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Articles about Black Mirror

BLACK MIRROR

Cracking Black Mirror

As Black Mirror returns, creator Charlie Brooker and exec producer Jessica Rhoades reveal the creative process behind Netflix’s mind-bending anthology while stars Emma Corrin, Sienna Kelly, Rosy McEwen, Lewis Gribben and Josh Finan offer insights into their unsettling and thought-provoking episodes.  

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How to win a Bafta

Winners from this year’s Bafta Television Awards offer DQ their thoughts as to what it takes to pick up one of the iconic mask statuettes. Spoiler alert: It’s personal.

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Raising hell

How did the most “gloriously odd” Black Mirror episode ever win a Bafta award? Series creator Charlie Brooker and writing partner Bisha K Ali break down season six episode Demon 79 and talk about upending fan expectations and the dangers of working with AI.

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Getting darker

Series creator Charlie Brooker joins stars Paapa Essiedu and Anjana Vasan to take DQ inside Demon 79, a horror-focused episode from the new season of Black Mirror that stands apart from the rest for one reason – it’s got nothing to do with technology.

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Series to Watch: June 2023

DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this June, from an Indian conspiracy thriller and a Dutch family drama to a British ‘anti-romcom’ and the return of Black Mirror.

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Dystopian blues

The television landscape is awash with series set in alternative – and not particularly bright – futures. Stephen Arnell casts his eye over the dystopian series on screen, and also finds sci-fi series with a more optimistic outlook.

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Craft masters

For one night a year, the cream of the behind-the-scenes talent working in the British television industry is recognised at a star-studded celebration. DQ hears from the winners at the Bafta Television Craft Awards 2018.

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Back to the 1980s

As a host of scripted series find inspiration in the 1980s, DQ speaks to the creatives behind these shows to find out how they recreated the era – and why it remains so popular almost 30 years after the decade ended.

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The future is now

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has become rather adept at predicting future technologies and scientific advancements. With season four coming to Netflix, he and coproducer Annabel Jones reveal the writing and development process behind the anthology series.

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Sci-fi high

Science fiction has a long association with television, but it’s now more visible than ever. DQ explores how a shift in storytelling has pushed the genre into the mainstream.

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Dressing for San Junipero

Ahead of the Bafta Television Craft Awards, costume designer Susie Coulthard takes DQ through her work on the standout episode from the third season of Black Mirror, San Junipero, for which she has been nominated.

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The new Black

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror has found a new home on Netflix. Can viewers expect more of the same from the dark anthology, or does the new platform mean it’s all change?

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Morgan and Thorne doing it write

Peter Morgan has taken home an RTS writing award for The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, while Jack Thorne has received Bafta nominations for three separate projects.

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Amazon ups the ante

This week Amazon follows up its Emmy success with six new scripted pilots, Netflix looks into Black Mirror, Lifetime calls for more Devious Maids, Rai studies the Medicis and Televisa USA checks into Gran Hotel.

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Minis grow in stature

With shows such as The Fixer selling across the globe, Andy Fry examines the growing importance of miniseries in the increasingly crowded TV market. Another trend showing no sign of slowing down is the rise of anthologies, with news on Black Mirror.

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