History Creator / CharlieBrooker

One time, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg6H8KQHTVA refused to collect his girlfriend from a train station in the middle of the night because there was a spider by his front door.]] He claims it was big. Yes, he has a paralysing fear of house spiders so much that he left his girlfriend walk home alone in the dark.

Charlie Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is a "writer, producer, and self-indulgent cry-baby", according to his book ''The Hell of It All''. In less self-flagellating terms, he's a British comedian, columnist, writer and host of several television shows.

* ''Website/TVGoHome''

His best-known work to date is probably his television writing: he wrote on ''The Eleven O'Clock Show'', and was one of the writers on Creator/ChrisMorris's controversial ''Series/BrassEye'' episode about [[PaedoHunt paedophilia]]. Brooker also co-wrote ''Series/NathanBarley'' with Creator/ChrisMorris in 2006 after creating the character on ''TVGoHome'' in the late 90s.

One of the best (relatively) new faces on British television and a well known example of a CausticCritic, Brooker started his working life while still in school, as an occasional cartoonist and writer for the subversive '80s children's comic ''ComicBook/{{Oink}}''. After a failed media studies degree (apparently video games were yet to be considered a medium) he became a reviewer for the gaming magazine ''PC Zone''. In 2000, he began writing a column called "Screen Burn" for ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]'' newspaper, which went on until October 2010, when he announced its discontinuation. He had been noticed by the newspaper after his satirical site ''TV Go Home'' became popular, and became a regular columnist in its magazine supplement (the G2) and its weekend editions. These columns are collected in (to date) four books: ''Screen Burn'' (2004), ''Dawn of the Dumb'' (2007), ''The Hell Of It All'' (2009), and ''I Can Make You Hate''[[note]]Named so because the cover was a parody of Paul [=McKenna's=] ''I Can Make You Thin'' - Brooker later said he regretted not calling it ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Of Rage]]''[[/note]] (2012).

He achieved brief notoriety for a ''Screen Burn'' column that went viral in the USA via the Guardian's website. He penned a piece on coverage of a Presidential election in which UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush was a candidate. Brooker concluded his piece with a whimsical line about maybe Americans should read about the UsefulNotes/GuyFawkes solution to an opressive Parliament, and take notes for possible emulation if Shrub got to be President. This went viral. Many Americans unfamiliar with {{British|Humour}} {{black humour}} took it as an incitement to blow up or assassinate the President-elect, and Brooker became the most hated man on the internet that week; he was even reported to the FBI as a possible presidential assassin. The Guardian was forced to apologize to its American readers and Brooker, deluged in death threats from excitable members of the American right, was genuinely alarmed at the odium he inspired; however, he notes he was never interviewed by the FBI and has had no difficulty whatsoever in visiting the USA on many occasions since.

In 2006 Brooker began a television program on Creator/{{BBC}}4 called ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' (and later a spin-off focused on news reporting called ''Series/{{Newswipe}}''). This program, which largely skewers bad television programmes while deconstructing the process which delivers them to the screen -- including commissioning, production, industry regulation, channel guidelines for formatting and content and the history of certain forms of television programmes. The programme also often deconstructs specific TV-related scandals and events, often exposing the sour underbelly of the Television industry. His hostile manner as host was one of the chief influences for [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]'s ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review style. He also released a PoorlyDisguisedPilot special called ''Gameswipe'', which focused on video games. Brooker even mentions on his Website/{{twitter}} that he wanted to get Yahtzee on ''Gameswipe'', but it didn't work out for various reasons.

In 2009 Brooker created a panel show called ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching'', in which he discussed television with a rotating set of celebrity guests. The show was picked up by Channel 4, with guests including Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}} and Creator/FrankieBoyle.

Although initially best known in the UK for his comedy, in 2008 he took a departure from that to write the BAFTA-nominated ''Series/DeadSet'', a five-part [[ZombieApocalypse zombie]] series set in the ''Series/BigBrother'' house. He's also the writer and creator behind the award winning ''Series/BlackMirror'' series, an anthology series of dark science-fiction dramas about modern technology.

He is now Mr. Konnie Huq (of ''Series/BluePeter'' fame). A reference to UglyGuyHotWife on this page was previously edited out because it was too subjective, but any familiarity with his ''Screen Burn'' columns tells you that [[SelfDeprecation he'd probably be the first to agree]]. ("Physically, Brooker resembles a cross between a white Creator/LaurenceFishburne, a paedophile walrus and a scowling pork knuckle," according to the biography in his books.) Although given her Childrens' TV persona, having become famous on Series/BluePeter, they would appear to be a real life OddCouple. They have two children.

According to The Attery Squash he, [[https://www.youtube.com/user/spraynetdotcodotuk#p/a/4A32CD99992AEDCD/1/gShKgGs-Jbw like]] {{Music/Devo}}, is [[https://www.youtube.com/user/spraynetdotcodotuk#p/a/4A32CD99992AEDCD/2/nCvbFRoDBCg right about everything]].

One time he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg6H8KQHTVA refused to collect his girlfriend from a train station in the middle of the night because there was a spider by his front door.]] He claims it was big. Yes, he has a paralysing fear of house spiders so much that he left his girlfriend walk home alone in the dark.

Stuff that Charlie Brooker has been involved in:

Although initially best known in the UK for his comedy, in 2008 he took a departure from that to write the BAFTA-nominated ''Series/DeadSet'', a five-part [[ZombieApocalypse zombie]] series set in the ''Series/BigBrother'' house. He's also the writer and creator behind the award winning ''Series/BlackMirror'' series, an anthology series of dark science-fiction dramas about modern technology which has displayed an unfortunate prophetic quality in recent years.

One of the best (relatively) new faces on British television and a well known example of a CausticCritic, Brooker started his working life while still in school, as an occasional cartoonist and writer for the subversive '80s children's comic ''ComicBook/Oink''. After a failed media studies degree (apparently video games were yet to be considered a medium) he became a reviewer for the gaming magazine ''PC Zone''. In 2000, he began writing a column called "Screen Burn" for ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]'' newspaper, which went on until October 2010, when he announced its discontinuation. He had been noticed by the newspaper after his satirical site ''TV Go Home'' became popular, and became a regular columnist in its magazine supplement (the G2) and its weekend editions. These columns are collected in (to date) four books: ''Screen Burn'' (2004), ''Dawn of the Dumb'' (2007), ''The Hell Of It All'' (2009), and ''I Can Make You Hate''[[note]]Named so because the cover was a parody of Paul [=McKenna's=] ''I Can Make You Thin'' - Brooker later said he regretted not calling it ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Of Rage]]''[[/note]] (2012).

One of the best (relatively) new faces on British television and a well known example of a CausticCritic, Brooker started his working life while still in school, as an occasional cartoonist and writer for the subversive '80s children's comic ''Oink!''. After a failed media studies degree (apparently video games were yet to be considered a medium) he became a reviewer for the gaming magazine ''PC Zone''. In 2000, he began writing a column called "Screen Burn" for ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]'' newspaper, which went on until October 2010, when he announced its discontinuation. He had been noticed by the newspaper after his satirical site ''TV Go Home'' became popular, and became a regular columnist in its magazine supplement (the G2) and its weekend editions. These columns are collected in (to date) four books: ''Screen Burn'' (2004), ''Dawn of the Dumb'' (2007), ''The Hell Of It All'' (2009), and ''I Can Make You Hate''[[note]]Named so because the cover was a parody of Paul [=McKenna's=] ''I Can Make You Thin'' - Brooker later said he regretted not calling it ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Of Rage]]''[[/note]] (2012).

[[caption-width-right:300:"Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have you walked down Oxford Street recently? Misanthropy's the only thing that gets you through it. It's not a personality flaw, it's a skill."]]

Charlie Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is a "writer, producer, and self-indulgent cry-baby", according to his book ''The Hell of It All''. In less self-flagellating terms, he's a British comedian, columnist, writer and host of several television shows. One of the best (relatively) new faces on British television and a well known example of a CausticCritic, he started his working life while still in school, as an occasional cartoonist and writer for the subversive 80s children's comic Oink! After a failed media studies degree (apparently video games were yet to be considered a medium) he became a reviewer for the gaming magazine ''PC Zone''. In 2000, he began writing a column called "Screen Burn" for ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]'' newspaper, which went on until October 2010, when he announced its discontinuation. He had been noticed by the newspaper after his satirical site ''TV Go Home'' became popular, and became a regular columnist in its magazine supplement (the G2) and its weekend editions. These columns are collected in (to date) four books: ''Screen Burn'' (2004), ''Dawn of the Dumb'' (2007), ''The Hell Of It All'' (2009), and ''I Can Make You Hate''[[note]]Named so because the cover was a parody of Paul [=McKenna's=] ''I Can Make You Thin'' - Brooker later said he regretted not calling it ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Of Rage]]''[[/note]] (2012).

He achieved brief notoriety for a ''Screen Burn'' column that went viral in the USA via the Guardian's website. He penned a piece on coverage of a Presidential election in which UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush was a candidate. Brooker concluded his piece with a whimsical line about maybe Americans should read about the UsefulNotes/GuyFawkes solution to an opressive Parliament, and take notes for possible emulation if Shrub got to be President. This went viral. Many Americans unfamiliar with {{British|Humour}} {{black humour}} took it as an incitement to blow up or assassinate the President-elect, and Brooker became the most hated man on the internet that week; he was even reported to the FBI as a possible presidential assassin. The Guardian was forced into a grovelling apology to its American readers and Brooker, deluged in death threats from excitable members of the American right, was genuinely alarmed at the odium he inspired; however, he notes he was never interviewed by the FBI and has had no difficulty whatsoever in visiting the USA on many occasions since.

He achieved brief notoriety for a ''Screen Burn'' column that went viral in the USA via the Guardian's website. He penned a piece on coverage of a Presidential election in which UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush was a candidate. Brooker concluded his piece with a whimsical line about maybe Americans should read about the Guy Fawkes solution to an opressive Parliament, and take notes for possible emulation if Shrub got to be President. This went viral. Many Americans unfamiliar with [[GallowsHumour British black humour]] took it as an incitement to blow up or assassinate the President-elect, and Brooker became the most hated man on the internet that week; he was even reported to the FBI as a possible presidential assassin. The Guardian was forced into a grovelling apology to its American readers and Brooker, deluged in death threats from excitable members of the American right, was genuinely alarmed at the odium he inspired; however, he notes he was never interviewed by the FBI and has had no difficulty whatsoever in visiting the USA on many occasions since.

In 2006 Brooker began a television program on Creator/{{BBC}}4 called ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' (and later a spin-off focused on news reporting called ''Series/{{Newswipe}}''). This program, which largely skewers bad television programmes while deconstructing the process which delivers them to the screen—including commissioning, production, industry regulation, channel guidelines for formatting and content and the history of certain forms of television programmes. The programme also often deconstructs specific TV-related scandals and events, often exposing the sour underbelly of the Television industry. His hostile manner as host was one of the chief influences for [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]'s ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review style. He also released a PoorlyDisguisedPilot special called ''Gameswipe'', which focused on video games. Brooker even mentions on his Website/{{twitter}} that he wanted to get Yahtzee on ''Gameswipe'', but it didn't work out for various reasons.

In 2009 Brooker created a panel show called ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching'', in which he discussed television with a rotating set of celebrity guests. The show was picked up by Channel 4 and has aired two 8-episode seasons so far, with guests including Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}} and Creator/FrankieBoyle.

Although initially best known in the UK for his comedy, in 2008 he took a departure from that to write the BAFTA-nominated ''Series/DeadSet'', a five-part [[ZombieApocalypse zombie]] series set in the ''Series/BigBrother'' house. He's also the writer and creator behind the award winning ''Series/BlackMirror'' series, an anthology series of dark science-fiction dramas about modern technology which has displayed an unfortunate prophetic quality in recent years.

In 2006 Brooker began a television program on Creator/{{BBC}}4 called ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' (and later a spin-off focused on news reporting called ''Series/{{Newswipe}}''). This program, which largely skewers bad television programmes while deconstructing the process which delivers them to the screen—including commissioning, production, industry regulation, channel guidelines for formatting and content and the history of certain forms of television programmes. The programme also often deconstructs specific TV relate scandals and events, often exposing the sour underbelly of the Television industry. His hostile manner as host was one of the chief influences for [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]'s ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review style. He also released a PoorlyDisguisedPilot special called ''Gameswipe'', which focused on video games. Brooker even mentions on his Website/{{twitter}} that he wanted to get Yahtzee on ''Gameswipe'', but it didn't work out for various reasons.

Charlie Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is a "writer, producer, and self-indulgent cry-baby", according to his book ''The Hell of It All''. In less self-flagellating terms, he's a British comedian, columnist, writer and host of several television shows. One of the best (relatively) new faces on British television and a well known example of a CausticCritic, he started his working life while still in school, as an occasional cartoonist and writer for the subversive 80s children's comic Oink! After a failed media studies degree (apparently video games were yet to be considered a medium) he became a reviewer for the gaming magazine ''PC Zone''. In 2000, he began writing a column called "Screen Burn" for ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]'' newspaper, which went on until October 2010, when he announced its discontinuation. He had been noticed by the newspaper after his satirical site ''TV Go Home''became popular, and became a regular columnist in its magazine supplement (the G2) and its weekend editions. These columns are collected in (to date) four books: ''Screen Burn'' (2004), ''Dawn of the Dumb'' (2007), ''The Hell Of It All'' (2009), and ''I Can Make You Hate''[[note]]Named so because the cover was a parody of Paul [=McKenna's=] ''I Can Make You Thin'' - Brooker later said he regretted not calling it ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Of Rage]]''[[/note]] (2012).

In 2009 Brooker created a panel show called ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching'', in which he discussed television with a rotating set of celebrity guests. The show was picked up by Channel 4 and has aired two 8-episode seasons so far, with guests including Creator/DavidMitchell and Creator/FrankieBoyle.

He is now Mr Konnie Huq (of ''Series/BluePeter'' fame). A reference to UglyGuyHotWife on this page was previously edited out because it was too subjective, but any familiarity with his ''Screen Burn'' columns tells you that [[SelfDeprecation he'd probably be the first to agree]]. ("Physically, Brooker resembles a cross between a white Creator/LaurenceFishburne, a paedophile walrus and a scowling pork knuckle," according to the biography in his books.) Although given her Childrens' TV persona, having become famous on Series/BluePeter, they would appear to be a real life OddCouple. They have two children.

Although initially best known in the UK for his comedy, in 2008 he took a departure from that to write the BAFTA-nominated ''DeadSet'', a five-part [[ZombieApocalypse zombie]] series set in the ''Series/BigBrother'' house. He's also the writer and creator behind the award winning ''Series/BlackMirror'' series, an anthology series of dark science-fiction dramas about modern technology which has displayed an unfortunate prophetic quality in recent years.

He achieved brief notoriety for a ''Screen Burn'' column that went viral in the USA via the Guardian's website. He penned a piece on coverage of a Presidential election in which George W. Bush was a candidate. Brooker concluded his piece with a whimsical line about maybe Americans should read about the Guy Fawkes solution to an opressive Parliament, and take notes for possible emulation if Shrub got to be President. This went viral. Many Americans unfamiliar with [[GallowsHumour British black humour]] took it as an incitement to blow up or assassinate the President-elect, and Brooker became the most hated man on the internet that week; he was even reported to the FBI as a possible presidential assassin. The Guardian was forced into a grovelling apology to its American readers and Brooker, deluged in death threats from excitable members of the American right, was genuinely alarmed at the odium he inspired; however, he notes he was never interviewed by the FBI and has had no difficulty whatsoever in visiting the USA on many occassions since.

His best-known work to date is probably his television writing: he wrote on ''The Eleven O'Clock Show'', and was one of the writers on Creator/ChrisMorris's controversial ''Series/BrassEye'' episode about [[PaedoHunt paedophilia]]. Brooker also co-wrote ''Series/NathanBarley'' with Chris Morris in 2006 after creating the character on ''TVGoHome'' in the late 90s.

Charlie Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is a "writer, producer, and self-indulgent cry-baby", according to his book ''The Hell of It All''. In less self-flagellating terms, he's a British comedian, columnist, writer and host of several television shows. One of the best (relatively) new faces on British television and a well known example of a CausticCritic, he started his working life while still in school, as an occasional cartoonist and writer for the subversive 80s children's comic Oink! After a failed media studies degree (apparently video games were yet to be considered a medium) he became a reviewer for the gaming magazine ''PC Zone''. In 2000, he began writing a column called "Screen Burn" for ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]'' newspaper, which went on until October 2010, where he announced its discontinuation. He had been noticed by the newspaper after his satirical site ''TV Go Home''became popular, and became a regular columnist in its magazine supplement (the G2) and its weekend editions. These columns are collected in (to date) four books: ''Screen Burn'' (2004), ''Dawn of the Dumb'' (2007), ''The Hell Of It All'' (2009), and ''I Can Make You Hate''[[note]]Named so because the cover was a parody of Paul [=McKenna's=] ''I Can Make You Thin'' - Brooker later said he regretted not calling it ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades Of Rage]]''[[/note]] (2012).