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 6 - Knowledge
Charlie traces how TV's notion of knowledge has changed from bespectacled experts to celebrity presenter drivel. Warning: this episode contains an alien meeting with Danny Dyer and celebrity supernatural activity.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 8th March 2011
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Brooker | Host / Presenter |
| Kevin Eldon | Ensemble Actor |
| David Mitchell | Self |
| Matthew Nelson (as DJ Slipmatt) | Self |
| Beth Cordingly | Ensemble Actor |
| Glenn Hugill | Narrator |
| Charlie Brooker | Writer |
| Jason Hazeley | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Joel Morris | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Dan Swimer | Writer (Additional Material) |
| 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 |
| Matthew Jeffreys | Editor |
| Charlotte Pearson | Production Designer |
Video
David Mitchell Reviews the Rave Scene
David Mitchell takes the viewer on a personal and sentimental journey through the Acid House and Rave scene in Charlie Brooker's How TV Ruined Your Life.
Featuring: Charlie Brooker & David Mitchell.