'Better than real life?' , or: 'TV Speech vs. Natural Speech'. This popular science article looks at the differences between TV Speech and everyday Natural Speech and applies a quantitative approach within theory of Applied Linguistics: Register Analysis. The essay is written in a popular tone, in non-academic language and was written as a part of the third year course: 'Language Acquisition 6: Dimensions of Composition and Text Analysis' (BA English Language & Culture).