How TV Ruined Your Life

  • Premiered: Jan 2011
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 33
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Tuesday at 22
  • Comedy Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Fear
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 25, 2011
From hysterical public information films to grisly crime dramas, terror spills out of almost every channel. As Charlie explores TV's approach to fear, you won't know whether to laugh or .. show full overview
1x2
The Lifecycle
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 01, 2011
From kids shows to Countdown, TV has something to infuriate anyone of any age. Warning: this episode contains creepy dolls and the 1980s Oxo dad.
1x3
Aspiration
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 2011
From Dallas to Grand Designs, TV continually rubs desirable lifestyles in your face, making you feel inadequate in the process. Warning: contains Sophie Dahl and coffins.
1x4
Love
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 2011
Charlie Brooker argues that TV has warped our expectations of romance with a toxic combination of Blind Date and rom-coms. Do 'soulmates' even exist? Warning: this episode contains traces of Dirty Den and suggestive swimwear.
1x5
Progress
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 2011
From the moon landings to Blake's 7 to CSI: Miami, Charlie Brooker argues that television has warped our relationship with technology. Warning: this episode contains a computerised Simon Cowell and a lady in a silver catsuit.
1x6 Show finale
Knowledge
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 08, 2011
Charlie Brooker traces how TV's notion of knowledge has changed from bespectacled experts to celebrity presenter drivel.

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