Des Bishop: Under the Influence — Season 1, Episode 3: Episode 3
Documentary • 25 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Des Bishop: Under the Influence
Des Bishop tackles one of the great taboos of Irish society and explores the Irish relationship with alcohol and other addictive behaviours.