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Charlie Brooker

Charlie Brooker

  • 53 years old
  • English
  • Writer, executive producer, presenter, satirist and producer

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James Corden's World Cup Live: The Aftermath

These half hour 'celebrations of football' will not be presented by Charlie Brooker and David Mitchell but the distinctively less amusing James Corden and Abbey Clancy.

Sean Marland, On The Box, 12th June 2010

Konnie Huq to marry Charlie Brooker

Despite the differences, Charlie Brooker and Konnie Huq have become engaged after nine months together.

Sara Nathan, Daily Mail, 9th June 2010

Huq has to cancel romantic trip with Charlie Brooker

Hard-working Konnie Huq has had to cancel a romantic trip to Las Vegas with new love Charlie Brooker - despite joking they had planned a quickie wedding.

The Sun, 9th June 2010

Faber gets funny with Tucker tie-in

Faber is swearing by the first official tie-in to political comedy "The Thick of It" and its film spin-off, "In the Loop", as part of an autumn season of comedy, which will include titles from Sarah Silverman, Harry Hill and Charlie Brooker.

Katie Allen, The Bookseller, 4th June 2010

Our man in the know bows out after a second successful run of You Have Been Watching. As ever, due to the late production of the show, it's impossible to know what Charlie Brooker's going to be lampooning with his guests. We do know that among them are regulars Rufus Hound and Josie Long. Joining them is the first man of British satire, Armando Iannucci, whose brilliant lancing of Westminster in The Thick Of It saw him have an almost Dimbleby-sized presence on election night television.

Will Dean, The Guardian, 3rd June 2010

The powers of Charlie Brooker's persuasiveness are showcased in all their splendour on So Wrong It's Right (Radio 4, Tuesday), the panel game that celebrates "the wrong side of life". This week, Brooker got Liza Tarbuck to admit to rigging up a homemade device and siphoning off petrol from her dad Jimmy's saloon ("He kept us on quite a tight leash, financially," was her defence). Richard Herring, meanwhile, confessed he once pooed his own pants - and seemed delighted to be telling all. In case you're worried, he was still at primary school at the time.

Camilla Redmond, The Guardian, 3rd June 2010

Lee Mack vs Charlie Brooker on So Wrong It's Right

So Wrong It's Right is the radio show hosted by Charlie Brooker in which his guests must try to "out-wrong each other". In tonight's episode he is joined by Tom Basden, Josie Long and Lee Mack - and it's with Lee that things get a little... heated.

BBC Comedy, 18th May 2010

Tuesday, Radio 4: Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker hosts comedy panel show So Wrong It's Right, with guests Victoria Coren, David Mitchell and Rufus Hound, signing off with his catchphrase, "go away!". Thursday, Channel 4: Brooker hosts comedy panel show You Have Been Watching, with guests Victoria Coren, David Mitchell and Andy Nyman, signing off with his catchphrase, etc. Shamefully, no explanation was given - although panel show fans are known to find change disturbing - for Hound's absence.

The Guardian, 17th May 2010

Rent-a-rants are received loud and clear

There's so much about the world that's rubbish, so many ways in which our species has made a complete mess of things, that misanthropy feels like a rational response to modern life.

A clear leader in the field is Charlie Brooker, who has distinguished himself in print and on television with his scabrous crescendos of disgust and contempt. It clears the passages to witness a heartfelt tirade against those deserving of our condemnation, and Brooker reliably hands out metaphorical kickings where they are most needed.

Chris Maume, The Independent, 16th May 2010

Charlie Brooker sets out to expose, wallow in, and reward failure. Panellists David Mitchell, Victoria Coren and Rufus Hound are invited to share their wretched holiday experiences and write the opening line for a sci-fi novel, among other things. Let us hope that no one from BBC3 was listening to their pitches for the worst reality show they can imagine: Mitchell's spin on Brewster's Millions, in which contestants must deliberately lose all their friends, sounds like it's got legs.

Celine Bijleveld, The Guardian, 14th May 2010

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