For those of us outside TV’s coveted 18-25 age bracket, the extent of Russell Howard’s popularity might not have registered. His topical comedy show Russell Howard’s Good News is currently on its fourth series (with a fifth already scheduled for later in the year). It regularly makes the top-five rated shows on BBC Three, with around 800,000 viewers. His Facebook page, meanwhile, has 1,632,805 fans.
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