Charlie Brooker
- 54 years old
- English
- Writer, executive producer, presenter, satirist and producer
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Nathan Barley is 10
Looking back at Charlie Brooker's debut TV series.
Tom Mansell, Digital Spy, 11th February 2015How the Nathan Barley nightmare came true
Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris's 2005 TV series was a comedy about a ludicrous 'self-facilitating media node' in east London. But 10 years on, it looks more like a documentary about the future.
Andrew Harrison, The Guardian, 10th February 2015Black Mirror - series one box set review
From the PM blackmailed into having sex with a pig to the gadget that rewinds the past, Charlie Brooker's dystopian visions are unlike anything else on TV.
Stephen Carty, The Guardian, 6th February 2015Charlie Brooker: "I'd love to do a Black Mirror film"
The Weekly Wipe writer and broadcaster says some episodes of the dystopian drama could work better on the silver screen.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 29th January 2015Charlie Brooker interview
We recently caught up with him and couldn't resist also asking about the future of his Channel 4 drama series Black Mirror and the possibility of a Brooker book...
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 29th January 2015Charlie Brooker interview
Never one to mince his words, Charlie Brooker returns with a new instalment of satirical show Weekly Wipe.
Kate Samuelson, Hull Daily Mail, 28th January 2015Philomena Cunk's favourite TV
The cultural critic and Charlie Brooker's mate on her love of The One Show and why they should make SuperSteptoe And Superson.
Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris, The Guardian, 28th January 2015Charlie Booker interview
He's the sharp-tongued satirist who has made a living out of lampooning everything from Benefits Street to Katie Hopkins, but Charlie Brooker's viewing habits might surprise his fans.
This is Gloucestershire, 24th January 2015The festive special of Charlie Brooker's dystopian anthology series is, as you might expect, entirely lacking in goodwill, depicting the holiday season as a period of solitude and emptiness. Which makes it perfect viewing for January, a time when even the faintest memory of the Christmas gorging session is likely to have you reaching for the sick bucket. Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall are two singletons, sharing stories of gadget-enabled love and loss over a Christmas dinner. But something's not quite right with their situation...
The Guardian, 3rd January 2015Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe, BBC2, review
Brooker's Wipe might be uncomfortably similar to Russell Brand's YouTube rant 'The Trews' were it not for the top-notch contributors.
Ellen E. Jones, The Independent, 30th December 2014