrieved 14 November 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "People A-Z - Richard Herring". BBC - Comedy. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World - Episode guide". BBC Radio 4 Extra. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
No.
overall		No. in
series		Title  [3] Original release date
Lee and Herring
Stewart Lee
Richard Herring
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