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BBC Four · Ended
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Comedy · 2006
Last aired: S5 E?, Charlie Brooker's 2009 Wipe · 2009-12-22
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe is a television programme about television programmes; the cost, the surprising amount of work and bureaucracy involved, how programmes are selected for broadcast, and, usually scathing, analysis of specific programmes and genres. Brooker often pays particular attention to more obscure channels on satellite, freeview and cable, such as those dedicated to gambling, shopping, horoscopes, and pornography. He explores the probable effects of television in society, and how often programmes can create in the viewer feelings of inadequacy, depression, fear, and anxiety. To balance things, usually one segment of each show is dedicated to positive reviews, with analysis on why the style and content is so absorbing.
Season 5
E1
Episode 1
2008-11-18 · 30 min
Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at aspects of life on the small screen. He examines the state of television in the current economic climate and attacks expensive dramas.
E2
Episode 2
2008-11-25 · 30 min
Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at life on the small screen. In an advertising special, a report from an insider who dishes the dirt on all that is bad in the industry.
E3
Episode 3
2008-12-02 · 30 min
Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at life on the small screen. In a writers' special, he is joined by some of the best to talk about how a TV programme is actually created.
E4
Episode 4
2008-12-09 · 30 min
Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at life on the small screen. He takes a scalpel to 'mission' documentaries and makes his own rather unusual version of the genre.
E5
Episode 5
2008-12-16 · 30 min
Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at life on the small screen. He turns his gaze to the state of kids' TV and the new trend for programmes featuring child psychologists.
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