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Greenlit: Jon Richardson’s Dead Worried, Channel 4
Jon Richardson’s Dead Worried w/t (1 x 60′) – We love to worry about things in Britain, and in a world where fear dominates the news, it’s hard to know which headlines to believe. We’re all going to die, that’s a fact, but the question is what is more likely to kill us – ISIS or sausages?
Comedian Jon Richardson explores the ever-increasing plethora of reasons to be terrified of life. There seems to be so many risks that it’s getting hard to decide just what is worth being afraid of. 77% of Brits think International Terrorism is the biggest threat facing the world by far but in fact you are 11 times more likely to die by slipping during a shower; 991 times more likely to die by self-injury, 41 times more likely in a natural disaster, 25 times more likely by choking on food, and three times more likely by a snake bite or food poisoning.
Self-confessed coward Jon is also an expectant father and husband to one of the world’s greatest worriers, fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont. So to allay both of their fears about what surrounds us in modern life, Jon sets out to discover what is really worth being scared of and to try to liberate themselves from the things that aren’t.
From air pollution to terror attacks, from processed meat to his own personal greatest worry of falling into a sinkhole, this one-hour entertaining documentary follows Jon as he explores these fears, and the potential solutions to avoiding being killed by them.
Is it worth building an indestructible suit to protect from killer animals? Should Jon start stockpiling jars of fresh air in their basement to save them from air pollution? And are sausages actually scarier than ISIS? Jon’s on a mission to find out…
Platform: Channel 4
Producer: Rumpus Media
TX: TBC
Source: Channel 4 press release
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