production company industry film publishing distribution genre comedy founded 2005 headquarters cardiff united kingdom key people chris evans website http www.gofasterstripe.com go faster stripe is an independent film production and distribution company that operates out of the chapter arts centre in cardiff wales . the company specialises in the recording of live shows by stand up comedians who while in the public eye may not normally be able to get a dvd released through a major label or who want to avoid forms of censorship that they feel may come with mainstream releases . 1 initially a baby clothes retailer the company used its internet presence to diversify into comedy releases in 2005 . 2 go faster stripe are closely associated with stewart lee and richard herring who first became famous as the lee and herring double act in the 1990s and whose work they have often published . in addition to herring and lee the company has produced media for acts such as simon munnery lucy porter and robin ince . 3 4 as well as cds and dvds they have also released a 10 vinyl and a number of books . contents 1 history 2 censorship and policy 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit when comedy fan chris evans not that one 1 wished to purchase a dvd of comedian stewart lee s co writer of jerry springer the opera 5 latest live show 90s comedian he learned there would not be one the comic s previous release stewart lee stand up comedian released by 2 entertain had sold insufficient copies for a major label to consider a future release profitable . furthermore the comedy website chortle claimed that the show s controversial content dissuaded major distribution companies because of fear of retribution from the fundamentalist christian movement . 6 however evans felt that the critically acclaimed show should be recorded . he used the name of his existing clothes retail company go faster stripe to produce a cd of the show . 2 6 7 the cd sold well enough to generate a profit and evans quickly shifted the business towards comedy material . initially specialising in the work of lee and herring go faster stripe has since diversified into a broader range of comedians . in 2014 chris evans won the chortle award for best offstage contribution . 8 censorship and policy edit go faster stripe claim to only release material by comedians whose work they enjoy . 9 recently this has involved returning to previously unreleased work such as lee and herring s television show fist of fun . 10 so far around 50 % of the comedians that have been approached by go faster stripe have had their work recorded . citation needed the company does not ask artists to change their show and does not censor material . for example in richard herring s m nage un he talks explicitly about being masturbated via the hole in the hand of jesus christ which herring claims most likely have been edited for a mainstream dvd release . 1 in an interview with australian comedy listings guide the groggy squirrel richard herring said of go faster stripe go faster don t tell us what we can or can t say and are happy to give faithful representations of the material . 1 products edit comedian title type cat stewart lee 90s comedian dvd gfs 1 richard herring the twelve tasks of hercules terrace dvd gfs 2 richard herring someone likes yoghurt dvd gfs 3 stewart lee pea green boat cd & vinyl gfs 4 simon munnery hello dvd gfs 5 robin ince is as dumb as you dvd gfs 6 richard herring m nage un dvd gfs 7 lucy porter 11 the good life dvd gfs 8 wil hodgson skinheads readers wives and my little ponies dvd gfs 10 john hegley & tony curtis john hegley & tony curtis dvd gfs 11 richard herring oh fuck i m 40 dvd gfs 12 tony law an hour and some of some tony law dvd gfs 13 richard herring bye bye balham book gfs 14 andrew collins where did it all go right cd gfs 15 stewart lee what would judas do cd gfs 16 john shuttleworth the minor tour dvd gfs 17 robin ince & friends nine lessons and carols for godless people dvd gfs 18 richard herring the headmaster s son dvd gfs 19 collings and herrin the best of earth wind and fire and water cd gfs 20 richard herring hitler moustache dvd gfs 21 craig campbell death of a badger dvd gfs 22 various peacock season dvd gfs 23 richard herring as it occurs to me secret standup dvd gfs 24 collings and herrin war and peace crime and punishment dvd gfs 25 andrew collins secret dancing dvd gfs 26 kevin eldon is titting about dvd gfs 27 tony law brainporium dvd gfs 28 baba brinkman the rap guide to human nature dvd gfs 29 wil hodgson hatful of hodgson dvd gfs 30 stewart lee the jazz cellar tape cd gfs 31 kevin eldon & simon munnery mr bartlett and mr willis cd gfs 32 robin ince & friends ten lessons and carols for godless people cd gfs 33 boothby graffoe the boothby graffoe mish mash dvd gfs 34 richard herring christ on a bike dvd gfs 35 richard herring aiotm the complete cumpkin dvd gfs 37 simon donald comic to comic dvd gfs 38 norman lovett outside the box dvd gfs 39 lee and herring fist of fun series 1 dvd gfs 40 arnold brown jokes i have known dvd gfs 41 robert wringham you are nothing book gfs 42 tony law go mr tony go download gfs 43 richard herring what is love anyway dvd gfs 44 lee and herring fist of fun series 2 dvd gfs 45 robin ince & friends more nine lessons and carols for godless people dvd gfs 46 richard herring the box lady and other pesticles book gfs 47 richard herring talking cock book cock 1 robin ince happiness through science dvd gfs 48 lee and herring fist of fun series 1 and 2 dvd gfs 49 simon munnery fylm makker dvd gfs 50 richard herring 10 dvd gfs 51 richard herring talking cock dvd gfs 52 robin ince the very least worst of robin ince dvd gfs 53 sean hughes life becomes noises dvd gfs 54 miles jupp fibber in the heat cd dvd gfs 55 barry cryer & ronnie golden live actually dvd gfs 56 simon munnery fylm dvd gfs 57 sean hughes penguins dvd gfs 58 richard herring we re all going to die dvd gfs 59 austentatious live at the leicester square theatre dvd gfs 60 ian d montfort unbelievable dvd gfs 61 see also edit list of british comedians production companies references edit a b c d go faster stripe . the groggy squirrel . 6 march 2007 . retrieved 2008 12 18 . a b lee stewart 2011 . how i escaped my certain fate . faber and faber . p. 214 . isbn 978 0 571 25481 1 . go faster stripe . the sprout . 9 september 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 18 . dead link go faster stripe are very good indeed . noise to signal . 23 november 2006 . retrieved 2008 12 18 . stewart lee . notbbc . april 2007 . retrieved 2008 12 18 . a b laughs through a lens . chortle . 12 december 2007 . retrieved 2008 12 18 . comic release new dvds from cult comedians . chortle . 21 march 2007 . retrieved 2008 12 18 . http www.chortle.co.uk awards 2014 01 10 19382 chortle awards go faster stripe about us . go faster stripe . 2008 . retrieved 2009 05 05 . spring news . richard herring . retrieved 2009 06 25 . http www.laughriot.co.uk 2007 08 17 lucy porter dvd recording external links edit go faster stripe chapter arts centre retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title go faster stripe & oldid 699544584 categories dvd companies of the united kingdomstand up comedy on dvd2005 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies established in 2005hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010use dmy dates from february 2015use british english from february 2015all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload 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