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Des Bishop: Under the Influence

Des Bishop: Under the Influence

★ 7.0/10•2013•Documentary
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Des Bishop tackles one of the great taboos of Irish society and explores the Irish relationship with alcohol and other addictive behaviours.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 7, 2013

Episodes

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Episode 1

Des looks at Irish identity and how it is linked to alcohol.

Feb 7, 2013

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Episode 2

Des explores the areas of alcohol marketing, sponsorship and regulation. He teases out the tricks of the marketing trade and looks at the attempts at self-regulation by the drinks industry including the drinkaware.ie campaign.

Feb 14, 2013

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Episode 3

Des returns to New York. With his mother Eileen and aunt Mary he explores his family’s experience with alcholism (‘it doesn’t run in our family, it gallops!’). He returns home to Ireland and looks at the affects of alcoholism on families and society and the treatments and supports available.

Feb 21, 2013

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Episode 4

Des looks at socialising without alcohol, not just youth cafés and alcohol free discos but also the ups and downs of going to nightclubs sober. Des launches a campaign to bring back the slow set and also a 31-day challenge for the month of March.

Feb 28, 2013

Actors

Des Bishop

Des Bishop

Self

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