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Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Season 2 2006 - 2007
TV-14

  • 2007-02-05T22:30:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Documentary
Screenwipe is a television programme about television programmes; the cost, the surprising amount of work and bureaucracy involved, how programmes are selected for broadcast, and, usually scathing, analysis of specific programmes and genres. Brooker often pays particular attention to more obscure channels on satellite, freeview and cable, such as those dedicated to gambling, shopping, horoscopes, and pornography. He explores the probable effects of television in society, and how often programmes can create in the viewer feelings of inadequacy, depression, fear, and anxiety. To balance things, usually one segment of each show is dedicated to positive reviews, with analysis on why the style and content is so absorbing.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2007-02-05T22:30:00Z

2x01 Episode One

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode One

  • 2007-02-05T22:30:00Z30m

Brooker talks about the guidelines that TV has to adhere to. He reviews Celebrity Big Brother 5, Psychic Private Eyes and Battlestar Galactica. Doug Stanhope gives his views on television.

2007-02-12T22:30:00Z

2x02 Episode Two

2x02 Episode Two

  • 2007-02-12T22:30:00Z30m

Brooker discusses what TV ratings are and how they work. He reviews 24, video games not getting as much respect as television and Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway. Gia Milinovich talks about video on the web.

2007-02-19T22:30:00Z

2x03 Episode Three

2x03 Episode Three

  • 2007-02-19T22:30:00Z30m

Brooker discusses what it's like to be the "talent" on a TV show. He reviews shows aimed at men; Ross Kemp on Gangs, Top Gear and Britain's Hardest. He also reviews courtroom reality show The Verdict. Reginald D Hunter talks about British TV from an American perspective.

2007-02-26T22:30:00Z

2x04 Episode Four

2x04 Episode Four

  • 2007-02-26T22:30:00Z30m

Brooker talks about how video and editing techniques and technology have improved over time. He reviews Primeval and The Sex Inspectors. Stewart Lee talks about how the perception of teenagers on TV has changed over the years. Grace Dent talks about love storylines in soap operas.

Season Finale

2006-08-10T21:30:00Z

2x05 Episode Four

Season Finale

2x05 Episode Four

  • 2006-08-10T21:30:00Z30m

Charlie dissects Hollyoaks, late-night gameshow The Mint, Dragons' Den and more. Plus, what the people listed in the credits of TV shows actually do.

2x06 Episode Five (Screenwipe USA)

  • 2006-08-17T21:30:00Z30m

Screenwipe USA. In this USA special, Brooker goes in depth into American TV and compares the main differences between British and American Television. He reviews American soap operas, American reality crime shows, To Catch a Predator and The Wire. Lewis Black talks about his experiences with television.

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