Russell Howard signs two-year deal for new Sky1 show

Russell Howard will write and star in a new series for Sky 1 next year. A two-year deal will see the comedian present a 14-part weekly series, filmed in front of a live studio audience. A pilot episode, not for broadcast, will be shot in December. Russell Howard commented: “I am delighted to be making this … >

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Watch first clip from Russell Howard’s BBC Two comedy ‘A Gert Lush Christmas’

The first clip has been released for Russell Howard’s comedy-drama A Gert Lush Christmas. The one-off special is written by Howard with fellow stand-up Steve Williams (Michael McCintyre’s Comedy Roadshow). Alongside Russell Howard, A Gert Lush Christmas also stars Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly), Greg Davies (Man Down), Sophie Thompson (EastEnders) and his sister Kerry … >

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Win Russell Howard’s new live DVD!

Wonderbox, the sell-out, twice extended world tour, which sees Russell Howard perform to his biggest audience yet, is out now on DVD. To celebrate the release, we’ve got DVDs to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV … >

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Comedian Ed Gamble’s TV choices

Chortle Award Nominees 2011 Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble (Russell Howard’s Good News) will be performing their Peacock and Gamble Emergency Broadcast show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August at the Pleasance Dome before taking the show on a nationwide autumn tour. > Book tickets here. We caught up with Ed to find out what … >

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Cherry Healey’s TV choices

Following the success of her BBC Three series last September, Cherry Healey returns to the channel at 9pm on Monday 8th August with a new three-part series – Cherry’s Parenting Dilemmas, Cherry’s Cash Dilemmas and Cherry’s Body Dilemmas. The three intimate films will see proud new mum Cherry facing a battle of wills with her … >

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