Charlie Brooker's News Wipe

[Bob The Skutter]

I remember Charlie mentioned this in an interview, but now it's official, BBC Four have commissioned News Wipe. I think it'll be interesting to see what they come up with.

Following the success of Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe, BBC Four has commissioned Zeppotron to produce a brand new series – Charlie Brooker's News Wipe.
The aim of Charlie Brooker's News Wipe is to expose the inner workings of news media, just as Screen Wipe does to TV in general.
The series will be a funny, thoughtful and scabrous digest of recent news events. News Wipe will take a look at the brilliant or preposterous way the news is presented to us.
There will also be experts on hand to pick apart certain stories and analyse the news media's obsessions.
Charlie Brooker comments: "This is new territory for me: I'm no current affairs expert. Just like, I suspect, many people, when I tune into the news I often feel like I've wandered into episode 389 of the world's most complex soap opera. So it's also about me trying to make sense of a bewildering and often bloody stupid world."

 

[ITL]

More Brooker can only be a good thing.

 

[Ethros]

Excellent, any idea when we expect this to be on?

 

[Thor Damar]

Great news for us Brooker fans. I thought the Screenwipe esp that dealt with the news was Charlie Brookers finest hour.

Does anyone know why Screenwipe no longer appears on BBC4?

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Great news for us Brooker fans. I thought the Screenwipe esp that dealt with the news was Charlie Brookers finest hour.

I loved the News Special edition... especialy the 80s-style BBC News bulletin opening credits on that episode.

To me, "News Wipe" sounds a bit like a TV edition of the Media News and Street of Shame sections of Private Eye. (Which is no bad a thing, I guess...)

Does anyone know why Screenwipe no longer appears on BBC4?

I don't know, but I can only hope it moves to BBC Two soon.

 

[Ethros]

It's not on BBC4 as the current series finished. Which is now being repeated on BBC2 on some day of the week, can't remember which offhand

 

[Thor Damar]

It's not on BBC4 as the current series finished. Which is now being repeated on BBC2 on some day of the week, can't remember which offhand

It's finished already?! But there where only three esp shown on BBC Four this year. I guess the Beeb had to make cutbacks in order to keep paying Jonathan Ross the big bucks, the bloody idiots.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

It's not on BBC4 as the current series finished. Which is now being repeated on BBC2 on some day of the week, can't remember which offhand

It's finished already?! But there where only three esp shown on BBC Four this year. I guess the Beeb had to make cutbacks in order to keep paying Jonathan Ross the big bucks, the bloody idiots.

What you on about, there was 6, 5 in the usual slot, and the christmas special. One was even an extended episode.
The last 2 are even still on iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...okers_Screenwipe_Series_4_Review_of_the_Year/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fqq3t/Charlie_Brookers_Screenwipe_Series_4_Episode_2/

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I've just been looking at the listings on Media Center and it has News Wipe listed as starting on the 25th at 10:30.

 

[wamdue]

here you go

ENTERTAINMENT: Newswipe
On: BBC 4
Date: Wednesday 25th March 2009 (starting in 11 days)
Time: 22:30 to 23:00 (30 minutes long)

Charlie Brooker is back, this time he's got his sights firmly set on news and current affairs. In the first of a six part weekly digest Brooker looks at the potty levels the news' obsession with the Credit Crunch has reached. There's an authored piece by Nick Davis about the influence the PR Industry has over the news, a poem by Tim Key and a bucket load more. Tune in for the must-see series.
(New, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
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Marked By: 'Favourite: Newswipe' marker
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=132606

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

seems a bit like the Daily Show when John criticise the newsnetworks

 

[Bob The Skutter]

here you go

ENTERTAINMENT: Newswipe
On: BBC 4
Date: Wednesday 25th March 2009 (starting in 11 days)
Time: 22:30 to 23:00 (30 minutes long)

Charlie Brooker is back, this time he's got his sights firmly set on news and current affairs. In the first of a six part weekly digest Brooker looks at the potty levels the news' obsession with the Credit Crunch has reached. There's an authored piece by Nick Davis about the influence the PR Industry has over the news, a poem by Tim Key and a bucket load more. Tune in for the must-see series.
(New, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marked By: 'Favourite: Newswipe' marker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=132606

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

seems a bit like the Daily Show when John criticise the newsnetworks

Sounds more like Screenwipe, but aimed at the news... which it pretty much is.

 

[wamdue]

I just wonder how much material there really is to do about the news itself, before it starts to repeat itself, Screenwipe gets a constant supply of new programs to mock, the news may change, but how the news is covered really wont.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I just wonder how much material there really is to do about the news itself, before it starts to repeat itself, Screenwipe gets a constant supply of new programs to mock, the news may change, but how the news is covered really wont.

I agree with you there. I guess there's always different scandals, and bandwagons to take the piss out of but I'd think there's enough there for a series.

 

[wamdue]

I just wonder how much material there really is to do about the news itself, before it starts to repeat itself, Screenwipe gets a constant supply of new programs to mock, the news may change, but how the news is covered really wont.

I agree with you there. I guess there's always different scandals, and bandwagons to take the piss out of but I'd think there's enough there for a series.

I hope he does a piece on how the media has treated Jade Goody, and the relationship between, the viewers, Jade & the media.

the piece he did about the coverage of the McCann disappearance, where he pointed out that just watching the door at the police station or watching them drive home, was not news, I hope this series can better that, but that is one of the best screenwipe moments. Hopefully this series can better that.

 

[Captain Shaw]

I saw the one he did on children's TV that one make me smile it also reminded me of how scary children's TV is.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I am looking forward to this, hopefully Brooker will have a right old go at the new media in all its forms.

 

[wamdue]

I am looking forward to this, hopefully Brooker will have a right old go at the new media in all its forms.

yes Im pretty confident that he will do that.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

So who watched it? I'm just watching it now, and enjoying it.

"Anyway, the news wasn't all recession this week. No, there was room for plenty of bullshit too"

 

[ITL]

Watched it. Loved it. Yes.

 

[Thor Damar]

Missed it yesterday, but definitely catching the 11pm repeat.