Charlie Brooker interview: Black Mirror creator on season 4, plot option paralysis and being on Twitter less
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Only a few years ago, Charlie Brooker was a columnist dipping his toe into the scripted television water with a one-off zombie riff on Big Brother. Now he's the showrunner of one of Netflix's biggest and best series, Black Mirror. He sits down with Chris to discuss the show, the upcoming fourth season, how he used to be on the other side of the interview table, how he comes up with concepts for Black Mirror, plot option paralysis, screenwriting without doing film school, cutting back on Twitter, too much life as worse than death, and Ross Kemp.
Listen to it below, subscribe on iTunes, Apple Podcasts and other podcasts apps here, and follow the podcast @kernels and host @ChristophHooton on Twitter. You can find previous episodes with Matthew McConaughey, Sir Patrick Stewart, Adam Driver and more here.
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