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Revision as of 12:19, 30 March 2013
| Russell Howard's Good News | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Russell Howard |
| Presented by | Russell Howard |
| Starring | Russell Howard |
| Opening theme | Kasabian – "Fast Fuse" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 66 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Mark Iddon Robyn O'Brien David Howarth |
| Production location | Riverside Studios |
| Running time | 30 minutes 45 minutes (Good News Extra) |
| Production company | Avalon Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Three BBC HD (2011–12) |
| Release | 22 October 2009 – present |
Russell Howard's Good News (styled as Russell HOWARD'S GOOD NEWS) is a British comedy and topical news show broadcast on BBC Three and, from the show's fourth to seventh series, BBC HD. Hosted by comedian Russell Howard, he offers his commentary on the news of the week using mostly stand-up, but including sketches and guest appearances from people who have been featured in the media recently. It is 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 Dave. 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[1] in the run up to the channel's tenth anniversary.
Sections
The show consists of several regular topics and sections. Most of these are news themes in which Howard would discuss related topics.
These include:
- Big News (begins regular show)
- Sports
- Celebrity
- Society
- Crime and Punishment
- Weird Politics
- Law & Order
- Art and Culture
- Animals
- Religion
- World Politics
- Kids
- Observational
- Education
- I Did Not Know That
- Technology
- Weird and Wonderful
- Mystery Guest
- What Were They Thinking?
- What an Arsehole!
- Stand Up (Good News Extra only)
- Royal Wedding (Series 4 only)
- People's Podium (Christmas Special and Series 5/6 only)
- Headliners (Series 7 Christmas Special only)
- It's Not All Doom and Gloom (ends regular show and isn't comedy based )
Most of these sections are used on every single episode of the show. The others are interchanged depending on the news of the week. The "Mystery Guest" section is a part of the show where a guest is brought in and Russell has to guess why they had been in the news that week.
The "Stand Up" section features on every Good News Extra show which includes a different stand-up comedy act each week.
"People's Podium" was a special segment of Russell Howard's Good News, which was featured in the final episode of series 5. This episode was both a Christmas special and a Best Bits special.
Russell Howard's Good News Extra
Russell Howard's Good News Extra is an extended version of Good News, in the vein of Have I Got a Bit More News for You and QI XL. Usually broadcast on Saturday nights, Good News Extra episodes serve as extended, uncut counterparts to those of the regular show. Typically, the episodes last 45 minutes long and feature a guest stand-up comedy act. The repeats shown on Dave are actually Good News Extra episodes, but are simply listed as Russell Howard's Good News.
Transmissions
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Episodes
Episode viewing figures from BARB.[3] They do not include views on BBC HD.
Series 1
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Series 2
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Series 3
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Series 4
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Series 5
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Series 6
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Series 7
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Series 8
The eighth series of Russell Howard's Good News will premiere on 25 April 2013.[2]
DVD releases
A DVD was released on 15 November 2010 entitled Best of Series 1.[4]
A DVD of the Best of Series 2 was released on 24 September 2012.[5]
References
- ^ Taylor, Frances (9 February 2013). "'Russell Howard's Good News' voted BBC Three's best ever show". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ a b Nissim, Mayer (13 March 2013). "'Russell Howard's Good News' new series gets airdate". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Top 10 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Russell Howard's Good News – Best of Series 1". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ "Russell Howard's Good News – Best of Series 2". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2013.