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How TV Ruined Your Life

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How TV Ruined Your Life: Episode 2: The Lifecycle

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Episode 2: The Lifecycle

The Lifecycle

BBC Two - How TV Ruined Your Life, The Lifecycle

Charlie Brooker explores how TV can infuriate anyone of any age.

Charlie Brooker explores the gulf between real life and television. From kids shows to Countdown, TV has something to infuriate anyone of any age.

Comedy series in which Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between real life and television.

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.

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Charlie Brooker explores the gulf between real life and television

Comedy series in which Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between real life and television

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