About

Good News is a topical, comedy entertainment format targeted at the 18-35 audience with a fast-paced combination of stand-up, studio banter, interviews and video clips.

Since Russell Howard’s Good News debuted in October 2009, ratings have grown from 1.7 million in a single week in Series 1 to 4.1 million in Series 4. The show has regularly been rated number one on BBC iPlayer across all BBC channels. Heading towards series five, Good News continues to be a huge success with recent viewing figures on a single showing peaking at over 1.2 million; achieving a 91% increase on the benchmark share in its Thursday night slot.

In the UK Good News is written and presented by multi-award-winning comic and Mock The Week star RUSSELL HOWARD and produced by Avalon Television. The star of the show offers his unique perspective on the big stories dominating the 24-hour rolling news networks, newspapers and internet, as well as picking up on those sometimes overlooked little news nuggets that make him smile.

Filmed weekly in front of a studio audience, Good News also encourages fans at home to get involved and shape the news agenda by submitting stories online - where they are also able to view exclusive extra features - or via Twitter.

“A perfect anecdote to all the gloom and doom in the news”
TV Times

An Avalon TV production for BBC THREE