Name: This Is Not My Life
Genre: Drama
Cast: Tandi Wright, Tania Nolan, Charles Mesure, John Bach, Liesha Ward-Knox

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1 season · 13 episodes · best: S1E5 "Episode #1.5" 8.5

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This Is Not My Life is a 2010 New Zealand television mystery thriller which originally aired on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel on Thursday nights. Set in the 2020s, the show centres on Alec Ross who awakes one morning to find that he doesn't know who or where he is and doesn't recognise his wife or children. The story is set in the fictional town of Waimoana. The series is written by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan and directed by Robert Sarkies and Peter Salmon. Thirteen episodes have been produced. Though the show only lasted one season, it has been announced American network ABC has purchased the series to adapt for an American audience.

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Psychological Mystery
Amnesia Thriller
Identity Crisis
Dystopian Elements
Conspiracy Theory
Unsettling Atmosphere
Family Secrets
Slow-Burn Suspense
What If Scenario

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Written by: Gavin Strawhan, Rachel Lang

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Facts

July 29, 2010 · October 14, 2010 · Ended

First aired: July 29, 2010
Last aired: October 14, 2010
Status: Ended
Length: 1 season · 13 episodes
Age rating: NR
Content: Disturbing Imagery
Genres: Drama
Original language: English
Made in: New Zealand

Tropes

After the End, Big Brother Is Watching You, Corrupt Corporate Executive +9

After the End
Big Brother Is Watching You
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Cut Short
Easy Amnesia
Happiness Is Mandatory
La Résistance
Love Triangle
Paranoia Fuel
Shout-Out
20 Minutes into the Future
Utopia Justifies the Means

12 of 13 tropes. From TV Tropes.