Black Mirror: what makes it work?

Beyond Today

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Charlie Brooker started his career writing video game reviews before he went on to become a TV critic. He’s written and presented two successful TV series, Screenwipe and Newswipe, which pulled apart the news and what we watch on TV. But he’s best known as being the creator and writer of the hugely successful Black Mirror series, which looks at our unease with technology and has attracted some huge names. Series 5 is no different: Miley Cyrus is part of the cast. Charlie Brooker came into the Beyond Today studio to talk about his new series. He also touched on porn, phone addiction and what he thinks of Boris Johnson as a comic character. Producers: Philly Beaumont, Jaja Muhammad and Lucy Hancock. Mixed by: Weidong Lin Editor: John Shields

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:06.6	Hello, I'm Tina Dehealey and this is Beyond Today, a place to ask one big question
0:11.1	about one big story every weekday.
0:14.0	Today, Black Mirror. What makes it work?
0:27.0	Charlie, welcome to the podcast.
0:31.0	Hello.
0:32.0	We're all very excited to have you with us.
0:33.4	Well, that's good. I'm very excited to be here.
0:36.4	This is all good.
0:37.6	Black Mirror Creator and writer Charlie Broker popped in for a chat with us this morning after flying in from LA.
0:45.8	You know you love your job when your homework involves watching all of Black Mirror in one night,
0:51.4	which is what I did.
0:52.4	Really? Yes. You okay? Yes. Okay I'm
0:55.6	great I'm feeling really good. Now if you haven't seen it a series looks at our
0:59.7	unease with technology each episode is self-contained and stars different actors. It's attracted
1:06.4	some big names including Daniel Koleuya, John Ham, Rupert Everett Will Poulter. Actors young and old want to be a part of it.
1:15.3	And this series, which has a shorter run of three episodes released last week is no different.
1:20.7	Myly Cyrus has joined the cast. Charlie Brooker loves technology and gaming.
1:27.0	In fact, he started his career writing video game reviews before he went on to become a TV critic.
1:33.0	He's written and presented to successful TV series,
1:36.5	screen wipe and news wipe.
1:38.4	I love that program.
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