Charlie Brooker

Yes. So, but there's always been something, I think at heart, and again, this is not what I sit down thinking when coming up with a Black Mirror story. I don't think this is what I want to write about. It actually, it's looking back, you go, oh, that's what it's about. Almost every episode is about what's real and authentic in some way, you could argue.

Yes. So, but there's always been something, I think at heart, and again, this is not what I sit down thinking when coming up with a Black Mirror story. I don't think this is what I want to write about. It actually, it's looking back, you go, oh, that's what it's about. Almost every episode is about what's real and authentic in some way, you could argue.

Yes. So, but there's always been something, I think at heart, and again, this is not what I sit down thinking when coming up with a Black Mirror story. I don't think this is what I want to write about. It actually, it's looking back, you go, oh, that's what it's about. Almost every episode is about what's real and authentic in some way, you could argue.

Almost every episode we do, ultimately that's it. Whether it's a story where it's people passed into a sort of VR simulation of something or it's... you know, a character who is suddenly having to spout sales pitches in their everyday life. It's kind of always about what's authentic. And that's something that's kind of under assault all the time.

Almost every episode we do, ultimately that's it. Whether it's a story where it's people passed into a sort of VR simulation of something or it's... you know, a character who is suddenly having to spout sales pitches in their everyday life. It's kind of always about what's authentic. And that's something that's kind of under assault all the time.

Almost every episode we do, ultimately that's it. Whether it's a story where it's people passed into a sort of VR simulation of something or it's... you know, a character who is suddenly having to spout sales pitches in their everyday life. It's kind of always about what's authentic. And that's something that's kind of under assault all the time.

No, we don't. I suppose it's because, again, it's usually, even when we've done stories where there's a hugely, you know, we're taking huge liberties with what is, you know, we're showing things that probably will never quite be possible, or we're showing people kind of uploading their stoles, or, you know. But you kind of always want to keep one foot on the ground. I think that's just my...

No, we don't. I suppose it's because, again, it's usually, even when we've done stories where there's a hugely, you know, we're taking huge liberties with what is, you know, we're showing things that probably will never quite be possible, or we're showing people kind of uploading their stoles, or, you know. But you kind of always want to keep one foot on the ground. I think that's just my...

No, we don't. I suppose it's because, again, it's usually, even when we've done stories where there's a hugely, you know, we're taking huge liberties with what is, you know, we're showing things that probably will never quite be possible, or we're showing people kind of uploading their stoles, or, you know. But you kind of always want to keep one foot on the ground. I think that's just my...

personal taste is more the Robocop end of sci-fi than it is the Star Wars end of sci-fi, which is more space opera in a far-flung future. And it's more akin to fantasy. So I'm more sort of that kind of... Oh, this could happen at the end of my street. If things go badly wrong, I tend to respond more to that, I think as a viewer.

personal taste is more the Robocop end of sci-fi than it is the Star Wars end of sci-fi, which is more space opera in a far-flung future. And it's more akin to fantasy. So I'm more sort of that kind of... Oh, this could happen at the end of my street. If things go badly wrong, I tend to respond more to that, I think as a viewer.

personal taste is more the Robocop end of sci-fi than it is the Star Wars end of sci-fi, which is more space opera in a far-flung future. And it's more akin to fantasy. So I'm more sort of that kind of... Oh, this could happen at the end of my street. If things go badly wrong, I tend to respond more to that, I think as a viewer.

And so that's probably why that's where we probably operate most strongly.

And so that's probably why that's where we probably operate most strongly.

And so that's probably why that's where we probably operate most strongly.

It's predominantly me guessing. Basically, it's me guessing or extrapolating, or usually you're not even thinking of technology when you start thinking about it. You're thinking of... something else. And then you realize that you can use, you can give it's all, it would almost be a supernatural story, except you can, give it a sort of technological explanation.

It's predominantly me guessing. Basically, it's me guessing or extrapolating, or usually you're not even thinking of technology when you start thinking about it. You're thinking of... something else. And then you realize that you can use, you can give it's all, it would almost be a supernatural story, except you can, give it a sort of technological explanation.

It's predominantly me guessing. Basically, it's me guessing or extrapolating, or usually you're not even thinking of technology when you start thinking about it. You're thinking of... something else. And then you realize that you can use, you can give it's all, it would almost be a supernatural story, except you can, give it a sort of technological explanation.

We did an episode last season, we did an episode called Joan is Awful, where it's a woman called Joan, played by Annie Murphy, switches on the TV and sees the streaming platform that's showing a drama, a dramatization of her life starring Salma Hayek. And that's a very Twilight Zone story in many ways. In the Twilight Zone, it would have been like magic or it would have been the uncanny.

We did an episode last season, we did an episode called Joan is Awful, where it's a woman called Joan, played by Annie Murphy, switches on the TV and sees the streaming platform that's showing a drama, a dramatization of her life starring Salma Hayek. And that's a very Twilight Zone story in many ways. In the Twilight Zone, it would have been like magic or it would have been the uncanny.