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BBC Two 2014 1 season 3 eps Ended

The Men Who Made Us Spend

2014 1 season 3 eps

7.5

Season 1

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Season 1

50 min

S1 · E1 · Jul 12, 2014

Episode 1 Episode 1

Jacques uncovers the importance of product lifespan – revealing how some products are still made to break, how fashion and aspiration are used by companies like IKEA and Apple to keep us constantly ‘upgrading’ – and how even brand new goods get sent for recycling.

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50 min

S1 · E2 · Jul 19, 2014

Episode 2 Episode 2

Jacques reveals how fear has a powerful hold over our behaviours – and how this has ben exploited by those with products to sell. He meets the men who sold us cigarettes, cars, soap, and even water off the back of our anxieties – and our desire to have those anxieties banished. In Las Vegas, he meets the men promising to sooth our deepest-seated fear of all, of ageing and death.

50 min

S1 · E3 · Jul 26, 2014

Episode 3 Episode 3

Jacques reveals how the lessons learned from selling to children were used to make childlike consumers of us all. From the rise of product-driven kids’ TV in the 80s, to the man who designed cars that appealed to children, and the contemporary creators of games that hook adults, Jacques asks how spending turned into a game – one that we can’t stop playing

3 episodes in Season 1

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This three-part series lays bare the secrets of why we buy what we buy. Jacques Peretti investigates what keeps us hooked on spending, and confronts some of the men behind bestselling products and sales strategies that get inside our head.

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Cast

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Jacques Peretti

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Total runtime 2h 30m · Episode length 50 min · Type Miniseries

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Premiered

July 12, 2014

Final episode

July 26, 2014

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

50 min

Total runtime

2h 30m

Original language

English

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United Kingdom

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Spoken on screen

English

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