Charlie Brooker Black Mirror - Page 2

Bob The Skutter · August 26 2011, 08:09 AM

Looks like Charlie is doing a spoof crime drama for Sky. It's called "A Touch of Cloth"

From The Guardian

Charlie Brooker has written a two-hour spoof crime drama for Sky1 starring John Hannah, Suranne Jones and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

A Touch of Cloth has been co-written with Daniel Maier, a writer on ITV1's Harry Hill's TV Burp, and sets out to be a "spoof of every British crime drama made in the last decade".

Hannah stars as DCI Jack Cloth, a "maverick, heavy drinking loner" who throws himself into his work after the death of his wife.

He is teamed with a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick" played by Jones investigating a series of grisly murders. Rhind-Tutt plays their boss, Tom Boss.

It is the latest scripted TV project for Guardian columnist Brooker, who has also written comic drama series Black Mirror for Channel 4, described as a hybrid of The Twilight Zone and Tales of the Unexpected. He previously wrote Big Brother-based zombie thriller Dead Set, for E4.

Brooker said: "After you've seen A Touch of Cloth you'll never be able to watch another detective show again. Not because it's a devastating piss take, but because you'll have smashed your TV into pieces in a disappointed fury."

Deckerd · August 26 2011, 10:05 AM

D'you think it's a play on 'touching cloth'?

ITL · August 26 2011, 10:06 AM

I was thinking the same thing...

Asbo Zaprudder · August 26 2011, 10:21 AM

What would come next -- Skiing for Crocodiles?

Bob The Skutter · August 26 2011, 10:57 AM

Deckerd wrote:

D'you think it's a play on 'touching cloth'?

Almost certainly, would you expect any less from Charlie Brooker? I mean it's obviously a play on A Touch of Frost, but playing on Touching Cloth... at least that's what I took it for.

Starkers · August 26 2011, 11:13 AM

So their boss is Tom Boss...wow bet that took hours to come up with...

Bob The Skutter · August 26 2011, 11:14 AM

^Had to be very difficult to come up with such an original name.

Starkers · August 26 2011, 11:15 AM

Let's hope he didn't waste all his creativity on that

Black Mirror sounds way more interesting, wonder when it'll air?

Bob The Skutter · August 26 2011, 11:17 AM

I think I read this Autumn but I can't be certain.

Serial thread killer · August 26 2011, 05:32 PM

Dam I don't have sky.
Wonder if could get Mum and Dad to tape it me.

Bob The Skutter · November 11 2011, 06:53 PM

So airdate...
Black Mirror - Sun, Dec 4 on Channel 4

Starkers · November 14 2011, 10:52 AM

Cool, I'm not the greatest Brooker fan in the world but this does sound interesting.

Bob The Skutter · November 14 2011, 11:50 AM

I am a big fan, and I'm looking forward to it. Just a shame his other new thing is gonna be on Sky.

Servo · November 14 2011, 12:55 PM

Glad this and new 10 O'Clock Live are on the horizon. My life has been sadly devoid of televised Brooker for too long now.

Bob The Skutter · November 14 2011, 12:56 PM

Servo wrote:

Glad this and new 10 O'Clock Live are on the horizon. My life has been sadly devoid of televised Brooker for too long now.

Don't forget 2011Wipe. Brooker overload.

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August 26 2011, 11:15 AM	#23
Starkers Admiral Location: Behind enemy lines...	Re: Charlie Brooker Black Mirror Let's hope he didn't waste all his creativity on that Black Mirror sounds way more interesting, wonder when it'll air? __________________ Werewolves on the Moon Now with Star Trek Into Darkness review The Devils of Amber Street

August 26 2011, 11:17 AM	#24
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: Charlie Brooker Black Mirror I think I read this Autumn but I can't be certain. __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

August 26 2011, 05:32 PM	#25
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November 11 2011, 06:53 PM	#26
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: Charlie Brooker Black Mirror So airdate... Black Mirror - Sun, Dec 4 on Channel 4 __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

November 14 2011, 10:52 AM	#27
Starkers Admiral Location: Behind enemy lines...	Re: Charlie Brooker Black Mirror Cool, I'm not the greatest Brooker fan in the world but this does sound interesting. __________________ Werewolves on the Moon Now with Star Trek Into Darkness review The Devils of Amber Street

November 14 2011, 11:50 AM	#28
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: Charlie Brooker Black Mirror I am a big fan, and I'm looking forward to it. Just a shame his other new thing is gonna be on Sky. __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

November 14 2011, 12:55 PM	#29
Servo Rear Admiral Location: Manchester, England	Re: Charlie Brooker Black Mirror Glad this and new 10 O'Clock Live are on the horizon. My life has been sadly devoid of televised Brooker for too long now. __________________ *"You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend... and you've never watched Star Trek? Good Lord..."* Currently Playing: DC Universe Online & DUST 514