Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Series 01 (2005)

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Series 01
Year: 2005
Produced By: BBC4

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including capsule reviews of the week's highs and lows. Everything from "The Apprentice" to Breakfast Telly jostles for position alongside features exposing the confused inner workings of the TV industry.

Episode 01:

Charlie talks about the actual cost of making simple TV and how TV companies claw the money back from phone-in shows. He also discusses the different types of TV presenters as well as reviewing "The Jeremy Kyle Show" and "The Apprentice." Robert Popper talks about his dislike for the TV show "Star Quality."

Episode 02:

Charlie talks about the process of actually getting an idea onto TV. He reviews "24," "Deal or No Deal" and breakfast TV and he discusses TV giving itself a pat on the back. Dr Ben Goldacre discusses "bad" science on television.

Episode 03:

Charlie discusses TV scaremongering thanks to 24-hour news and reconstruction programmes. He reviews music channels and TV makeover shows. Simon Farnaby talks about "Last of the Summer Wine."