Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

2006 5 Seasons 24 Episodes ⭐ 8.1 Comedy Documentary

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

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

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

Brooker talks about the actual cost of making simple TV and how TV companies claw the money back from phone in shows. He

EP 2

Episode 2

Brooker talks about the process of actually getting an idea onto TV. He reviews 24, Deal or No Deal and breakfast TV and

EP 3

Episode 3

Brooker discusses TV scaremongering thanks to 24-hour news and reconstruction programmes. He reviews Music channels and

EP 7

Episode 7

Charlie dissects Hollyoaks, late-night gameshow The Mint, Dragons' Den and more. Plus, what the people listed in the cre

EP 1

Episode One

Brooker talks about how difficult it is to actually make the smallest bit of TV. Brooker reviews the morning slots on te

EP 2

Episode Two

Brooker discusses why some people want to be famous and will do anything to get on TV. He reviews psychic and medium pro

EP 3

Episode Three

Brooker looks into sex on television. He reviews where TV is heading in the future and where it is now, Emmerdale, cooke

EP 4

Episode Four

Brooker goes in depth into how you can get an idea on TV. He reviews TV consumer shows, Hollyoaks and Dragons' Den. A sp

EP 5

Episode Five (Screenwipe USA)

Screenwipe USA. In this USA special, Brooker goes in depth into American TV and compares the main differences between Br

EP 0

Episode 0

EP 1

Episode One

Brooker talks about the guidelines that TV has to adhere to. He reviews Celebrity Big Brother 5, Psychic Private Eyes an

EP 2

Episode Two

Brooker discusses what TV ratings are and how they work. He reviews 24, video games not getting as much respect as telev

EP 3

Episode Three

Brooker discusses what it's like to be the "talent" on a TV show. He reviews shows aimed at men; Ross Kemp on Gangs, Top

EP 4

Episode Four

Brooker talks about how video and editing techniques and technology have improved over time. He reviews Primeval and The

EP 1

Episode One

Brooker looks into the lies TV tells us. He reviews Heroes, Have I Been Here Before? and The X Factor. Nicholas Parsons

EP 2

Episode Two

Brooker talks about the decline of the ending credits on TV programmes. He reviews Ann Widdecombe Versus Prostitution, S

EP 3

Episode Three

In this television news special, Brooker talks about the need to entertain on the news and also the rise of 24-hour news

EP 4

Episode Four

Brooker talks about television that is aimed at today's youth. He reviews My Super Sweet 16, America's Next Top Model an

EP 5

Episode Five

Brooker looks into TV elimination shows and he creates his own to demonstrate how they can be edited to distort the trut

EP 1

Episode One

Brooker discusses the notion of people complaining about television. He reviews Britannia High, Paul Ross's Big Black Bo

EP 2

Episode Two

Brooker talks about television advertising; the guidelines, its history and how they work. He reviews Mad Men. Tim Key r

EP 3

Episode Three

In this slightly extended episode, Brooker is joined by some of the best TV writers in the business today. They talk abo

EP 4

Episode Four

Brooker talks the about the change in direction that modern day documentaries have taken. He launches his own mission do

EP 5

Episode Five

Brooker focuses on children's television from past to present, and even has a go at being a children's TV presenter on T

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