Newswipe

2009–2010

ComedyDocumentary馃嚞馃嚙 English馃嚞馃嚙 United Kingdom
IMDb
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Production
Zeppotron

Seasons

Season 1

  • E1 Global Recession, The Pope and Condoms, NatWest 3 2009-03-25 路 30m
  • E2 Vox Pops, Viewer Content, Jade Goody 2009-04-01 路 30m
  • E3 Newsreaders, War on Terror, Politcal Corruption 2009-04-08 路 30m
  • E4 G20 Summit, MMR Vaccine, Protests 2009-04-15 路 30m
  • E5 Compilation 2009-04-22 路 30m
  • E6 The Media 2009-04-29 路 30m In the final episode of this series Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.

Season 2

  • E1 Episode One 2010-01-19 路 30m
  • E2 Episode Two 2010-01-26 路 30m
  • E3 Episode Three 2010-02-02 路 30m
  • E4 Episode Four 2010-02-09 路 30m
  • E5 Episode Five 2010-02-16 路 30m Brooker explores the often tedious nature of live coverage. Doug Stanhope wonders why the media aggressively solicits the frequently idiotic opinions of the public. "The Week in Bullshit" looks at coverage of the newfound popularity of leeches, ITV's acceptance of responsibility in the I'm a Celebrity rat-eating incident, and an ITN report about the decline of the practice of eatings dogs in China. Tim Key presents a poem about disgraced MPs. Other segments examine the media's hysterical coverage of the John Terry affair scandal, the response to the news that four MPs will face criminal charges in the MPs' Expenses scandal, and a BBC News series following journalist Nick Robinson's efforts to solicit voters' opinions.
  • E6 Episode Six 2010-02-23 路 30m Compilation of the best bits from this and the previous series of caustic commentary, satirical observations and laughs from Charlie Brooker.
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