Newswipe With Charlie Brooker
- TV comedy
- BBC Four
- 2009 - 2010
- 10 episodes (2 series)
Spin-off from hit TV satire Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, take an irreverent and often despairing look at global TV news coverage. Stars Charlie Brooker, Tim Key and Doug Stanhope.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4
Charlie Brooker charts the way the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit in London, while Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science, vents his anger over the way press covers science stories.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 15th April 2009
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Charlie Brooker | Host / Presenter |
Tim Key | Self |
Ben Goldacre (as Dr Ben Goldacre) | Self |
Charlie Brooker | Writer |
Sam Pinnell | Writer (Additional Material) |
Al Campbell | Director |
Kufena Coulter | Producer |
Nick Vaughan Smith | Producer |
Annabel Jones | Executive Producer |
Damon Tai | Editor |
Iain Mitchell | Editor |
Tom Jarvis | Editor |
Liz Harbord | Make-up Designer |