List of Black Mirror episodes
Black Mirror is a British television series created by Charlie Brooker. The series is produced by Zeppotron for Endemol. Regarding the programme's content and structure, Brooker noted, "each episode has a different cast, a different setting, and even a different reality. But they're all about the way we live now; and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy."[1]
In September 2015, Netflix commissioned a third series of 12 episodes,[2] which was later divided into two separate series, the third and fourth, each comprising six episodes.[3] The third series was released on Netflix worldwide on 21 October 2016.[4] As of 21 October 2016,[update] 13 episodes of Black Mirror have been released, including one special, concluding the third series.
Contents
Series overviewEdit
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 December 2011 | 18 December 2011 | Channel 4 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 11 February 2013 | 25 February 2013 | |||
| Special | 16 December 2014 | |||||
| 3 | 6 | 21 October 2016 | Netflix | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2017[5] | ||||
EpisodesEdit
Series 1 (2011)Edit
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The National Anthem" | Otto Bathurst | Charlie Brooker | 4 December 2011 | 2.07 |
| To return a kidnapped member of the British Royal Family, the Prime Minister is instructed to have intercourse with a pig on live television. Starring: Rory Kinnear and Lindsay Duncan, with Donald Sumpter, Tom Goodman-Hill, Anna Wilson-Jones and Lydia Wilson | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Fifteen Million Merits" | Euros Lyn | Charlie Brooker & Kanak Huq | 11 December 2011 | 1.52 |
| In a society where people earn their way exercising to generate power and receive merits as currency, a young man uses his inherited merits to help his girlfriend to audition on a reality talent contest. Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Jessica Brown Findlay, Isabella Laughland and Rupert Everett, with Julia Davis and Ashley Thomas | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Entire History of You" | Brian Welsh | Jesse Armstrong | 18 December 2011 | 0.87 |
| A couple runs into marital troubles when the husband suspects his wife of cheating on him, proven out through the ubiquitous use of "grains" implants that record everything a person sees and hears and replayed via "re-do"s. Starring: Toby Kebbell and Jodie Whittaker, with Tom Cullen and Jimi Mistry | ||||||
Series 2 (2013)Edit
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Be Right Back" | Owen Harris | Charlie Brooker | 11 February 2013 | 2.01 |
| When her boyfriend Ash dies in a traffic accident, and she finds out she is pregnant with his child, Martha latches onto a technology that simulates Ash's personality from his social media profile. Starring: Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson, with Claire Keelan, Sinead Matthews, Flora Nicholson, Glenn Hanning, Tim Delap and Indira Ainger | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | "White Bear" | Carl Tibbetts | Charlie Brooker | 18 February 2013 | 1.69 |
| A woman wakes up with amnesia and finds herself being hunted down amid numerous bystanders simply recording her actions on their mobile phones and refusing to help. Starring: Lenora Crichlow and Michael Smiley, with Tuppence Middleton, Ian Bonar, Nick Ofield, Russell Barnett and Imani Jackman | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | "The Waldo Moment" | Bryn Higgins | Charlie Brooker | 25 February 2013 | 1.28 |
| A comedian that uses technology to animate the cartoon bear Waldo in real-time to make fun of politicians becomes embroiled in an upcoming election. Starring: Daniel Rigby, Chloe Pirrie and Jason Flemyng, with Tobias Menzies, Christina Chong, James Lance and Michael Shaeffer | ||||||
Special (2014)Edit
| No. overall |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | "White Christmas" | Carl Tibbetts | Charlie Brooker | 16 December 2014 | 1.66 |
| On Christmas, in a remote cabin in a snowy area, two men discuss how they came to be stationed there, a point of discussion they never had in the prior five years. Starring: Jon Hamm, Oona Chaplin and Rafe Spall with Natalia Tena | |||||
Series 3 (2016)Edit
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "Nosedive" | Joe Wright | Story by : Charlie Brooker Teleplay by : Rashida Jones & Mike Schur |
21 October 2016 |
| In a society where one's social rating with others vastly influences their lives, a woman tries to improve her own rating to afford an ideal apartment by giving an appealing speech at her best friend's wedding. Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Alice Eve, James Norton and Cherry Jones | |||||
| 9 | 2 | "Playtest" | Dan Trachtenberg | Charlie Brooker | 21 October 2016 |
| A man, stranded in England after a banking error, offers to participate in a playtest of augmented reality video game for funds.Starring: Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Wunmi Mosaku and Ken Yamamura | |||||
| 10 | 3 | "Shut Up and Dance" | James Watkins | Charlie Brooker & William Bridges | 21 October 2016 |
| A young man is blackmailed by unseen hackers to follow a set of directives or otherwise have incriminate footage of him released to the world. Starring: Alex Lawther & Jerome Flynn | |||||
| 11 | 4 | "San Junipero" | Owen Harris | Charlie Brooker | 21 October 2016 |
| In a virtual space, the outgoing Kelly becomes friends with the more reserved Yorkie, and helps her to come to accept her repressed sexuality. Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Mackenzie Davis | |||||
| 12 | 5 | "Men Against Fire" | Jakob Verbruggen | Charlie Brooker | 21 October 2016 |
| Soldiers attempt to kill off mutant "roaches" to protect the rest of society, aided by augmented reality implants. Starring: Malachi Kirby, Madeline Brewer, Ariane Labed, Sarah Snook & Michael Kelly | |||||
| 13 | 6 | "Hated in the Nation" | James Hawes | Charlie Brooker | 21 October 2016 |
| A series of murders is tied to Autonomous Drone Insects, mechanical replacements for colony collapse disorder, and social media hashtags. Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay and Benedict Wong | |||||
Series 4Edit
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | TBA | "Crocodile"[5] | John Hillcoat | Charlie Brooker | 2017 |
| Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Gower and Kiran Sonia Sawar | |||||
| TBA | TBA | "Arkangel"[5] | Jodie Foster | Charlie Brooker | 2017 |
| Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Brenna Harding and Owen Teague | |||||
| TBA | TBA | "Hang the DJ"[5] | Tim Van Patten | Charlie Brooker | 2017 |
| Starring: Georgina Campbell, Joe Cole and George Blagden | |||||
| TBA | TBA | "USS Callister"[5] | Toby Haynes | Charlie Brooker & William Bridges | 2017 |
| Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson and Michaela Coel | |||||
| TBA | TBA | "Metalhead"[5] | David Slade | Charlie Brooker | 2017 |
| Starring: Maxine Peake, Jake Davies and Clint Dyer | |||||
| TBA | TBA | "Black Museum"[5] | Colm McCarthy | Charlie Brooker | 2017 |
| Starring: Douglas Hodge, Letitia Wright and Babs Olusanmokun | |||||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Broker, Charlie (1 December 2011). "Charlie Brooker: the dark side of our gadget addiction". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ Birnbaum, Debra (25 September 2015). "‘Black Mirror’ Lands at Netflix". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Brooker, Charlie (2 August 2016). "Two seasons of six". Twitter. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Schwindt, Oriana (27 July 2016). "Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for 'Black Mirror,' 'Gilmore Girls'". Variety. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Turchiano, Danielle (25 August 2017). "‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Episode Titles, Cast, Teaser Revealed". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
External linksEdit
- Black Mirror at Netflix
- Black Mirror at Channel 4
- List of Black Mirror episodes on IMDb