Chuckl. Fleetwood with Russell Kane & Special Guests

Multi-award-winning comedian, presenter, actor, author, and scriptwriter Russell Kane is a regular on Channel 4, BBC, and ITV with recent TV appearances include The Apprentice: You’re Fired, The One Show, Live at the Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Michael McIntryre’s Big Show, Antiques Road Trip, Stupid Man, Smart Phone, as well as regular appearances on Steph’s Packed Lunch. True to form, the show is defined by Kane’s hyperkinetic performance energising the room. He must do his 10,000 daily steps in an hour, purposefully striding the full width of the stage, as well as scrambling on the floor or contorting his body into dramatic poses to make a point… he certainly has a spring in his step… and it’s very infectious. Chortle His chart-smashing BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds podcast Evil Genius quickly became a flagship show, and was the best performing original podcast on the platform. It has been turned into a TV show by BBC Studios, and will appear on Sky TV in November 2023. Russell also recently helped present a prime-time, conversation-changing documentary about men’s bodies and sperm counts on Channel 4’s Celebrity Save Our Sperm. This year he performed headline slots at Latitude, Reading, and Leeds festivals. ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ The Times, Time Out, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph Winner of Best Show in 2010 at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Russell went on to make history as the first comedian to win both the Edinburgh Comedy Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Barry Award in one year. As ever, Russell also continues to provide his ever-popular topical online rants known as Kaneings....

Mike has hosted numerous television shows for the BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Sky1 & Nickelodeon and excels at live TV. He originally trained as an actor, at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. However, after leaving college Mike gravitated towards stand-up comedy and quickly broke onto the circuit with a comedy magic act. He was soon spotted by a TV producer from Nickelodeon and went on to front several shows for the channel, including “Nick AM”, a live daily breakfast show. He later joined ITV to present the kids game show “It’s Not Fair”, followed by 2 series of “Mad for It”, a live children’s show, he devised, for ITV. In 2001 Mike moved to Channel 4 and joined “The Big Breakfast”. He was soon waking up the nation, knocking on punters doors and interviewing some of the biggest stars, including Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears and many bands of the day....

Aaron Wood is a comedian from Greater Manchester and has hit the ground running since starting out. With a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 & tour support for Tom Stade, Carl Hutchinson, Danny McLoughlin, Eshaan Akbar, Ignacio Lopez, Hayley Ellis and a runner up in the Chester New Comedian Of The Year competition he is progressing at a rapid rate. Host of the Spread Negativity podcast with over 100 million views online, he’s described as ‘talent way beyond his time on the circuit’ for his ability to combine natural stage presence with original, relatable material. His laid back, affable nature has helped him become a very exciting act with a bright future. ‘Absolutely brilliant’ - Tim Vine ‘A very big future in this business’ - Tom Stade ‘Fantastically flippant and funny. An emerging talent that you need on your radar!’ - Nodding Dog Comedy ‘Very charismatic and quick witted’ - The Stand Comedy Club ‘Superb! An absolutely solid 20 minute set.’ - Ryan Gleeson ‘Aaron has a naturally likeable stage presence with a strong delivery of relatable and funny stories. The audience really enjoyed his set.’ - Phil Smith, Shoecake Comedy...

Raul Kohli is one of the most captivating acts in UK comedy. Growing up Indian in Newcastle upon Tyne, he’s developed a worldview that playfully upends ethnicity, culture and class, combining what The Scotsman called “superb political comedy” with surreal storytelling. His debut show was selected as a top pick of Edinburgh Fringe 2016 by BBC Radio 4, The Huffington Post and The Skinny. He was nominated for Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2019, and his 2024 Edinburgh Fringe show (Ish Awards) was hailed by Chortle as “one of the most important shows of the fringe,” with jokes featured in The Guardian and The Daily Mail’s Top Ten of the Fringe. Beyond stand-up, Raul created Comic Sanskrit, a 5-star BBC Sounds podcast about Hinduism, and hosts BBC Newcastle’s official NUFC podcast, Just Put It In The Net. He is a NATYS 2017 winner and a regular at major clubs such as The Stand (Edinburgh), Frog & Bucket (Manchester) and Comedyhuis (Netherlands). As a writer and actor, he has written and starred in RTS Award-nominated shorts, appeared in sitcom The VAR Room, fronted Channel 4 shorts Jokes Only An Indian Can Tell and Jokes Written By AI, and voiced work for Mike Reiss’s podcast What Am I Doing Here and for Lego. He was nominated for Best Actor at the UK Film Awards 2024 for White Privilege, featured in Amazon’s NUFC documentary We Are Newcastle, presented Passion & Football in the North East for Channel 4, and toured globally in 2025, including New Zealand and Adelaide Fringe, where he received further award nominations. ***** – The Guardian New Zealand Comedy Festival Best International Debut 2025 Edinburgh Fringe ISH Best Show Nominee 2024 The Guardian’s Top Ten Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2024 Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show 2019...