Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Season 5

Season 5

Episodes

Episode 1
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.

Episode 2
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.

Episode 3
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.

Episode 4
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.

Episode 5
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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