Russell Howard

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Russell Joseph Howard (born on 23 March 1980) is an English comedian, television presenter, radio presenter and actor, best known for his TV shows Russell Howard’s Good News and The Russell Howard Hour, and his appearances on the topical panel TV show Mock the Week.

In 2004 he was commissioned by BBC Radio 1 to write, sing and perform on the comedy series The Milk Run.

Until 2010, Howard was a regular panellist on Mock the Week. He has also appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie to You?, Live at the Apollo, The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2008, Law of the Playground, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

From November 2006 to July 2008, Russell co-hosted The Russell Howard Show on BBC 6 Music with fellow comedian Jon Richardson.

Beginning in 2009, he made a comedy show called Russell Howard’s Good News for the BBC, in which he gave his take on the week’s major news stories, as well as giving attention to some of the more light-hearted stories of the week. A further eight seasons of the show were subsequently commissioned.

From 2015 to 2016, Howard presented a show called Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central which was broadcast on Comedy Central.

In December 2015, Howard made his acting debut in BBC Two’s hour-long comedy-drama A Gert Lush Christmas, which he also co-wrote.

Starting in October 2016, Howard presented a travel documentary series for Comedy Central called Russell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip which involved him and his mother Ninette travelling through America.

In 2016, it was announced that Howard would write and star in a 14-part weekly comedy series entitled The Russell Howard Hour on Sky One, as part of a two-year deal with Sky. The series began airing in September 2017.

Howard has performed six stand-up tours since 2007, including Adventures (2007), Dingledodies (2008), Big Rooms and Belly Laughs (2009), Right Here Right Now (2011), Wonderbox (2014), Round The World (2017), and Respite (2019-2020).

[Source: Wikipedia, 01/03/2021.]