Charlie Brooker’s take on the news. The first episode is well worth a look, much in the style of his previous series ‘screenwipe’ (or at least some of the better episodes of that…) – taking an irreverent look at the daily doomsday peddling machine that is the news… (i hate myself for having written that sentence). pointing the finger at, amongst other things, the too often employed ‘news metaphors’ which, in most cases, are utterly superfluous as well as completely lacking explanatory power – is observational comedy at its best. pure gold.
rebranding the recession as 'moneygeddon'
check it on bbc iplayer
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checked this last night. well, well worth a watch. is it a regular or a one-off??