The BEST episodes of Newswipe season 1
Every episode of Newswipe season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Newswipe season 1!
Charlie Brooker returns to train his sights firmly on news and current affairs.
#1 - Episode Six
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2009
In the final episode of this series Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, with the help of Nick Davies and Peter Oborne.
#2 - Episode Three
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2009
Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, looking at how news anchors and their styles have changed over the years and reflecting on how they do it over in America. Plus, a short film by Power of Nightmares creator Adam Curtis, a look at what's happening with the war against terror and a poem by Tim Key.
#3 - Episode One
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2009
Charlie Brooker looks at the news's obsession with the credit crunch, and the potty levels it has reached. Nick Davies authors a piece about the influence the PR industry has over the news and Tim Key performs a poem.
#4 - Episode Two
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2009
Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs. In charting the rise of the public's role in making the news via vox pops and mobile phone footage, Brooker examines the good, the bad and the absurd in citizen journalism. Plus, reviews of two big stories making the news, controversial authored pieces, a poem and much more.
#5 - Episode Four
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2009
Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, taking a look at how graphics have morphed over the years from modest explaining devices to shouty, scary, video game-style extravaganzas. Brooker also charts the way the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit in London, while Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science, vents his anger over its coverage of science stories.
#6 - Episode Five (The Best of Newswipe)
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2009
Special Best of Compilation Show. Due to some unforseen circumstances Charlie Brooker's team had to swap the 5th and 6th episode around, so instead of a regular one, this is the Special Best of Compilation Show (full of 'classic' scenes from the first series of Newswipe)