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1 season · 6 episodes total · ~6 per season.
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Des Bishop: Breaking China
2014 1 seasons · 6 eps Mandarin
DocumentaryComedy
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Des Bishop
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Created by
Mike Casey, Des Bishop
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 3 hours end-to-end — 0 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 2014 and has since ended.
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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CINEMA
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Show type: Miniseries.
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CAST
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Created by Mike Casey, Des Bishop.
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DIRECTOR
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Dialogue in Mandarin, English.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 6
- Avg episode length
- 25 min
- Premiered
- 2014-04-17
- Last aired
- 2014-05-22
- Languages
- Mandarin, English
- Countries
- Ireland
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