Inside Black Mirror: The Illustrated Oral History

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Hooton, Christopher (28 November 2017). "2017 Wipe cancelled as Charlie Brooker concedes he 'ran out of road' ". The Independent . Retrieved 30 December 2017.

British Press Awards 2009: The full list of winners". Press Gazette. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010 . Retrieved 16 January 2010.In 2006, Brooker began writing and presenting the television series Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe on BBC Four, a TV review programme in a similar style to his Screen Burn columns in The Guardian. After an initial pilot series of three editions in April, the programme returned later in the year for a second run of four episodes plus Christmas and Review of the Year specials in December 2006. A third series followed in February 2007 with a fourth broadcast in September 2007, followed by a Review of the Year in December 2007. The fifth series started in November 2008 and was followed by another Review of the Year special. This series was also the first to be given a primetime repeat on terrestrial television ( BBC Two), in January 2009.

Brooker wrote Dead Set, a five-part zombie horror thriller for E4 set in the Big Brother house. [44] The show was broadcast in October 2008 to coincide with Halloween and was repeated on Channel 4 in January 2009 to coincide with Celebrity Big Brother, and again for Halloween later that year. [45] It was produced by Zeppotron, which also produced Screenwipe.Jones, Paul. "Behind the Sofa: Charlie Brooker, Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Ross's Doctor Who memories". RadioTimes. The Radio Times . Retrieved 20 December 2016. Brooker told MediaGuardian.co.uk it comprised a "mixture of known and less well known faces" and "Dead Set is very different to anything I've done before, and I hope the end result will surprise, entertain and appall people in equal measure." He added that he has long been a fan of horror films and that his new series "could not be described as a comedy". "I couldn't really describe what it is but it will probably surprise people," Brooker said, adding that he plans to "continue as normal" with his print journalism. Brooker's television presenting debut was with Gia Milinovich on BBC Knowledge's The Kit (1999–2000), a programme that reviewed gadgets and technology. [1] From 1999 to 2000, Brooker played the hooded expert 'the Pundit' in the short-lived show Games Republic, hosted by Trevor and Simon on BSkyB.

Newswipe with Charlie Brooker, a similar show focusing on current affairs reporting by the international news media, began on BBC Four on 25 March 2009. A second series began on 19 January 2010. He has also written and presented the one-off special Gameswipe which focused on video games and aired on BBC Four on 29 September 2009. Guide, British Comedy. "So Wrong It's Right - Radio 4 Panel Show - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 19 August 2021. Brooker's 17 February 2007 column". The Guardian. London. 17 February 2007 . Retrieved 16 January 2010. Williams, Zoe (21 February 2022). "Charlie Brooker: 'Mr Dystopia? That makes me sound like a wrestler' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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Screenwipe editions have focused on a themes including American television, TV news, advertising and children's programmes. The last of these involved a segment where Brooker joined the cast of Toonattik for one week, playing the character of "Angry News Guy". An episode focused on scriptwriting, which saw several of British television's most prominent writers interviewed by Brooker.

This book doesn’t have a plot. It’s just the set of the interviews with Charlie Brooker, his right hand Annabel Jones and the rest of the series authors and actors from every episode. It’s kind of a crowd because every part it’s the almost separate staff and the original story. There are also many technical things here about shot actions and details that are doing the job. For example they explain how they designed graphic projects for buildings and places, or usability and the user interface of gadgets that were used by the characters. Authors did the best to use all the reasons why we are in love with technological toys, we want to have them and use them. They made an effort to show all details. Marriage License, County of Clark, Nevada". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 30 August 2010. Brooker became engaged to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq after dating for nine months, having met while filming an episode of Screenwipe. [72] They married on 26 July 2010 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. [73] They have two sons. [74] [75] [76] Brooker's sister-in-law is Rupa Huq, Member of Parliament for Ealing Central and Acton. [77] Brooker left the "Screen Burn" column in 2010. In the final column, [17] he noted how increasingly difficult he found it to reconcile his role in mainstream media and TV production with his writing as a scabrous critic or to objectively criticise those he increasingly worked and socialised with. Longtime covering contributor Grace Dent took over the column. He continued to contribute other articles to The Guardian on a regular basis, his most recent comment column appearing in May 2015.

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Baby joy for Konnie Huq and Charlie Brooker as they welcome second son". Express. 1 March 2014 . Retrieved 1 March 2014. a b "Profile: Charlie Brooker". RTS Futures. Royal Television Society. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2011 . Retrieved 16 March 2010. How to Watch Television". The Art Show. Channel 4. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012 . Retrieved 14 December 2011. Charlie is also behind the BBC Two series Cunk on Britain and the BAFTA-nominated Cunk on Shakespeare with regular Weekly Wipe contributor Philomena Cunk.