| How Not to Live Your Life | |
|---|---|
 Title card from Series 3 | |
| Genre | Sitcom Black comedy |
| Created by | Dan Clark |
| Written by | Dan Clark |
| Directed by | Dan Clark (Series One) |
| Starring | Dan Clark David Armand Leila Hoffman Laura Haddock |
| Opening theme | "How Not To Live Your Life" by Ben Parker |
| Ending theme | "Ending Theme" by Dan Clark |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Dan Clark Gary Reich |
| Editor | Paul Machliss (series 1) |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Three and BBC HD BBC Two (repeats) |
| Release | 27 September 2007 – 22 December 2011 |
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How Not to Live Your Life (styled in the opening credits as "how NOT to live your life") is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark that aired between 27 September 2007 and 22 December 2011 on BBC Three, about a pessimistic twenty-nine-year-old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by his bad instincts. After a pilot, the show debuted in 2008 with moderate ratings but grew over the course of the three series, doubling its ratings each series because of its cult following. The third series got viewing figures of 1.5 million across the week and was the second most watched show on BBC iPlayer.[citation needed] When BBC Three controller Danny Cohen left the channel, new controller Zai Bennett cancelled several comedies, including How Not to Live Your Life.