Russell Howard's Good News is recorded with a live studio audience. The show runs from 7:30pm to 8:24pm, beginning with warmup comedy and ending with questions from the audience. Russell tells news stories and comedy, showing prerecorded sketches and videos to illustrate points. The show is filmed at Riverside Studios in London, where morning filming also takes place for sketches. Russell is the main host but also features mystery guests and occasional stand-up acts. He works with a team of researchers, writers, and production crew to develop and produce each episode.
2. The line up
• 6:25 – the audiences queue.
• 7:20 – warm up, someone comes on with a health and safety
announcement and a bit of comedy to warm up the audience.
• 7:30 – Russell comes on.
• 7:32 – show starts. His normal comedy taking the mic out of
the news etc.
• 8:19 – the good news story.
• 8:22 – the shows over, or is it.
• 8:24 – questions, mystery guest and final bits.
3. Editing, recording and sketches
• Russell Howards good news is recorded with a live
audience and then edited so it can be put on TV.
• He has to record some sketches before the show that
are related to the news stories he tells so he can
show them to the audience without taking to much
time. He also shows some comic videos that his team
have found e.g. animals doing funny things like the
shocked cat or Boris Johnson quotes like ”very nice”.
4. Where its filmed
• The show is filmed in riverside studios,
Hammersmith, London.
• Most of the sketches that have to be filmed
before the show are filmed here in the
mornings.
5. Who stars in it?
• Russell Howard is the main man to the show
but he has mystery guests and sometimes
stand up acts (e.g. Reggie Watts) at the end.
• He also relies on his team cameras, light,
editing and more.
6. Preproduction
• Russell will have a group of researchers that
find funny things for Russell to talk about in
his show.
• Later on in the week it will be scripted and
then the show will be on air.
