2007nov02. A Very Special Charlie Brooker (wiki) Friday Freeday. Mr. Brooker appears to be somewhat responsible for the sadly inert TVGoHome website and has a hand in all of these things and can be partially blamed for the also dead “Unnovations” Sharper Image parody which featured this bit that I personally found just wonderfully delightful. He is the host and the main writer person for “Screenwipe,” a series which is now in its fourth cycle (“Cycle 4 ... that’s for overweight adult dogs”) on the BBC. Let’s take a look at some, shall we?
Episode 1. TV from friend to enemy. [1 2 3]
Episode one has a quick cut-away of a magazine mock-up which appears below. I grabbed this special-like for a friend who is a sharktologist.
Episode 2: TV Credits. [1 2 3]
Episode 3: TV news. [1 2 3]. If you only have time for one segment, choose the second one, it features a short film from Adam Curtis (The Century of the Self). “We saw reporters outside the airport interviewing other reporters. In fact, if you were quick, you could amuse yourself by watching a van drive past Kay Burley then change channels quick enough to see it pass behind Jane Hill on News 24.”
Episode 5: TV reality shows – Who will be ... The Unloser!? [1 2 3] “At the moment, okay, there’s three of you. At the end of the day, one of you will be walking away with a prize. The other two are going away with nothing. That’s the world of competition for you. It’s not a cozy little world, it’s not the cozy little world you’re used to full of pom-poms and dumplings, no. It’s blood on the carpet. Concrete and piss. Jackals shitting in stairwells.”
Screenwipe Guide to TV [29min,
chopped].
US TV [8min].
