Black Mirror Cracked

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Resident Black Mirror fans, journalists Suchandrika (@SuchandrikaC (http://www.twitter.com/SuchandrikaC)) (http://www.twitter.com/SuchandikaC) and Ryan (@Toadsanime (http://www.twitter.com/Toadsanime)) give their take on every episode from Season 4 of Black Mirror, now available on Netflix.
They delve into each story to explore the themes, scenes and call backs to other chapters in the Black Mirror archive.
Episode 7 of the podcast is an exclusive Q&A with Black Mirror creators, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, which is filled with illuminating snippets about their writing process, which episodes deserve a sequel and what they think about making a musical episode.
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It's all change as former guest, James Ide, slides into the host's chair. Starting nice and easy, his first task is Bandersnatch, the interactive Black Mirror movie from Netflix with a few million permutations... For information regarding your data privacy, ...

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06.05.2019 Black Mirror Cracked 5 trailer It's all change as former guest, James Ide, slides into the host's chair. Starting nice and easy, his first task is Bandersnatch, the interactive Black Mirror movie from Netflix with a few million permutations... For information regarding your data privacy, ...
06.05.2019 Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too: Take The Cable Out For an episode that came so close not happening, it was a perfect storm of Black Mirror, celebrity and a superstar. Host James is joined by Netflix expert Lewis Knight and Miley super-fan Vicki Newman. Ashley 2 is on the ...
06.05.2019 Smithereens: A Taxi Ride Into Grief Back to Britain, as a hostage situation goes global... Andrew Scott and Topher Grace lead Season 5's Smithereens and host James and Producer Dan debate whether Black Mirror needs the twists after all, elements of farce at play... and what ...
06.05.2019 Striking Vipers: Sex, Lies and Virtual Reality Anthony Mackie joins the Black Mirror multiverse and it's the first time we have to tag an episode 'explicit'. Video games, VR and new sexual frontiers align in the Season 5 opener. Host James Ide chats with guest Dom Peppiatt ...
05.17.2019 Black Mirror Cracked 4 Trailer Black Mirror may have started in 2011, but 2017 is when Black Mirror Cracked started - covering all six episodes as they dropped on Netflix. Join superfans Suchandrika and Ryan as they digest and discuss the new episodes, plus interviews ...
05.17.2019 Black Mirror Cracked 3 trailer We tease Black Mirror's longest season yet and go behind the scenes of San Junipero... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
05.17.2019 Black Mirror Cracked 2 trailer So, more Black Mirror - more cracking! Superfans and cast from the show take time to unpack the dark anthology TV series... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
05.17.2019 Black Mirror Cracked 1 Trailer So, Black Mirror Cracked started with Series 4 on Netflix, then jumped up the podcast charts. So we went back to the original run on Channel 4... Essentially, we recorded out of order from the show, so now we've re-ordered ...
01.26.2019 Craig Parkinson on Bandersnatch, interactive movies and his Two Shot Podcast "How the devil are ya?" He may be one of the stars of Black Mirrror: Bandersnatch, but actor Craig Parkinson hosts his own podcast where he just has a chat. Host James sits down over a cuppa with Craig Parkinson ...
01.09.2019 Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones on Bandersnatch It’s a press tour in reverse, as the creators of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch promote the movie after its release! James talks with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones about the Netflix interactive hit, confirming the Black Mirror multiverse theory, how Bandersnatch ...
12.29.2018 Bandersnatch It's time to go further down the Black Mirror rabbit hole than ever before! December 28th saw the release of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - an interactive experience from Netflix. Join host James Ide chatting with Producer Dan, who has spent ...
12.22.2018 We'll Be Right Back It's been a whole year since our last Black Mirror fix, but could that all be about to change? Fans are wildly speculating that a Black Mirror feature length movie could be about to drop: Bandersnatch! Secretive as ever, not ...
05.18.2018 San Junipero with Wes actor Gavin Stenhouse Yes, it's San Junipero! The neon-lit 80s tale of two women falling in love that is not - of course - all that it seems. Actor Gavin Stenhouse (@gavinstenhouse) who plays lovelorn Wes, joins the pod to talk about working ...
05.16.2018 White Christmas with actor Rasmus Hardiker The episode known as 'the Jon Hamm one' before its much-anticipated debut in December 2014, White Christmas is a collection of Black Mirror lasts and firsts. It's the last of the Channel 4 series, going out well before the news ...
05.11.2018 Black Museum's Aldis Hodge wants a puppy for Carrie Aldis Hodge (@AldisHodge) joins the podcast to talk about Jack, Carrie, That Monkey and all things Black Museum. A Black Mirror fan before he was sent the script, Hodge jumped at the chance to be part of the show. There's ...
05.09.2018 Black Musuem's Daniel Lapaine won't apologise for the orgasms Daniel Lapaine brings 'La Pain' to this episode of the pod for an exclusive - and raucous - interview about his work on Black Mirror. Lapaine - who shot to fame as a dreamy swimmer in 1994 Australian comedy Muriel's ...
05.04.2018 Wyatt Russell talks Playtest Wyatt Russell, who plays main character Cooper Redfield, Skypes into the podcast from LA to talk all things Playtest - and also about his favourite episode, the first one he ever saw. Hear what it was like to act out ...
05.02.2018 Playtest It's the gamer one! With Charlie Brooker's background as a video games journalist, it was only a matter of time before we got the horror gaming episode. Wyatt Russell plays Cooper Redfield, a name that'll sound eerily familiar to old-school ...
04.27.2018 Nosedive Even this podcast gets ratings! Why don't you rate, review and subscribe to Black Mirror Cracked...? Nosedive reflects so much of our world back to us, that we can never escape that eerie feeling while watching it, even though Lacie ...
04.25.2018 Men Against Fire Computer games, warfare, skull implants, a rapidly-thinning line between dreams and reality, plus... are those zombies?! Season 3's Men Against Fire could not be more relevant today, with its exploration of how propaganda made real can help soldiers carry out ...
04.20.2018 Shut Up And Dance Journalists Jo-Anne Rowney and Kyle O'Sullivan carry on from their discussion of White Bear to analyse Season 3's Shut Up and Dance. The episodes both drill down into crime, punishment and vigilante justice. They also toy with the audience, using ...
04.18.2018 Hated in the Nation Let's dive into Black Mirror Season 3, where the show moved from Channel 4 to Netflix. Reddit was quick to pick up on how the images of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sitting in Congressional Hearings, thanks to the Cambridge Analytica ...
04.13.2018 Be Right Back A recurring theme among all the actors interviewed for this podcast is a deep love for the acting masterclass that is Be Right Back. Hayley Atwell (Martha) and Domhnall Gleeson (Ash) play out the saddest, most delicate two-hander in the ...
04.11.2018 White Bear It's the first time that a Black Mirror twist completely pulls the rug out from underneath the audience. A lost, terrified woman, Victoria (Lenora Crichlow), wakes up without her memory, and is continuously chased through the endless countryside. Jem (Tuppence ...
04.04.2018 The Entire History of You's Rhashan Stone on the Peep Show POV Rhashan Stone, who plays Jeff in The Entire History of You, calls Season 1's finale "Black Mirror before it was Black Mirror." He has a point: it's the first episode to feature a cranial implant and future tech that undoes ...
03.28.2018 The Entire History of You Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong (@jessearmstrong1) has the sole writing credit on this episode, and he brings the point-of-view camera technique with him. The Entire History of You explores a world where everyone's memories are recorded and available for public viewing. ...
03.21.2018 The National Anthem Before Black Mirror became the phenomenon we know it as today, The National Anthem was touted as a Charlie Brooker show about the Prime Minister having to do something humiliating with a pig. How far the show has come, you ...
03.16.2018 Hang the DJ's Georgina Campbell on finally meeting her Black Mirror match "I'Il say Hang the DJ, and it always takes them a minute to go 'oh yeah'… so no one ever recognises me! I usually have to forcibly tell them who I am…" If that's the case now for Georgina Campbell ...
03.09.2018 Fifteen Million Merits' Paul Popplewell We're joined by Fifteen Million Merits actor Paul Popplewell (@PaulPopplewell), who plays Dustin, with episode analysis from Birmingham Live's resident Season 1 super-fan, James Rodger (@jamesdrodger). Daniel Kaluuya might've narrowly missed out on an Oscar for Get Out, but his ...
03.02.2018 USS Callister's Milanka Brooks on explaining herself to Jodie Foster "He insisted on not being hugged. So I went out of my way, every time he came on set, to go and give him a big hug, despite my blue. I tried to always keep him on his toes…" That's ...
02.23.2018 San Junipero's Raymond McAnally on winning the golden ticket Yorkie and Kelly seem doomed to be star-crossed lovers in San Junipero, with one of Black Mirror's cruellest twists threatening to keep them apart forever. Enter Nurse Greg, the most selfless character ever to be written by Charlie Brooker. The ...
02.16.2018 Black Museum's Douglas Hodge says Charlie Brooker's a dangerous writer "He literally loves the sound of his own voice!" That's Douglas Hodge (@Dhodgem) on his character Rolo Haynes, the owner of Black Museum. Doug skyped into the pod from New York, where he's in rehearsals for the play Fire and ...
02.09.2018 The Waldo Moment It's not really a fan favourite, but @MirrorTech's Jeff Parsons (@jparsons989) and @MirrorPolitics' Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) like it, so this week they've joined the podcast to tell you why The Waldo Moment matters. A cartoon figure who says that politicians ...
02.02.2018 Hang The DJ's Gina Bramhill tells us everything... … happens for a reason! Season 4's most adorable episode is about a love that overcomes 'The System'… at least 99.8% of the time. The voice of that system - Coach - guides Amy (Georgina Campbell) and Frank (Joe Cole) ...
01.19.2018 Black Mirror Season 4 Easter Egg Hunt You've battled your way through all of Black Mirror Season 4, now sit back and relax while we find the Easter Eggs for you! Beckett Mufson (@BeckettMufson), Vice US Staff Writer, tells us about all the telling little details he ...
12.29.2017 USS Callister Black Mirror beyond the final frontier… Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), boldly explore Season 4's first episode, USS Callister. For more in-depth Callister stuff, here's our interview with Elena the receptionist / blue-skinned ...
12.29.2017 Arkangel Parenting with a Black Mirror twist… Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC ) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), break down Season 4's Arkangel, directed by Jodie Foster. -- Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things ...
12.29.2017 Crocodile The jaws are closing in on Andrea Riseborough in Black Mirror Season 4's Crocodile. Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), dive in. -- Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things ...
12.29.2017 Hang The DJ Charlie Brooker calls this one "Spotify for dating." Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), embark on the jarring journey towards finding the Ultimate One in Black Mirror Season 4's Hang the DJ. Find out ...
12.29.2017 Metalhead Black Mirror goes noir for Maxine Peake's 38-minute scarefest. Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), dissect Season 4's fifth episode from Netflix, Metalhead. -- Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all ...
12.29.2017 Black Museum Everything comes together, as we visit Black Mirror's Season 4 finale, Black Museum. Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), trace the threads of the pain and technology knotted throughout the three stories contained within. ...
12.29.2017 Exclusive Season 4 interview with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones The creators of Black Mirror walk us through each episode in Season 4, callbacks to previous episodes - and their inability to name our podcast! Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) and Annabel Jones speak to us ahead of the release of Season ...