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That's Life! (1973)

That's Life! poster
Genre
satirical television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
21 seasons, 421 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A long-running British television series mixed consumer advice with satire. It exposed problems and celebrated oddities, all while keeping a humorous tone.

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What happens

That's Life! was a satirical consumer affairs programme on the BBC, at its height regularly reaching audiences of fifteen to twenty million, and receiving between 10,000 and 15,000 letters a week. The series was broadcast on BBC1 for 21 years, from 26 May 1973 until 19 June 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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