Russell Howard
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Russell Howard: Recalibrate review
Whenever the material teeters towards mawkishness or a trite feelgood message - which is relatively frequently - Howard always undercuts it with a daft image or some sniggering sexual material, not always sophisticated, but done with flair.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th December 2017The Russell Howard Hour Series 2 confirmed for 2018
The Russell Howard Hour is to return to Sky One in 2018 for a second series. The news has been confirmed as it's confirmed John Oliver will make his first British TV appearance in over a decade on the show.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2017Russell Howard condemed for race advice remarks
Russell Howard has been criticised for claiming white people in the UK should not take advice from ethnic minorities on how to speak about race.
Ben Kentish, The Independent, 20th November 2017Michael McIntyre's Charity Show review
The comic is all laughs with a touch of Kim Jong-un about him...
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th November 2017Russell Howard: what I learned about comedy (& Brexit)
Russell Howard has truly gone global.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 13th October 2017Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe return for their 12th live series of Friday night irreverence, poking sharpened satirical sticks into the underside of events from the past seven days. Tonight's guests helping the triumvirate of tomfoolery tackle talking points from the worlds of comedy, entertainment and politics are New Avenger/Ab Fabber Joanna Lumley and - no stranger to topically tinged standup himself - Russell Howard.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 29th September 2017The Russell Howard Hour review
From puppyish stand-up to spiky satire.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 22nd September 2017Preview - The Russell Howard Hour
This is a show in which comedian Russell Howard takes a light-hearted look at the news this week. Sound familiar?
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st September 2017Russell Howard's first series since he took the Sky shilling finds the comedian offering his take on the week's major stories. This doesn't sound a million miles from Howard's Good News show for the Beeb, but at the very least it will be intriguing to see if he can sustain laughs through a longer running time. Over 14 episodes, we're promised celebrity guests, expert comment and "fledgling global correspondents", whoever they may be.
Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 21st September 2017Russell Howard interview
Russell Howard returns to TV with a new stand-up show, The Russell Howard Hour. He talks about why he's doing another news-led series, low self-esteem and whether his family vet his jokes.
Georgia Humphreys, The Irish News, 21st September 2017