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Title Des Bishop: Breaking China: Ep 1 / Director: Comer, Pat
Published Australia : SBS 2, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 min. 45 sec.) ; 144070878 bytes
Summary This six-part series follows the adventure 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. Des moves in with a Beijing family, enrols in college and begins his quest to conquer the language. Things take a turn for the better when he teams up with his buddy Leo whom he first met in Ireland over ten years ago
Event Broadcast 2016-07-09 at 19:00:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Chinese -- Social life and customs.
Chinese language -- Study and teaching.
Comedians -- Psychology.
Mandarin dialects.
Stand-up comedy.
China -- Beijing.
Form Streaming video
Author Comer, Patrick J, director
Bishop, Des, host