Comedians Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar travel to the Philippines to test Joel's hunter-gatherer skills. He must learn to free-dive in order to catch fish, and scale cliffs for birds nests.

Joel and Nish trek through the Andes with the Peruvian porters. They are on an arduous journey to meet the legendary Scissor Dancers but get more than they bargain for when they arrive.

Joel and Nish sign up to the Kodo drumming school on a remote island in Japan. Students wake up at dawn every morning to exercise, do chores and drum all day, which means the boys must too.