Charlie Brooker: 'The world has stolen my nightmare fuel' with Covid19 - BBC Newsnight

[@tonybates7870]

I really like Charlie Brooker - I wish he was my neighbour so I could have a conversation with him. He just seems like one of the good guys.

[@busload_uk]

Tony Bates - Totally. I miss friendly and intelligent discourse. The downside of the increased level of online interaction due to the lockdown is the fact that many ‘discussions’ descend quickly into poorly-informed insult tennis. I’d vote for a 10-minute chin-wag with Chuck B.

[@Ambersdf]

I live right near him I'm sure as Ive seen him out and about jogging or walking his kid... But he seems very unapproachable lol... I guess cos of his sarky character on telly, i dunno

[@tonybates7870]

@Davey Badman Fuck you, scumbag.

[@Ambersdf]

@Davey Badman Which part specifically...?

[@wisteela]

I'd love to have a drink with him.

[@dtvfan24]

saw his antibac wipe one off special and just remembers why we need his yearly screenwipe now more then ever. Brooker is guy who can put anything into sense

[@Jide-bq9yf]

@ dtcfan24 the man’s pure unadulterated genius . .i dont even know where to start , in doing that one off justice .

[@illiteratethug3305]

I thought the yearly wipes were starting to go off the boil a little, I'd be happy to see the oldschool ScreenWipe come back though.

[@Povsk1]

Antiviral Wipe

[@inspectorpouzo]

antibac wipe :DDDDDD

[@Povsk1]

@@inspectorpouzo 🤣

[@CasparMacRae]

Brooker: when Spitting Image made jokes about nuclear war in the 80's, it made me feel a little more sane that there was somebody out there that felt like me. Yup

[@jimbo6059]

What is Spitting image when you really need it.... This would have been rocked fuel for that show.

[@zombiehaiku7527]

As a '71 baby I can understand this. "When the Wind Blows" and "Threads" were shown at school!

[@jimherbert007]

early 70s here as well. Threads was and is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen

[@jwadaow]

When the Wind Blows was actually crap. Nuclear war is karmic justice for not being able to measure 60 degrees without a protractor.

[@Dr.Hoffman]

Post mid 70s but I remember Day of the Triffids 🤣

[@Steaminlidz]

‘79. ‘The Winter Of Discontent’. We’re all fucking miserable.

[@Steaminlidz]

Mickey Mouse I think that ‘Watership Down’ has done more to shape my spirituality and values as an adult than pretty much anything else. I was far too young when I first saw it. (Same as everyone of my generation).

[@tamathafevs]

he calms me as well as making me laugh - nice to know there are people who view the world like you. thank you

[@Elzilcho87]

"Don't judge me on my bookshelves". It's too late Charlie, you've been judged.

[@Novasky2007]

I'm silently judging him on the black and white photo of a 50's woman holding a companion cube? Lulwut

[@truereporter2430]

Nova Sky Yeah I noticed that 👀What is it?

[@Novasky2007]

He was a black box as a child? o~O

[@Novasky2007]

#CompanionCube

[@kingrobert1st]

They may all be just presents.

[@Youve-Got-This]

"Are you impressed with how open they've been?" 😂😂

[@stephenmead7474]

I was born in 74. 3 years after this guy, I remember growing up with nuclear annihilation in the background. But I was a kid. I could not care less. I was concerned with where the next sweet/lolly was coming from. If only everyone could remember being a kid...

[@jazzx251]

This is definitely an episode of Black Mirror we're living through ... right down to the production design of Tesco's () signs If Charlie had written it, it would have been called "2 metres" or something snappy like that

[@mohsinrao4334]

We will need a 2020 Wipe before year's end! Brooker! Get to it!

[@LadySquiffington]

It would be 3 days long. I'd live that but things are so fast paced now.

[@mynewcolour]

Brooker as a key worker right now.

[@IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT]

I am that key worker!

[@annonymous7286]

Imagine if Charlie Brooker was tasked to write a happy episode full of hope as an antithesis to 2020, just once, the King of Glum had to make us smile

[@HoneyMike]

"Don't judge me on my bookshelves" I don't know why that made me laugh

[@clydebear6914]

"Don't judge me on my bookshelves!"......perfect sign off. 🤣

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

“All of the world’s c**ts have been rolling a six for too long” - Charlie Brooker, 2020.

[@burtknighten1873]

What does rolling a six mean in.American?

[@jasonross8434]

@@burtknighten1873 a die has six sides.

[@Kwippy]

People choose the news outlet that confirm their bias and prejudices. Political polarisation is magnified by the divisive tone of the news story that the media use to further goad their audience's prejudices. Meanwhile people who are obsessing about Covid will consume news reports about Covid all day long driving themselves to depression.

[@paulbowness8125]

Very True.

[@borismuller86]

ThewayICit I like to watch and read stuff from outlets that are completely at odds with my political views. It’s important to try to understand how other people think.

[@mogznwaz]

@@borismuller86 Me too 👍

[@childofthesun32]

I know a guy who when the CoV was kicking off he said to me "I've been preparing for this my whole life. Training in Martial Arts, getting by with eating very little food and very little sleep. Sleeping in abandoned buildings and at the side of the road. Training in bushcraft. I know how to make soup out of snails!". LOL. The guy, as you might be able to tell, is an insufferable twat.

[@inspectorpouzo]

I'm guessing he was a homeless dude?

[@childofthesun32]

@@inspectorpouzo No, he's one of those Martial Arts guys that took some hallucinogens and now thinks he's an enlightened alpha-male intellectual philosopher with delusions of entrepreneurialism.... I'm sure you know the type.. They're fucking everywhere.

[@rinhu8864]

😂😂😂

[@dopesensi]

People not trusting the government - so hilarious arent they? Uncle Matt and Bojo have got our best interest at heart. So lets all get together clap for the empty hospitals, get our va x and mock anyone who can look after themselves and are fit and healthy.

[@childofthesun32]

@@dopesensi Are you an enlightened enrepreneur, mate? Show me on the doll where I hurt you.

[@johnbillings5260]

I totally get what he is saying. I have a few anxiety disorders so this is nothing new to me. Ironically, I fear a lot of things that are never seen, but this time it is a real danger. I feel almost vindicated in a way because so many udually non-anxious people are going through it too.

[@roypiercy504]

what should the media do in a time of crisis? is report the truth but we now we live in the days of post truth and choas politics 2 years of blanket coverage of brexit now 24/7 corona and nothing else its not surprising so many independent news platforms are starting up with great success anyway im only here for Charlie to tell him i feel like im living in a black mirror episode!!!

[@Youve-Got-This]

Exactly! Why is this even being questioned? 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

[@thinknoetic]

2:56 newsreader: are you impressed at how open the government have been? Me: WHAAAAAAAATF

[@MonoLith2049]

Yes spotted that! There's nothing that says 'unbiased journalism' like a good ol'fashioned leading question!

[@DamianBrown]

She's so lost. He is on a whole different level to her, bless.

[@shafserious2805]

Shes reading off a script and is a muppet

[@homosexualpanic]

@gerard sullivan let's be honest, it's probably because she's a woman.

[@jwilson1812]

PLEASE BRING BACK YOUR YEARLY WIPE! surely there's enough content nowadays

[@DarrenJohn10X]

2024 says "YEAH!"

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Charlie used to be a cex worker back in the 90s

[@nielsssg]

Bet that's alot more entertaining said out loud

[@cats-uk]

Computer exchange (CeX)?

[@nielsssg]

@@cats-uk Yea I know, the sentence is much more amusing if you read as 'sex'

[@newo1990]

I've worked at both cex and an adult store. I like to say I went from a sex shop to a cex shop, or a porn shop to a pawn shop.

[@thedukeabides473]

He was actually one of the founders as per the wiki page

[@MikeHarrisHazchem77]

Anti viral wipe was perfect..got it completely right..

[@Jide-bq9yf]

I thought it was pristine genius , his modestly is truly endearing .

[@garrymartin6474]

Media need to help people keep things in perspective and deal in facts not ifs, could's and mights .

[@AchtungEnglander]

Those days are gone. Most of news is news anchors asking news pundits on their opinion about what if. Compare news today to news back in the 80s. Than it was the factual based. Today it's all case scenario

[@borismuller86]

AchtungEnglander exactly. I’m pretty sure Brooker has made shows all about how news has warped from information into entertainment.

[@DirtyJokesFan]

Black Mirror should be on school curricula to encourage critical thinking and discussion, if it wasn’t already. My favourite series on Netflix by far.

[@DirtyJokesFan]

Fussbudget the Ninth Each to their own. I think the same about ‘Friends’.

[@mji245]

People of the Internet tubes, where can I watch Antiviral Wipe?

[@Ayubdj7]

bbc iplayer

[@168128]

Ian Doherty uploaded on youtube.

[@mji245]

@@168128 You are truly awesome! Thank you so much 🙏

[@rcordiner]

I got it on the high seas 😂

[@barakaali4068]

He always makes as laugh even the hard time we really love Charlie 🤣🌹🙏

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

Antiviral wipe was incredible! Charlie nailed the tone. Having said that, watching footage of the prime minister's complete failure to grasp this crisis is a black comedy in itself... I hope Boris isnt making it too easy for you mate! ;)

[@oddjobgranny]

Well said Charlie!

[@michaelavilliers-kendall8854]

I just want that puddle back😭

[@kezisthename]

Charlie's a national treasure man

[@TV_BANDITS]

Oooo look at his book shelf! 😆

[@noisepuppet]

I'm a few years older than Charlie and always felt the same way about the world definitely collapsing in some sort of man-made catastrophe

[@wisteela]

He is brilliant.

[@zawarudu9206]

This man is a head of the curve .

[@DoctorCuriosity]

*switches to 1080p to get a better look at his bookshelves*

[@rontanamo_bae]

Who's here after Death to 2020?

[@danielreardon6453]

You often suffer more in imagination than reality

[@rinhu8864]

🤯

[@newchrisusa]

We need more of Charlie himself on TV

[@TheDjSham]

One of the very few people to actually speak the truth on the BBC

[@vforvendettas2898]

Has he mentioned Israels role in all this then ?

[@alantracy6757]

Stop lying to yourself and me the bbc is totally out to get us

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Thought his bookshelves would just be full of video games

[@TheLadyDelirium]

Some of us gamers read too 😅

[@spoonfulofdreams]

If you knew nothing about Charlie Brooker you'd know less after watching this. Its like drinking milky tea with 2 sugars.

[@jasonstation]

World-class sign off 🤣

[@nickmcelroy527]

He sounded nervous and uncomfortable.

[@sayno2lolzisback]

Yeah but I think it's the unusual set up of the interview

[@nickmcelroy527]

Absolutely. I'd be the same. Filling the silence with noise and then realise afterwards I was talking crap.

[@sayno2lolzisback]

@@nickmcelroy527 and there would be one hell of a delay. Nightmare for introverts haha

[@alantracy6757]

I’d like to congratulate Cummings for travelling 500 miles to see his mum and look after his son 👍🇬🇧

[@Denji2006]

I hope the annual Wipes return!

[@nickwithers2244]

Weird to start with the answer to an unheard question!

[@burtknighten1873]

You goddamn better do a 2020 newswipe

[@ayrshiresoundman]

Spoiler alert: Anti viral wipe was very good. I think he hoped he might crack a half smile on the audiences face. What an understatement! Charlies take on things always makes me think, while actually laughing at the same time.

[@rickrennyoneill]

6:23 nice dig at Owen Jones there

[@krystlewhite7897]

Rick Oneill Jones really is a prick

[@ashleyfairway.540]

The reasonable people are turning against right wing nonsense.

[@mogznwaz]

From what I see it say it's the other way around. Personally I think the far left's lunacy has driven reasonable people further to the right, some introspection from the left might be in order.

[@andrewbravery5114]

I judged him on his bookshelves

[@charliebridges3584]

I judge you on judging him on his bookshelves? They could be his sister's

[@ePeterRobinson]

Another screenwipe show - this is the best news for many weeks

[@themasteryourdaddy.6307]

Will the new episode be on Netflix or the bbc ?

[@bluepillreproductions5781]

my guess - bbc - but it wont be long until its on youtube

[@tiwtid6055]

BBC Two - Tonight (14th May) at 9

[@ttrjw]

Strong bookshelf game here - including the WH Smith 'General Fiction' header which presumably was part of the set dressing on Bandersnatch.

[@alantracy6757]

We know the media’s role is too proper gander us into submission to pharmaceuticals

[@Isleofskye]

Propaganda is the Propa spelling....you got to talk propa ain't yer? :)

[@stuneale1184]

It was epic. Thank you ;)

[@davidrobertson3633]

Krazy Annual ... I judge him on his bookshelves positively!

[@illiteratethug3305]

Just like when all the hipsters stole his Nathan Barley spiel lol.

[@strangerinparadise]

totally fuckin Mexico.

[@Spudcore]

Well bum.

[@texaspete33]

Well done on looking into the camera Charlie!

[@kingrobert1st]

Are there any places you won't go? She should have asked Ponce Andy that!

[@RoastyPotato]

You better believe im judging you on your bookshelf charlie, you're the one who bloody told me to anyways.

[@johanferla9835]

This fucker is starting to wind me up. He's better than me in every way and he made Death to 2020. Pure genius. Great casting: only the best.

[@MoebiusUK]

This isn’t the worst, yet ... this will be a decade of unimaginable horror.

[@cats-uk]

KZbin, move the comments back!!!

[@flankspeed]

DON'T JUDGE ME ON MY BOOKSHELVES. This guy 😄😄😻

[@milesevans1073]

Every park bench should have a bin

[@BlueGrenadeTom]

Agreed, but they got rid of them so they didn’t have to pay anyone to empty it, then told us it was to keep us safe from terrorists putting bombs in them - like they’d prepare a bomb, find there were no litter bins and go home again, rather than just hiding the bomb somewhere else.

[@JackEWare-re8yd]

There seems to be a debate about the media's role? WTF! The media's role is to TELL THE TRUTH. Always!

[@tynebar]

And does it?

[@iiinterpreter]

Money corrupts truth

[@OhNoNotFrank]

Now I understand the issues with my bowel movements... having been a journalist for 30 years. *Could have told me this years ago!*

[@kaleblindsay9055]

The government should give every child in England a social worker

[@ascgazz]

Good luck with that. Let me know when you can be arsed to start a petition so pointless.

[@tracik1277]

Kaleb Tyacke I replied to your comment in another thread yesterday. If you are serious about needing help please seek it in a place you might actually find it, as I already suggested yesterday, call a helpline, or contact a GP online - I did, for my own mental health and got a call next day from a GP. If you do fill out the online form, don’t put your symptoms down as the most extreme, take them all down one notch otherwise you will get redirected to A&E which won’t help you. When the doctor calls you can explain properly.

[@tracik1277]

Captain Insano Shows no mercy which comment are you referring to?

[@tracik1277]

Captain Insano Shows no mercy I know, but thanks for clarifying. I wanted it made clear because the OP seems to genuinely be seeking help. I have responded to their comments elsewhere, just keeping an eye out for them as they are likely a youngster.

[@tracik1277]

Captain Insano Shows no mercy Social workers have very limited powers. They can give advice, refer you elsewhere, sometimes advocate for you or basically take your children into foster care. It is a coarse remit, and they have to follow central government guidelines which much of the time does not fairly take into account personal circumstances.

[@cunkmusic8748]

I'm a bit older than Charlie but shit I remember being a kid and I'd lie in bed at night expecting a nuclear war any second... A bang outside... a train passing.... any unexpected noise was potentially the end.... Watching the film Threads probably wasn't my best move....

[@KwehTheBird]

of course Charlie Brooker watched Threads as a kid..

[@liambowbrick3917]

BBC covered up Jimmy Savile. The people haven't forgotten.

[@SewerRatie]

"Dont judge me on my bookshelves... Now go away!" Actually when looking at the bookshelves that "General Fiction" banner looks like W H Smith branding. Bandersnatch reference!! Haha...

[@justincorder2750]

Yeah! Bring back the drunk Doug Stanhope aswell please!

[@TheNovelty8theory]

Just waiting for the Metalhead episode too come to fruition with the killer robot dogs. Guarantee that's coming to a town near you soon.😀

[@chrometoaster]

To quell the rioters and looters- any day now.

[@sagarpandya82]

Mushroom :)

[@thomaslivingstone6734]

This video title doesn’t read good in my homepage ‘...’

[@perlefisker]

I wonder, how Charlie feels today then, when Covid is almost a kindergarten compared to a new Cold War and a third world war😕

[@kaleblindsay9055]

I was abused in Chailey school by teachers

[@tracik1277]

Kaleb Tyacke Please listen to what I’ve been saying to you and stop looking for help from these news channel threads. I will talk to you here a bit if you want, but at some point if you ignore my advice I will start to think you are either trolling or just looking for attention. I have long experience with mental health and child social work interventions, so I know what I’m talking about.

[@prettypurple7175]

"DARK LITTLR THEATRE SHOW INSIDE YOUR HEAD"

[@carelesshx]

How many signs did he steal from BBC buildings?

[@James-iz9qb]

Christ I would not like to live in this man's head

[@WeAreSoPredictable]

I don't think *he* would want a whole other person living in his head, either! :)

[@stinksofbeefio]

Funny Adam Curtis is my favourite

[@opinionday0079]

my god the bags under his eyes ..does he ever sleep

[@iulianacodreanu3594]

Thx respeto for everything bless and bless Lovell iuliana Codreanu Luton ❤❤❤❤👩‍💻😇👱‍♀️🙏

[@danb1618]

The first thing I did was look at those bookshelves. What a pretentious show-off!

[@terminallyinquisitive1731]

Half a smile? Kind of a Priti smirk?!

[@muckyvagrant3632]

Put some coloured glasses on Bono

[@calvFF7]

Interviewer was like a robot malfunctioning by his responses

[@wdghk]

What this means if Black mirror comes back it will suck hard! Worst than season 5.

[@davidjatt3251]

God this guy could have a sad-git-off with Mark Kermode.

[@tynebar]

And both are very, very funny

[@alantracy6757]

Who pays bbc anymore ? I really don’t get the mind numbing bs anymore

[@seraphina985]

What people still keep TV's in the house these days? Not for me thanks computer will play Netflix just fine on it's 43" monitor Crapita can go hit someone else up for TV tax.

[@stevebrizzle]

Emily Maitlis, the thinking man’s totty.

[@mauricetaylor209]

Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

[@stevebrizzle]

rxp56 - Oh excuse me all to hell, the biggest brain in the comments section has announced himself. Dick.

[@goldenboy06]

rxp56 they say ‘crumpet’

[@michaelprinzi7713]

I'd let her deliver bad news to me..

[@southlondon86]

She’s not all that mate...

[@burtknighten1873]

Whu can't UK make Farage the P.M? Tired of all the globalist bullshit

[@MTMtelevision1]

In a sense he has pre-empted reality, though I wouldn't want to give him Orwellian dues just yet. What he says does sound well to reason too, which is always good in an era in which it seems ever-lacking!

[@jamesguffogg7119]

couldn't agree more🚬

[@michaelavilliers-kendall8854]

Sloppy bookshelf, tidy mind, I guess