Discovery Europe Middle East and Africa  (1 x 60 mins)  

 

2003 is a topical, alternative, review of the year. It's an entertaining way to look at the state of the world.

 

How many people got married, got divorced, had sex (in cars), enjoyed it? How many people chose to crash diet and how many died of starvation? 2003 crunches mercilessly through got to know stats and news facts.

 

The one-hour programme is broken up by monthly news headlines: Russell Crowe's marriage in April; the Gulf War in May; SARS in June. From these news headlines, we take leaps of logic to present bizarre statistics and got to know facts. Such as: Russell Crowe married his childhood sweetheart in April; 1 million married that year; 20% of them will be divorced next year; married men live longer than single men but single men changed their underwear 50% less than married men; 85% of married men who die during sex are not with their partners.

 

Screened Christmas 2003.