“Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an outlet for doing those.” IfsIdeasShowsWantedLaughingWhat IfOutletsOutrageousMake You Laugh Author:Charlie Brooker
“A sort of angry populism here in the UK and across Europe, a sort of anti-political mood and what then steps into that place? In one episode [of Black Mirror] you won't have seen, there's a very simple gaming gadget that turns out to be a monstrous idea, which I suspect we will end up doing for real.” IdeasRealEndsPoliticalTurnsBlackSimpleStepsEuropeMirrorsAngryMoodSuspectsEpisodesMonstrousGamingGadgetsPopulismAnti Political Author:Charlie Brooker
“I think somebody's marketing a thing that Hoovers up your Twitter and it will continue tweeting for you after you're dead. I have no idea whether they saw "Be Right Back" or not.” ThinkingIdeasSawsMarketingNo IdeaHoover Author:Charlie Brooker
“"National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that - and then I watched an episode of 24. In my head, I was writing almost a parody of a 24-style president woken in the middle of the night with a crisis. It seemed more interesting to play it ultrastraight and to have the viewer's initial reaction be one of laughter and disbelief - and just have the whole thing become progressively more uncomfortable.” WritingIdeasPlayWholeNightPresidentInterestingMiddleStyleLaughterCrisisReactionsBelovedUncomfortableEpisodesViewersInitialsDisbeliefKnockingParodyMiddle Of The NightAnthemNational Anthem Author:Charlie Brooker
“I actually had that conversation with [Channel 4 Chief Creative Officer] Jay Hunt. We were at a bit of a crisis point. I'd written a totally different script - about war, basically - that got rejected at the last minute for various reasons. The whole of the series was in doubt. I said, "Well, there is one other idea ["National Anthem"]."” WellsSaidIdeasDifferentWarReasonWholeLastsBitsCreativeDoubtWrittenMinutesConversationCrisisSeriesScriptsVariousChiefsOfficersRejectedHuntsAnthemLast MinuteNational Anthem Author:Charlie Brooker
“As long as we've still got crazy "what if" ideas, we can continue [Black Mirror]. It's outpacing reality that's probably the challenge.” IfsLongStillsIdeasRealityBlackChallengesCrazyMirrorsWhat If Author:Charlie Brooker
“I kept saying I want to do an episode that's set in the past, how do we do a period episode of Black Mirror? And simultaneously there was another idea we were thinking about and the two things sort of gelled and became San Junipero.” ThinkingWantTwoIdeasPastBlackPeriodsMirrorsTwo ThingsEpisodes Author:Charlie Brooker
“Generally I know that we've hit on a good idea if there's a moment where I'm going "HA HA HA!" because that's usually my starting point, me laughing.” IfsKnowsIdeasMomentsLaughingStartingGood IdeasStarting Point Author:Charlie Brooker
