This man is a genius.

This man's a genius. There's really nothing more to say other than how appreciative that I am that his ideas have made it into my brain.

Probably the best Christmas special - ever.

holy shit when he said "no one has blackmailed the prime minister into having sex with a pig, yet" my mind was blown

white christmas screwed me up for days.

This guy is a fucking genius! After every episode i watch, i end up numb, thinking about how am I gonna sleep at night.

A sick and twisted man. I love him.

Charlie Brooker: always right; never happy.

Its so cool to finally see somene inspired by the The Twilight Zone and The Night Gallery! This is what television was missing all those years inbetween

"Spooky Technology Time" it's perfect.

My smartphone screen was loading as I saw my face... and it said Black Mirror, and it cracked, and I was hooked.

If only it was called "spooky technology time"

Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, and explaining things? This is gonna be a good video!

Well, Charlie, I knew you were a comic genius, now I know you're just a flat out bonafide mega-genius. Honestly, I'm floored. Best TV show since The Wire. Which is the highest praise I can give.

Great.. * throws away his script called 'Spooky Technology Time' *

I saw the Christmas episode, it was sick, not in the positive sense. I can't explain how horrifying it was from a psychological stand-point.

Give this guy a freaking medal! He created an amazing TV series

Oooo! How fantastic! He mentioned one of his inspirations.for writing the kind of devastating storylines in his series being a Twilight Zone episode called Time Enough At Last, which was directed by my father, John Brahm!

Can we not ever have those fucking eye upgrades (that are in most episodes). Like ever. Please.

Dude, this "San Junipiro" episode just blew my mind. I should be a world renowned critic, so that when I insist that this is some of the best sci-fi storytelling ever, you guys can just go ahead and agree without argument. Thanks for making something worth watching Charlie!

Black mirror is better than stranger things. Yes I just said it.

Shut Up and Dance fucked me up so bad, I am actually deceased.

wow this episode was unreal. this is now my favorite tv series ever. can't wait for Netflix series

The guy is a genius.

I'm never going to listen to "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" again without getting a second wave of the shock I felt at the end of this special. Props to Brooker for giving me a lasting feeling of unsettlement for the next few years.

Two series in and I am completely amazed by it so far the writing and acting the story lines.

This series is brilliant. Hugely thought provoking and occasionally fucked up at the next level. Definitely in my top 5 ever of any type of tv series.

A mind-blowing, absolutely brilliant piece of writing. This guy's a flippin' genius.

This show can help us save the world! I love it! We need it. People need this. They should be using their minds

I love this show. I love Brooker's use of the phrase "worrying". I consider this show to be a perfect commentary on humanity today. While he says there hasn't been a PM blackmailed into a Baconback Mountin' scenario, the rubbernecking of society caught up in the mirror, glued to their television for their own differing reasons for watching... that is true. He's takes a perfectly feasible if not fantastic sideways glace at what humans feel is more important in their life... which is technology, despite it not necessarily being the bad guy, in some cases it's certainly the addiction the main character is wrestling with. i hope there are more. A part of me felt like the Christmas Special was a fleshing out of some of his previous episodes, it was still poignant and frightening. I hope there's a third series on the horizon. I need more sci-fi like this...

"Yet"...

I absolutely love the Black Mirror series, every episode has captured the ideas and feelings that Charlie speaks of. But the Christmas special really, really was something else, very distressing indeed.....

I can't flipping wait..... I am in the process of rinsing out the first 2 seasons on netflix. Thank you Brooker, you are a legend!!!!! Best regards, TGV

A fantastic series honestly it's the the most well thought out and deep satire of real life ! I hope this continues

Black Mirror truly is one of the most groundbreaking, witty and darkly relevant shows of the past decade

when is spooky technology time gonna be on netflix?? cmon!!

I have so much respect for this show. Utter brilliance! This happens way too rarely

This one was the best one. I plan to watch again over the holidays this year while getting stoned and drunk. Life is good

This guy puts together a more crystalized reality. Love your work immensely!!!

i've always felt it was best to unsettle people with my writing and thanks to black mirror i've learned a lot about how to do that. a lot of it has to do with taking aspiration or desire or some human aspect and taking it to its inevitable conclusion and seeing all the new problems that arise from that.

WOW WHAT GREAT EXPLANATION ON THE WHITE CHRISTMAS EPISODE

You got me unsettled. Thank you (?), Mr. Brooker.

A Claude glass (or black mirror) is a small mirror, slightly convex in shape, with its surface tinted a dark colour. Bound up like a pocket-book or in a carrying case, Claude glasses were used by artists, travelers and connoisseurs of landscape and landscape painting. Claude glasses have the effect of abstracting the subject reflected in them from its surroundings, reducing and simplifying the colour and tonal range of scenes and scenery to give them a painterly quality.

I watched Crocodile the day it came out, totally unaware of what it was about, by myself at 2am...and I couldn’t sleep. Hit me full force and I was FREAKED! Well done!!!!

Loved it, writing is brilliant as always - first half had a weird sought of light-hearted intrigue, second half brutally intense...ofc all black mirrors are intriguing and intense, but I'm basically saying I really liked how this one was laid out, bloody good christmas special!

Well, thank you for unsettling me. Please keep doing so. I loved how you used the song from 15 Million Merits in the White Christmas.

Damn! Mr. Brooker you have nailed it. Someone on my fb posted a link and I jumped in and watched the first episode of Season 1 a few weeks ago. Love it! The series reminds me of The Dark Side. And yes... I'm watching on my laptop. Looking forward to more Dark Chocolate... Yum!

first really great series in a long time!

I've always thought that about the title. The black mirror is the way in which we see ourselves reflected in technology, literally and metaphorically.

Only discovered the blacmirror a few days ago.. I'm completely hooked and wonder how could I have missed this amazing show until now 😆

there really needs to be more episodes of for this series! AT LEAST 21 episodes! I just started it last night, seen all the episodes and im fiending for more! White Christmas is hands down in the top 3 creepiest episodes.

I seriously love this show !

after knowing this guy for about a year... and only NOW discovering he created this show... i am amazed

White Bear is brilliant. The twist notwithstanding, I had to laugh when the guy drops his gun to take a phone call. Just priceless. I would love to write for this show.

Excellent job cutting to black at the end of this video

This due is a GENIUS! Epic series

Need to watch more of it

best t.v written for ages.. really inspiring dude

Charlie Brooker has been my hero since I was about 9 (well, it was him and Noel Gallagher,) and I started reading the pile of PC Zone magazines kept in our bathroom in true dad fashion. Before long I'd skim them to read everything he'd written, regardless of whether I'd heard of the game being reviewed or even liked the genre. It wasn't even funny half the time, just straightforward reviews, just there was something about his writing style I loved - and when it WAS funny, it was hysterical. I still think TV Go Home is the funniest, most well-written thing ever. Obviously he's done lots more, and now this! Amazing. In some ways I feel quite perturbed that something once only I knew about has found mainstream success (I have the same problem with Muse) - but it's inspirational too.

This guy is the most genius contemporary tv director, for sure.

luckily enough i have a matte screen protector on my phone so all i can see is a blur

this series ares amazing, I just watched the first episode and absolutely saw thru it, how dark and real it is, exactly what humanity fears the most today, amazing. im sure ill binge watch it and never be the same. more people need to watch this kind of cinema, this warnings to humanity.

Spooky Technology Time is a title i could get into XD

i watched all 3 series in one weekend now I'm hyped for the new series

Charlie Brooker has totally succeeded. I haven't gotten completely caught up with the entire series yet (I've seen more than half of the eps so far), but every episode I watch is very unsettling.

I actually find the black screen kind of calming. Just you admiring your sleek tools. Then again, I think spooky technology time would have been a great name

I can totally see the ideas in the Christmas special coming true

Great show. One of the only shows I’ll talk about because it makes people talk and think about reality.

charlie you've outdone yourself yet again!

Thank you, Charlie Brooker, for something thought provoking, different and interesting. For me, Black Mirror is a dark reflection of our society, it's values and where it's going. There's truth in this series and it's all the more horrific for it.

love the back mirror right at the end :)

Great show

What an AMAZING SHOW! UTTER BRILLIANCE! Very necessary in our World.

This guy is psychotically creative.... The second in my loved psycho writers, the first is chuck palahniuk

He makes M.Night Shyalaman look like a kindergarten filmaker:-)

I want this man to know that I’m not a big fan of Xmas songs, but now I have a new favorite.

#piggate - uncanny this has turned out to be sorta true with David Hameron!

favorite episode

Hope he makes Spooky Technology Time next.

I thought "Black Mirror" meant that the show was a dark reflection of ourselves and reality. Turns out my interpretation is more artistic and deeper than the reality. Though I do like the real reason he named the show. Ive never thought of a monitor/screen as a black mirror but its a great description.

THIS GUY IS A FOOKIN GENIUS, BEST SHOW IN YEARS, IF NOT ONE OF THE BEST EVER.

I swear that the resolution of the episode felt exactly like what I experienced when I had a really bad trip on acid. I'm just 18 and it was frightening as hell, now I'm still suspicious about whether I'm inside some sort of "psychological private simulation" made just for me or not... quite a scary thought

What a frickin genius. Black Mirror is in my top 3 favorite tv shows.

Was amazing

Brilliant show...

My favorite episode

well, this interview really enlightened the viewing of the show. I think the mark of a good writer is that even in the world he created, he doesn't fully know the motivations of all of the characters or the concept. Like when he says he doesn't know exactly why and 15 million merits the recycling, and that he assumes it's because they're powering their own screens, but maybe it's because they're creating electricity for other consumption, is very interesting. And I never really thought of the title in the way that he explains it, but now that I know, it's just brilliant.

If Id see this guy live id just hug him and said "man u are living genious"

White Christmas is my favorite episode of any tv show ever.

Charlie Brooker's "Spooky Technology Time"

Every episode is a piece of art. That being said, thanks for setting off my depression with 15 mil merits, and a severe panic attack with Be Right Back. ;)

White cristmast fucked me up really bad.....the plot twist was just fucked up

amazing show!

That "woken up in the cookie" scene was the most unsettling scene I have ever seen.

Black Mirror is the main reason that I finally delete all of my social media. The Christmas special episode is the most heartbreaking, sick and shocking. The best one. I never felt such an experience in other series of movies like that.

brilliant !! come back 10 oclock live

'Spooky Technology Time" would have been a great name. an opportunity missed imho. they could have started each episode with charlie wearing a smoking jacket, sitting beside a fire place. "Hello everyone, its SpOoky TecHNOLOgY TiME!" 0_o also i would recommend "how tv ruined your life" which is a series charlie did about ten years ago, a number of topics in the series are featured in black mirror

San Junipero broke my heart - and in more recent episode I fell in love with sweaty Miley Cyrus singing NiN - he’s a genius - from his days of covering video games , to tv go home, to Black Mirror. He’s a genius

I would love to have tea time and a good conversation with this man

this show is dark but sweet .. after the 2nd ep. i was hooked ..