About this season
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to Brooker's Screenwipe series which is also shown on BBC Four. A first series of six episodes ran between 25 March 2009 and 29 April 2009. A second series began on 19 January 2010 and concluded on 23 February 2010.
Episodes (6)
1
E1
1. Global Recession, The Pope and Condoms, NatWest 3
Aired 25 March 2009 • 30 min
2
E2
2. Vox Pops, Viewer Content, Jade Goody
Aired 1 April 2009 • 30 min
3
E3
3. Newsreaders, War on Terror, Politcal Corruption
Aired 8 April 2009 • 30 min
4
E4
4. G20 Summit, MMR Vaccine, Protests
Aired 15 April 2009 • 30 min
5
E5
5. Compilation
Aired 22 April 2009 • 30 min
6
E6
6. The Media
Aired 29 April 2009 • 30 min
In the final episode of this series Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.