Richard Herring was part of a double act with Stuart Lee. They've both gone very different ways. Stuart Lee has gone so political he's no longer funny. I sat through one of his gigs agreeing with everything he was saying only to realise I'd not laughed once.
They used to do a sketch show on Sunday afternoons. This was part of it.
No wife, well, a few ex's, but I have a gf that grows a single curly black hair for a beard. She yanks it out whenever it shows up but has yet to kill the thing.