How Not to Live Your Life 

Don Danbury who slobs around, doesn't take his job seriously and making awkward situations has inherited a house from his late grandmother which she left in debt along with her carer, Eddie... See full summary »

Stars:

Dan Clark, David Armand, Leila Hoffman

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dan Clark	...	Don Danbury 21 episodes, 2007-2011
David Armand	...	Eddie Singh 20 episodes, 2008-2011
Leila Hoffman	...	Mrs. Treacher 19 episodes, 2008-2011
Laura Haddock	...	Samantha 14 episodes, 2009-2011

Storyline

Don Danbury who slobs around, doesn't take his job seriously and making awkward situations has inherited a house from his late grandmother which she left in debt along with her carer, Eddie Singh who just stays there assisting Don (Free of charge). Therefore to repay the debt, Don must live and rent it to one female lodger, who he tries to find ways to fall in love with. Later another female rents out. A lot of awkward situations happen later on!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The third series got viewing figures of 1.5 million across the week and was the second most watched show on BBC iPlayer. When BBC Three controller Danny Cohen left the channel, new controller Zai Bennett cancelled several comedies, including How Not to Live Your Life.

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #12.3 (2010)

User Reviews

Excellent Comedy Series

This comedy show is great and breaks away from the "norm". The first season is a bit quirky, but once you get to know the characters, they really surprise me how well they somehow mesh together. I think that the first couple seasons were spent developing the characters and the direction their stories will take. Season 4 is fantastic and everything seems to come together because while almost every episode poses some random challenge or oddity, the simple back story still develops and has really progressed in this season. There seems to be a trend of the negative reviewers of this show in that they are all over- analyzing and taking things way too seriously for a comedy. It's supposed to be funny, not intriguing and mystifying. "You gotta think with your balls" as Don would say.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

Custo de Vida

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brown Eyed Boy

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1