Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 2020
- 1 episode
Charlie Brooker addresses coronavirus and lockdown in his own unique style. Also features Diane Morgan, Al Campbell, Konnie Huq and Andrew Pollard.
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Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe review
There's no surer sign that the hairline cracks in the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' all-in-this-together, good-old British pluck response to Covid-19 has fissured into more open derision of government failures than having cynic-in-chief Charlie Brooker return to our screens.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, review
Brilliant, topical comedy that burns with a necessary rage.
Adam White, The Independent, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe review
Brooker is never better than when at home, shouting at the TV, so perhaps it's little wonder the lockdown finds him on his best-ever form.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, BBC2, review
A bullet train of sarcasm through two months of coronavirus.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 14th May 2020Antiviral Wipe, review
Charlie Brooker takes no prisoners but this format is old hat.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 14th May 2020TV review: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
This was fantastic stuff then, both fascinating and funny, and it deserves a huge amount of credit for dealing with a topic that many are sick to death off in an original, honest and consistently hilarious manner.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 14th May 2020Review: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
"Antiviral Wipe should be considered an essential service."
Chris Edwards, Digital Spy, 14th May 2020Review: Antiviral Wipe
The quick-paced satirical special makes Brooker's return to our screens well worth the wait, says Lauren Morris.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker interview
The master of dystopian TV is returning for a coronavirus-themed Wipe. How has the current global catastrophe compared with those in his imagination?
David Smith, The Guardian, 13th May 2020Charlie Brooker: how Covid lead to the return of Wipe
The Wipe format "actually works pretty well under lockdown conditions", the presenter revealed.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 4th May 2020