Russell Howard's Good News

Russell reads your stories

You have all done an amazing job sending in stories and we try to get as many as we can into the show. This is Russ responding to the latest batch before for tonight's show.

Old ladies in a whirlpool

Thanks for all the questions you have been sending in to the show from the blog and on Twitter, if you have something to ask let us know! This is Russ answering the latest batch so watch below to find out why he wants to see old ladies in a whirlpool, if it's hard to make the show and what his mum thinks of his job. Enjoy.

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Time is flying at Team Good (hope you remembered to put the clock forward because if not you are definitely late, or early, I'm confused). We have already done a run through for show number two and *obvious plug but definitely true* it's looking really good. Can't really give anything away at the moment but there was a very funny bit with old people that you may or may not see on Thursday's show, you'll have to tune in to find out!

Review of Series 2 of Russell Howard's Good News

Russell Howard continues where he left off last series with his not-so-bad new run of news based comedy and stand-up.

Mock the Week's excitable puppy dog returns for a second run of his own news show. For a no-doubt ecstatic BBC3, the Somerset stand-up is very good news: the first series gave the channel its highest figures for an entertainment programme. And such is their confidence that they've already commissioned a third outing. The basic format is unchanged: Howard is filmed weekly in front of a studio audience putting his own spin on big or quirky stories in the news, and fans can help shape the show by contributing online at www.bbc.co.uk/russellhoward and via Twitter.

Puppyish Russell Howard brings out the worst in many people. But, as we've said many times before, he's a good stand-up, so there are hits among the misses on this show. And the fact that the last series grew to be BBC3's highest rating entertainment programme ever hints he improved into the run - and it will be interesting to see how he handles the election. The Mystery Guest bit is rubbish though.

Good news for Russell Howard: he's already had a third series of this filmed-in-front-of-a-live-audience show commissioned, and we're only just starting the second one. Not that this excellent comedian needs much reassurance to buoy up his always vibrant stand-up. Expect more riffing on the week's news, then - and if you're the sort of bright young thing who must get involved, submit your own news stories via the web or through Twitter.

Russell Howard, the young blonde T-shirt-wearing one from Mock The Week, is back for a second series of his Good News show, BBC 3's best-performing entertainment show to date.

Once again filmed in front of a live studio audience, Russell takes a look at the major news stories of the week and casts, as they say, his "own unique perspective" on them. If you know that his website comes with the warning "Contains Adult Humour", you'll get the drift...

His legions of fans get the chance via Twitter or the website to contribute their own topical suggestions for the wacky, the weird or the plain-old-fashioned funny items which have also made it into the news.

Suggestions so far include the man who's made cheese out of his wife's breast milk, a surfing alpaca and residents in Wakefield successfully protesting to stop the local council changing the name of their local landmark, Tickle Cock Bridge.

Such is the show's popularity a third series has already been commissioned and will be aired later in the year. Russell's probably stocking up on T-shirts as we speak.

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Some of our favourite posts so far

As ever you guys have done an amazing job tweeting and commenting with your stories for the show. We will try and use as many as we can throughout the series but these are some of our favourites so far.