Newswipe - Season 1

Newswipe - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes6
Datesmars 25, 2009 - avr. 29, 2009
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Episodes

Global Recession, The Pope and Condoms, NatWest 3
Season 1Episode 130 min

Global Recession, The Pope and Condoms, NatWest 3

Charlie Brooker returns to train his sights firmly on news and current affairs. He looks at the news's obsession with the credit crunch, and the potty levels it has reached. Nick Davies authors a piece about the influence the PR industry has over the news and Tim Key performs a poem.
mars 25, 2009
Vox Pops, Viewer Content, Jade Goody
Season 1Episode 230 min

Vox Pops, Viewer Content, Jade Goody

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs. In charting the rise of the public's role in making the news via vox pops and mobile phone footage, Brooker examines the good, the bad and the absurd in citizen journalism. Plus, reviews of two big stories making the news, controversial authored pieces, a poem and much more.
avr. 1, 2009
Newsreaders, War on Terror, Politcal Corruption
Season 1Episode 330 min

Newsreaders, War on Terror, Politcal Corruption

Charlie Brooker sets his sights on news and current affairs, looking at how news anchors and their styles have changed over the years and reflecting on how they do it in America.
avr. 8, 2009
G20 Summit, MMR Vaccine, Protests
Season 1Episode 430 min

G20 Summit, MMR Vaccine, Protests

Charlie Brooker looks at how graphics have changed on news programmes over the years. He also charts how the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit.
avr. 15, 2009
Compilation
Season 1Episode 530 min

Compilation

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs.
avr. 22, 2009
The Media
Season 1Episode 630 min

The Media

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.
avr. 29, 2009

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