Being slagged off is good for you. It thickens the skin and strengthens the backbone.

In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror.

Hi-def is merely the latest in a string of evolutional leaps that have transformed the way we sit slumped in front of a box wishing we were dead.

Am I living in a simulation?

My kids are very young. I'm sure there's a world of horror for me to worry about as they get older.

My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online.

That's not something that we've gone in thinking 'Right! How are we going to examine that now?' It's just when you take a step back you see that they're actually all sort of in that mode.