In Programme 2, comics relive their first faltering steps on to the world’s toughest stage and we discover what’s really going on in the mind of a new act. Key contributors: JASON BYRNE, SHAPPI KHORSANDI, ZOE LYONS, JOHNNY VEGAS, ADAM HILLS, ROSS NOBLE, PHILL JUPITUS and many others.
‘I actually threw up before I went on, I was that scared.’ – AVA VIDAL
‘It was like getting in the ring with Mohammed Ali if you’d never boxed.’ – JASON BYRNE
‘It’s the performing equivalent of self harm.’ – JOHNNY VEGAS