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'''''Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe''''' is a television program written and hosted by [[Charlie Brooker]], a British [[Caustic Critic]], about television and how it's made. The show is similar in content to the ''Screen Burn'' columns that Brooker wrote until recently for ''[[British Newspapers|The Guardian]]''. It ran from 2006 to 2008.

''Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe'' is a television program written and hosted by [[Charlie Brooker]], a British [[Caustic Critic]], about television and how it's made. The show is similar in content to the ''Screen Burn'' columns that Brooker wrote until recently for ''[[British Newspapers|The Guardian]]''. Started in 2006 and still ongoing.


The show usually involves a couple of different segments. He reviews shows and programs, with a shot similar to the one at the top of the page of him in the living room of his house with his remote (and often various other peripherals such as a laptop, or [[PlayStation 2]] or ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' controllers), scathingly reviewing whatever's on screen. Secondly the show often has segments that show how difficult and painful it is to make a television program, or what a career in television is like. The show also features animations by internet animator David Firth (of ''[[Salad Fingers]]'' fame), and various other famous (or not) people talking about various aspects of television.
The show usually involves a couple of different segments. He reviews shows and programs, with a shot similar to the one at the top of the page of him in the living room of his house with his remote (and often various other peripherals such as a laptop, or [[PlayStation 2]] or ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' controllers), scathingly reviewing whatever's on screen. Secondly the show often has segments that show how difficult and painful it is to make a television program, or what a career in television is like. The show also features animations by internet animator David Firth (of ''[[Salad Fingers]]'' fame), and various other famous (or not) people talking about various aspects of television.
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