Creator Charlie Brooker Explains… | Black Mirror: White Christmas

Charlie Brooker, writer and creator of Channel 4’s Black Mirror, explains the inspiration behind the series, what the title means and how close the stories get to real life.

[standoughope]

This man's a genius. There's really nothing more to say other than how appreciative that I am that his ideas have made it into my brain.

[LynneHand]

Probably the best Christmas special - ever.   

[nourdeen]

This guy is a fucking genius! After every episode i watch, i end up numb, thinking about how am I gonna sleep at night.

[firebox]

white christmas screwed me up for days.

[ishanchatterjee]

My smartphone screen was loading as I saw my face... and it said Black Mirror, and it cracked, and I was hooked.

[OutpostResearch]

Its so cool to finally see somene inspired by the The Twilight Zone and The Night Gallery! This is what television was missing all those years inbetween

[OzmosisUK]

Oooo! How fantastic! He mentioned one of his inspirations.for writing the kind of devastating storylines in his series being a Twilight Zone episode called Time Enough At Last, which was directed by my father, John Brahm!

[DodderingOldMan]

Well, Charlie, I knew you were a comic genius, now I know you're just a flat out bonafide mega-genius. Honestly, I'm floored. Best TV show since The Wire. Which is the highest praise I can give.

[lauriecoulthard]

holy shit when he said "no one has blackmailed the prime minister into having sex with a pig, yet" my mind was blown

[BryceEdwardBrown]

Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, and explaining things? This is gonna be a good video!

[steerpike]

Charlie Brooker: always right; never happy.

[NewMessage]

Great.. * throws away his script called 'Spooky Technology Time' *

[dillon.p]

wow this episode was unreal. this is now my favorite tv series ever. can't wait for Netflix series

[NorthernFella]

Two series in and I am completely amazed by it so far the writing and acting the story lines.

[rockamora]

A mind-blowing, absolutely brilliant piece of writing. This guy's a flippin' genius.

[TheOjkk]

"Spooky Technology Time"
it's perfect.

[theoriginalcttheoriginalct]

Dude, this "San Junipiro" episode just blew my mind. I should be a world renowned critic, so that when I insist that this is some of the best sci-fi storytelling ever, you guys can just go ahead and agree without argument. Thanks for making something worth watching Charlie!

[molska]

I'm never going to listen to "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" again without getting a second wave of the shock I felt at the end of this special. Props to Brooker for giving me a lasting feeling of unsettlement for the next few years.

[HLGmatrix]

I saw the Christmas episode, it was sick, not in the positive sense. I can't explain how horrifying it was from a psychological stand-point.

[jameswhee]

If only it was called "spooky technology time"