Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Episode 1
Charlie Brooker and guests brighten the depressing post-Christmas gloom as they squeeze a little laughter from a comically absurd world. There are the usual mix of guests including Doug Stanhope and a few new surprises, which is why you really shouldn't miss it. So don't set your recording devices and just tune your eyeballs in instead.
Episode 2
Charlie Brooker takes a satirical look at the week, including Benefits Street and US snow.
Episode 3
This week, Charlie looks at political sex scandals on both sides of the English Channel and examines the unorthodox tastes of a couple on This Morning. There are also reviews of Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge and reality cookery series The Taste. Meanwhile, Limmy tries to work out which way to vote in the Scottish independence referendum, Jake Yapp compresses an episode of Sunday Brunch down to 99 seconds and American misanthrope Doug Stanhope bemoans the youth of today. Plus, in the latest episode of Moments of Wonder, professional ponderer Philomena Cunk explains the theory of evolution.
Episode 4
On the show this week, the latest exploits of young whippersnapper Justin Bieber, a look at winter sports reality series The Jump, so-called Twitter 'trolls' and some wet toilet paper. Plus, Jake Yapp squeezes an entire episode of Take Me Out down to 94 seconds, Doug Stanhope looks at Discovery Channel's Skywire Live and asks why nobody is interested in his own death-defying acts, and Philomena Cunk explores the world of computers and asks what videogamers did before they were invented.
Episode 5
Subjects on the agenda include gay rights and the Winter Olympics, Angry Birds becoming embroiled in the NSA spying row and Scarlett Johansson's controversial Super Bowl commercial. Plus, Limmy asks if Big Brother is watching him, while cupcake blogger and talking head Philomena Cunk explores another Moment of Wonder, this time looking at the world of money.
Episode 6
It's the final episode in the series for Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, so if you've enjoyed the mix of contributors, jokes and reviews provided by Charlie Brooker and his guests then why not watch the very best bits again in the compilation show. You lucky people.
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