[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist. A good example is the episode with Burgess Meredith and there's a nuclear war and he drops his glasses. To this day, you can show that to anyone and they'll go "Bwrrrrrrrr!" You know, sort of wander away shuddering.
Charlie BrookerI'm actually quite pro-technology, but I'm a worrier, so I like to envision worst-case scenarios.
Charlie BrookerI grew up in the countryside . But there's a danger of us romanticizing that. Because when I was a kid in 1982, that's what my parents were saying to me about television and comics and computer games!
Charlie BrookerBeing slagged off is good for you. It thickens the skin and strengthens the backbone.
Charlie BrookerHi-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.
Charlie BrookerWe take things that would have struck us as miraculous five years ago for granted. Like Pokรฉmon Go would have been insane, and now it's just like, "Oh, okay."
Charlie BrookerWhat are people going to expect when they sit down to watch a new episode of Black Mirror? And what you're going to expect is somebody with a translucent TV in a drone strike and a robot walking by... or frowning at a phone and going 'aaah! Oh no! I've just deleted my own leg!' or whatever. So I thought well, let's not do that.
Charlie Brooker