Funny Roots Season 1

May. 08,2012

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Comedy

Trailer Synopsis

Episode 8 : Irene Pink

June. 27,2012

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.

Episode 7 : Ben Hurley

June. 19,2012

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.

Episode 6 : Jeremy Elwood

July. 12,2012

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.

Episode 5 : Cori Gonzalez-Macuer

July. 05,2012

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.

Episode 4 : Jarred Christmas

May. 29,2012

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

Episode 3 : Ewen Gilmour

May. 22,2012

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.

Episode 2 : Paul Ego

May. 15,2012

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.

Episode 1 : Steve Wrigley

May. 08,2012

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