Russell Howard

Edinburgh Fringe interview: Steve Hall

The best-educated third of beloved Fringe losers We Are Klang, and one of the main writers on Russell Howard's Good News, Hall has opened for Russell Howard and Lee Mack on tour, and was the first ever stand-up guest on Good News.

Russell Howard is discovering America

He thinks at some point, he'd like to come to America for a year and build a new set from the ground up, working smaller clubs.

Russell Howard tells us what he thinks of America

British comedian Russell Howard genuinely enjoys life on the road. "When you start exploring a country, you can wander about and take little thoughts onstage with you," Howard says. "It's like an interactive diary: You have a day and then you have a bunch of thoughts and then you bring them out onstage and some of them work and some of them you're like, 'what?'" Last year, Howard, 35, went on his first proper U.S. tour, playing comedy clubs and intimate venues -- a far cry from his life back home, where he headlines arenas and is a TV star (his long-running BBC series, Russell Howard's Good News, is like a cross between The Daily Show and The Soup). On Saturday, Howard kicks off another American stand-up tour at Sixth and I.

Russell Howard interview

He's packed out the UK's biggest venues and made millions of people watch BBC Three. Now comedy superstar Russell Howard's back with another hit TV show, shot in a relatively tiny Camden venue.

How I get ready: Russell Howard

'I have got quite big pointy teeth and a lazy eye, so I think you just have to crack on really'

Russell Howard conquers America via the internet

Russell Howard has announced more live dates of his Wonderbox show in America and Canada, thanks largely to his online presence.

Review: Russell Howard's Stand Up Central

Viewers will tune in for Russell Howard but will, hopefully, have their comic horizons expanded by the support acts.

Russell Howard's new stand-up is a formula that works

Losing the fussy extras lets the comedian do what he does best - make us laugh.

Radio Times review

If you like Russell Howard but are a little tired of his Good News shtick then it's good news (if you'll excuse the repetition) for you, as this new series sees him return to more traditional stand-up which is where he really shines. Highlights from his set include an unexpected greeting from an old lady and an oddly intense masseuse - not to mention pointing out the fundamental lack of logic in being a racist football supporter.

There are a couple of tweaks to the stand-up format, though, which include Howard answering questions from the audience that range from tame to extremely odd and ultimately result in one toe-curlingly funny moment when the Bristolian comedian inadvertently insults an audience member to almost instant regret.

Here he's joined by Nish Kumar and Sara Pascoe - the latter of whom gets great comedic mileage out of a recent appearance on QI. We'll never look at Stephen Fry's face in quite the same way again...

Russell Howard talks social media and selfies in trunks

Comedian Russell Howard's got an army of followers on Facebook and Twitter and now he'll be fielding questions from viewers on social media for his new show Russell Howard's Stand Up Central. Ahead of the 10-part series, the Bath star shares his social media likes and gripes with Jeananne Craig.