Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Press Office

Wednesday 24 Sep 2014

Press Releases

Charlie Brooker's News Wipe for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four

Charlie Brooker (image: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Zeppotron/Endemol)

Following the success of Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four has commissioned Zeppotron to produce a brand new series – Charlie Brooker's News Wipe.

The aim of Charlie Brooker's News Wipe is to expose the inner workings of news media, just as Screen Wipe does to TV in general.

The series will be a funny, thoughtful and scabrous digest of recent news events. News Wipe will take a look at the brilliant or preposterous way the news is presented to us.

There will also be experts on hand to pick apart certain stories and analyse the news media's obsessions.

Charlie Brooker comments: "This is new territory for me: I'm no current affairs expert. Just like, I suspect, many people, when I tune into the news I often feel like I've wandered into episode 389 of the world's most complex soap opera. So it's also about me trying to make sense of a bewildering and often bloody stupid world."

Charlie Brooker's News Wipe was commissioned by Janice Hadlow, former Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four, and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Controller of Comedy, Lucy Lumsden.

The Executive Producers are Zeppotron's Creative Director Charlie Brooker, Managing Director Annabel Jones and Simon Wilson, Executive Editor for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Comedy.

Notes to Editors

Charlie Brooker's News Wipe: 6 x 30-minute episodes for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four.

Zeppotron is an Endemol company.

RL

To top

Press releases by date:

Press release by:

RSS feeds:

Related Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ links

Related web links

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iD

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ navigation

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Β© 2014 The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.