Chuckl. Romsey with Charlie Baker, Eshaan Akbar & Special Guests

Charlie’s versatile talents as a stand-up comedian, actor, and highly acclaimed jazz singer have earned him a reputation as ‘a superior take on the modern showman’ (The Guardian). On screen, he has appeared in countless shows including The Last Leg, Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Richard Osman’s House of Games, Pointless Celebrities, and Channel 4’s Comedy Gala. As a tap dancer, he won Let’s Dance for Comic Relief. Winner of the FSA Award for Radio Show of the Year two years running, Charlie can be heard on talkSPORT every Saturday on GameDay Warm-Up, as well as covering weekdays on Hawksbee & Jacobs. He’s also a regular on The Football’s On and The Premier League Show. Charlie is the narrator of Motorway: Hell on the Highway, and the station voice of Radio X on the Global Radio network. Following his smash-hit UK tour of stand-up show 24 Hour Pasty People, Charlie’s special was filmed at Torquay’s Babbacombe Theatre and is available to stream now on NextUp and ITVX. As a stage actor, Charlie has appeared in numerous plays and musicals including I Can’t Sing at the London Palladium, and in the leading role in Harry Hill’s Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera at London’s Park Theatre. His acting credits also include Beyond Paradise, Back, EastEnders, The IT Crowd, Vexed, Doctor Who, Miranda, the TV adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral, and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas....

Eshaan has appeared on shows such as Live at the Apollo', 'Mock the Week', 'QI' (becoming the first person of Bangladeshi heritage to appear on these shows), 'The Now Show', 'Frankie Boyle’s New World Order', 'The Big Asian Stand Up Night', 'Sunday Morning Live', 'A Pie and a Pint', and many more. Eshaan can be seen starring as Principal Lakhani in season 4 of Netflix’s hit show, 'Sex Education'. Eshaan was the voice of Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, and Narendra Modi on 'Spitting Image'. He has hosted his own podcasts including ‘But Where Are You Really From?‘ on BBC Sounds, ‘Panic Room‘ on Audible, and the European award-winning business podcast ‘Nine Twenty Nine‘. He was the host of his own Saturday afternoon radio show on the BBC Asian Network, and 'Newsjack Unplugged' on Radio 4Xtra. He is a regular guest on the Have A Word podcast. In 2023, he toured the UK with his show, ‘The Pretender’, (“refreshingly funny hour that suggests a big talent in the making ****” The Times). He has performed three sell out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe – ‘Not for Prophet’ (2017), ‘Prophet Like it’s Hot’ (2018), and ‘Infidel-ity’ (2019) as well as sell out London transfers at the Soho Theatre. Eshaan supported Micky Flanagan on his recent tour, including 9 sold-out dates the O2 Arena, and has supported a plethora of comedians, including Akaash Singh, Sindhu Vee, Kae Kurd, Adam Rowe, Dan Nightingale, Hal Cruttenden and many others....

Sarah is a London-based comedian who you may know from NETFLIX, ABC TV, ABC Radio or a local dog park near you. Since relocating to London in August 2024, Sarah has won the prestigious Comedy Store King Gong Show, and has appeared at Backyard Comedy Club, The Comedy Store, Live Next to the Apollo, Big Belly Comedy Club, West End Comedy Club and Camden Comedy Club. Sarah appeared as a guest on Chris Moyles Morning Radio Show on Radio X, and has appeared alongside Dylan Moran for Chuckl comedy. Sarah was a finalist in the 2025 Musical Comedy Awards at the Bloomsbury theatre, where THE STANDARD dubbed her ‘a powerhouse performer with a big future.’ Prior to London, as a musical comedian Sarah has taken her one-woman cabaret show to The Adelaide Fringe, The Melbourne Comedy Festival, The Melbourne Cabaret Festival, The Sydney Fringe Festival, and the Sydney Comedy Festival. Her shows My Piano and Me, The Iron(ic) Lady, SLUMBERLAND WIFE and HAPPY AT TIMES have received critical acclaim from media and audience right across the country. Sarah appeared on TONIGHTLY WITH TOM BALLARD, and was a State Finalist in the Melbourne Comedy Festival RAW competition. In 2023 Sarah was selected as part of the lineup of Melbourne Comedy Festival’s RISING STAR SHOWCASE. Before making the move across to London, Sarah appeared regularly in rooms all over Sydney including THE COMEDY STORE, STAND OUT COMEDY and THE RUNNING JOKE. Sarah's original cabaret piece Good Grief, which she performed with long-time friend and collaborator Sophie Wright (Kinky Boots, Wicked, Broadway to Oz), won her BEST NEW ORIGINAL WORK at the Short & Sweet Cabaret Festival in Melbourne, and she was a finalist in the YOURTHEATRICS INTERNATIONAL CABARET COMPETITION. As a writer, Sarah has worked with Playwriting Australia, and has had work produced by ATYP and Tantrum Theatre. Her piece The Last Post was selected for publication by Currency Press in a collection aimed at HSC Drama students. Sarah was shortlisted as a candidate for the ATYP Rose Byrne Scholarship. As an Improvisor, Sarah was part of the Winning Team at the 2015 Sydney University Theatresports Cup, and has graduated from Improv Theatre Sydney. She has performed at the Giant Dwarf, The Roxbury Hotel, Hermanns Bar, The Enmore Theatre and Manning Bar. Sarah's team went on to win the 2016 Cranston Cup at the Enmore Theatre, as well as the 2017 Australian National Theatresports Championships. Sarah is part of Little Triangle’s BLANK! The Musical, an hour-long improvised musical that was nominated for BEST MUSICAL/CABARET for a sold-out 2023 Sydney Fringe Season....

Before taking to the stage Adam spent time within the Royal Navy. He wasn’t a great sailor but, he was an excellent “sailor”. After leaving the Andrew he fluttered from job to job working in scrap yards to delivering newspapers to working I Sewage treatment to provide for his young family. He is a father to 4 kids who may drive him up the wall but without them he’d be lost. Adam took the plunge into stand up in January 2012 where he performed at the Cavendish Arms Comedy Virgins night. Armed with only a handful of jokes and he won the comedian of the night and the journey had begun. 2012 to 2017 due to lack of funds and a growing family he only had 50 gigs under his belt. This changed when he went to the Made in Kent comedy competition where he came runner up and won a spot at the Woodvile halls in Gravesend January 2018. This was the night that changed his comedy career. Since this night he has performed the length and breadth of the country and on mainland Europe, it is no longer a hobby to him but a necessity to his whole existence. “very funny” Patrick Monahan “One to watch” Stephen K Amos “one of Kents best up and coming comedians” Old Brewery Store Comedy Club Faversham “Formidable live Stand up” Joke Club...