Charlie Brooker (°1971) is a British journalist, comic writer and broadcast… Read Full Bio ↴Charlie Brooker (°1971) is a British journalist, comic writer and broadcaster. He writes columns for the British newspaper The Guardian, which include Screen Burn (a satirical look at television). Based on the success of the column, Brooker was allowed to make a television version of the column for by BBC Four, Screenwipe. He also made Newswipe (a satirical look at the news), Gameswipe (a one-off special about computer games in the Screenwipe format) and You Have Been Watching (a satirical quiz about television for Channel 4). In 2010, Charlie Brooker moved to the world of radio with BBC Radio 4's So Wrong It's Right, which allegedly celebrates "Britain's favourite subject: failure". Brooker's columns are also available in book form.

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@leodb3894

4y↑238

The way Katie was using that dry mop shows exactly how much she has never had a real job.

@carbonlifeform666

4y↑2

Apart from being in the army

@boozytheelf3893

4y↑13

@@carbonlifeform666 Army no. Army training yes

@stevencgr

4y↑16

@@carbonlifeform666 she did training, but lied about her personal health and couldn't actually take up an army role..

@Fireglo

4y↑11

I've never understood the term "real job". What makes a legitimate job in which you get paid and taxed a "fake job" exactly?

@leodb3894

4y↑7

@@Fireglo Vas was right, it is subjective. You could argue with strong case and even those working in entertainment have a real job, they are still contributing to the wellbeing of society from a leisure perspective. (Again, subjective, I agree that doctors and scientists are clearly more important generally speaking)

What cannot be argued against, is that making a career out of saying controversial quips to rile people up and create division is not a real job.

But I suppose that's capitalism for you, theres a market for everything, even stuff you don't want.

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@billcarr6392

8y↑252

Love the obviously dry mop Katie was pretending to use.

@LilySaintSin

7y↑11

Bill Carr She doesn't even know how to mop! 😂

@redswasted8624

7y↑40

"There's not even any money shots. Well, they haven't got any money" 😂😂😂😂

@AnArchyRulzz

7y↑170

"look they have shoes!" Reminds me of Fox News claiming poor people weren't that bad off because they had fridges. As if a fridge is a luxury.

@FirstNameLastName-od3qq

6y↑3

Dave Hobbs actually it is.

@MachonyLeeoun

6y↑1

Firt Name Last Name
Not broken, outdated or leaking ones...

@joujou264

6y↑30

Firt Name Last Name Yes, if you live in the 1920s.

@benjaminfacouchere2395

6y↑2

@joujou264 A fridge even today is a luxury item - except you live in Antarctica or the North Pole.
Talk to Africans and ask them about fridges. Even people considering themselves middle class can't afford a fridge in some countries.
You're probably alluding to relative poverty, but that's a slippery slope, because by definition you can never eliminate it if you don't level the incomes - even if in absolute terms poor people aren't poor because they have housing, food, fridge, TV, internet, free access to education and health care...

@hanstun1

6y↑5

Why would a fridge NOT be a luxury in the arctic/antarctic? It is possibly the only places you would not need one. Also, we tend not to decide what poverty is by watching adverts for children in need.

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@davidangus1581

4y↑4

"Fair enough I'll have yours, what the fuck is it again?" hahahahaha

@borisclover

10y↑264

Good for Charlie Brooker, for saying what needed to be said. We need a programme called 'Parasite Place' , about the wealthy and their culture of entitlement, paid for by o4rdinary people through tax-dodging and evasion. Can't see it happening,though.

@ince55ant

7y↑6

the poor dont have enough influence or money to produce such a thing

@olafpayne

7y↑6

Made in Chelsea?

@dreddguy6454

6y↑8

Parasite Palace perhaps? We could start with Westminster Palace, have series two at Buckingham and a Xmas special at Sandringham.

@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood

6y↑2

There was a channel 4 documentary years ago called “the F**king Fulfords” based around an aristocratic family which you would enjoy. Sadly, it wouldn’t confirm some of your presumptions but it is highly entertaining.

@nagualdesign

He said o4rdinary! That's the signal!

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@jamnmikefx

6y↑22

I swear when Owen Jones was introduced I thought the sub heading said ‘Communist’ not ‘columnist’

@gruntymchunchy1527

4y↑115

Ugh, that toilet is disgusting,
It's got Katie Hopkins all over it.

@rogueriderhood1862

4y↑17

I always thought Benefits Street was sponsored by Conservative Party Central Office.

@nonofyabidnez5737

7y↑5

Charlie Brooker and his crew are amazing in their analysis. xD

@popland1977

4y↑2

I really miss this show

@BCzepa

10y↑29

Hahaha the comments at the end are gold

@TheChugg11

7y↑26

"They've even got sticks and bits of old fan- I haven't got sticks and bits of old fan, so why should they?!" Apparently there was going to be 'immigration street' but it was pulled because it was seen as exploitative...

@tashkia6

4y↑6

I love how they started playing the Twin Peaks theme song at 3:20

@dogeatinghomework

7y↑2

charlie brooker you're brilliant

@gemmascurfield8419

8y↑1

I love this guy!

@donegallad91

10y↑103

Anyone else pick up the Twin Peaks references?

@Villordsutch

10y↑2

Balls! I'm a Twin Peaks fan and I've missed them. What where they?

@nath909

9y↑3

Villordsutch The song at 3:15 is from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

@angusallen4226

7y↑9

Bit late but the static on the tv and floor patterns and such seem to be a reference to the black-and-white lodge

@teethgrinder83

Angus Allen the black and white static is representations of the title screen of the show-dunno if that means it's still a reference to twin peeks but I thought I'd mention it lol

@angusallen4226

Teethgrinder 83 yeah I know that, I'm a regular viewer. I always thought it was an allusion to Twin Peaks, though I have no way of knowing! I guess I just like to think Charlie Brooker intentionally laces the various -Wipes with this sort of thing haha

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@theomeller7368

6y↑64

I am ashamed to live in the same country as Katie ‘Thatcher’ Hopkins

@carbonlifeform666

4y↑9

So what country did you move to?

@averagecomment123

4y↑1

Trust me mate, she is only a fly on the shit heap that is this country

@jameswallace7091

6y↑1

Love this bloke

@davidmartin6804

7y↑3

00:35 "Friends with benefits" - great script writing!

@jordruss8621

4y↑6

"Fair enough ill have yours, wtf is it again"

@lecapitaine1017

2y↑6

"Fair enough, I'll have yours, what's it again?" used to be among my favourite Brooker lines, but with hindsight, I think not even I (nor presumably Charlie) would want to do any job affiliated with Katie "Refugees are cockroaches" Hopkins.

@JackT13

6y↑3

They’ve even got sticks and bits of old fan!

@notsureiL

Gabe Thornes and use air 😑

@williamjohn2910

2y↑1

It's like a modern day "carry on" film!

@musicwithmorals

7y↑1

Long live Charlie Brooker!

@ChristosPalmer

10y↑5

They're certainly living in luxury there, I bet Davey and co. are so envious of all this wealth... toriesout

@novata01

7y↑8

Poverty porn is a great explanation of these shows. The programme makers know that showing something on TV to make people feel better about themselves is a dead cert winner.
We as a species love to see how other people live so we can compare our own lives to see if we're better than others.
It's a sad state of affairs that we thrive on exploitation as a form of entertainment.
I know because I'm guilty of it.
I now refuse to watch any programme that allows people to be attacked. By admission though, they shouldn't let these programme makers film them, but they do anything if money is thrown at them. Dignity goes out the window and we just sit on our sofas ranting about how these tax avoiding scum bags are lazy and should go and get a job. Then tweet about it and read other people's tweets in hope that your tweet gets retweeted.
We are no better.

@opinionday0079

4y↑2

that last bit about twitter was deep

@shilliojr

4y↑3

3:16 when that Twin Peaks theme drops lol

@sophietaleb

10y↑2

Funny . Greetins from Oz.

@crashdudes911

Love the Twin peaks music in the background of this hahahahah

@fljpopguy

9y↑26

Was that the British Ann Coulter at the end?

@Yessir432

9y↑14

Pretty much.

@thedaveastator7939

6y↑1

Gerry Berry got it pretty much right. Coulter is smarter and Coulter's bias isn't mere pomposity, she genuinely thinks she has some insight into how to improve the world.

@danielwatson6529

So dark i love it

@Exsugarbabe1

7y↑19

Most of the people on my street are on Benefits, many work, many are care for relitives but it's nothing like this.

@Exsugarbabe1

4y↑4

People don’t get paid enough so people used to get Working Tax credits as a top up when this series was shown. Millions of working families and single people, would starve or lose their home if they didn’t get help. Don’t blame workers, blame high rents and low wages.

@Exsugarbabe1

👋🏻

@twistedineveryway6429

4y↑1

@The Cornfield Wtf does that even mean?

@oweb7754

4y↑1

@The Cornfield You haven't thought about this very much have you?

@oweb7754

4y↑1

@The Cornfield Again, I don't think you're spent very long considerimg this my friend. You realise there are things like wars and famines in other countries? You realise most refugees (who I assume you're referring to when you say "poor people from all over the world"?) emigrate here to escape deadly hardships like those rather than just because the pay might be a bit better? Also the issue here isn't low standard of living for the whole country, it's an extreme wealth divide leading to unacceptable standards for some while others live in luxury. Your "just leave" argument is just blatantly ridiculous; there're thousands of reasons why that's not possible for those dealing with poverty in the UK: not least of which the fact people living in poverty clearly cannot afford to emigrate you fucking cretin lol.

@danielmillar7628

Mad to think Hopkins was on main stream bbc shows

@timothyw98

7y↑3

Funny they use the twin peaks soundtrack over the clip of Owen Jones.

@stuntmanmike6330

7y↑1

Haha, fukin brilliant! especially the last couple of minutes sums it up perfick..😊

@megazenn22

you spell like you were on it

@stuntmanmike6330

zenn22 you smell like you were on it ;-)

@megazenn22

@@stuntmanmike6330 it's called E-Stank, the new fragrance for e-men

@lt4874

4y↑2

"pious newborn Owen Jones"

@BenQotsa

are they playing the music from twin peaks

@perlefisker

4y↑1

Definitely the cleverest satire.

@greenhowie

4y↑6

That bit about tweeting will never not be relevant. Humans think like that.

@Think4aChange

little england gets the internet - should make a doc about those c1s

@MrLtia1234

10y↑5

Disappointed there's no comments from angry Benefit Street viewers. Three people are angry Benefit Street viewers. Either that or they think that Katie Hopkins actually lives in reality.

@TheLankylancaster

10y

this did tickle my sides very funny, but true!

@tedcrilly46

7y↑14

''Pious newborn'' lol.

@lols12169

Was that the twin peaks theme tune at the end?

@notsureiL

Anonymouse07 Yeas.

@sterlingbingo9743

4y↑3

Hopkins deserves a good clubbing

@NxDoyle

6y↑1

Does Jeremy Kyle still exist on British TV?

@christianwise637

4y↑1

Not anymore, thank Christ

@ZER0--

7y↑16

The poor are scroungers on benifits, the rich are entitled to expenses.

@obscure.reference

lol the twin peaks theme song halfway through

@vihaze6725

Nailed it.

@mrwri

6y↑1

unlike charlie, most folks who criticize the show havent seen it

@humanpotatoes4958

“Brian Shitpeas” 🤣😂🤣

@chinballs2

Can anyone tell me the name of the music that starts at 3:15?

@chinballs2

Cheers

@kida4313

anyone else just decided to give twin peaks another watch?

@jdobler

51w

Chipped drones, drugged Teleports, amped network nodes, you name it.

@LilySaintSin

7y↑3

British remake of the wire! 😂😂😂

@DarrenBonJovi

the music is fucking hilarious

@clints1mint

10y

Check out the new tune on YouTube

Benefit street by Electrik custard...

Musical social commentary

@adamosborne685

6y↑1

"Remake of the wire.."
Jesus

@nickwba208

4:31

It would help if there was water in that bucket katie. No good trying to mop up that bathroom floor with a dry mop

@martymcfly9583

7y↑45

Katie Hopkins is just a troll who knows that being normal and polite doesn't get you nothing but if you act like a anti anything that causes a fuss then she can keep her career going. Old trick. Scotty McLoo on Scottish radio done the same. Wind up the people so he would get listeners. Sad.

@passthebutterrobot2600

6y↑3

I do suspect "Katie Hopkins" is a fake character the actual Katie Hopkins invented as a way to make money. I find it hard to believe that she actually believes a lot of the stuff she comes out with. She's almost cartoon-like. If she did, it worked.

@grahamlive

I think that most people knew that Scotty McClue was just a guy playing a vile character. And practically no one agreed with his mad, bigoted views. The problem with Hopkins is that her idiot followers take her seriously, and agree with every loathsome word that falls from her disgusting mouth.

@carucath97

9y↑49

Ugh... Katie 'Thatcher' Hopkins just epitomises the worst of this country... why is she in the media???

@Onmysheet

9y↑17

Because she's a troll, and the media is full of them.

@larrysanders3829

8y↑6

+CaruCath97 Why won't she go away even though we keep talking about her!

@alfsmith4936

Because comments are currency in the world of social media.

@jabuck8562

MOST OF THEM HAVE GOT SHOES!

@mynameismark25

the issue is non-contradictory imo. It's possible for two different things to be correct at the same time.

@KyleAButler

I miss screenwipe so god damn fucking much!

@dylancobalt7807

Wow she really cleaned wrong. You can tell she's never even mopped her own floor

@upthebuffer1921

4y↑4

Eat the Rich

@pms9006

I want charlies job. What is it again?

@lovelybitofbugle219

Brooker is an English television presenter, author, screenwriter, producer, satirist and social critic. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror, and has written for comedy series such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show and Nathan Barley.

@lovelybitofbugle219

🤣👌

@pms9006

@@lovelybitofbugle219 he is also coming across as a privileged, liberal, i know better than you arsehole.

@pms9006

@@lovelybitofbugle219 you also forgot to mention that this tosser is also a contributor to The Guardian.

I can also copy from wikipedea:

The paper's readership is generally on the mainstream left of British political opinion, and its reputation as a platform for liberal and left-wing editorial has led to the use of the "Guardian reader" and "Guardianista" as often-pejorative epithets for those of left-leaning or "politically correct" tendencies.

@princewellidk

@@pms9006 shut up

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@zacccoffey838

Anyone else notice the Final Fantasy VII music around 3 minutes in?

@alinaknox5773

Zacc Coffey there is literally no Final Fantasy VII music in this. That’s the Twin Peaks theme.

@zacccoffey838

@@alinaknox5773 ah so it is, shoulda known as I've been watching recently, the theme reminds of the music in midgar 😛

@mccobsta

Sad thing to see what is now most of the poorest bits of the UK

@pyramid_iremide

The actress from after life 5:12

@ince55ant

twin peaks music? wat

@czarpeppers6250

6y↑1

Awww how cute, you guys have an Ann Coulter too!

@rogueriderhood1862

Sadly I expect every country has one.

@multiplyx100

For a moment there when I saw the lovely Katie in the mirror I thought her name badge said Bitch. 4:05

@j.laffety328

WHY IS TWIN PEAKS PLAYING

@foowombats

10y↑28

Charlie brooker has become the god of the middle class left and I love it!

@teethgrinder83

7y↑10

foowombats erm I understand this is 3yrs late but......working class guy here who thinks Brooker is awsome. My dads a scaffolder my mum was a cleaner when I was growing up and living with them,I'm a baker-aren't I allowed to enjoy Brooker or am I automatically thought of as 'different' in some way and not eligible to either comprehend or enjoy Charlie Brooker? Oh and if it's political affiliation you'd like to talk about I'm centre-left but socially liberal and I'm also a Scottish Nationalist. Make of that what you will-I don't know of your comment was meant to be mocking or it was unintentionally patronising but either way it was frustrating

@davidjatt3251

7y↑1

o kay then?

@RossKempOnYourMum01

03:20 Twin Peaks theme

@Alpacajon

Pious newborn!!! Hahaha

@vaibhav1P

8y↑1

The Lombard Street or whatever the fuck is the British equivalent of Wall street, should be called benefits street instead.

@RacingAtHome

Can't forget the highly popular Immigration Street.

@McSuperfly101

1:52 - I don't think that's booze...

@fuckfannyfiddlefart

6y↑1

There is an easy solution, end unemployment benefits and give a universal income, this will incentivize everyone and stop subsidizing rich Corporations while creating a minimum safety net for wages.

@showlett33

6y↑3

channel 4, the people that brought you, (as the worst ressesion in 80 years hits the most vulnerable in society) a new show called 'made in chelsea', where over privaliged rich kids quaff champagne fly around the world and hold masked balls, bed hoping whilst spending money like water......

@RossKempOnYourMum01

I would kill myself if I had to mop toilets for a living. I couldn't hack that shit for long. Suspect most people feel the same.

@LetsSmokePodcast

The blonde lady’s head turn towards the camera at 3:48 almost made me throw up 🤢

@alexbooth5981

Manafactured consent.

@Astro_War

6y↑1

Comment section is fucking mental!

@JD1010101110

7y↑1

Seeing Katie Hopkins talk makes me feel sick.

@ProjectFlashlight612

Angry for money

@danieladams4561

I genuinely don't even think Katie Hopkins believes the shite she says. She just does it to benefit her media career. She's carved an image that works for her (bit like Joey Essex pretending to be thick) which has made her successful but I don't buy for one bit that she genuinely believes the nonsense she spouts. She would never admit it but I'm 99% certain that's the case.

@misfit2022

Charlie Brooker really is one of the elite now. Mocking programmes like this and sold out now black mirror is on netflix and not available to all. Hopefully the new year programme will be on Netflix too as I do not think there will be much support for it now.

@kelman727

6y↑1

misfit

Suggest taking your crystal ball back to the shop!

@cmdfarsight

6y↑1

15 years ago I worked at the benefits agency and I was having to pay people more money in benefits than what I earned in a year. One family was getting 5k more than I was and that's before you take into account the free rent free school dinners free uniforms free council tax.

@SRPC21

4y↑1

1:40 I’m sorry but they are entitled. In this day and age where I had to work in restaurants for 4 years on minimum wage sharing a room in a house where 6 other strangers lived. They also weren’t paying tax, NI contributions or prescription charges (they were financially better off than me).

You can’t expect people to work in these conditions and make you better off on the dole.

@maineieg

Nothing says hard up like having 2 smart phones

@maineieg

No second hand about £100. £100 is a lot of money if you can't afford to feed your kids.

@ruumpleteaser

10y↑3

Labour Party Street

@FineprintNetwork

10y↑20

Tories Rape Kids Street

@ruumpleteaser

10y

FineprintNetwork I'm a BNP supporter not a Tories supporter nice try.

@kelman727

9y↑17

And that makes you LESS of a fuckwit?

@ruumpleteaser

9y↑1

I do not hate anyone actually but nice try. These people should not be getting free money and Labour is the party of free handouts and mass immigration. That is a fact. Hence Labour Patry Street.

@baldrickthedungspreader3107

ruumpleteaser totally agree mate, those who refuse to get a job should be sent off to factories to bolster our nations dying industry, especially if they start causing crime and verge on threatening contributing law abiding citizens

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@baldrickthedungspreader3107

6y↑1

I understand that these people are poor but it’s no excuse for them to drink all day and be lazy, while getting the tax payers money, I work in landscaping and I’m practically off work from the end of November to the start of February due to the winter weather having such bad weather in which you can’t cut grass or anything in, the rest of the year my job doesn’t pay much any way but I work all day in the heat of the summer sweating my ass off, I have a small disability benefit due to my asbergers that helps me live independent, now I could just mooch off of it like the people do depicted in the show but no, I decide to work because I wanna support my community and I love my country even if our government has practically flushed it down the toilet, I’m kinda rambling now but my point is these people even if they haven’t got a job can still find work that benefits there community, at least that helps those around u and society, you sitting on your arse drinking, watching television or at worst committing petty thievery isn’t gonna help anyone

@robynhighart2026

I don't care how bad they have it. If they can work and do not work, they should get absolutely nothing.

@GrahamMilkdrop

4y↑3

I suppose that in times of economic decline we should just have a cull so that people aren't just sitting around all day! Alternatively we could organise some sort of jobshare scheme so that everyone gets a chance to do their bit... for say, 15 hours per week. We could, instead, create employment by setting up warehouses that ship goods to other warehouses in a big circular chain or even better, why not create thousands of middle management positions where people get paid to look busy while collating computer generated weekly performance reports into quarterly presentations for senior management to deliver to executives who, in turn, must introduce company wide streamlining initiatives every year. At least in that last one, everyone becomes middle class and gets a company car!

@joepeake8972

4y↑1

@@GrahamMilkdrop underrated comment

@MikeKleinsteuber

Brooker is a great writer but very poor presenter and really should hand his script to others to present....

@batomatom

7y↑19

Mike Kleinsteuber Everyone's entitled to their own opinions but fuck dude, you couldn't put together a more perfect, poignant show. It's realistic, it gets to the point and makes you laugh, voila!

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