Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (2009)
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to Brooker's Screenwipe series which is also shown on BBC Four. A first series of six episodes ran between 25 March 2009 and 29 April 2009. A second series began on 19 January 2010 and concluded on 23 February 2010.
Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Global Recession, The Pope and Condoms, NatWest 3
Release Date: 2009-03-25 -
Episode 2 - Vox Pops, Viewer Content, Jade Goody
Release Date: 2009-04-01 -
Episode 3 - Newsreaders, War on Terror, Politcal Corruption
Release Date: 2009-04-08 -
Episode 4 - G20 Summit, MMR Vaccine, Protests
Release Date: 2009-04-15 -
Episode 5 - Compilation
Release Date: 2009-04-22 -
Episode 6 - The Media
Release Date: 2009-04-29In the final episode of this series Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.