Death To...
- TV comedy
- Netflix
- 2020 - 2021
- 2 episodes
Death To... is the cathartic comedy event you'll never forget about the year you really, really don't want to remember. Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman and more.
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Death To 2020
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 27th December 2020
- Time
- 8am
- Channel
- Netflix
- Length
- 70 minutes, 52 seconds
Cast & crew
| Samuel L. Jackson | Dash Bracket |
| Hugh Grant | Tennyson Foss |
| Lisa Kudrow | Jeanetta Grace Susan |
| Kumail Nanjiani | Bark Multiverse |
| Tracey Ullman | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Samson Kayo | Pyrex Flask |
| Leslie Jones | Dr Maggie Gravel |
| Diane Morgan | Gemma Nerrick |
| Cristin Milioti | Kathy Flowers |
| Joe Keery | Duke Goolies |
| Angelo Irving | Boris Johnson |
| Lily Sullivan | Amy |
| Charlie Brooker | James (Voice) |
| Laurence Fishburne | Narrator |
| Charlie Brooker | Writer |
| Tom Baker | Writer |
| Kemah Bob | Writer |
| Ken Bordell | Writer |
| Munya Chawawa | Writer |
| Constance Cheng | Writer |
| Alan Connor | Writer |
| Erika Ehler | Writer |
| Charlie George | Writer |
| Eli Goldstone | Writer |
| Mollie Goodfellow | Writer |
| Jason Hazeley | Writer |
| Angelo Irving | Writer |
| Kae Kurd | Writer |
| Alison Marlow (as Ali Marlow) | Writer |
| Thanyia Moore | Writer |
| Joel Morris | Writer |
| Michael Odewale | Writer |
| Al Campbell | Director |
| Alice Mathias | Director |
| Alison Marlow | Series Producer |
| Tom Baker | Producer |
| Carl Craig | Producer |
| Charlie Brooker | Executive Producer |
| Annabel Jones | Executive Producer |
| Jesse Collins | Executive Producer |
| Dionne Harmon | Executive Producer |
| Lizzie Search | Line Producer |
| Milena Cave | Post Producer |
| Damon Tai | Editor |
| Jason Boxall | Editor |
| Ros Cumberland | Production Designer |
| Eric Schoonover | Production Designer |
| Jina Jay | Casting Director |
| Alyssa Weisberg | Casting Director |
| Jamie Cairney | Director of Photography |
| Louise Allen | Costume Designer |
| Adam Silver | Director of Photography |
| Tiger Kinsey | Costume Designer |
| Dave Whyte | Graphics |
| Ben Blease | Graphics |
| Dan Hoare | Graphics |
Videos
Hugh Grant as Tennyson Foss
Meet Tennyson Foss: historian and valued expert on all things 2020.
Featuring: Hugh Grant (Tennyson Foss).
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones interview
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones talk about how they made the mockumentary Death To 2020.
Featuring: Charlie Brooker & Annabel Jones.
Press
Death To 2020 review
Charlie Brooker's year-in-review Netflix special should have been an open goal. Instead, says Ed Cumming, it doesn't know whether it is playing to an American audience or a British one, and pleases neither.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 2nd January 2021Death To 2020: mockumentary proves comedy's demise
2020 has been a brutal year, but one that offers huge potential for humor. However, Death To 2020's tepid, establishment-friendly take on the past 12 months feels like the final nail in the coffin of true comedy.
Michael McCaffrey, Russia Today, 29th December 2020Death To 2020 review
Of course, some will argue that we shouldn't be laughing at the horror-show in which we're all so inextricably mired, but I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. Chances are, you will to.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 29th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
It's fun, but only if your idea of fun is watching 70 minutes of Hollywood stars reading out jokes from The Mash Report.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
Charlie Brooker's Netflix mockumentary is a complete mess. One of the few things you can say for the show is that it's appropriate to its subject, in that you'll be glad when it's over.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020 is too rushed
The 70-minute Netflix special should probably have been at least five times longer.
Rory Cashin, Lovin.ie, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020 misses the Screen Wipe magic
It's not bad, but it is what it is. It's a recap with some characters going 'can you believe that?'
Tilly Pearce, Metro, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
Once people realise Death To 2020 isn't actually very Black Mirror-esque at all, but rather just a subpar year-in-review show - in the vein of Last Week Tonight only less sharp - I'm not sure why anybody would seek out this special.
Daniel Fienberg, Hollywood Reporter, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
It fast became a cliché to say that the spiralling dystopia of 2020 was like an out-of-control episode of Black Mirror. So it was probably inevitable that Charlie Brooker would be called upon to offer a satirical summary of the momentously awful 12 months, especially given his track record with the Wipe series for the BBC. The result is a wry, often bleakly amusing look at the year, albeit without the astringent personal bite Brooker normally brings to his year-end round-ups.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
Perhaps it's a case of too many cooks, with eighteen writers listed in the credits, and the desire to reach a much bigger audience given that the likes of Jackson, Jones, Grant and Milioti were all involved, but the satire felt bleakly blunted.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 27th December 2020Death To 2020: Interview with Brooker & Jones
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones tackle the "nonsense and chaos and horribleness" of 2020 with a star-studded mockumentary filmed under pandemic-era protocols. "We hope to give people a sort of cathartic exorcism of the year that was 2020," Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Jackie Strause, Hollywood Reporter, 27th December 2020Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones interview
Black Mirror co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones discuss new comedy special Death To 2020, and the importance of being silly in the face of disaster.
Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 26th December 2020Charlie Brooker: how Death To 2020 is different to Wipe
And why this year *isn't* like an episode of Black Mirror.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 23rd December 2020