Comic takes part in C4 show about male fertility

Russell Kane is to take part in a series of televised experiments designed to improve his sperm quality and count.

The comedian is taking part in a one-off Channel 4 show provisionally entitled Celebrity Save Our Sperm alongside Made In Chelsea star Ollie Locke, and Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom.

They will be guided by Embarrassing Bodies doctor Anand Patel to undertake eight weeks of lifestyle changes as they address  the issue of male fertility. The hour-long programme will highlight the fact sperm count has dropped in the West by 59 per cent over the past 40 years.

Clemency Green, senior commissioning editor for Channel 4, said: ‘Male fertility is such an important subject that is rarely discussed and I’m full of admiration for Ollie, Melvin and Russell who are helping us break taboos by opening up the conversation and putting their own fertility under the microscope.’

And Elaine Hackett from programme-makers Crackit Productions added: ‘Often we think fertility issues revolve around women, but male sperm count is falling at an alarming rate.

‘Ollie, Russell and Melvin have got balls to take part in this one-off event as, alongside the good science, it’s deliberately designed to be surprising to put saving sperm in the spotlight.’

Published: 7 Oct 2022