How Not to Live Your Life

How Not to Live Your Life

How Not to Live Your Life

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How Not to Live Your Life

2008- 2010

3 Seasons

19 Episodes

7.6(61 votes)

Ended

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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BBC

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

6 featured cast members

Starring

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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