Screenwipe is a series in which Guardian TV columnist Brooker sets his scathing and acerbic wit on the TV of the moment. Shown on BBC Four, over the course of several series and some 'year-end' reviews it has challenged conventional television programming and also tackled the sordidity and hypocrisy that takes place behind the scenes and in the output of television. Brooker as a personality has really come to the fore in recent times, thanks mainly due to the popularity of his equally excellent but somewhat lighter in tone, late night Channel 4 show "You Have Been Watching" which has one some quite high profile television ...  Read the complete review

Charlie Brooker is one of my favourite TV presenters, having carved out a rather good niche for himself as a TV, video game and news commentator, as well as working for the Guardian newspaper. It all began with his show "Screenwipe", which debuted a few years ago, and although not watched by lots, apparently does well enough for Brooker to keep getting offers for new shows, such as Newswipe. The show consists of him satirising what has recently been airing on TV, with his bitter, cynical, aggressively sarcastic tone. As a result it's not going to be all tastes, and does lampoon a lot of "popular" programming, but he also does occasionally ...  Read the complete review

Charlie Brooker has to be one of my all time favourite people. His sense of humour is brilliant, and so is this show, Charlie Brookers Screenwipe. Screenwipe was first broadcast in 1996 and has had 5 series so far, not including his "spin off" Newswipe. Each programme is half an hour long and is broadcast on BBC Four, which in my opinion is a poor channel for this brillant show to be on, it should at least have a spot on BBC 3 but would also work well on BBC 2. Screenwipe is a program all about television ranging from reviews of programs, the cost of tv, different genres of programs, what goes into making tv, cost and laws regarding adverts etc. It is presented  Read the complete review

And so I decide to make another 'comeback' in review writing terms...this time to write about a couple of brilliant TV shows that I recommend 100%...so there's the impartiality out of the way - Ladies & Gentlemen, let me introduce to you, "Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe". First aired in 2006 and produced by Zeppotron, a subsidy of Endemol, it's a TV programme broadcast on BBC Four, and then often repeated later in the week on BBC Two by Charlie Brooker, based in a similar vein to his column every week in The Guardian newspaper. It's tone is often cynical, it's viewpoints often the pure thoughts of Brooker, but on the surface and deep down it is a ...  Read the complete review

Before I start, anyone expecting an impartial review of this almost popular TV show should consider themselves forewarned that Charlie Brooker is fairly close to being my ultimate hero. Well, just behind Stephen Fry at any rate. Yeah, I may be setting my sights low, but he does what I would love to do. He gets paid to do something he loves - watching TV - and rant about it. Ranting just happens to be a favourite pursuit of mine, but as yet no-one has paid me for it, instead moving a few seats away on the bus when I reach the ten-minute mark. So when I heard that he would be hosting his own show on BBC Four I just about soiled myself with delight. By which I ...  Read the complete review