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Look Around You (2002)

Look Around You poster
Directed by
Tim Kirkby
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 14 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A show that parodies old British science programs. It uses a fake educational format to mock the style and tone of those shows.

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What happens

Look Around You is a comedic parody of British science television shows, devised and written by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, and narrated in the first series by Nigel Lambert. The first series of eight 10-minute shorts was shown in 2002, and the second series of six 30-minute episodes in 2005, both on BBC Two. The first series of Look Around You was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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