Charlie Brooker
- 54 years old
- English
- Writer, executive producer, presenter, satirist and producer
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Doug Stanhope: the Holocaust, US politics and #piggate
With a UK tour underway, GQ caught up with acerbic US comedian Doug Stanhope. Famously bleak, he's worked with Charlie Brooker on the BBC and you can catch his specials on Netflix. We wanted to find out what he makes of current stories in US and UK politics, and how he's finding this tour.
Rupert Myers, GQ, 14th October 2015Black Mirror to return on Netflix
US on-demand service Netflix has ordered 12 new episodes of Charlie Brooker's dark comedy drama Black Mirror.
British Comedy Guide, 25th September 2015Charlie Brooker on Cameron and #piggate
"The first question people were asking me was, Did I know anything about it? And the answer is no, absolutely not. I probably wouldn't have bothered writing an episode of a fictional comedy-drama if I'd known."
Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, 21st September 2015A Touch of Cloth dead, but Charlie Brooker wanted more
Charlie Brooker's blink-and-you-miss-it comedy A Touch of Cloth is unlikely to come back for a fourth series, according to lead star John Hannah.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 9th September 2015Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror to become a Netflix show
Sources say the US streaming giant has agreed terms to make original episodes of the hit dystopian comedy drama.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 7th September 2015Konnie Huq talks about marrying Charlie Brooker
Ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq admits she's a nerd - but doesn't know if she's legally married to Charlie Brooker.
The Big Issue, 23rd July 2015Chris (Daniel Rigby) is an undercover policeman, currently on a mission to ingratiate himself into a violent Armenian family and gain evidence of their criminal dealings. A mild cop show spoof at times borrowing the mock-dramatic pacing of Charlie Brooker and Daniel Maier's police procedural parody A Touch Of Cloth - but not, sadly, the jokes - what this feels most like is a comedy vehicle for Rigby, otherwise known as the awkward one from the BT adverts. Which would be no bad thing if it weren't such a feeble effort.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 16th June 2015Black Mirror will be back, but could be made by Netflix
Charlie Brooker is penning more series of the technofear thriller - but he is currently being wooed by the US streaming giant alongside other American broadcasters, RadioTimes.com can reveal.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 12th May 2015TV review: Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe, BBC2
What does it say in the Bible about the last coming first? After an election campaign that has been crammed to the brink with satirical programmes, Charlie Brooker bowled along just as last orders were being called to show the rest how it should be done.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th May 2015Charlie Brooker takes on immigration reporting in Wipe
In a clip from tonight's Screen Wipe special, the writer and broadcaster finds formulaic news bulletins ripe for parody.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 6th May 2015