Charlie Brooker - Inside Black Mirror

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in an Orwellian future.

The Smiths(music, 1982–1987)

Iconic ‘80s Mancunian miserabilists.

Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel(book, 1976)

Richard Brautigan’s dual narrative oddball.

The Sophtware Slump(music, 2000)

California indie-rock band Grandaddy’s concept album about modern alienation.

Space Invaders(video game, 1978)

Taito’s legendary, endless blast-fest.

The Swarm(film, 1978)

Kitsch killer-bee movie.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(film, 1974)

Armed criminals hijack a New York subway train.

Tales of the Unexpected(TV, 1979–1988)

Roald Dahl’s British anthology series, renowned for climactic twists.

Quentin Tarantino(director, 1963–)

The high priest of cinematic homage.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(film, 1974)

Tobe Hooper’s savage horror benchmark.

The Thing(film, 1982)

John Carpenter’s classic sci-fi horror remake of 1951’s The Thing From Another World .

Threads(TV, 1984)

Harrowing British TV movie about the aftermath of nuclear war.

THX-1138(film, 1971)

Dystopian sci-fi from George Lucas.

Triangle(film, 2009)

Mind-boggling horror aboard a mysterious ocean liner.

Tron(film, 1982)

A computer hacker tries to escape from a digital world.

The Truman Show(film, 1998)

Jim Carrey plays a man whose entire life is a reality TV show.

They Live(film, 1988)

John Carpenter’s satire about a man who discovers that the ruling class are aliens.

The Twilight Zone(TV, 1959–1964)

Rod Serling’s hugely influential anthology show, which also took film form in 1983.

Twin Peaks(TV, 1990–1991)

Mark Frost and David Lynch’s kooky murder mystery.

Ultimate Force(TV, 2002–08)

British military action series, taking an American approach.

United 93(film, 2006) Movies

Paul Greengrass’s bio-drama about what happened aboard 9/11’s United Flight 93.

The Up documentaries(film, 1964–present)

Michael Apted checks in with the same group of British citizens every seven years.

The Vanishing(film, 1988)

Dutch-French thriller about a man’s obsessive search for his disappeared girlfriend.

Paul Verhoeven(director, 1938–present)

Dutch director of films including Total Recall (1990) and Starship Troopers (1997).

The War You Don’t See(TV, 2010)

John Pilger’s documentary about the Iraq war.

Whac-A-Mole(1976-present)

Arcade game in which players hit moles with mallets.

The Wicker Man(film, 1973)

Classic Pagan horror, starring Edward Woodward.

Wall-E(film, 2008)

One of Pixar’s bleakest creations.

Westworld(TV, 2016–present)

Series set in a Wild West-themed android amusement park.

The X Factor(TV, 2004–present)

Simon Cowell’s eternal quest for new singing talent.

The X-Files(TV, 1993–present)

TV’s enduring intersection between sci-fi and horror.

The Year Of The Sex Olympics(TV, 1968)

Nigel ‘Quatermass’ Kneale’s one-off dystopian TV play.

The Young Ones(TV, 2010)

Ageing celebrities are rejuvenated by living in a ‘70s home.

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4OD 125

10 Cloverfield Lane (film, 2016) 150

10 O’Clock Live (TV show) 90, 102

11 O’Clock Show, The (TV show) 9

24 (TV show) 16

28 Days Later (film, 2002) 84

A

Abraham, David 126

Abrams, JJ 230

Ahmed, Riz 78

Aleksandr the meerkat 96

Ali G 96

All is Lost (film, 2013) 284

Allen, Shane 8–13, 15, 19, 58–60, 100–1, 310, 313

Amazon 130

AMC 124

Andre, Peter 16

Apple 11, 32, 67

Arachnajax 239–40

Armstrong, Jesse 49, 50, 52, 56–7

Atonement (film, 2007) 135, 141

Atwell, Hayley 63, 64–7, 71, 75

augmented reality 118, 150, 153 , 200

Automan (TV show) 10

avatars 32, 36, 36 , 90, 92

Avedon, Richard 291

B

BAFTAs see British Academy Television Awards

Baig, Shaheen 15, 18, 31, 36, 37, 49, 53, 77, 81, 105, 108–9

Barbie (doll) 233

Bathurst, Otto 15, 16, 18, 21–3, 26, 28, 29

BBC 9, 90, 93, 101, 124, 174

BBC1 92

BBC Four 45

BBC Two 123

Bell, Michael 283, 290, 292

Bentley, Stuart 279

Bergman, Ingmar 57

Big Brother (TV show) 9

Black Mirror

awards 10, 46, 60, 101, 222–3, 292, 311

budgets 18, 34–5, 60, 68, 80, 101, 103, 124, 126–7, 178, 221

Christmas Special ( White Christmas ) 100–21, 102, 105–21, 112 , 123, 174, 209, 244, 278, 296, 302, 309

future of 310–13

series five 311–12

series four 102, 108, 117, 221–309, 311

Arkangel 221, 243–55, 246 , 249 , 296

Black Museum 117, 295–309, 298 , 299 , 300 , 306

Crocodile 87, 102, 221, 257–69, 260 , 263 , 266 , 267 , 296, 302

Hang the DJ 271–81, 274 , 275 , 278 , 296

Metalhead 127, 206, 221, 283–93, 284 , 290 , 296, 302

USS Callister 171, 221, 225–41, 229 , 230 , 232 , 233 , 236 , 239 , 278, 296, 302, 312

series one 8–57, 59, 60, 125, 150

Fifteen Million Merits 12–13, 31–47, 36 , 39 , 60, 96, 130, 143, 228, 299, 306

The Entire History of You 49–57, 53 , 54 , 106, 150, 230, 312

The National Anthem 15–29, 59, 60, 109, 150, 162, 173–4, 206, 217, 244, 302

series three 102, 108, 122–219, 221

Hated in the Nation 127, 194, 205–19, 210 , 215 , 302

Men Against Fire 13, 102, 138, 193–203, 196 , 200 , 209, 215, 301, 302

Nosedive 129–47, 132 , 135 , 137 , 138 , 140 , 147 , 165, 222

Playtest 96, 147, 149–59, 152 , 153 , 158–9 , 190, 202, 226, 290, 301–2

San Junipero 87, 127, 133, 137, 147, 162, 165, 173–91, 176 , 179 , 182 , 185 , 190 , 209, 222, 272, 301, 312

Shut Up and Dance 133, 135, 161–71, 165 , 190, 209, 244

series two 58–99, 101, 125

Be Right Back 63–75, 66 , 67 , 71 , 80, 87, 150, 174, 177, 284, 302, 306

The Waldo Moment 80, 89–99, 92

White Bear 64, 77–87, 90, 119, 147, 171, 301, 309

unmade episodes

Angel of the Morning 102

Inbound 13, 102, 194