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How TV Ruined Your Life

How TV Ruined Your Life

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Two
  • 2011
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Charlie Brooker attempts to explain where it all went wrong and just how wildly the TV and movie ideal differs from life's grim reality. Stars Charlie Brooker, Kevin Eldon and Liz May Brice.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 3 - Aspiration

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.

Preview clips

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 12th February 2011 10:55pm BBC4
Thursday 28th March 2013 10:00pm BBC2

Cast & crew

Cast
Charlie Brooker Host / Presenter
Liz May Brice Ensemble Actor
Guest cast
Belinda Stewart-Wilson Ensemble Actor
Lucy Thackeray Ensemble Actor
Roger Sloman Ensemble Actor
Joseph Coombes Ensemble Actor
Sarah Darlington Ensemble Actor
Patrick Martin Ensemble Actor
Imran Yusuf (as Imran Yusef) Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Charlie Brooker Writer
Jason Hazeley Writer (Additional Material)
Joel Morris Writer (Additional Material)
Dan Maier Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Al Campbell Director
Christian Watt Director
Nick Vaughan Smith (as Nick Vaughan-Smith) Producer
Christian Watt Producer
Annabel Jones Executive Producer
Damon Tai Editor
Jason Boxall Editor
Jamie Shemeld Editor
Charlotte Pearson Production Designer

Video

The Galaxy Of Fame

Charlie Brooker looks at the complex galaxy of celebrities and examines why we both love and hate the most famous people on the universe.

Featuring: Charlie Brooker.

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