Comedian Russell Howard was a fixture of TV comedy for over a decade, but you won’t have seen him recently. Turns out, he’s decided to quit TV.

He’ll still be doing his first love – stand up – and the ubiquitous modern curse – podcasts – but TV isn’t for him.

“I don’t do TV anymore, I just do stand-up and my podcast. I had a pretty good run but I just prefer doing stand-up,” he said on one of the podcasts.

“I was all over the world and it was just fun. TV is fun but it’s not as fun [as stand-up]. “Writing a book I couldn’t do because I don’t want to sit and entertain myself but doing stand-up is what I love doing. It’s not entertainment for committee, it’s your dictatorship. The audience are like this brilliant jury that let you know through laughter whether it works or not.”

Of course, he’ll still be recording his standup and putting that on TV.