On 7 March 2011, series 2 of "Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience" began airing on BBC One Wales. In this series he tried out jobs as a farmer, butler, tattoo artist and firefighter. In January 2012, Gilbert began filming series 3 of the show. It aired on BBC One Wales from 7 May 2012 and saw him take on jobs such as primary school teacher, zookeeper, drag artist and police officer. A fourth series was broadcast in June–July 2013. This series, the jobs were wedding planner, scout leader, tour guide and male model. Series 5, which had four episodes, began on BBC One Wales in September 2014 and was repeated on BBC Two from February 2015. Series 6 was broadcast on BBC One Wales starting February 2016.