Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe is a British television review programme created and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is the most recent addition to Brooker's Wipe series, and the first to be broadcast in HD. The programme is an amalgam of the earlier Wipe series, with reviews of current television programmes, news events, games, and films.
| Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Review Cultural critic |
| Created by | Charlie Brooker |
| Presented by | Charlie Brooker |
| Theme music composer | Nathan Fake |
| Opening theme | "You Are Here" (FortDax Remix) by Nathan Fake |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Zeppotron House of Tomorrow |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 31 January 2013 – 29 December 2016 |
| Related | |
| Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe Newswipe with Charlie Brooker Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe | |
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.