Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006)
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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Episode 1 - Episode 1 - (25 September 2007)
Release Date: 2007-09-25Brooker 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.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2 - (2 October 2007l)
Release Date: 2007-10-02Brooker 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.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3 - (9 October 2007)
Release Date: 2007-10-09In 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.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4 - (16 October 2007)
Release Date: 2007-10-16Brooker 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.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5 - (23 October 2007)
Release Date: 2007-10-23Brooker 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.