Charlton Brooker is an English television presenter, author, screenwriter, producer, satirist and social critic. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror, and has written for comedy series such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show and Nathan Barley.
Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.
Release Date: 2024-12-05
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: BBC Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Vote Count: 80
In this edgy, over-the-top, interactive trivia toon, answer correctly to help Rowdy the Cat evade Peanut the Security Pup to steal some prized paintings.
Release Date: 2022-02-22
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 33
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer.
Release Date: 2021-12-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 262
One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
Release Date: 2021-09-27
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 111
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.
Release Date: 2020-12-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 742
In this one-off special, Charlie Brooker returns to take a look at life under lockdown. Contributors include the ever-insightful Philomena Cunk and Barry Shitpeas.
Release Date: 2020-05-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Self
Philomena Cunk and friends take a look back at the major events of our 2019th year.
Release Date: 2019-12-16
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 9
Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.
Release Date: 2019-02-06
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Release Date: 2018-12-28
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 3914
Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
Release Date: 2018-04-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 10
Vote Count: 113
Philomena Cunk is on a festive mission to track down the true meaning of Christmas, and find out exactly what it wants. It's an insightful documentary which takes her on a journey from pagan winter festivals and the nativity story, via 'Sir Charles Dickings', all the way up to today's obsession with Santa. Along the way Philomena will be grilling a variety of experts, trying to expose the truth about Christmas, such as why people still put up with 'brussels sprouts'.
Release Date: 2016-12-29
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 20
Fresh from her triumphs on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe investigating time, Winston Churchill, and Donald Trump, Philomena Cunk has finally been given her own show - about William Shakespeare. Cunk will leave no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard, visiting his birthplace, exploring the Globe, studying priceless artefacts and interviewing literally six different experts.
Release Date: 2016-05-11
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 23
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Release Date: 2014-05-24
Character: Self
Vote Count: 2
Moments of Wonder with Philomena Cunk was a mockumentary series starring Diane Morgan which has now gone on to create a new series, Cunk on Britain.
Release Date: 2014-01-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 15
Vote Count: 1
From Pong to Grand Theft Auto, Charlie Brooker delves into the history of videogames and pulls out a selection of its most significant titles. From Atari to Angry Birds, How Videogames Changed the World explores how interactive entertainment evolved from a penny arcade diversion into a medium that some believe is art, and shows how it is changing the way we work, communicate and, of course, play. Joined by Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and gaming legends like Will Wright and John Romero, Brooker looks at how videogames have become the most progressive art form of the last 40 years. This humorous and insightful tour will surprise and entertain the uninitiated and dedicated gamers alike.
Release Date: 2013-11-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Presenter
Vote Count: 31
Charlie Brooker and guests cast their collective eyes over all that the telly, cinema, news and computer games have to offer, in order to wring a little laughter from a hilariously troubled world.
Release Date: 2013-01-31
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Himself - Presenter
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 21
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
Release Date: 2012-08-26
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 71
Them From That Thing is a sketch show featuring a host of Channel 4 comedy stars. The series features Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Kayvan Novak (Facejacker), Sally Phillips (Smack The Pony) and Morgana Robinson (Very Important People) alongside with a host of famous faces from the world of drama. Set in the modern world where serious characters say and do very stupid things, Them From That Thing combines the look and feel of great British drama with a silly and slightly unhinged comic sensibility.
Release Date: 2012-08-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Gadget aficionado Stephen Fry chooses and presents his 100 all-time favourite contraptions, from the tin opener, trouser press and answering machine to the apple peeler, iron and iPod
Release Date: 2012-06-28
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 4
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
Release Date: 2011-12-04
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 5229
How TV Ruined Your Life is a six-episode BBC Two television series written and presented by Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker, whose earlier TV-related programmes include How to Watch Television, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching, examines how the medium has bent reality to fit its own ends. Produced by Zeppotron, the series aired its first episode in January 2011.
Release Date: 2011-01-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Presenter
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 25
10 O'Clock Live is a British comedy/news television programme presented by Charlie Brooker, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne and David Mitchell. The programme was commissioned following the success of Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, fronted by the same four presenters, in May 2010. The first series appeared in 2011, with two subsequent series broadcast in 2012 and 2013. The song "Bernie" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is used for the show's theme.
Release Date: 2011-01-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Presenter
Episode Count: 24
Vote Count: 9
Charlie Brooker takes a comedic look back at the hectic events of the previous year.
Release Date: 2010-12-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Himself (Presenter)
Episode Count: 7
Vote Count: 3
Charlie Brooker sets his caustic sights on video games. Expect acerbic comment as he looks at the various genres, how they have changed since their early conception and how the media represents games and gamers. Features interviews with Dara O Briain, sitcom scribe Graham Linehan and Rab and Ryan from Consolevania.
Release Date: 2009-09-29
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Self - Presenter
Vote Count: 6
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe was a special one-off British, video game culture show by Charlie Brooker, aired in September 2009 during the BBC's Technology season. Following on from Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe, Gameswipe featured reviews of various video games and consoles as well as an insight into the video game industry.
Release Date: 2009-09-29
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Character: Presenter
Episode Count: [ 1 ]
Vote Count: 2
Notoriously foul-mouthed television critic Charlie Brooker invites three of his friends round to sit in oversized chairs, watch television, and they all take the mick out of it. Each discussion ends with one or more questions to the panel, for which points are awarded. In the final quick-fire round, there are buzzers and a suitable (ie disconcertingly jaunty) game show noise. At the end, a winner is determined, and we reckon that's enough to make it a game show.
Release Date: 2009-07-07
Character: Self - Presenter
Episode Count: 16
Vote Count: 6
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.
Release Date: 2009-03-25
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Character: Presenter
Episode Count: [ 12 ]
Vote Count: 16
Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...
Release Date: 2008-10-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 288
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
Release Date: 2008-09-15
Character: Self - Contestant
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 12
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
Release Date: 2007-07-01
Character: Self
Vote Count: 2
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Release Date: 2007-06-16
Character: Self
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 107
Rush Hour is a sketch show made by Zeppotron and shown on BBC Three during March and April 2007. The show featured several sketches centred around characters travelling to work, school or otherwise, therefore many of the sketches took place inside a car or bus. Several cult and up and coming comedians and comic actors star in the show, each performing several of the characters. The cast includes Adam Buxton, Sanjeev Kohli, Miranda Hart, Frankie Boyle, David Armand, Marek Larwood, Kerry Godliman, Bruce Mackinnon, Naomi Bentley, Lorna Watson, and Katy Wix. BBC Three didn't recommission the show for a second series due to bad reviews.
Release Date: 2007-03-19
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 2
Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.
Release Date: 2006-03-02
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Presenter
Episode Count: 19
Vote Count: 25
Spoons was a comedy sketch show first broadcast on the United Kingdom's Channel 4 from 30 September 2005. In the United States, Spoons is broadcast on BBC America. The relationship themed show combined recent trends in sketch shows — dark content, strong language, and recurring catchphrases. It was produced by Endemol owned production company, Zeppotron. Channel 4 didn't recommission the show for second series due to low ratings and bad reviews. The programme appeared at around the same time as two other similar sketch series based on relationships - Five's Swinging and BBC Three's Man Stroke Woman.
Release Date: 2005-09-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 1
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
Release Date: 2005-06-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Self
Episode Count: 24
Vote Count: 40
Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Charlie Condou and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. Described by his creator as a "meaningless strutting cadaver-in-waiting", the character originated on Brooker's TVGoHome – a website parodying television listings – as the focus of a fly-on-the-wall documentary called Cunt.
Release Date: 2005-02-11
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 40
Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see who can answer the most questions correctly.
Release Date: 2004-12-27
Character: Self - Contestant
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 29
Broadcast immediately after each new episode of "24" on BBC3, this live discussion programme allows fans and critics alike to air their reactions, predictions and views of the show to presenter Tamzin Sylvester. By e-mail, text and phone viewers can join in the discussion with the studio audience and specially invited studio guests. Also, each week a member of the cast or crew is expected to join the discussion live by phone to answer questions and hint as to where the plot will go next!
Release Date: 2003-02-16
Episode Count: 1
Release Date: 2002-09-11
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
A team from a live studio reports their organised efforts to secure children in stadiums across the country while an appeal is made regarding the sighting of a paedophile disguised as a school.
Release Date: 2001-07-26
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
The 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran from 30 September 1998 to 8 December 2000, most notably, while hosted by Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan. The show is noted for launching the careers of Ricky Gervais, Sacha Baron Cohen and Charlie Brooker.
Release Date: 1998-09-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 142
Vote Count: 6
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Release Date: 1996-11-12
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 52
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Release Date: 1994-07-04
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 23
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Release Date: 1990-09-28
Character: Self – Host
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 65
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Character: Self - Presenter
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 16
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Release Date: 1989-12-17
Character: Social Rating Voice (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 10059