Russell Howard's Good News
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| Also known as | 'Russell Howard's Good News Extra (extended version) |
| Genre | Topical Comedy stand-up, satire |
| Created by | Russell Howard |
| Presented by | Russell Howard |
| Theme music composer | Kasabian – "Fast Fuse" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 96 |
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| Producer(s) | Mark Iddon Robyn O'Brien David Howarth |
| Location(s) |
Riverside Studios (Series 1–8) Shepperton Studios (Series 9) The London Studios (Series 10) |
| Running time | 30 minutes 45 minutes (Good News Extra) |
| Production company(s) | Avalon Television |
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| Original network |
BBC Three (2009–13) BBC Two (2014–15) |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 22 October 2009 – 17 December 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Russell Howard's Good News was a British comedy and topical news show. Hosted by comedian Russell Howard, it offered his commentary on the news of the week through mostly stand-up, along with sketches and humorous video clips, whilst also having guest appearances from people who have been featured in the media recently. It was made by independent production company Avalon Television and produced by Mark Iddon, Robyn O'Brien and David Howarth. Repeats of earlier episodes are also broadcast on Comedy Central, Dave and W. The show also made an appearance on Children in Need 2011 and Red Nose Day 2013, featuring a number of sketches from recent episodes, as well as a new segment of "It's Not All Doom and Gloom". In February 2013, users of Digital Spy voted Good News as the Best Show Ever on BBC Three in the run up to the channel's tenth anniversary.
On 9 June 2014 it was revealed that Good News would move from BBC Three to BBC Two following the broadcast of the eighth series. The ninth series was aired on BBC Two in late October of the same year, with the tenth and final series starting to air on 22 October 2015.
On 29 November 2016, the BBC announced that they have no immediate plans for another series of Good News for the foreseeable future, but say that Howard would still appear on their channels from time to time.
The show's format focuses primarily on looking into various news stories that have occurred during the week, from within Britain or across the world, whether the story was a major piece or a simple minor one. Howard often provides commentary on these stories, often through stand-up, but also through using sketches, recurring gags (either within an episode, or throughout a series), clips taken from the internet (the owners are credited by the show), to derive comedy from either the story itself, or the subject it is dealing with. These stories are usually catalogued into various topics, with each topic cutting in between segments with stop-motion animated titles. These topics have included:
Of these, only Big News, Mystery Guest/Guest and It's Not All Doom and Gloom are regular segments in the show, while topics for the other segments are determined by what news stories the comedian looks in to mostly for that week; some topics were mostly one-offs for a series, such as the Royal Wedding.
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