Seasons & Episodes
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
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
Episode 3
Brooker discusses TV scaremongering thanks to 24-hour news and reconstruction programmes. He reviews Music channels and
Episode 7
Charlie dissects Hollyoaks, late-night gameshow The Mint, Dragons' Den and more. Plus, what the people listed in the cre
Episode One
Brooker talks about how difficult it is to actually make the smallest bit of TV. Brooker reviews the morning slots on te
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
Episode Three
Brooker looks into sex on television. He reviews where TV is heading in the future and where it is now, Emmerdale, cooke
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
Episode Five (Screenwipe USA)
Screenwipe USA. In this USA special, Brooker goes in depth into American TV and compares the main differences between Br
Episode 0
Episode One
Brooker talks about the guidelines that TV has to adhere to. He reviews Celebrity Big Brother 5, Psychic Private Eyes an
Episode Two
Brooker discusses what TV ratings are and how they work. He reviews 24, video games not getting as much respect as telev
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
Episode Four
Brooker talks about how video and editing techniques and technology have improved over time. He reviews Primeval and The
Episode One
Brooker looks into the lies TV tells us. He reviews Heroes, Have I Been Here Before? and The X Factor. Nicholas Parsons
Episode Two
Brooker talks about the decline of the ending credits on TV programmes. He reviews Ann Widdecombe Versus Prostitution, S
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
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
Episode Five
Brooker looks into TV elimination shows and he creates his own to demonstrate how they can be edited to distort the trut
Episode One
Brooker discusses the notion of people complaining about television. He reviews Britannia High, Paul Ross's Big Black Bo
Episode Two
Brooker talks about television advertising; the guidelines, its history and how they work. He reviews Mad Men. Tim Key r
Episode Three
In this slightly extended episode, Brooker is joined by some of the best TV writers in the business today. They talk abo
Episode Four
Brooker talks the about the change in direction that modern day documentaries have taken. He launches his own mission do
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