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Newswipe

Season 1 2009
TV-MA

  • 2009-03-25T23:30:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Charlie Brooker returns to train his sights firmly on news and current affairs.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2009-03-25T23:30:00Z

1x01 Episode One

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode One

  • 2009-03-25T23:30:00Z30m

Charlie Brooker 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.

2009-04-01T22:30:00Z

1x02 Episode Two

1x02 Episode Two

  • 2009-04-01T22:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-04-08T22:30:00Z

1x03 Episode Three

1x03 Episode Three

  • 2009-04-08T22:30:00Z30m

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical 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 over in America.

Plus, a short film by Power of Nightmares creator Adam Curtis, a look at what's happening with the war against terror and a poem by Tim Key.

2009-04-15T22:30:00Z

1x04 Episode Four

1x04 Episode Four

  • 2009-04-15T22:30:00Z30m

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, taking a look at how graphics have morphed over the years from modest explaining devices to shouty, scary, video game-style extravaganzas.

Brooker also charts the way the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit in London, while Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science, vents his anger over its coverage of science stories.

Special Best of Compilation Show.

Due to some unforseen circumstances Charlie Brooker's team had to swap the 5th and 6th episode around, so instead of a regular one, this is the Special Best of Compilation Show (full of 'classic' scenes from the first series of Newswipe)

Season Finale

2009-04-29T22:30:00Z

1x06 Episode Six

Season Finale

1x06 Episode Six

  • 2009-04-29T22:30:00Z30m

In the final episode of this series Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.

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