Our four-year-old, like a lot of kids, you introduce him to an iPad and he quite quickly gets drawn in in a way that you're like, "Wow, I've got to stage an intervention here." He picked up on gaming terminology really quickly. If you say, "Keep practicing holding a pencil and see if you can draw a letter, the alphabet," he understands that if you do that you've unlocked Level Two.
Charlie BrookerI'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.
Charlie BrookerThe biggest teenage taboo is being strait-laced. It's easy to tell a researcher you went to a house party that turned into an orgy. It's less easy to say you like eating toast and watching QI.
Charlie BrookerMy kids are very young. I'm sure there's a world of horror for me to worry about as they get older.
Charlie Brooker