Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2009
Charlie Brooker returns to train his sights firmly on news and current affairs. He looks at the news's obsession with the credit crunch, and the potty levels it has reached. Nick Davies authors a piece about the influence the PR industry has over the news and Tim Key performs a poem.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2009
Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs. In charting the rise of the public's role in making the news via vox pops and mobile phone footage, Brooker examines the good, the bad and the absurd in citizen journalism. Plus, reviews of two big stories making the news, controversial authored pieces, a poem and much more.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2009
Charlie Brooker sets his sights on news and current affairs, looking at how news anchors and their styles have changed over the years and reflecting on how they do it in America.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2009
Charlie Brooker looks at how graphics have changed on news programmes over the years. He also charts how the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2009
Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2009
Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2010
Charlie Brooker returns to wring more laughs from a hilariously troubled world, looking at some of the scariest news stories ever, and some jokes.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2010
It's the second episode of the second series and there's the usual mix of contributors, reviews and jokes as the news channels continue to provide enough rubbish to make a show out of.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2010
Charlie Brooker squeezes more fun out of the news with the usual mix of comedians, reports and gags, this time looking at celebrities in the news. Will simply mentioning the likes of Russell Brand, Jedward and Megan Fox in this billing make people more likely to tune in?
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2010
A caustic mix of gags and finger-pointing as Charlie Brooker finds fun and fault with the news. They say politics is an instant turn off, so it's a good job this episode doesn't focus on that. No it doesn't. Not at all.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2010
Another instalment of caustic commentary, satirical observations and laughs from Charlie Brooker, with the regular mix of contributors and fun.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2010
Compilation of the best bits from this and the previous series of caustic commentary, satirical observations and laughs from Charlie Brooker.
Specials
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate:
