The Men Who Made Us Spend

  • Premiered: Jul 2014
  • Episodes: 3
  • Followers: 3
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Saturday
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Consumerism
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 12, 2014
Jacques uncovers the importance of product lifespan – revealing how some products are still made to break, how fashion and aspiration are used by companies like IKEA and Apple to keep us .. show full overview
1x2
Fear
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 19, 2014
Jacques reveals how fear has a powerful hold over our behaviours – and how this has ben exploited by those with products to sell. He meets the men who sold us cigarettes, cars, soap, and .. show full overview
1x3 Show finale
Selling to Children
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 26, 2014
Jacques reveals how the lessons learned from selling to children were used to make childlike consumers of us all. From the rise of product-driven kids’ TV in the 80s, to the man who .. show full overview

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