Charlie Brooker
Director
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006)
Season 4
Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.
Released March 2, 2006
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.satire, imdb.sarcastic-man, imdb.critic, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.character-name-in-title
Production Companies: Zeppotron
Network: BBC Four
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Episode 1 - (25 September 2007)
Brooker looks into the lies TV tells us. He reviews Heroes, Have I Been Here Before? and The X Factor. Nicholas Parsons talks about Saturday night entertainment.
Sept. 25, 2007, midnight
S4E2 - Episode 2 - (2 October 2007l)
Brooker talks about the decline of the ending credits on TV programmes. He reviews Ann Widdecombe Versus Prostitution, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Street Doctor. Richard Herring talks about Big Cook Little Cook.
Oct. 2, 2007, midnight
S4E3 - Episode 3 - (9 October 2007)
In this television news special, Brooker talks about the need to entertain on the news and also the rise of 24-hour news. Adam Curtis talks about the rise and fall of the television journalist.
Oct. 9, 2007, midnight
S4E4 - Episode 4 - (16 October 2007)
Brooker talks about television that is aimed at today's youth. He reviews My Super Sweet 16, America's Next Top Model and The Tudors. Matt Berry about television theme tunes, especially those of Ronnie Hazelhurst.
Oct. 16, 2007, midnight
S4E5 - Episode 5 - (23 October 2007)
Brooker looks into TV elimination shows and he creates his own to demonstrate how they can be edited to distort the truth. He reviews Pete's P.A. and Any Dream Will Do.
Oct. 23, 2007, midnight
Network: BBC Four
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1230 min.
Released: March 2, 2006
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2008, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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