Glasgow comedian Rosco McClelland
It's not often you're labelled a 'slug nudger' from the Big Yin himself, but Rosco McClelland has had that honour. About six weeks ago the Scottish comedian won this year's Sir Billy Connolly Spirt of Glasgow Award. Sir Billy is, of course, the Big Yin - and has the final say on the award. Like Sir Billy, Rosco's a native Glaswegian and was a tradie before getting into the comedy scene. It's taking him around the world - he's just finished at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He's bringing his show 'Sudden Death' to Auckland - it explores the questions of life and death - something that's not far from his mind - as he lives with Long QT Syndrome. He joins Kathryn to explain how performing could kill him.
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