Charlie Brooker
- 53 years old
- English
- Writer, executive producer, presenter, satirist and producer
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Charlie Brooker: Farage has been giving him problems
"Nigel Farage is like a flipping, slightly pissed-up sort of brother-in-law or something," according to Charlie Brooker, who'll be presenting his customary Election Wipe this evening on BBC Two, ahead of tomorrow's turnout for what is predicted to be the closest election in years.
The Huffington Post, 6th 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 2015Charlie Brooker on the leaders' debates
What sort of person can't decide who to vote for, but can rate how much they like whatever they're hearing out of five, and wants to sit there tapping a button accordingly?
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 6th April 2015Charlie Brooker: why tug our forelocks to Richard III?
For somebody who did less for Britain than, say, Olly Murs, we're making a dreadful fuss of our late monarch.
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 24th March 2015BBC Two orders Charlie Brooker election special
Charlie Brooker will return to BBC Two in the run-up to the May General Election with a new Wipe special focusing on the political campaign.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2015Charlie Brooker's unnerving series returns for a feature-length Christmas special on Tuesday, starring Jon Hamm. But you can watch all previous episodes, which exhibit a compelling sense of unease about the modern world.
Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 20th March 2015Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, Series 3 review
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe may just be the smoothest comedy programme on television. It is also one of the bleakest satirical programmes I have ever seen, but I am well and truly addicted.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 14th March 2015Nathan Barley is 10
Looking back at Charlie Brooker's debut TV series.
Tom Mansell, Digital Spy, 11th February 2015How the Nathan Barley nightmare came true
Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris's 2005 TV series was a comedy about a ludicrous 'self-facilitating media node' in east London. But 10 years on, it looks more like a documentary about the future.
Andrew Harrison, The Guardian, 10th February 2015Black Mirror - series one box set review
From the PM blackmailed into having sex with a pig to the gadget that rewinds the past, Charlie Brooker's dystopian visions are unlike anything else on TV.
Stephen Carty, The Guardian, 6th February 2015