''Morgan Spurlock Inside Man'' is an American documentary series which aired on

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. Episodes featured Morgan Spurlock investigating a range of topics from an insider's perspective.

Overview

In each one-hour episode, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock investigated topics of national interest using

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. Topics explored include

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, migrant farm workers, and elder care. In the premiere episode, Spurlock worked at a

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dispensary in

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. In a Season 3 episode, Spurlock used only

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as currency for a week.

Reception

The first season won the IDA Documentary Award for best limited series. The third series won the CINE Golden Eagle Award for Professional Media, Nonfiction Content.

Episode list

Season 1: 2013

Season 2: 2014

Season 3: 2015

Season 4: 2016

References

External links

* at CNN * {{Morgan Spurlock CNN original programming 2010s American documentary television series 2013 American television series debuts 2016 American television series endings