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Newswipe
''Newswipe with Charlie Brooker'' is a British news review comedy programme broadcast on BBC Four during 2009 and 2010 which was 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. Format The aim of ''Newswipe'' was to expose the inner workings of news media, just as ''Screenwipe'' does to television in general. The series was a comic, thoughtful and acerbic analysis of recent news coverage. ''Newswipe'' also looked at the way the news is presented to the public. Experts were on hand to pick apart certain stories and analysed the news media's obsessions. Charlie Brooker commented: "This is new territory for me: I'm no current affairs expert. Just like, I suspect, many people, when I tune into the news I often feel like I've wandered into episode 389 of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brooker
Charlton ‘Charlie’ Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured biting criticism of modern society and the media, such as '' Screenwipe'', '' Gameswipe'', '' Newswipe'', and '' Weekly Wipe''. Brooker came to wider prominence as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the dystopian series '' Black Mirror''. His other work includes writing for comedy series such as '' Brass Eye'', '' The 11 O'Clock Show'', and '' Nathan Barley'', creating the horror drama series '' Dead Set'', writing social criticism pieces for ''The Guardian'', co-founding and designing the logo for second-hand retailer CeX, and serving as a creative director for the production company Zeppotron. Early life Charlton Brooker was born on 3 March 1971 in Reading, Berkshire. He grew up in a "relaxed" Quaker household in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
''Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe'' is a special one-off British, video game culture show by Charlie Brooker, broadcast in September 2009 during the BBC's Technology season. Following on from Brooker's ''Screenwipe'' and ''Newswipe'', ''Gameswipe'' featured reviews of video games and consoles as well as an insight into the video game industry. Format The one-off special was very similar to its predecessors in that Brooker, along with a camera and various games consoles, reviewed and previewed video games in the same style as ''Screenwipe''. Brooker claimed that it would attempt to prove that video games can be just as engaging as television and just as dumb. He said to "expect pixels, joypads, some of the world's weirdest games, celebrity cameos and the occasional sound effect". In the show, Brooker reviews ''Wolfenstein'', '' 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand'' and '' The Beatles: Rock Band''. The show also contains contributions from Dara Ó Briain, Robert Florence, Ryan Macleod, Larry Bun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
''Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe'' is a British television review comedy programme created and presented by Charlie Brooker and broadcast on BBC Four. The programme contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and Criticism, commentary on how television is produced. Format ''Screenwipe'' is presented by comedian Charlie Brooker Charlton ‘Charlie’ Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured biting criticis ..., who reviews other British television programmes with a caustic and humorous tone. Brooker analyses specific programmes and genres, regularly making jokes about how programmes are created. Brooker often pays particular attention to more obscure channels on satellite, Freeview (UK), Freeview and cable, such as those dedicated to gambling, shopping, horoscopes and pornography. He explores the probabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
''Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe'' was a British television review programme created and presented by Charlie Brooker. The programme was an amalgam of the earlier ''Wipe'' series, with reviews of current television programmes, news events, games, and films. The programme was commissioned by the BBC in November 2012, with six episodes ordered. It began airing on 31 January 2013, and was broadcast on BBC Two. Two more series followed in 2014 and 2015. A special edition of the show entitled ''Election Wipe'' was broadcast on 6 May 2015, the day before the UK general election. In May 2020 a new one-off episode entitled ''Antiviral Wipe'' was broadcast, which was filmed in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Format ''Weekly Wipe'' follows a format similar to Brooker's earlier works. It features Brooker commenting on a range of recent programmes, events, games, and films. Brooker presents the programme from both his living-room and a presenters' desk, similar to '' Newswipe''. Brook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Television Awards 2010
The 2010 British Academy Television Awards were held on 6 June 2010. The nominations were announced on 10 May. This year new awards were added including the award for Best Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role. Graham Norton hosted the ceremony. Winners are in bold. Nominations * Best Actor **Kenneth Branagh – ''Wallander'' (BBC One) **Brendan Gleeson – '' Into the Storm'' (BBC Two) **John Hurt – '' An Englishman in New York'' ( ITV) **David Oyelowo – '' Small Island'' (BBC One) * Best Actress **Helena Bonham Carter – '' Enid'' (BBC Four) **Sophie Okonedo – ''Mrs Mandela'' (BBC Four) **Julie Walters – '' A Short Stay in Switzerland'' (BBC One) **Julie Walters – '' Mo'' (Channel 4) * Best Supporting Actor **Benedict Cumberbatch – ''Small Island'' (BBC One) **Tom Hollander – ''Gracie!'' (BBC Four) ** Gary Lewis – ''Mo'' (Channel 4) **Matthew Macfadyen – ''Criminal Justice'' (BBC One) * Best Supporting Actress **Rebecca Hall – ''Red Riding 1974'' (Channel 4) **S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002"Culture, controversy and cutting edge documentary: BBC FOUR prepares to launch" BBC Press Office, 14 February 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2010. and shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film and drama, and current affairs. It is required by its licence to air at least 100 hours of new arts and music programmes, 110 hours of new factual programmes, and to premiere twenty foreign films each year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FortDax
FortDax was a recording alias of Darren Richard Durham, a composer active in the early 2000s. He was inspired by artists such as Charles Ives and ABBA and he has described FortDax as 'Michael Nyman trapped upside down in a clockwork palace during a snowstorm'. He is most well known for his remix of You Are Here when it became the theme tune of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker and Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. After five years of working under the pseudonym FortDax, Darren announced that he was feeling boxed in by what was expected from FortDax and that it was time to try something new. Darren has recently started creating some new music under the moniker of Diverse Industries. Biography Darren was active under the name FortDax from 2001 to 2006. A John Peel session in 2004 introduced him to a larger audience. He has also active creating a number of remixes. Darren also recorded a session for the BBC show Mixing It which went out on the 24th March 2006. The session was recorded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Fake
Nathan Fake (born 3 March 1983) is an English electronic music artist from Necton, Norfolk, England. He has released music on the Border Community, Ninja Tune, and Cambria Instruments labels (the latter a project by Fake and Wesley Matsell). According to Fake, he started producing music in 2003 with the release of the ''Outhouse'' EP on James Holden's label "Border Community". Over the next few years, other singles and EPs were released, in particular ''The Sky Was Pink'', which caused Fake, Holden, and Border Community to gain popularity due to Holden's remix of the song. In 2006, Fake released his debut album ''Drowning in a Sea of Love'' which was described as similar to the Scottish band Boards of Canada by The Guardian, and gained critical acclaim. Over the next few years, a number of remixes of the content from this album, notably the Fortdax and Four Tet remixes of the song ''You Are Here'', further boosted Fake's popularity, and the album was followed by another in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Ward
Danielle Claire Ward is a British stand-up comedian and writer. Early life and education Danielle Claire Ward was born and raised in Nottingham. She graduated from university in 2004. Career Early career Ward worked as an economic researcher at London's South Korean Embassy before she became a comedian. Comedy In 2006, Ward won the '' Time Outs Critic's Choice award for Best Newcomer and wrote ''Take A Break Tales'' – exaggerated adaptations of women's magazine stories – in which she appeared with Neil Edmond, Emma Fryer and Isy Suttie at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The next year she co-wrote ''Psister Psycho'', a musical about a killer robotic lesbian nun, with Martin White for the 2007 Edinburgh Festival which was a cult hit and was nominated for the Chortle Award for Best Full Length Show 2008. She was also a regular member of Robin Ince's ''Book Club'' where she performed under the guise of Andy McNabb, Heather Mills McCartney, Adam Ant and David Bowie. She ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Davies
Nick Davies (born 28 March 1953) is a British investigative journalist, writer, and documentary maker. Davies has written extensively as a freelancer, as well as for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', and been named Reporter of the Year, Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards. Davies has made documentaries for ITV's ''World in Action'' and written numerous books on the subject of politics and journalism, including ''Flat Earth News'', which attracted considerable controversy as an exposé of journalistic malpractice in the UK and around the globe. As a reporter for ''The Guardian'', Davies was responsible for uncovering the ''News of the World'' phone hacking scandal, including the July 2011 revelations of hacking into the mobile phone voicemail of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Career in journalism Davies gained a PPE degree from Oxford University in 1974, and started his journalism career in 1976, working as a tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnenden School Shooting
The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at the Albertville-Realschule, a secondary school in Winnenden, southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen. The shooting spree resulted in 16 deaths, including the suicide of the perpetrator, 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer, who had graduated from the school a year earlier. Another nine people were injured during the incident. Shootings Albertville school shooting In the Albertville-Realschule at approximately 09:30, Kretschmer first began shooting with a 9 mm caliber, 9 mm Beretta 92FS pistol, which he had stolen from his parents. Eyewitness reports state that Kretschmer started on the first upstairs floor, where he made a beeline for two top-floor classrooms and a chemistry laboratory. In the first classroom (Class 9C which was receiving a Spanish lesson), Kretschmer fatally shot five students in the head at close range without warning. He then entered the next cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Relations
Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Public relations and publicity differ in that PR is controlled internally, whereas publicity is not controlled and contributed by external parties. Public relations may include an organization or individual gaining exposure to their audiences using topics of public interest and news items that do not require direct payment. The exposure is mostly media-based, and this differentiates it from advertising as a form of marketing communications. Public relations often aims to create or obtain coverage for clients for free, also known as earned media, rather than paying for marketing or advertising also known as paid media. However, advertising, especially of the type that focuses on distributing information or core PR messages, is also a part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
