The BEST episodes of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe season 2

Every episode of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe season 2!

Screenwipe is a television programme about television programmes; the cost, the surprising amount of work and bureaucracy involved, how programmes are selected for broadcast, and, usually scathing, analysis of specific programmes and genres. Brooker often pays particular attention to more obscure channels on satellite, freeview and cable, such as those dedicated to gambling, shopping, horoscopes, and pornography. He explores the probable effects of television in society, and how often programmes can create in the viewer feelings of inadequacy, depression, fear, and anxiety. To balance things, usually one segment of each show is dedicated to positive reviews, with analysis on why the style and content is so absorbing.

Last Updated: 2/12/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Ended
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Episode Four
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7.88
74 votes

#1 - Episode Four

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2007

Brooker talks about how video and editing techniques and technology have improved over time. He reviews Primeval and The Sex Inspectors. Stewart Lee talks about how the perception of teenagers on TV has changed over the years. Grace Dent talks about love storylines in soap operas.

Directors: Al Campbell
Episode Five (Screenwipe USA)
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7.70
87 votes

#2 - Episode Five (Screenwipe USA)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2006

Screenwipe USA. In this USA special, Brooker goes in depth into American TV and compares the main differences between British and American Television. He reviews American soap operas, American reality crime shows, To Catch a Predator and The Wire. Lewis Black talks about his experiences with television.

Directors: Al Campbell
Episode Two
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7.66
111 votes

#3 - Episode Two

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2007

Brooker discusses what TV ratings are and how they work. He reviews 24, video games not getting as much respect as television and Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway. Gia Milinovich talks about video on the web.

Directors: Al Campbell
Episode Three
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7.63
76 votes

#4 - Episode Three

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2007

Brooker discusses what it's like to be the "talent" on a TV show. He reviews shows aimed at men; Ross Kemp on Gangs, Top Gear and Britain's Hardest. He also reviews courtroom reality show The Verdict. Reginald D Hunter talks about British TV from an American perspective.

Directors: Al Campbell
Episode One
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7.54
103 votes

#5 - Episode One

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2007

Brooker talks about the guidelines that TV has to adhere to. He reviews Celebrity Big Brother 5, Psychic Private Eyes and Battlestar Galactica. Doug Stanhope gives his views on television.

Directors: Al Campbell
Episode Four
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7.30
87 votes

#6 - Episode Four

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2006

Charlie dissects Hollyoaks, late-night gameshow The Mint, Dragons' Den and more. Plus, what the people listed in the credits of TV shows actually do.

Directors: Al Campbell