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How TV Ruined Your Life Season 1 Episodes

  • 2011-2011
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary, Comedy
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A comedic documentary series in which Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between real life and television.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

6 Episodes 2011 - 2011

Episode 1

Fear

29 mins

The paranoia created by government via their Public Information Films.

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Episode 2

The Lifecycle

How stereotypical programming paints our viewings of particular age groups.

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Episode 3

Aspiration

How TV rubs our noses in other people's superior lifestyles.

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Episode 4

Love

Advertisements and movies' clichéd and unrealistic portrayal of romance.

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Episode 5

Progress

Is progress really progress, or is progress regress?

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Episode 6

Knowledge

The way TV pollutes our minds with the wrong kind of information.

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