Free falling funny man

Michael O'Kane follows his friend over a period of six months as he goes from a pub joker to the dizzy and scary heights of London's comedy store.

The stand up comic in question is James Gouldsbury - a 31 year old computer programmer from Beaumont, Dublin.

'Free falling funny man' is an observation of the would-be comic's night world.

Compiled and presented by Michael O'Kane

An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries