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Russell Howard's Good News

Russell Howard's Good News

  • TV stand-up
  • BBC Two / BBC Three
  • 2009 - 2015
  • 84 episodes (10 series)

Topical stand-up comedy and chat show hosted by Russell Howard.

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Series 10, Episode 3

Russell looks at new scientific findings that link bacon to cancer, the proposed tax credit cuts and a campaign to explain consent using tea.

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Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 5th November 2015
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 5th November 2015 11:15pm BBC2 Wales
Wednesday 11th November 2015 10:00pm BBC3
Wednesday 20th January 2016 10:00pm BBC2
Tuesday 13th September 2016 11:20pm Dave
Wednesday 14th September 2016 2:20am Dave
Saturday 1st October 2016 11:40pm Dave
Sunday 1st January 2017 2:20am Dave
Tuesday 12th September 2017 10:00pm W
Wednesday 13th September 2017 12:20am W
Saturday 10th March 2018 9:00pm W
Saturday 7th April 2018 9:40pm W
Monday 13th August 2018 9:00pm Comedy Central
Monday 13th August 2018 11:30pm CC Extra
Wednesday 17th April 2019 9:00pm Comedy Central
Monday 2nd March 2020 9:00pm Comedy Central

Cast & crew

Cast
Russell Howard Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Philippe Petit Guest
Penny Dussek Self
Writing team
Russell Howard Writer
Steve Williams Writer
Steve Hall Writer
Marc Blakewill Writer (Additional Material)
James Harris Writer (Additional Material)
Dale Shaw Writer (Additional Material)
Lloyd Langford Writer (Additional Material)
Andy Zaltzman Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Peter Orton Director
Robyn O'Brien Series Producer
Dan Atkinson Producer
Jason Dawson Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Ruby Kuraishe Executive Producer
Perry Widdowson Editor
Duncan O'Neill Editor
Duncan Hart Editor
James Dillon Production Designer

Videos

Cutting tax credit and taxing tampons is bullshit

Russell gives his view on the proposed tax credit cuts and looks at items that are considered essential over tampons.

Featuring: Russell Howard.

Christmas in November?

Russell looks at a shopper's reaction to Christmas decorations in November.

Featuring: Russell Howard.

Russell's interview with Philippe Petit

High-wire artist Philippe Petit talks to Russell about being a natural born rebel.

Featuring: Russell Howard & Philippe Petit.

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