Original title
How Not to Live Your Life
Released
8/12/2008
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Production companies
BBC, Brown Eyed Boy
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
19
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.
Don attempts to write a book while under pressure from the demanding Eddie.
Don challenges Eddie to a game of Russian Roulette with chilli sauce in cups of tea.
Don helps Eddie in his attempt to break the world muffin eating record.
Don tries to replicate the famous William Tell scene by placing a grape on the head of an unwilling Eddie, and taking aim.
Don is joined by Jackson Five for a song about the practical difficulties of dating a mermaid.
It's Christmas time in the Danbury household and Don is making a final, desperate attempt to lead a normal life. But he has to contend with an out-of-control OAP, a violent Santa and someone close to home winning over his dream girl.
Sitcom pilot about Don, a neurotic single thirtysomething British male trying and failing to navigate his way through the very basics of life, and whose biggest enemy is his overactive mind which plays out countless scenes of things he shouldn't do or say.
Don discovers he's been left a house by his recently deceased grandmother.
Don goes on a field trip with Abby and the kids from her school, but things go wrong.
Don finds out he's legally obliged to put on a wake for his deceased nan.
Don feels his age when he hangs out with a girl who is nine years younger than him.
Don gets a new job working at Karl's dad's company and finds the father he never had.
A night out on the pull with Eddie ends in all sorts of drama for Don.
With Abby gone for six months, Don wants a stripper to move into the spare room.
Don starts dating an older woman but can't handle the grown-up world she lives in.
Samantha's singer-songwriter boyfriend Jackson invites Don to play at his open mic night.
Don thinks he might be a bit gay after Samantha's brother gets into bed with him.
Don joins a gym, but fails to get beyond the running machine without passing out.
Don is asked to be the best man at his old school friend's wedding.
Don's luck was about to change as it looked like he was finally going to get it on with his flatmate, Sam. But it appears that things didn't quite go according to plan, and each day is a trial for Don as he must face up to the fact that he blew his chance with Sam. To make matters worse, she has a new boyfriend who is everything Don isn't – mature, reliable, clever and not at all self-obsessed. Once more Don has to deal with a fraught love life that involves dates with an aristocrat, a tramp and a really angry woman. On top of that he is sucked into taking part in Top Gun – The Musical, tries therapy and even sells his soul to become a corporate highflyer. But despite all this, he is still no wiser as to how to live his life...
Don comes up with an elaborate story about a new job to try to impress Sam.
Don's new relationship with Jenny is soon affected by her odd behaviour.
Disaster ensues when a posh girl invites Don and Jason to her parents' country house.
When the gang mistakenly believe Don might be seriously ill, he continues the lie.
Don meets a homeless girl begging for money in the street and asks her out on a date.
Don realises he still has feelings for Sam after hearing of Brian's intention to propose.
After seeing the attention Eddie gets in his theatre club, Don decides to join up.
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