How Not to Live Your Life

How Not to Live Your Life

2008•30m•7.6/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(58)

Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts. Don's overactive imagination is always in full flow in the form of quick-fire fantasy sequences as he imagines what he would really like to say.

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Production

Brown Eyed Boy, BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

August 12, 2008

Last Aired

December 13, 2010

Networks

BBC Three

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Home Sweet Home

E1

Home Sweet Home

Air date: 2008-08-12

Don discovers he's been left a house by his recently deceased grandmother.

The Field Trip

E2

The Field Trip

Air date: 2008-08-19

Don goes on a field trip with Abby and the kids from her school, but things go wrong.

Fake Wake

E3

Fake Wake

Air date: 2008-08-26

Don finds out he's legally obliged to put on a wake for his deceased nan.

The Young Ones

E4

The Young Ones

Air date: 2008-09-02

Don feels his age when he hangs out with a girl who is nine years younger than him.

Like Father Like Don

E5

Like Father Like Don

Air date: 2008-09-09

Don gets a new job working at Karl's dad's company and finds the father he never had.

The Break Up

E6

The Break Up

Air date: 2008-09-16

A night out on the pull with Eddie ends in all sorts of drama for Don.

Cast

Dan Clark

Dan Clark

Don Danbury

Laura Haddock

Laura Haddock

Samantha

David Armand

David Armand

Eddie Singh

Leila Hoffman

Mrs. Treacher

Silas Carson

Silas Carson

Brian

Daniel Lawrence Taylor

Daniel Lawrence Taylor

Jason

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