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Des Bishop: Breaking China

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: April 17, 2014
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 6
  • Networks: RTÉ One
  • Genres: Comedy, Reality, Documentary

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Des Bishop: Breaking China(2014)

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Overview

This brand new six part series follows the adventures of Irish-American writer and comedian Des Bishop as he moves to China for a year in order to learn mandarin and eventually attempt to perform a one-man stand up comedy show for a Chinese audience. There are a couple of problems though - the locals are unaware of the subtleties of western style comedy and are laughing for all the wrong reasons.

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Season 1

6 episodes • 2014

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Apr 17, 20140.0
2Episode 2Apr 24, 20140.0
3Episode 3May 1, 20140.0
4Episode 4May 8, 20140.0
5Episode 5May 15, 20140.0
6Episode 6May 22, 20140.0

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