mlpope This is a brilliant comedy to sit down and enjoy. Yes, it's not the most clever of comedies and it doesn't have deep characters, but the laughs are plenty. Don is a simple lay about trying to find his way in life. Is he gay, is he straight, does he fancy old women, what job is he good at etc. And the supporting cast are just as brilliant. With his man servant, an old rude lady "Gollum" who lives next door and his gorgeous flat mate who he continually tries to bed, when not going after her brother....They work really well together and there are some brilliant short story lines and moments here. I feel that if you enjoyed other shows such as Geen Wing and Pete vs Life then you will enjoy this. 8.3 Out of 10 tells you everything! Give it a go.

gaz_warlow This is truly a fantastic show and although it looks like most Americans don't understand this kind of humour ,you really do have to watch this show as it only gets better from season to season which is quite unusual.Brilliant writing ,great acting and wonderful characters.Just so you all know Dan is an amazing writer and even a better actor so to be honest i am really hoping a fourth season will be created.So if you have written a previous review please watch the whole thing before making a blinkered and dramatically bad statement that you clearly know nothing about.PS. Do not miss this even if you are American because the grass can be greener on the other side.

markp-com If you love British comedy you will love how not to live your life. It is the Inbetweeners for thirty somethings.It tells the story of Don Danbury, a late twenty something no hoper, aimlessly plodding through life, going from one comedic failure to the next.His character starts out as a shallow, hollow sketch of a man, but by the end of the second series he has developed in to a well fleshed out thinking and feeling man, helped by his "carer" Eddie and Don's quest to find the girl of his dreams.I suggest you start with series 1, then go on to series 2, rather than jumping in to random episodes to fully understand all the characters and get yourself ready for series 3 (starting soon on BBC 3, I can't wait) Series 2 leaves us on a cliffhanger. Will Don, or won't Don? My only complaint and its a very minor one, is that I hope series 3 shows less of Mrs Treacher and more of Eddie. Her character, although at times hysterically funny, is often superfluous.If you like the Inbetweeners, the Young Ones, 15 Stories High, you will love How not to live your life.

bootlebarth Episode 1 is a bit quirky for about ten minutes, then it's downhill all the way. Here's a so-called comedy without laughs. The situations are stupid, the script lazy and the characters - leading or incidental - are irritating, boring or ugly.I can almost see how a pilot might have persuaded the world's greatest optimist that a series might work but it doesn't. How anyone could have commissioned more of this rubbish defies belief. Dan Clark must be the least funny writer and least charismatic actor ever to have been granted a series.One embarrassingly bad scene follows another. 'Little Britain' and 'The Catherine Tate Show' did their best to plumb new depths of awfulness but 'How Not To Live Your Life' is worse. Its only possible value would be as compulsory viewing for TV producers under the title of 'How Not To Make A Comedy Series'.