I am a little bit addicted to shows and spent way too much time watching them during revision. You may think it is very weird advice to promote this activity during what are your most important exams to date. Surely you should be working? Well, all work and no play makes Jack more than a dull boy: it makes him lose the rag. Many of you will have left it a tiny bit too late and be slogging it - or will be soon. Slogging it is fine but working every second of the day is counter-productive because when you stretch quantity across the day quality gets thinner.
Punctuating your revision with entertainment means you work fewer, better hours. It gives you something to work to - nothing like dangling a carrot for yourself - and it stops you going revision crazy. Well, that was my justification anyway. Here are a few series that you might like to get into - allowing yourself only one, oh go on, two episodes a day. Seriously, self-control required. Shows are linked to streaming content where possible.
Punctuating your revision with entertainment means you work fewer, better hours. It gives you something to work to - nothing like dangling a carrot for yourself - and it stops you going revision crazy. Well, that was my justification anyway. Here are a few series that you might like to get into - allowing yourself only one, oh go on, two episodes a day. Seriously, self-control required. Shows are linked to streaming content where possible.
Comedy
Scrubs
Friends
South Park
The Simpsons
Alan Partridge
Family Guy
American Dad
Green Wing
The Mighty Boosh,
The US The Office (different to ours but still great)
Trailer Park Boys
Arrested Development (this is one of the sharpest shows ever written; I can't find it online though)
Peep Show
Thick of It
Action
24
Prison Break
Rome
Lost
Drama
Nip/Tuck
Greys Anatomy
House
Six Feet Under
Carnivale
Brothers and Sisters
Dirty, Sexy Money
Entourage
Californication (only for the prurient though)
Dexter
The L-Word
and a whole lot more.
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