Katherine Lynch's Working Girls is a three-part Irish comedy television programme broadcast on RTÉ Two in January 2008. It stars comedienne Katherine Lynch, who also co-wrote and co-produced the series alongside Warren Meyler. It was the pair's first television series. Lynch described it as a "hybrid" series, featuring both comedy sketches and interaction with the general public. Darragh McManus of the Irish Independent wrote that it was "in the spirit of the 'comedy of cringe' vein which is so in vogue".
Singing Bernie Walsh is the star of the first programme. Bernie is desperate to become a country and western star, and is travelling the country promoting her brand new, self-published CD called Friends in Hiaces. Featuring tracks such as Stand by Your Van, Bernie intends to do everything in her power to make it into the Irish charts. Whether it's colonic irrigation or making friends at the Meteor Awards, there is nothing Bernie won't do to make sure that Ireland recognises her musical talent.
In Tallaght, 32-year-old Sheila Sheikh has returned from two week trip to Egypt with the ultimate holiday souvenir - a new husband! Determined to share his culture she immerses herself in the world of belly dancing, a hobby that soon becomes an obsession. The question is can she transform this passion into a viable career? Will young addicts benefit from her course of therapy, Drug Rehabilitation Through the Medium of Belly Dancing? And will she lose her job at a local restaurant to a rival dancer?
Northern Irish foot fetish model and porn star, Busty Lycra, has swapped Los Angeles for Dublin with the aim of making it big in the Irish adult entertainment industry and satisfying the increasing thirst for larger than life celebrities. In the US, Busty starred in flicks like The Love Boot and Saturday Night Beaver; now we go behind the scenes of her first Irish movie, Gone with the Window Cleaner. However, not everything goes according to plan for Busty as she finds herself rejected by a local model agency who aren't too impressed by her unusual portfolio.
