Raymond Mearns, regular Thursday-night compere at the Stand in Glasgow, has been performing across Scotland, and beyond, for more than a decade, since starting his career in Glasgow’s infamous Comedy Cellar, at the time hosted by Ed Byrne.

He is a regular contributor to Radio Scotland's Fred MacAulay Show; has adopted a number of guises on BBC One's Live Floor Show in 2002-3 and is part of the improvisation and sketch show Dance Monkey Boy Dance.

Mearns is also an actor having appeared in a number of films and TV shows, including Ken Loach’s Ae Fond Kiss in 2004, in which he played Big Roddie.