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How TV Ruined Your Life (2011)

How TV Ruined Your Life poster
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Brooker analyzes how television distorts reality for its own purposes. The series uses satire to critique the medium's influence on society.

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What happens

How TV Ruined Your Life is a British satirical television series written and presented by Charlie Brooker. Brooker, whose earlier TV-related programmes include How to Watch Television, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching, examines how the medium has bent reality to fit its own ends. Produced by Zeppotron, the series aired its first episode in January 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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