Des Bishop: Breaking China(2014)
DocumentaryComedy
First Air Date: 2014-04-17
Average Runtime: 25m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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.
Keywords
chinacomedianstand-up comedytravelirishmanstand-up comedianlearning chineselearning a language
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 6E01
Episode 1
Air Date: 2014-04-17
Des moves in with a Beijing family, enrols in college and begins his quest to conquer the language. Things take a tur...
E02
Episode 2
Air Date: 2014-04-24
In order to keep his wits sharp, Des sets up a comedy club in downtown Beijing. His brother Aidan pays a welcome visi...
E03
Episode 3
Air Date: 2014-05-01
It’s five months into Des’ Chinese adventure and he journeys up to the north of the of the country to take up a summe...
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 2014-05-08
Des and his friend Leo head off on a tour around China in search of the strange and unusual customs and cultures that...
E05
Episode 5
Air Date: 2014-05-15
With Des’ deadline to perform a stand up comedy show in Chinese is getting close he joins forces with a local amateur...
E06
Episode 6
Air Date: 2014-05-22
Time is up. Des has to walk out into the spotlight and perform a stand up comedy show – in Chinese. Along the way h...
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