Archive for the ‘television’ Category
Have I Got News for You | BBC1
14 April, 2017Series 53 begins 9pm, Fri 21 April.
Inside No 9 | BBC2
28 February, 2017I am proud to have performed the minor role of “crossword consultant” for this excellent episode of Inside No 9, The Riddle of the Sphinx:
I’m further proud to have filled the role of some kind of muse:
- BBC Two, 10pm, 28 Feb 2017
- Two Girls, One on Each Knee
- Steve Pemberton set the episode’s crossword as ‘Sphinx’, which is also the Guardian’s cryptic on the day of broadcast
- Interview with Sphinx at the Guardian crossword blog
- More Inside No 9
Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe | BBC2
5 December, 2016I am a proud member of Team 2016 Wipe, which is broadcast after Christmas.
Update 14 May 2017: Bafta winner, Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme
Have I Got News For You | BBC1
1 October, 2016Series 52 begins 9pm, Fri 7 October.
Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back | BBC2
25 August, 2016Kevin Bishop is Nigel Farage, in a programme imagining his life after resigning. Blurb:
“On the 23rd June, Britain voted to leave the European Union,” added the BBC. “Then, on the 4th July, Nigel Farage, the man who had made it all possible, resigned saying he wanted his life back. But what sort of life has he gone back to, and how does a man forever in the spotlight fill his days now he has nothing to do?”
Only Connect | BBC2
11 July, 2016Series 12 of Only Connect, with me in the question-editor chair, begins tonight on BBC Two at 8.30pm.
“It’s a safe space, where a very specifically talented group of people get to show off in their own understated way for an audience of their peers. And this is what makes it so brilliant.” – Stuart Heritage, Guardian
“…that will surely be the highlight of the week for all lovers of uncompromisingly smart television” – James Walton, Telegraph
“What is the link between these numbers? 285,000, 684,000, 1.1m, 2.9m. The answer is they are soaring viewers figures for Only Connect, the toughest quiz on television, which began as a BBC4 obscurity and has now overtaken BBC1 in the ratings.” – Adam Sherwin, Independent
“Only Connect: the best quiz on TV?” – Radio Times
The One Show | BBC1
15 March, 2016I’m on The One Show this evening, discussing spying and crosswords with Gyles Brandreth.
Charlie Brooker’s 2015 Wipe | BBC2
29 December, 2015On Stage: Live From Television Centre | BBC4
14 November, 2015Tomorrow night, Live From Television Centre, a four-play theatrical collaboration with Battersea Arts Centre, is on BBC4.
I am proud to have made a contribution to the last part, Jess Thom‘s Broadcast from Biscuit Land, which also features Jess Mabel Jones and, fleetingly, me.
- 9pm, Sunday 15 November 2015, BBC Four
- Battersea Arts Centre blog post | BBC press release
Only Connect | BBC2
13 July, 2015Series 11 of Only Connect, with me in the question-editor chair, begins tonight on BBC Two at 8.30pm.
Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe | BBC2
30 April, 2015I am a proud member of Team Election Wipe, the fruits of whose labours will be broadcast shortly before the polls open.
Alternative Election Night | Channel 4
30 April, 2015Charlie Brooker’s 2014 Wipe | BBC2
22 December, 2014I am a proud member of Team 2014 Wipe, the fruit of whose toil will be on BBC Two on 30 December:
Update 29 Jan 2015: The new series of Weekly Wipe begins tonight:
Only Connect — Now on BBC Two
28 August, 2014Series ten of Only Connect, with me in the question-editor chair, begins on BBC Two on Mon 1 September 2014 at 20:30.
Only Connect for BBC Four
14 April, 2014The new series of quiz show Only Connect starts tonight on BBC Four, with me in the question-editor seat.
Charlie Brooker’s 2013 Wipe for BBC Two
28 December, 2013I am a proud member of Team 2013 Wipe, the fruit of whose toil will be on BBC Two tonight:
Update 6 Jan: And the second series of Weekly Wipe begins on Thu 9 Jan on BBC Two.
A Young Doctor’s Notebook and Other Stories
18 November, 2013Only Connect: A Quiz Show for BBC4
1 November, 2013As of the next series, I will be the question editor for BBC Four’s million-viewer quiz Only Connect, which will incidentally move to BBC Two in 2014.
- Series eight is currently on iPlayer
Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe for BBC Two
28 January, 2013I am a proud member of Team Weekly Wipe, which starts on BBC Two on Thursday evening at 22h00.
Update 01-02-2013: Here’s the programme, while it lasts:
A Young Doctor’s Notebook DVD
7 January, 2013Good news for those who don’t own a squarial: A Young Doctor’s Notebook is available today on DVDÂ from BBC Worldwide and Big Talk.