Russell Howard & Mum

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Russell Howard & Mum
Also known asRussell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip
Russell Howard & Mum: Road Trip
Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters
Starring Russell Howard
Ninette Howard
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations
  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
Original release
Network Comedy Central
Release19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) 
13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)

Russell Howard & Mum (known as Russell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip in series 1 and 2, and Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters in series 3 and 4) is a British comedy/travel series presented by comedian Russell Howard.

Contents

The series was commissioned in April 2016. [1] The first episode was broadcast on Comedy Central on 19 October 2016. A second series began on 26 March 2018.

A third series titled Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters began on 23 January 2019. [2] A fourth series began on 9 October 2019 [3]

In 2021, Howard began a new travelogue series for Sky One called Russell Howard Stands Up To The World, which saw the comedian on tour in Australia and New Zealand, where he met Sam Neill and tried the manu bomb diving manoeuvre. [4]

Premise

The series features Howard and his mother, Ninette, travelling across America and meeting people with unusual hobbies and obsessions.

Episode guide

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References

  1. Bennett, Steve. "Russell Howard takes his mum on tour : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  2. "First trailer for Russell Howard And Mum: GlobeTrotters : Video 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  3. Bennett, Steve. "When is Russell Howard and Mum: Globetrotters returning? : Other news 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  4. "TV tonight: a comedy road trip with Russell Howard". the Guardian. 31 May 2021.