Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe - BBC2 Comedy - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
15 (3 series), plus 3 highlights shows
Stars
Charlie Brooker, Al Campbell, Diane Morgan, Morgana Robinson, Doug Stanhope, Brian Limond and Jake Yapp
Writers
Charlie Brooker, Alan Connor, Ben Caudell, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris and Dan Maier
Directors
Andrew Chaplin, Lucy Forbes, Andy Devonshire and Lorry Powles
Producers
Nick Vaughan Smith, Alison Marlow, Jodie Krstic, Tom Corrigan and Annabel Jones
Companies
Charlie Brooker extends the format pioneered with BBC Four's Screenwipe to BBC Two and a weekly round-up of all that's happened.
The social commentator, media critic and satirist turns his eye not just to television and news events, but the latest books, computer games, films, adverts and other cultural curios to catch his eye - and often, raise his ire.
Each programme includes a sprinkle of sketches, VTs and amusing archive footage. Regular contributors include US comedian Doug Stanhope and vacuous TV critic Barry Shitpeas.
In Series 1 Charlie was joined in the studio by a couple of guests to chat about films. From Series 2 this was replaced by a weekly documentary strand from the character Philomena Cunk.
Additional details
Part of
Also known as
- Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe
- Weekly Wipe With Charlie Brooker
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Thursday 31st January 2013 at 10pm on BBC Two
Most recent repeats
- Sunday 15th March 2015 at 12:55am on BBC4 - Series 3, Highlights Special
- Sunday 8th March 2015 at 12:45am on BBC4 - Series 3, Highlights Special
- Saturday 28th February 2015 at 10:25pm on BBC4 - Series 3, Episode 5