Newswipe With Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron
Newswipe With Charlie Brooker
- TV comedy
- BBC Four
- 2009 - 2010
- 10 episodes (2 series)
Spin-off from hit TV satire Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, take an irreverent and often despairing look at global TV news coverage. Stars Charlie Brooker, Tim Key and Doug Stanhope.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Newswipe With Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron
Brooker looks at the potty levels the news' obsession with the Credit Crunch has reached. There's an authored piece by Nick Davis about the influence the PR Industry has over the news, a poem by Tim Key and a bucket load more.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 25th March 2009
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Cast & crew
| Charlie Brooker | Host / Presenter |
| Tim Key | Self |
| Nick Davies | Self |
| Danielle Ward | Self |
| Charlie Brooker | Writer |
| Al Campbell | Director |
| Kufena Coulter | Producer |
| Nick Vaughan Smith | Producer |
| Annabel Jones | Executive Producer |
| Damon Tai | Editor |
| Iain Mitchell | Editor |
| Emlyn Pugh | Editor |
| Liz Harbord | Make-up Designer |
Video
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker looks at how TV news sensationalises a mass shooting story... something it really shouldn't do, as a forensic psychiatrist explains.
Featuring: Charlie Brooker.