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A Granny's Guide to the Modern World

A Granny's Guide to the Modern World

What's grime music? Do superfoods have to taste awful? What's the difference between Grindr and Tinder? Barry Humphries and a team of senior investigative reporters provide an outsider's perspective of life in 2016, through reports, hidden camera experiments and comedy sketches. The results provide a fresh take on the mechanics of British society and culture, and a comedic look at the modern world's attitude to the country's burgeoning OAP population.

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StatusEnded
Original NameA Granny's Guide to the Modern World
First Air DateAugust 3, 2016
Last Air DateAugust 17, 2016
Seasons1
Episodes3
Episode Runtime 30min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production Companies
NetworksChannel 4
Episode 3
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Episode 3

Viewers seem to be divided on whether this is just a bit of fun or a serious misrepresentation of the older generation. But I don’t think it’s really suggesting that everybody over the age of 70 has existed in such a bubble for the past decade they’ve never heard of the internet, political correctness or reality TV. Different generations have different views on things, that’s all. In any case, in the final programe of the series Laura June, the very refined 82-year-old who struggled to master obscenities in programme one, gets a disturbingly frank lesson in celebrity from Geordie Shore’s Charlotte Crosby while Bobby tries to be politically correct. Winston goes online dating. Bernard convinces unsuspecting members of the public that he was a founding member of the Jackson Five and the architect of Hadrian's Wall.

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