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* ''Series/TheUpperCrusts'': The third episode's title, "One Door Opens", refers both to how Lord Seacroft's new job is a metaphorical door opening so he can earn enough to keep his council house, but also refers to how as a doorman, he will be opening doors.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS8E4 Bantling Boy]]" is both the name of the racehorse seemingly at the centre of the murders, but also describes the murderer Peter Craxton and the motive for the killings, as Barnaby realises just before the denouement when he discovers that 'bantling' is an archaic term for 'bastard'.
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* ''Series/MrYoung'': Refers to both the main character Adam Young and to the fact that as a 14-year-old genius, he's surprisingly "young" as a high school Science teacher.
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* A classic example is the Channel 4 historical reality show ''Series/ThatllTeachEm''. On the one hand, the title implies the obvious nature of the show; sending teens back in time to experience life in a post-war boarding school, but it also gives a rather [[ForeShadowing dark hint]] of [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors what the teens have let themselves in for...]]

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* A classic example is the Channel 4 historical reality HistoricalReCreation show ''Series/ThatllTeachEm''. On the one hand, the title implies the obvious nature of the show; sending teens back in time to experience life in a post-war boarding school, but it also gives a rather [[ForeShadowing dark hint]] of [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors what the teens have let themselves in for...]]

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* ''Series/InFromTheCold'''s finale title, "Motherland" could refer to [[spoiler:Svetlana being revealed to be Anya's mother or Anya being revealed to still be working for Russia.]]



* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': Season 4's "iGot a Hot Room" refers to Spencer surprising Carly with a hot new bedroom, and the fact his gummy bear lamp literally gives her a hot room.
* ''Series/InFromTheCold'''s finale title, "Motherland" could refer to [[spoiler:Svetlana being revealed to be Anya's mother or Anya being revealed to still be working for Russia.]]
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* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': Season 4's "iGot a Hot Room" refers to Spencer surprising Carly with a hot new bedroom, and the fact his gummy bear lamp literally gives her a hot room.
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** The episode ''Time Enough At Last'' stars Henry Bemis, a man absolutely obsessed with reading but hardly seems to get the chance to do it. His boss, his wife, the entire world seems to conspire against him reading, but [[JerkassHasAPoint considering he does it to the detriment of his marriage and his job, they're not exactly wrong.]] One day, when Bemis goes down to the bank vault during his lunch break to read and ends up surviving a nuclear attack. As seemingly the last man on Earth, Bemis now has time enough to indulge in his favorite activity...and time enough to mourn the world he'd been shutting it out until it was too late. [[spoiler: [[CruelTwistEnding Especially after his glasses fall off his face and shatter, leaving him unable to read at all.]]]]
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E111PrintersDevil Printer's Devil]]" refers to both the Devil (as Mr. Smith) being employed as the reporter and linotype operator of ''The Dansburg Courier'' and an old term for a printer's apprentice.

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** The episode ''Time ''[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough At Last'' Last]]'' stars Henry Bemis, a man absolutely obsessed with reading but hardly seems to get the chance to do it. His boss, his wife, the entire world seems to conspire against him reading, but [[JerkassHasAPoint considering he does it to the detriment of his marriage and his job, they're not exactly wrong.]] One day, when Bemis goes down to the bank vault during his lunch break to read and ends up surviving a nuclear attack. As seemingly the last man on Earth, Bemis now has time enough to indulge in his favorite activity... and time enough to mourn the world he'd been shutting it out until it was too late. [[spoiler: [[CruelTwistEnding Especially after his glasses fall off his face and shatter, leaving him unable to read at all.]]]]
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E111PrintersDevil "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E9PrintersDevil Printer's Devil]]" refers to both the Devil (as Mr. Smith) being employed as the reporter and linotype operator of ''The Dansburg Courier'' and an old term for a printer's apprentice.
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* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': The episode title "White Nights" refers to both the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Night_riots White Night riots]] and Hawkins Fuller and his friends snorting cocaine while partying at night on Fire Island.
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* The ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' episode "Split" is a GenderSeperatedEnsembleEpisode in which Susan and Steve have split up, and their simultaneous storylines are shown in SplitScreen.

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* The ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' episode "Split" is a GenderSeperatedEnsembleEpisode in which about Susan and Steve have split splitting up, and their simultaneous storylines are shown in SplitScreen.
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* ''Series/{{Manifest}}'' does this with its IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming. Every episode is named for term used in aviation that also references the episode's events. E.g. "Pilot" is the first episode, "Reentry" has the passengers trying to get back to their lives after missing five years, "Unclaimed Baggage" has them dealing with relationships that have moved on without them, etc. Even "Manifest" itself refers to both the list of passengers on the plane and the idea of something unknown becoming evident, like the passengers' visions and the overall MythArc.

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