Brooker’s game
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · 4 Comments
Endemol has released details about Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe. Read more
Game on for Brooker
Friday, August 21, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · 4 Comments
Zeppotron has released details for the upcoming Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe. Read more
New Charlie Brooker TV review show
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · 3 Comments
Charlie Brooker will be recording a new TV review show on Friday, 30 January. Read more
OTT talks to Charlie Brooker
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 by Graham Kibble-White · Comments Off
Brooker, in the early stages of ingesting faeces (maybe)
To tie-in with next week’s debut of Charlie Brooker’s E4 zombie/Big Brother-fest, Dead Set, we’ve got an interview with the man himself.
Among other things, he reveals why he could never survive in the BB house: “If I’m sharing a small bungalow with people and there’s one loo, I can’t bear it. I have to wait till they’ve all gone to bed before I’ll have a shit. Knowing there’s cameras around, I just wouldn’t be able to poo. I’d probably start ingesting my own faeces…”
Brooker C. and the zombies
Thursday, October 9, 2008 by Graham Kibble-White · 5 Comments
Jaime Winstone crashes Big Brother
Charlie Brooker’s new comedy-drama, Dead Set, was launched to the press tonight. A zombie drama set in the Big Brother house, it stars Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Andy Nyman, Davina McCall (who’s very good indeed) and, er, Bubble from BB series two.
The screening was introduced by Andrew Newman, C4′s Head of Entertainment and Comedy, and a fittingly Nathan Barley-esque (now that’s a phrase that’s gone out of heavy rotation) figure. “It’s gripping, dark, excting, gruesome and really original,” he said, before going on to rubbish rival networks. Read more
