Charlie Brooker interview: ‘The Black Mirror stories are not warnings. Technological progress is inevitable’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones “F***ing hell,” Brooker says, his head falling into his cupped hands. Sorry, I’m going off track…” Brooker and Jones’s world-conquering collaboration, Black Mirror, would take form a few years later. Trailer released for Season 5 of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror After two seasons and a Christmas special, the duo found themselves clashing with Channel 4 about the direction the show should take, with Brooker previously telling Radio Times that the broadcaster thought their ideas for season three “weren’t very Black Mirror”. open image in gallery Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in the ‘Black Mirror’ episode ‘Striking Vipers’ Brooker continues: “The funny thing is, the germ for the idea came from the fighting game Tekken.