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Russell Howard's Good News returned to the telly box this week, and is one of BBC Three's better shows. Howard is able to get laughs from the simple things in life, but he can also handle the bigger stories of the week.

In this episode there were several highlights, from a news report about an American man who shot himself in the backside at the cinema, to people getting the sack from work for burning toast - and meeting the fastest sheep shearer in England.

Being the first episode, some of the stories were a bit dated - such as the story about the dodgy Jesus fresco restoration - but these kind of old reports are usually covered in opening episodes anyway.

Good News is still one of the best stand-up comedies on television. It's just a shame that BBC Three's sitcoms can't be as good...

On a channel that's still hit and miss with its comedy output, Good News has stood out like a beacon of reliability as the warm and energetic Howard gives us his upbeat take on the week's news drawn from '60 international news channels, 140 worldwide newspapers and more than a thousand news clips'. No wonder it's on its seventh series.

Now that the nights are drawing in, there's nothing like a bit of topical comedy delivered by a stand-up comedian with a skewed West Country charm to warm up a chilly heart.

Certainly BBC3 will be rubbing its hands at the return of Russell Howard's Good News, the channel's most successful entertainment series that's also regularly the most watched show across all BBC channels on iPlayer.

The seventh series will follow the format of the previous six, though we hope without any accidents - Howard broke a finger on stage in front of his audience while pretending to be a stuntman in an episode last year, soldiering on in agony until he was taken to hospital.

The meat of the show is provided by his observations on news stories taken from TV news channels and newspapers domestically and around the world, all assiduously gathered by Howard and his writing team. Viewers can send in their suggestions via Twitter at @bbcgoodnews.