Russell Howard is a constant presence on the telly in Britain, but he hadn’t filmed a proper stand-up comedy special since 2017. He planned to fix all of that last year, but, well, you know. He did ...

Standup comedian Russell Howard, beloved in his native U.K. for Sky’s long-running “The Russell Howard Hour” and known to global audiences for Netflix specials “Lubricant” (2021) and “Recalibrate” ...

Covid put paid to that, so it was with some genuine celebration that he was able to return to the stage with Lubricant, his second Netflix special, recorded at the Eventim Apollo in late 2021. He was ...

This week Russell addresses Nicki Minaj's covid vaccine claims, talks to comedian and TV personality Paul Sinha, and chats to singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, who also performs. Russell delves into the ...

Russell Howard has always known better than to overplay the difficulty of what he does for a living. “It’s funny,” he says, “people always go, ‘Oh, stand-up is so brave’, when your job really is to ...