Funny Roots

Steve investigates his funny roots with a long-avoided visit to his mother’s side of the family in Amsterdam, Holland.

Funny Roots returns to the place where he (Paul) was born and where his stand up comedy career began, England, to find out whether his heritage has played any part in his sense of humour.

Ewen Gilmour retraces his great, great grandfather journey through Prague and Germany in search of his funny roots. Along the way he tries to make German people laugh on stage.

Jarred Christmas travels to Scotland to see if his highland heritage plays any part in making him one of our most successful comedy exports.

Cori returns to the place he was born, Santiago, Chile to reconnect with his family and find his funny roots in his native tongue. While there he finds out about the Chilean sense of humour by meeting stand-up comics working the streets before performing his own New Zealand stand-up set in Spanish for the first time. But will his comedy get lost in translation?

Jeremy Elwood goes in search of his funny roots in the country where he was born, Canada. While there he attempts to get a grasp of Vancouver humour, before writing and performing an all new set.

Ben Hurley sets off to find his funny roots in his ancestral homeland of Northern Ireland. While there, he learns how his stand up comedy style may have been shaped by the Irish Troubles.

Irene Pink travels to her mother's homeland, Niue. During the course of her stay Irene discovers what life would have been like if she'd grown up in Niue, before performing what a stand-up comedy set.