Dec 23

Celebrate Festivus with some Charlie Brooker.

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> Download Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe: Review of 2009 (384mb *.zip)

When television decides to hold a mirror up to itself, the man holding that mirror is usually Charlie Brooker and his Screenwipe programme. Funny, insightful, biting and profound, Mr Brooker has turned television analysis into an art, and his review of the year in television is not to be missed.

So before you pack away the aluminum pole for another year, download his look back at 2009 and remind yourself how fun television can be.

For some more Charlie download his reviews of 2007 and 2008, or his more recent, and perhaps best work earlier this year with Newswipe.

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May 03

Celebrate World Press Freedom Day with some Charlie Brooker and his Newswipe.

Posted in: BBC Four, charlie brooker, newswipe, Videos: TV

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> Download Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe: Episode 5 (264mb *.zip)

Charlie Brooker has been entertaining us for years with his biting and satirical look at television through his own show Screenwipe. Earlier this year however he launched Newswipe, and focused his attention on the world of broadcast news. And while I was expecting Brooker to deliver a funny yet scathing look at television news, I wasn’t expecting it to be quite so profound.

Charlie Brooker continues to further define his niche, and along the way make some truly thoughtful observations on a subject we should probably all care a little more about… the quality of our news, and the effect it has on us.

And for the most tenuous of links.. today is World Press Freedom Day, an observance adopted by the United Nations since 1993.

World Press Freedom Day is celebrated every year on 3 May worldwide. It is an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

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Apr 14

Marc Fennell vs Television Idents.

Posted in: charlie brooker, marc fennell, triple j, Videos: Idents

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Facebook friend, real world acquaintance, Triple J film critic, and all round good guy Marc Fennell has managed to sum up in six minutes, what this blog has been trying to say for over (oh my god, its been) four years.

Marc’s succinct and entertaining Charlie Brooker-esque take on all things television idents is a refreshing and fun look at the little known genre most people don’t even notice, but that we’re all strangely interested in.

(Also, Marc has a show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, check it out.)

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Dec 31

Celebrate New Year’s with some Charlie Brooker.

Posted in: BBC Four, charlie brooker, screenwipe, Videos: TV

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> Download Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe: Review of 2008 (267mb *.zip)

Ring in the New Year with a look back at the past twelve months of television through the genius that is Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe on BBC Four.

In his annual review of the year, Brooker takes you on a month-by-month recap of the year that was for television, the industry and the world.

And for a further trip down memory lane check out his review of 2007.

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