What’s Question Time Like and Why Have I Always Wanted to Do It?

Early into my career as a stand-up comedian, I won a competition for new comics. The previous year the prize was £1,000, a serious chunk of change for someone who at that point was lucky to get petrol money for a gig. Naturally, the year I won, the cash prize was abolished and replaced with a consolation 2-hour private comedy lesson with an industry exp…