Charlie Brooker's Newswipe

Duff-Man · 3 Apr 2009 at 20:32

Yes - I like Charlie Brooker

benneh · 3 Apr 2009 at 20:32

Brooker for PM.

dante6491 · 3 Apr 2009 at 22:05

Reminds me of Ben Croshaw... watching the first show and it is very funny

Azagoth · 3 Apr 2009 at 22:06

sparklebox said:
Cannot stand charlie brooker. The boyfriend loves him

That's down to the fact that women lack the sense of humour gene.

THMRK · 3 Apr 2009 at 22:07

dante6491 said:
Reminds me of Ben Croshaw... watching the first show and it is very funny

Ben Croshaws biggest influence is Charlie Brooker. I think he's even went as far to say that he just rips him off completely...which is probably right.

dante6491 · 3 Apr 2009 at 22:13

I never knew which came first. Thanks for that

. I am surprised that I spotted the link tbh. I usually miss things like that.

Janesy B · 3 Apr 2009 at 22:31

Goliath said:
His (unprintable) reaction to the Catholic woman ranting on C4 news has just made me spit coffee all over my keyboard....

LOL this. She was actually convinced that condoms were causing aids

Geckovich · 3 Apr 2009 at 23:52

dante6491 said:
Reminds me of Ben Croshaw... watching the first show and it is very funny

Ben Croshaw? Is that Yahtzee from the escapist or am I missing a trick here?

Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris are national heroes.

K.C. Leblanc · 3 Apr 2009 at 23:59

Charlie Brooker is ace, I remember reading his stuff in PC Zone years back.

poosemon · 4 Apr 2009 at 00:48

K.C. Leblanc said:
Charlie Brooker is ace, I remember reading his stuff in PC Zone years back.

Same here, cruelty zoo anyone?

MikeHunt79 · 22 Apr 2009 at 23:12

Just saw this for the first time a few mins ago on BBC4, he's so cynical but that's what makes it so great.

Hilarious, wish I had seen it sooner!

caff · 22 Apr 2009 at 23:37

His cynicism is something special. He used to write game reviews for PC Zone magazine. Check out his monday column on the Guardian website.

Check out his 'Dawn of the Dumb' book - a compilation of his life and TV columns. I don't watch a lot of TV so most of that made no sense, but the rest is hilarious.

starfighter · 23 Apr 2009 at 07:45

Brooker is a legend. nothing less.

Love Screenwipe / Newswipe and his column in The Guardian.

If he says something good it generally is, The wire, BSG and Breaking Bad are a few recent recommendations.

uvarvu · 23 Apr 2009 at 09:45

Last night's show was a repeat unfortunately

He was wearing a neck brace too which probably explains why he hasn't written any articles for the Guardian either

soapboxstuart · 23 Apr 2009 at 14:31

Inquisitor said:
Yeah it does remind me of Chris Morris actually Morris is darker, subtler, and less obnoxious, though.

I am a huge fan of Morris and would certainly agree with the darker and subtler suggestion.
Still an excellent programme though. The one a couple of weeks ago with the report that Live Aid money was used to fund six further years of civil war in Ethiopa which it is estimated caused more deaths than the actual famine was a very depressing thought.

oli collett · 23 Apr 2009 at 14:44

soapboxstuart said:
I am a huge fan of Morris and would certainly agree with the darker and subtler suggestion.
Still an excellent programme though. The one a couple of weeks ago with the report that Live Aid money was used to fund six further years of civil war in Ethiopa which it is estimated caused more deaths than the actual famine was a very depressing thought.

The thing that I like about this is that although it's satirical it's also making good points about what's going wrong in the world, which is why i've preferred it to screenwipe. In some ways I'd compare it to a televised version of Private Eye.