Charlie Brooker

Charlie Brooker: some New Year's Resolution suggestions

Rather than setting yourself a New Year's resolution, why not simply pick a reason for hating yourself for the next 365 days? Takes less time, and it's easier to stick to. Or you could do what I'm doing this year: setting New Year's resolutions for everyone in the world except me.

Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe interests 530,000

Charlie Brooker's end-of-year Screenwipe review appealed to just under 530,000 viewers last night (Friday).

Charlie Brooker's techno-fables were provocative and strange, the edgiest, most zeitgeisty TV fiction of the year: black, beautifully played, thought-provoking and funny.

Video: Charlie Brooker talking on BBC Breakfast

Charlie Brooker talks to BBC Breakfast about his round up of the news in 2011.

Charlie Brooker: A guide to the buzzwords of 2011

Been duped by a 'sock puppet'? Had a go at 'planking'? Living in a 'structured reality'? 2011 threw up some new words and concepts - and here they are explained.

Black Mirror - "The Entire History of You"

The final part of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror anthology comes instead from the mind of Jesse Armstrong, one half of the writing partnership behind comedies Peep Show and Fresh Meat. This marks a change of style for Armstrong, as there wasn't much to smile about in "The Entire History Of You" (well, beyond the one cereal joke).

Charlie Brooker's third 'Black Mirror' draws 870k

Charlie Brooker's third Black Mirror hit a ratings low, only picking up 870k viewers (including +1) for Channel 4 last night, overnight data suggests.

I'm trying very hard to admire Charlie Brooker's Channel 4 series Black Mirror. Because I ­gather it's against the luvvie law not to. But, Christ, if last week's snail-paced instalment was any slower it would have been a photograph. Schoolboy satire. With a sledgehammer. ­Sophisticated it ain't.

Surrealist bluffers guide to the British Comedy Awards

Will Ricky Gervais behave like a dick? Will anyone recognise Charlie Brooker as a comic? And will Miranda make anyone laugh, ever? Read on to find out...

The 12th best programme of 2011 according to the Radio Times.

The second and third of Charlie Brooker's techno-fables were provocative and strange; but the first, "The National Anthem", was extraordinary, the edgiest, most zeitgeisty TV fiction all year. Tackling the mob mentality of "the online hive-mind", Brooker imagined a prime minister challenged via YouTube to have broadcast sex with a pig, or see a kidnapped princess die. It wasn't just the warped premise that was so powerful, it was the way politicians were shown to be at the mercy of social media and comment boards. Beautifully played, it was deliciously black and thought-provoking. And very funny.