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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 4, Episode 3

Russell highlights some of the more bizarre items that have caught his eye during his forensic trawl of the week's events.

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Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 7th April 2011
Time
10:30pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 8th April 2011 12:40am BBC3
Friday 8th April 2011 9:30pm BBC3
Saturday 9th April 2011 12:45am BBC3
Sunday 10th April 2011 12:55am
45 minute version
BBC3
Wednesday 13th April 2011 1:15am BBC3
Wednesday 13th April 2011 10:00pm BBC3
Thursday 14th April 2011 12:40am BBC3
Friday 22nd July 2011 10:30pm BBC3
Saturday 23rd July 2011 1:45am BBC3
Friday 23rd December 2011 10:30pm BBC3
Wednesday 22nd August 2012 10:00pm
60 minute version
Dave
Thursday 23rd August 2012 1:20am
50 minute version
Dave
Wednesday 3rd April 2013 10:30pm BBC3
Monday 19th January 2015 9:30pm BBC3
Tuesday 20th January 2015 12:30am BBC3
Sunday 17th May 2015 9:00pm BBC3
Monday 18th May 2015 1:50am BBC3
Friday 23rd October 2015 10:30pm
45 minute version
BBC3
Saturday 24th October 2015 2:15am
45 minute version
BBC3
Friday 15th January 2016 9:00pm BBC3
Saturday 16th January 2016 2:45am BBC3
Thursday 12th September 2019 1:00am
60 minute version
CC Extra
Wednesday 27th November 2019 2:00am
60 minute version
CC Extra
Sunday 1st December 2019 3:00am
60 minute version
CC Extra
Tuesday 18th February 2020 1:00am
60 minute version
CC Extra
Saturday 22nd February 2020 2:30am
50 minute version
CC Extra
Saturday 11th July 2020 2:00am
60 minute version
CC Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Russell Howard Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Tony Law Self
Sadie Hasler Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Russell Howard Writer
Steve Williams Writer
Karl Minns Writer
Dan Atkinson Writer
Marc Blakewill Writer (Additional Material)
James Harris Writer (Additional Material)
Faraz Osman Writer (Additional Material)
Mark Nelson Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Peter Orton Director
Robyn O'Brien Series Producer
Mark Iddon Producer
Sam Carlisle Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Sean Hancock Executive Producer
Perry Widdowson Editor
Rebecca Bowker Editor
James Dillon Production Designer

Videos

Russell answers your questions

Russell answers questions from the studio audience at Russell Howard's Good News, Series 4.

Featuring: Russell Howard.

21st Century Matchmaking

Matchmaking in the new millenium is Russell Howard's Good News for this week, with reports that scentists have found that face matching guarantees romantic happiness. But what does that mean for Russell?

View this clip on the BBC website

Featuring: Russell Howard.

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