Browse all episodes of Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Wales's leading stand up comedian tries out refuse collecting on the streets of Barry.

Bin Man

Stand up comic Rhod Gilbert tries out some proper jobs. This time he attempts to be a mother. He's put in charge of seven kids for a day when he takes over the running of a very large South Wales family. They may be smaller than his usual audience, but they are a lot tougher.

Mother

Stand up comic Rhod Gilbert tries out some proper jobs. This time he goes straight from the stage to the hair and beauty salon. Is Rhod 'salon ready' to be let loose on some real customers? Rhod tries out an all-over spray tan and perfects the Rhod Gilbert bob - with hair-raising results.

Hairdresser

Rhod takes part in one of the British Army's toughest training exercises in the Brecon Beacons.

Soldier

Wales's leading stand up comedian finally gets a proper job and goes from a comedy routine to working on a farm.

Farmer

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert tries his hand at a proper job and he's butler to a Lord for a day.

Butler

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert gets a proper job as a tattooist's apprentice. But this could be the most painful job of all as he's told if he's to give a tattoo he has to have a tattoo.

Tattooist

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert gets a proper job and this week he's on emergency call with the Fire Brigade.

Firefighter

Rhod goes back to school as he joins the staff of Monnow Primary School near Newport.

Primary School Teacher

This week Rhod takes on the mantle of zoo keeper at Welsh Mountain Zoo, North Wales. Looking after tigers, sea lions and freaky monkeys, Rhod faces up to the realities of exotic animal care.

Zoo Keeper

This week Rhod dons make-up and a dress to become a drag artist. Coached by one of the country's leading performers, he faces the daunting challenge of appearing on stage as a woman in front of a packed audience.

Drag Artist

Rhod draws his latest round of work placements to a close by becoming a policeman with South Wales Police, spending time with traffic officers and taking part in a drugs raid. However, he soon realises that there is a big difference between life on stage and life on the beat.

Policeman

In this episode Rhod takes on the mantle of wedding planner for a young couple who want him to organise a Hollywood-themed event.

Wedding Planner

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert tries his hand at some proper jobs. In this programme he takes 200 Swansea scouts to a wilderness survival camp.

Scout Leader

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert tries his hand at some proper jobs. In this programme, Rhod takes a coach load of Welsh pensioners on a guided tour of Antwerp and Bruges.

Coach Tour Guide

Rhod investigates opportunities to become a male model. But after failing to impress Julien MacDonald, he ventures into parts of the fashion industry that he never knew existed. He faces the challenge of becoming an artist's model, meets the UK's top hand model, and signs up with an agency which sells 'character models' rather than good looks.

Male Model

Comedian Rhod Gilbert is back doing proper jobs and the series starts with him taking on one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain. As a deep sea fisherman he faces fish that must be disembowelled, sea sickness, a very irritated skipper and he has to get up early. In the battle of the seas - flatfish versus stand-up - there can be only one winner.

Fisherman

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert is back doing a real job and facing the life and death challenge of being a vet. From artificial insemination of pigs to constipated dogs, Rhod is getting to grips on the frontline of animal care, it's a dirty job and someone has to do it.

Stand-up comic Rhod Gilbert is facing the challenge of another proper job as he takes over the running of a hotel in Tenby. Rhod has stayed in many hotels on tour, but cleaning, cooking breakfast and dealing with complaints is not what he'd registered for in this hotel.

Hotelier

Rhod Gilbert tries his hand at some proper jobs. In this edition he trains to become a pilot with the RAF with an eye to co-piloting on an exercise.

RAF Fighter Pilot

Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert is attempting another proper job in this new series - this time training as a BBC news reporter. From running round the streets like a headless chicken in search of a headline story, to learning what it's like to report from a war zone, Rhod must keep calm, remain impartial and land the scoop if he's to get a job with BBC Wales Today.

Journalist

Sceptical Rhod is on the hunt for something he doesn't think exists. Will he find it? Is there anything to find? Will he know it if he finds it anyway? Teaming up with a merry band of ghost hunters, Rhod is expected to host a paranormal evening for the public. Desperate to meet those beyond the grave, Rhod tries to put himself in the scariest situations he can find.

Paranormal Investigator

In 15 years of playing, Rhod may possibly be the only rugby player on earth never to score a point. How will he fare when given the role of coaching a team? After a day at the WRU's school of excellence, he is dumped with Whitland RFC's under-8s, and expected to prepare them for a major tournament. Inspiring and managing the gaggle of energetic youngsters might be his biggest test yet.

Rugby Coach

Rhod's hands are silky soft. He's better suited to typing and stroking dogs than operating heavy machinery or sweating it out with intense physical labour. So how will he get on at the UK's largest open cast mine in Merthyr Tydfil, where he'll be tested on everything from driving a 25-tonne truck to handling explosives. Moving onto Europe's deepest mine, Rhod has to learn to work nine

kilometres under the North Sea with a foreman who has no time for his whingeing.

Miner

In the first episode of the new series of Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience, Rhod takes to the streets of Cwmbran to learn the business of selling houses. Gavin, Rhod's mentor, believes happy people sell, so how will the grumpy comedian cope in a high-octane sales environment? Can Rhod's unique approach make him employee of the month, or will he have the home buyers running

Estate Agent

Rhod's never been very good at DIY, even the simple task of hanging a picture usually ends up in disaster. So when he turns up to one of Wales's biggest building sites and is expected to get stuck in, how will he cope? From bricklaying, to plumbing and carpentry, Rhod's going to have to pull it out of the bag. Will he become a master builder??

Builder

When Rhod turns up at a florist in Porthcawl, he's fully aware of his limited knowledge of all things botanical. However, when the proprietor reveals he's going to represent their family business in the heats for the Chelsea Flower Show, the challenge is beyond anything he expected. Cutting his teeth during the crazy Valentines rush, Rhod has days to master this creative skill. Will he bloom as a fully fledged florist or wilt under pressure?

Florist

Rhod Gilbert tries his hand at being a classical musician with the help of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. There is only one problem - he is not a musician. As he fumbles his way around the instruments to work out which suits him best, the orchestra reveal that they want him to perform with them at the iconic Last Night of the Proms - whether he is hitting the right notes or not.

Classical Musician

Rhod Gilbert is not known for his culinary abilities, in fact most of his meals are prepared in the microwave. So how will he cope when he launches his very own fusion food at a busy festival, where he must learn how to mass cater from the confines of a small tent? Will his innovative cuisine blow the minds of the food connoisseurs, or will he just poison them?

Festival Chef

In this edition, Rhod joins an airline cabin crew, but from service with a smile to dealing with inflight emergencies, Rhod demonstrates that he is far from a natural at the role. How will the long-haul passengers cope with his elbow-crunching trolley driving and miserable approach to customer service?

Cabin Crew

Rhod is thrown in at the deep ends as he joins the rigorous Royal Navy training scheme - which isn't good news for a man who struggles with seasickness. He is also given a chance to take the helm of one of Her Majesty's warships - only to take this crash-course in marine navigation all too literally. Last in the series.

Navy

Rhod Gilbert takes on one of his toughest challenges yet - being a carer. Even in more ordinary times, the work of carers is so valuable, if not always valued. (Filmed before the coronavirus crisis)

All Episodes of Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

All Episodes of Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Season 1

Bin Man

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2010

Mother

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2010

Hairdresser

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2010

Soldier

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2010