How TV Ruined Your Life(2011)
DocumentaryComedy
First Air Date: 2011-01-25
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 27
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
How TV Ruined Your Life is a six-episode BBC Two television series written and presented by Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker, whose earlier TV-related programmes include How to Watch Television, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching, examines how the medium has bent reality to fit its own ends. Produced by Zeppotron, the series aired its first episode in January 2011.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Fear
Air Date: 2011-01-25
From hysterical public information films to grisly crime dramas, terror spills out of almost every channel. As Charli...
E02
The Lifecycle
Air Date: 2011-02-01
From kids shows to Countdown, TV has something to infuriate anyone of any age. Warning: this episode contains creepy ...
E03
Aspiration
Air Date: 2011-02-08
From Dallas to Grand Designs, TV continually rubs desirable lifestyles in your face, making you feel inadequate in th...
E04
Love
Air Date: 2011-02-15
Charlie Brooker argues that TV has warped our expectations of romance with a toxic combination of Blind Date and rom-...
E05
Progress
Air Date: 2011-03-01
From the moon landings to Blake's 7 to CSI: Miami, Charlie Brooker argues that television has warped our relationship...
E06
Knowledge
Air Date: 2011-03-08
Charlie Brooker traces how TV's notion of knowledge has changed from bespectacled experts to celebrity presenter drivel.
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