Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
- TV factual
- BBC Four
- 2006 - 2009
- 28 episodes (5 series)
TV critic and comedy writer Charlie Brooker takes a caustic look at television programmes and reveals the inner workings of the industry.
Episode menu
Gameswipe - Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
Further details
Following in the footsteps of Screenwipe and Newswipe, Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe pokes fun at the world of video games and its relationship with the media.
Video games continue to be looked down upon by other media and Gameswipe aims to bring some equality into the mix by illustrating how games can be just as dumb or brilliant as TV and movies.
Charlie Brooker comments: "It's good to be doing more Wipes for BBC4. I started my writing career penning video game reviews, so Gameswipe effectively sees me coming full-circle: it's evolution in reverse basically. Expect pixels, joypads, some of the world's weirdest games, celebrity cameos and the occasional sound effect."
Comedian Dom Joly ventures into the online gaming world and does his best to wind up hardcore gamers as they relax with their favourite games. Other contributors include Graham Linehan and Dara O Briain.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 29th September 2009
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Brooker | Host / Presenter |
| Robert Florence (as Rab Florence) | Self |
| Ryan MacLeod | Self |
| Graham Linehan | Self |
| Dara O Briain (as Dara O' Briain) | Self |
| Rebecca Mayes | Self |
| Charlie Brooker | Writer |
| Al Campbell | Director |
| Nick Vaughan Smith | Series Producer |
| Annabel Jones | Executive Producer |
| Damon Tai | Editor |
| Jamie Shemeld | Editor |
| Tom Wright | Director of Photography |
| Emily Cripps | Make-up Designer |
| Sylvia Atkins (as Silvia Atkins) | Make-up Designer |
| Holly Sait | Production Manager |
| Sonia Coppi | Production Manager |
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Press
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe gives videogames good name
Television's relationship with videogames has been bumpy over the last 20 years, but Charlie Brooker's new show might herald a happier future.
Chris Moran, The Guardian, 30th September 2009TV Review: Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
Aside from the serious(ish) stuff, it was great just to see Brooker talking about games that have been forgotten and for a gaming geek like me, it was wonderful to see the segment from the Consolvania crew talking about the wild array of utterly mental games you could get on the ZX Spectrum.
mofgimmers, TV Scoop, 30th September 2009Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
Tonight's an exciting night to be a fan of videogames as, at long last, Charlie Brooker will be giving the Screenwipe treatment to the oft-maligned (yet incredibly lucrative) form of electronic entertainment in Gameswipe.
David Thair, BBC Comedy, 29th September 2009The computer games show comeback
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe could mark the return of the computer games show to mainstream TV. Hands up who misses GamesMaster?
Owen Van Spall, The Guardian, 29th May 2009