Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Series 5

As my as I enjoyed the last episode, it didn't really tell us anything we didn't already know about reality TV.

I miss him already.

And he did look hot in that crown...
 

Worth watching for the clip of Rory from the Apprentice barking, "i AM your boss".

Quote: Aaron @ October 24, 2007, 8:55 AM

Yes, it was very good. I'm sticking by my original opinion though. This series just hasn't been nearly as harsh, biting, or unashamedly honest as previous.

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It is still pretty biting (e.g. Top 5 Reality TV Contesti-cocks) but I think they've made the decision to deliberately tone things down slightly to broaden the appeal.

Whatever they're doing it seems to be working, the latest episodes have pushed Screenwipe into a position as one of the most watched shows BBC4 broadcasts (they average out to make Screenwipe something like the fifth most watched show on BBC4 each week)
 

Quote: Mark @ October 24, 2007, 9:18 PM

It is still pretty biting (e.g. Top 5 Reality TV Contesti-cocks) but I think they've made the decision to deliberately tone things down slightly to broaden the appeal.

Whatever they're doing it seems to be working, the latest episodes have pushed Screenwipe into a position as one of the most watched shows BBC4 broadcasts (they average out to make Screenwipe something like the fifth most watched show on BBC4 each week)

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I'm actually new to Screenwipe myself and as a result have recently watched all the previous episodes on the net. I think its true to say that the recent series isn't quite so cutting but it was still very good. Maybe its also that Charlie has covered so much ground and everyone is now familiar with what he is saying. Would still like to see more though.

I thought that the last edition was disappointing actually - they seemed to spend far too much time on their poor/pointless version on The Apprentice at the expense of the hasher, more opinionated stuff that usually make the show so watchable.

The reality spoof didn't really tell us anything new - and certainly didn't warant so much screentime IMO. I think that they got a bit carried away 'playing' at making their spoof show and lost the focus of the programme.

It was still quite entertaining - just not what I expect from Brooker/Screenwipe.

I miss the tv burp style stuff.
 

Agree with above. I still love the show, but this series has tended to treat its viewers as rather innocent and ill-formed. (Surely Charlie must know that his core audience know that TV is generally a manipulated lie. Despite recent 'TV scandals', those of us who don't phone into late-night 'quiz' phone-ins on lesser freeview channels know how contrived and manipulated T.V. is. If it wasn't it wouldn't be entertaining.

I love Charlie's work, and (perhaps) am one of the few who would like to see how Nathan Barley is doing thesedays. I just hope he will spend more time doing what he's best at, making us laugh and think about what's on our telly.
 

It's back for a new series tonight, yay! \o/
 

Best show on telly,can't wait for tonight.
 

Brilliant angry comedy. And Charlie's demolition of Britannia High was the funniest thing I've seen all year.

The best thing on TV. Absolutely hilarious and very informative.

I also loved his review of Britannia High.

"I'm the man...
No you're a C*nt"

Haha!

It was ace.

There was too much of that Paul Ross thing though.
 

Although the more I watched him rant, the more he reminded me of the producer in Dead Set. Which is no bad thing.

I was amazed that Paul Ross thing wasn't a spoof.

Could that possibly be the worst show of all time?

behind Coming of Age and Whatever?