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Russell Howard wants to do more Gert Lush
Russell Howard is keen to bring us a follow up to his one-off BBC comedy A Gert Lush Christmas, but jokes he may struggle to book his increasingly popular sister Kerry Howard.
Emma Daly, Radio Times, 23rd May 2016Russell Howard interview
Russell Howard on Good News, Boaty McBoatface and engaging young people in politics.
Emma Daly, Radio Times, 23rd May 2016Russell Howard interview
Russell Howard talks fear of dying and the terrible idea to put BBC Three online.
Adam Starkey, Metro, 23rd May 2016Russell Howard interview
Here, the 36-year-old comedian talks to TV Choice about on-stage encounters, Dinner Dates, meeting his heroes and filming with his mum...
TV Choice, 17th May 2016Russell Howard on his worst ever heckle
Adorable funny man Russell Howard, 36, on always being a comedy nerd, his mother's magical parts and having a vibrator thrown at his head.
Lara Kilner, The Mirror, 15th May 2016Pictures: Stars arrive for Michael McIntyre party
Rob Brydon, David Walliams and Russell Howard were amongst the guests at Michael McIntyre's star-studded birthday bash.
Daily Mail, 7th April 2016This week's best new comedy
Previews of Dane Baptiste, Russell Howard and Omid Djalili.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 26th February 2016Richard Herring's ten best interviews
Lorcan Mullan celebrates 100 RHLSTP episodes.
Lorcan Mullan, Chortle, 23rd February 2016The basic conceit of one-off comedy drama A Gert Lush Christmas was Meet the Parents as Howard's Dan introduced his girlfriend Lisa (Hannah Britland) to his oddball Bristolian family. They included his inappropriate mother Sue (Sophie Thompson), his foul-mouthed father Dave (Neil Morrissey), his drug-taking Uncle Tony (Greg Davies) and his excitable sister Julie (played by Russell's real life sister Kerry). The first twenty or so minutes of A Gert Lush Christmas pulled out almost every awkward family cliché including the womenfolk talking about marriage way too fast and later Dan and Lisa listening to his parents have sex. However, primarily due to the quality of the cast, these scenes were quite well presented and I found myself laughing several times. Where the piece fell down for me was the inevitable moment when Dan's family briefly caused he and Lisa's separation when Uncle Tony spiked his nephew's drink which somehow made him kiss one of his ex-girlfriends. The scenes in which Dan tried to win Lisa back were very weak indeed as was their eventual reconciliation which was framed around a child's magic trick. I do feel a lot of the blame for what went wrong aboutA Gert Lush Christmas can be attributed to Russell Howard's one-note performance as well as he and Williams' poorly paced script. It's quite evident that Howard can't act to save his life and throughout the hour I just felt I was watching the host of Good News visiting his eccentric family. Howard never once made Dan sympathetic and as a result I found myself feeling sorry for his rather sweet-natured if off-beat family. Although there were plus points, namely the turns given by Sophie Thompson and Kerry Howard, ultimately A Gert Lush Christmas fell flat for me which was a shame as it was one of this year's festive highlights that I was looking forward to the most.
Matt, The Custard TV, 27th December 2015Russell Howard Boxing Day comedy got it horribly wrong
Sadly Russell Howard and his brand of schoolboy humour badly missed the mark - which is something of a shame.
The Bristol Post, 27th December 2015