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Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.1
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Released

3/2/2006

Duration

0h 30m

Genre

Comedy, Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Charlie Brooker

Overview

Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.

Episodes

Episode 1EP 1Available

Episode 1

30m0.0

Brooker talks about the actual cost of making simple TV and how TV companies claw the money back from phone in shows. He also discusses the different types of TV presenters as well as reviewing The Jeremy Kyle Show and The Apprentice. Robert Popper talks about his dislike for the TV show Star Quality.

Episode 2EP 2Available

Episode 2

30m0.0

Brooker talks about the process of actually getting an idea onto TV. He reviews 24, Deal or No Deal and breakfast TV and he discusses TV giving itself a pat on the back. Dr Ben Goldacre discusses "bad" science on television.

Episode 3EP 3Available

Episode 3

30m0.0

Brooker discusses TV scaremongering thanks to 24-hour news and reconstruction programmes. He reviews Music channels and TV makeover shows. Simon Farnaby talks about Last of the Summer Wine.

Episode 7EP 7Available

Episode 7

30m0.0

Charlie dissects Hollyoaks, late-night gameshow The Mint, Dragons' Den and more. Plus, what the people listed in the credits of TV shows actually do.

Cast

Charlie Brooker

Presenter

Charlie Brooker

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