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Living on the Edge (UK TV series) Living on the Edge (UK TV series) Living on the Edge was a British reality television show that first aired on 14 October 2007 on MTV UK. It documented the lives of several teenagers in Alderley Edge in Cheshire, a wealthy village in the North West of England. It is noted for attempting to purvey 'drama all the time'. It has been compared to the American reality television shows, "" and "". There are no plans for any future series. "Living on the Edge" is structured as a traditional narrative (seen more commonly in fictionalised television dramas or soap operas)