Charlie Brooker
- 53 years old
- English
- Writer, executive producer, presenter, satirist and producer
Press clippings
Philomena Cunk's shtick is starting to grow tedious
Cunk's latest musings on the meaning of life is classic Charlie Brooker - but it's time to give Diane Morgan's fool something new to do.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 30th December 2024A laugh a day to keep the winter blues away: the 31-day comedy diet for January
From The Two Ronnies to TikTok via near-forgotten TV classics, here's our dose of daily fun to ring the new year in with cheer.
Max Olesker, The Observer, 29th December 2024Charlie Brooker: We *could* do a Philomena Cunk-Black Mirror crossover
The creator of both shows admitted he had the idea of an episode in which the dimwitted talking head, as played by Diane Morgan, looked into technology, which could fall under both series.
Chortle, 27th December 2024Philomena Cunk meets Charlie Brooker: "You make me look a right plum half the time"
Philomena Cunk - the interviewer, visionary and fictional dimwit played by Diane Morgan - has been terrorising TV experts for years in her parody documentaries. Now she's back to tackle even bigger questions in Cunk On Life, so we thought it was high time she tackled the biggest expert on her own existence, aka Cunk's original creator, screenwriter Charlie Brooker. Here's what happened...
Charlie Brooker, Radio Times, 10th December 2024Charlie Brooker teases new TV comedy projects
Creator talks of "unique" quality of British humour at Bafta Craft Awards.
Heather Fallon, Broadcast, 3rd May 2024Nathan Barley: the British comedy that foresaw the future of culture
Nathan Barley depicts the self-absorption of East London, where vapid hipsters and narcissistic media online personalities run amok amid a new age of journalism.
Thomas Leatham, Far Out, 5th February 2024Philomena Cunk to return in BBC special Cunk's Quest For Meaning
BBC Two will broadcast Cunk's Quest For Meaning, a one-off 75 minute special in which Diane Morgan will reprise her role as Philomena Cunk to try and discover the meaning of life.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024There is so much wrong with 'Big Fat Quiz Of The Year' - can it really survive?
The annual comedy quiz has been a Christmas staple since 2004 - but its childish one-liners and macho atmosphere mean it struggles to feel fresh.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 26th December 2023Charlie Brooker on "Be Right Back", Black Mirror's softest, saddest, strangest episode
The series creator and writer on the madness of grief, technology manipulating our emotions, and the uncanny valley where those two ideas meet.
Olivia Pym, GQ, 6th December 2023Charlie Brooker claims Channel 4 'effectively cancelled' Black Mirror
Screenwriter claimed there was a falling out with the British broadcaster over the cost of production per episode of the Emmy-winning series.
Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 28th May 2023