Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi a Bishop i te whakaari tuuturu mo te wa tuatahi i Manchester i te Oketopa 2000, a i te tau e whai ake nei, i tae ki te whakamutunga o nga whakataetae mahi hou katoa, tae atu ki a "So You Think You're Funny", te "Daily Telegraph" Open Mic Awards, te BBC New Comedy Awards, me te City Life North West Comedian of The Year Award, i wikitoria ai ia. I te tau 2002, i whakaingoatia ia hei kaitakaro hou pai rawa atu na BBC Radio Merseyside, ana i te tau 2004, i wini ia i te Tohu Komihana Te Tai Tokerau mo te tuuturu pai. I te tau 2009, i puta a Bishop hei mahi tuatahi i runga i te "Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow" i Manchester. I taua tau, i puta ia ki te Edinburgh Fringe Festival, i reira i tohua ai tana whakaaturanga "Elvis Has Left the Building" mo te "Eddie" (
Edinburgh Comedy Award) i whakawhiwhia ki a ia.