The Des Bishop Work Experience

Deciding to see if he can eek out a living on minimum wage. Des decides to try to survive for one month working a minimum wage job in various parts of Ireland. He turns his hand to cooking in a kebab shop in Waterford; a life guard at a swimming pool complex in Tralee; a shop assistant at a supermarket in Dundalk; and a general dogs body/jack of all trades/handyman at a hotel in Dublin (keep an eye out for his stair vacuuming techniques).

Genre: Documentary,

Actor:

Creator: Jennifer Griffin,

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Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: N/A

Duration: 40 minutes

Release: 2004-01-26

Rating: 7

Season 1 - The Des Bishop Work Experience
2004-01-26
Des gets to grip with crowd control, litter management, and Chinese culture when he takes his place behind the counter of Waterford City's Abrakebabra.
2004-02-02
It's Tralee and high summer. Every family in the country seems to have descended on the Aqua Dome.
2004-02-09
Des works as a porter and general attendant in The Central Hotel in Dublin.
2004-02-16
Des moves north to Dundalk, to the birthplace of Superquinn, to find the reality behind the myth of this giant among supermarkets.