Charlie Brooker

Radio Times review

Whatever horrors the world has endured over the past 12 months - war, pestilence, terrorism and Piers Morgan's new presenting gig on Good Morning Britain (only kidding, Piers), then we can always be sure of some traditional comforts. One is that Charlie Brooker and friends will extract some comic mileage in his now-traditional end-of-year round-up.

Joined by contributors Doug Stanhope, Morgana Robinson (complete with her extraordinary Russell Brand impersonation) and Diane Morgan as the fabulously vacuous pundit Philomena Cunk, laughter appears guaranteed. Page Three and Cecil the Lion may all have died this year, but smart, sassy satire is alive and well on BBC Two.

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.

Charlie 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."

A 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.

Charlie 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.

Konnie 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.

Chris (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.

Black 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.

TV 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.