Angela Scanlon’s Close Encounters

Episode 2 (1x2)

Air date: Oct 27, 2015

In the second episode, Angela travels to Edinburgh to meet the Irish comic who has become something of a legend in the annual Fringe Festival. Jason Byrne first appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe in 1995, and he has been back every year since then. Over that time, he has picked up a raft of accolades, and has been hailed by Time Out magazine as “one of the all-time comedy greats”.