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Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

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.

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Series 5, Episode 2

In an advertising special, there are reports from a mysterious insider dishing the dirt on all that is bad in the industry, plus a potted history of advertising. Brooker reveals the changing psychology used to keep people buying and how the portrayal of men and women in advertising have changed, while poet Tim Key gives us an advert-related verse.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 25th November 2008
Time
10:30pm
Channel
BBC Four
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 12th January 2009 10:00pm BBC2
Tuesday 18th August 2009 11:30pm BBC4

Cast & crew

Cast
Charlie Brooker Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Tim Key Self
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace Self
Writing team
Charlie Brooker Writer
Production team
Al Campbell Director
Nick Vaughan Smith Series Producer
Kufena Coulter Producer
Charlie Brooker Executive Producer
Annabel Jones Executive Producer
Damon Tai Editor
Jamie Shemeld Editor

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