Between 10 April 2005 and 25 March 2007, Richard Herring would review the week's newspapers on Andrew Collins' BBC 6 Music radio show.

Collins and Herring have mentioned that they had felt constrained by BBC guidelines and had wanted to produce a darker, more humorous segment with a longer runtime.

Andrew took an opportunity to host their old Saturday 6Music slot with another comedian, Josie Long, which Richard considered a betrayal of their double act.

[12] A second CD called Collings and Herrin: War and Peace, Crime and Punishment was released through Go Faster Stripe on 15 December 2010.

after a so-named member of the public from Macedonia used Richard Herring's name as the primary key for his Facebook page[clarification needed].

T-shirts were printed,[25] Anderson-themed music videos were circulated on YouTube[26] and many personalities (such as Steven Moffat) added the phrase to their websites.

Little is known of the true identity of Virgilio Anderson but information on his interests, favourite books and political beliefs were visible at his Facebook page, before it was deleted.