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Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
- TV factual
- BBC Four
- 2006 - 2009
- 28 episodes (5 series)
TV critic and comedy writer Charlie Brooker takes a caustic look at television programmes and reveals the inner workings of the industry.
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 5
Charlie Brooker turns his gaze to the state of kids' TV, giving a potted history of the genre and taking a look at psychedelic kids' shows both old and new. He also pays tribute to Oliver Postgate.
Notes
Note: this episode was re-cut at the last minute so the show could pay tribute to Oliver Postgate. The following content was cut: Charlie talking to child psychologists to ask if kid's TV is taking a sinister turn. Plus a poem from Tim Key and the revelation of dark TV tales from behind the scenes.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 16th December 2008
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Brooker | Host / Presenter |
| Kirsten O'Brien | Self |
| Andy Nyman | Self |
| Charlie Brooker | Writer |
| Al Campbell | Director |
| Nick Vaughan Smith | Series Producer |
| Kufena Coulter | Producer |
| Charlie Brooker | Executive Producer |
| Annabel Jones | Executive Producer |
| Damon Tai | Editor |
| Tom Jarvis | Editor |