Black Mirror Cracked
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 42 ratingsWelcome to Black Mirror Cracked - the podcast for all your Black Mirror needs. We alternate between episode analysis and interviews featuring journalists, actors from the show and even Charlie Brooker himself!For more Black Mirror stuff, follow our Twitter @BlackMirrorCrrr, join the conversation in our Facebook group or read more at mirror.co.uk/blackmirror Thanks for listening!Black Mirror Cracked is hosted by James Ide and produced by Daniel Jackson.
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Black Mirror Cracked 1 Trailer
March 01, 2023 18:29 - 2 minutesSo, Black Mirror Cracked started with Series 4 on Netflix, then jumped up the podcast charts. So we went back to the original run on Channel 4... Essentially, we recorded out of order from the show, so now we've re-ordered by episode! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No Exit: Philosophy, morality and decision making in the multiverse
December 13, 2019 16:44 - 1 hourIn this deep dive episode, we will take you on a mind bending journey.Host James Ide welcomes Dr. David Kyle Johnson on the podcast to discuss philosophy and its links to Black Mirror. The brain burning conversation covers a lot of ground across Netflix's Black Mirror - as well as light subjects such as free will, quantum physics and parallel realities. And a persuasive argument for why we might all be living in a simulation...Dr. Johnson's new book Black Mirror & Philosophy: Dark Reflection...
Black Mirror Cracked 5 trailer
June 05, 2019 08:05 - 2 minutesIt's all change as former guest, James Ide, slides into the host's chair. Starting nice and easy, his first task is Bandersnatch, the interactive Black Mirror movie from Netflix with a few million permutations... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too: Take The Cable Out
June 05, 2019 07:40 - 1 hourFor an episode that came so close not happening, it was a perfect storm of Black Mirror, celebrity and a superstar.Host James is joined by Netflix expert Lewis Knight and Miley super-fan Vicki Newman.Ashley 2 is on the loose and not minding her tongue - but should she? Charlie Brooker does Scoobie-Doo for a romp in La La Land...For more Black Mirror stuff, follow our Twitter @BlackMirrorCrrr, join the conversation in our Facebook group or read more at mirror.co.uk/blackmirror Black Mirror Cra...
Smithereens: A Taxi Ride Into Grief
June 05, 2019 07:40 - 59 minutesBack to Britain, as a hostage situation goes global...Andrew Scott and Topher Grace lead Season 5's Smithereens and host James and Producer Dan debate whether Black Mirror needs the twists after all, elements of farce at play... and what is Billy Bauer's hair is doing?!For more Black Mirror stuff, follow our Twitter @BlackMirrorCrrr, join the conversation in our Facebook group or read more at mirror.co.uk/blackmirror Black Mirror Cracked is hosted by James Ide and produced by Daniel Jackson. ...
Striking Vipers: Sex, Lies and Virtual Reality
June 05, 2019 07:39 - 1 hourAnthony Mackie joins the Black Mirror multiverse and it's the first time we have to tag an episode 'explicit'.Video games, VR and new sexual frontiers align in the Season 5 opener. Host James Ide chats with guest Dom Peppiatt about sex, identity and the new frontier that technology brings... and the risks that go with it.For more Black Mirror stuff, follow our Twitter @BlackMirrorCrrr, join the conversation in our Facebook group or read more at mirror.co.uk/blackmirror Black Mirror Cracked is...
Black Mirror Cracked 4 Trailer
May 17, 2019 23:36 - 2 minutesBlack Mirror may have started in 2011, but 2017 is when Black Mirror Cracked started - covering all six episodes as they dropped on Netflix.Join superfans Suchandrika and Ryan as they digest and discuss the new episodes, plus interviews with the cast and showrunners Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Black Mirror Cracked 3 trailer
May 17, 2019 22:42 - 2 minutesWe tease Black Mirror's longest season yet and go behind the scenes of San Junipero... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Black Mirror Cracked 2 trailer
May 17, 2019 22:29 - 2 minutesSo, more Black Mirror - more cracking!Superfans and cast from the show take time to unpack the dark anthology TV series... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Craig Parkinson on Bandersnatch, interactive movies and his Two Shot Podcast
January 26, 2019 03:43 - 33 minutes"How the devil are ya?"He may be one of the stars of Black Mirrror: Bandersnatch, but actor Craig Parkinson hosts his own podcast where he just has a chat.Host James sits down over a cuppa with Craig Parkinson to chat all things Black Mirror, not watching Bandersnatch and the conversational Two Shot Podcast.And like a movie, stay tuned until the end... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones on Bandersnatch
January 09, 2019 19:04 - 12 minutesIt’s a press tour in reverse, as the creators of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch promote the movie after its release!James talks with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones about the Netflix interactive hit, confirming the Black Mirror multiverse theory, how Bandersnatch was made and trying to figure out exactly what Sugar Puffs are…Listen to our exclusive mini episode for your chance to win a signed copy of Inside Black Mirror and a selection of retro TuckerSoft posters.For more Black Mirror stuff, fo...
Bandersnatch
December 29, 2018 04:28 - 1 hourIt's time to go further down the Black Mirror rabbit hole than ever before!December 28th saw the release of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - an interactive experience from Netflix. Join host James Ide chatting with Producer Dan, who has spent far too long trying to save Stefan from Charlie Brooker.80's nostalgia, game theory versus audience theory, and one liners about mince beef collide as Black Mirror Cracked goes hunting for the fabled Bandersnatch.James and Dan review the new interactive Blac...
We'll Be Right Back
December 22, 2018 09:00 - 3 minutesIt's been a whole year since our last Black Mirror fix, but could that all be about to change?Fans are wildly speculating that a Black Mirror feature length movie could be about to drop: Bandersnatch! Secretive as ever, not much is known about the new feature and Netflix are remaining tight lipped about when it might drop. A quickly deleted Twitter post reckons Black Mirror: Bandersnatch could be dropping onto the streaming site shortly.Is it an 1980's video game themed outing for Charlie Bro...
San Junipero with Wes actor Gavin Stenhouse
May 18, 2018 16:52 - 22 minutesYes, it's San Junipero! The neon-lit 80s tale of two women falling in love that is not - of course - all that it seems. Actor Gavin Stenhouse (@gavinstenhouse) who plays lovelorn Wes, joins the pod to talk about working on the most beloved (and surprising) of Black Mirror instalments. He was also there with the cast, Charlie Brooker and co when they won the series' first two Emmy awards - and surely not its last.Journalist Harriet Flook (@harrietkhark) also returns to the pod to analyse her f...
White Christmas with actor Rasmus Hardiker
May 16, 2018 09:32 - 34 minutesThe episode known as 'the Jon Hamm one' before its much-anticipated debut in December 2014, White Christmas is a collection of Black Mirror lasts and firsts.It's the last of the Channel 4 series, going out well before the news that Netflix would pick up the show.It's the first episode to have a huge American star at its centre; to introduce cookies; and to have a three-part story structure.Joining the pod to discuss his time working on set is actor Rasmus Hardiker (@RasmusHardiker), who playe...
Black Museum's Aldis Hodge wants a puppy for Carrie
May 11, 2018 14:24 - 35 minutesAldis Hodge (@AldisHodge) joins the podcast to talk about Jack, Carrie, That Monkey and all things Black Museum. A Black Mirror fan before he was sent the script, Hodge jumped at the chance to be part of the show.There's a light-hearted way to look at the episode: Rolo Haynes's ridiculous theatricality, Jack's new girlfriend pinning the monkey up against the wall, "our hands" [groan]. Black Museum also tackles racial politics in Trump's America: a tough subject, but an absolutely necessary on...
Black Musuem's Daniel Lapaine won't apologise for the orgasms
May 09, 2018 00:00 - 38 minutesDaniel Lapaine brings 'La Pain' to this episode of the pod for an exclusive - and raucous - interview about his work on Black Mirror. Lapaine - who shot to fame as a dreamy swimmer in 1994 Australian comedy Muriel's Wedding - has a very special place in the Black Mirror universe.He's in not just one, but two episodes. He makes a cameo appearance at the start of Season 1's The Entire History of You, on the interview panel sizing up Liam (Toby Kebbell).He returns to the show to take the lead in...
Wyatt Russell talks Playtest
May 04, 2018 14:55 - 33 minutesWyatt Russell, who plays main character Cooper Redfield, Skypes into the podcast from LA to talk all things Playtest - and also about his favourite episode, the first one he ever saw.Hear what it was like to act out all those scenes in the house of horrors alone, how he subtly changed his character and what he thinks the ending of the episode really means.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - the podcast for all your Black Mirror needs.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with B...
Playtest
May 02, 2018 04:12 - 46 minutesIt's the gamer one! With Charlie Brooker's background as a video games journalist, it was only a matter of time before we got the horror gaming episode.Wyatt Russell plays Cooper Redfield, a name that'll sound eerily familiar to old-school gamers.To do the episode justice, we've got Daily Mirror gaming experts JC Suttun (@HandleMaverick) and James Ide (@Jymography) in the studio to chase all the many, many gaming references in the episode, look at the how horror games have been covered in the...
Nosedive
April 27, 2018 13:12 - 37 minutesEven this podcast gets ratings! Why don't you rate, review and subscribe to Black Mirror Cracked...?Nosedive reflects so much of our world back to us, that we can never escape that eerie feeling while watching it, even though Lacie Pound's (Bryce Dallas Howard) sweet pastel surroundings seem harmless.Showbiz journalist Vicki Newman (@Vicki_Mirror) joins the pod to talk about celebrity culture, Instagram likes and Snapchat streaks.When everything's a performance, a bit of trolling can seem lik...
Men Against Fire
April 25, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutesComputer games, warfare, skull implants, a rapidly-thinning line between dreams and reality, plus... are those zombies?!Season 3's Men Against Fire could not be more relevant today, with its exploration of how propaganda made real can help soldiers carry out their duties to kill. Even when those duties could later return to haunt and utterly destroy them.Mirror Online games writer and picture researcher, James Ide, returns to the podcast to help unpack an episode that looks a though it wears ...
Shut Up And Dance
April 20, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutesJournalists Jo-Anne Rowney and Kyle O'Sullivan carry on from their discussion of White Bear to analyse Season 3's Shut Up and Dance.The episodes both drill down into crime, punishment and vigilante justice.They also toy with the audience, using our natural human need to identify with the protagonist against us. It's all about perspective, like news-writing. Does Kenny deserve his most-likely grim fate? Does Hector deserve his?And who is judging them? --Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - the po...
Hated in the Nation
April 18, 2018 14:57 - 34 minutesLet's dive into Black Mirror Season 3, where the show moved from Channel 4 to Netflix.Reddit was quick to pick up on how the images of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sitting in Congressional Hearings, thanks to the Cambridge Analytica investigation, echoed scenes of DCI Karin Parke (Kelly McDonald) giving evidence to a Parliamentary committee in this episode.Mirror Tech's (@MirrorTech) Future File podcast team, Jeff Parsons (@jparsons989) and Shivali Best (@shivalibest), join us to talk about t...
Be Right Back
April 13, 2018 22:04 - 28 minutesA recurring theme among all the actors interviewed for this podcast is a deep love for the acting masterclass that is Be Right Back.Hayley Atwell (Martha) and Domhnall Gleeson (Ash) play out the saddest, most delicate two-hander in the middle of a rural nowhere.Martha gets what everyone broken by sharp new grief desperately wants: the loved one resurrected.Technology steps in to make that not quite happen, and the result is a perfect mix of joy and horror.The episode shares a director, Owen H...
White Bear
April 11, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutesIt's the first time that a Black Mirror twist completely pulls the rug out from underneath the audience.A lost, terrified woman, Victoria (Lenora Crichlow), wakes up without her memory, and is continuously chased through the endless countryside.Jem (Tuppence Middleton) comes to her aid, but there's a crowd of people just standing around in silence, creepily filming Victoria's plight on their mobile phones.Journalists Jo-Anne Rowney (@JoAnne_Rowney) and Kyle O'Sullivan (@Kyle95Osullivan) join ...
The Entire History of You's Rhashan Stone on the Peep Show POV
April 04, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutesRhashan Stone, who plays Jeff in The Entire History of You, calls Season 1's finale "Black Mirror before it was Black Mirror."He has a point: it's the first episode to feature a cranial implant and future tech that undoes a pair of lives.It's the only episode written by Peep Show co-creator Jesse Armstrong, and he brings the point-of-view camera technique over to this episode of Black Mirror with him.Jeff is the first character to show the audience just how deep into a past experience the cha...
The Entire History of You
March 28, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutesPeep Show's Jesse Armstrong (@jessearmstrong1) has the sole writing credit on this episode, and he brings the point-of-view camera technique with him.The Entire History of You explores a world where everyone's memories are recorded and available for public viewing.Photographer James Ide (@Jymography) joins the podcast with an illuminating John Berger quote:"The camera relieves us of the burden of memory; it surveys us like a god, and it surveys for us.Yet no other god has been so cynical, for...
The National Anthem
March 21, 2018 01:00 - 25 minutesBefore Black Mirror became the phenomenon we know it as today, The National Anthem was touted as a Charlie Brooker show about the Prime Minister having to do something humiliating with a pig.How far the show has come, you might think - but lots of Black Mirror's classic themes are in this surprisingly heartbreaking episode, as guest James Rodger (@jamesdrodger), Birmingham Live's resident Season 1 super-fan, helps explain.There's the impact of technology on ages-old institutions, seen most ob...
Hang the DJ's Georgina Campbell on finally meeting her Black Mirror match
March 16, 2018 01:00 - 23 minutes"I'Il say Hang the DJ, and it always takes them a minute to go 'oh yeah'… so no one ever recognises me! I usually have to forcibly tell them who I am…"If that's the case now for Georgina Campbell (@G_ACampbell), it certainly won't stay that way for long.Georgina auditioned for Black Mirror a number of times, before finally finding her perfect match of a role.As Hang the DJ's cheeky but switched-on Amy, Georgina gets to play the only Black Mirror character who's come close to guessing the twis...
Fifteen Million Merits' Paul Popplewell
March 09, 2018 01:00 - 19 minutesWe're joined by Fifteen Million Merits actor Paul Popplewell (@PaulPopplewell), who plays Dustin, with episode analysis from Birmingham Live's resident Season 1 super-fan, James Rodger (@jamesdrodger).Daniel Kaluuya might've narrowly missed out on an Oscar for Get Out, but his journey to that role began with Jordan Peele seeing this lead performance.Paul tells us what it was like to work alongside Daniel on a Black Mirror episode before any of the shows had even aired on Channel 4.Meanwhile, ...
USS Callister's Milanka Brooks on explaining herself to Jodie Foster
March 02, 2018 01:00 - 36 minutes"He insisted on not being hugged. So I went out of my way, every time he came on set, to go and give him a big hug, despite my blue. I tried to always keep him on his toes…"That's Milanka Brooks (@MilankaBrooks) talking about Black Mirror co-creator Charlie Brooker's visits to the set of USS Callister.She goes on to recall the time Jodie Foster glimpsed her greenish post-work hands - but couldn't really say why, thanks to the non-disclosure agreement.Remind yourself of the Season 4 opener wit...
San Junipero's Raymond McAnally on winning the golden ticket
February 23, 2018 05:00 - 26 minutesYorkie and Kelly seem doomed to be star-crossed lovers in San Junipero, with one of Black Mirror's cruellest twists threatening to keep them apart forever.Enter Nurse Greg, the most selfless character ever to be written by Charlie Brooker.The man behind the nurse, Raymond McAnally (@MtnMack), joins the pod this week to tell us how he felt when he won the "golden ticket" of being cast in Black Mirror's double-Emmy-winning and most-loved episode.Hear more from Ray on his Amazon Prime show, Ray ...
Black Museum's Douglas Hodge says Charlie Brooker's a dangerous writer
February 16, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes"He literally loves the sound of his own voice!"That's Douglas Hodge (@Dhodgem) on his character Rolo Haynes, the owner of Black Museum.Doug skyped into the pod from New York, where he's in rehearsals for the play Fire and Air.He tells us about acting out every single word of the Season 4 finale, why he wasn't very friendly to Letitia Wright (Nish) on set and what "bashful" Charlie Brooker was like to work with.Remind yourself of the episode with our Black Museum episode analysis.--Welcome to...
The Waldo Moment
February 09, 2018 08:00 - 37 minutesIt's not really a fan favourite, but @MirrorTech's Jeff Parsons (@jparsons989) and @MirrorPolitics' Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) like it, so this week they've joined the podcast to tell you why The Waldo Moment matters.A cartoon figure who says that politicians are rubbish (but runs for office alongside them), that the political system is rubbish (but competes for power within it) and is inexplicably popular with large swathes of the public - it's no wonder that people see the rise of President ...
Hang The DJ's Gina Bramhill tells us everything...
February 02, 2018 08:00 - 36 minutes… happens for a reason!Season 4's most adorable episode is about a love that overcomes 'The System'… at least 99.8% of the time.The voice of that system - Coach - guides Amy (Georgina Campbell) and Frank (Joe Cole) through their dating hits and misses before they meet their Ultimate One on the ominously-named Pairing Day.Actress Gina Bramhill (@GinaBramhill) - the voice of Coach - tells us what it's like for a Black Mirror fan to get a part on the show, and why she's just as surprised by the ...
Black Mirror Season 4 Easter Egg Hunt
January 19, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutesYou've battled your way through all of Black Mirror Season 4, now sit back and relax while we find the Easter Eggs for you!Beckett Mufson (@BeckettMufson), Vice US Staff Writer, tells us about all the telling little details he noticed, and what they mean for the world of Black Mirror.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirror cast and crew, with a new podcast released every Friday morning ...
Arkangel
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 34 minutesParenting with a Black Mirror twist…Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC ) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), break down Season 4's Arkangel, directed by Jodie Foster.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirror cast and crew, with a new podcast released every Friday morning (GMT).For more Black Mirror stuff, join the conversation in the Facebook group, f...
Metalhead
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 25 minutesBlack Mirror goes noir for Maxine Peake's 38-minute scarefest.Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), dissect Season 4's fifth episode from Netflix, Metalhead.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirror cast and crew, with a new podcast released every Friday morning (GMT).For more Black Mirror stuff, join the conversation...
Exclusive Season 4 interview with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 17 minutesThe creators of Black Mirror walk us through each episode in Season 4, callbacks to previous episodes - and their inability to name our podcast!Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) and Annabel Jones speak to us ahead of the release of Season 4 on Netflix.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirror cast and crew, with a new podcast released every Friday morning (GMT).For more Black Mirror stuf...
Crocodile
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 35 minutesThe jaws are closing in on Andrea Riseborough in Black Mirror Season 4's Crocodile.Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), dive in.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirror cast and crew, with a new podcast released every Friday morning (GMT).For more Black Mirror stuff, join the conversation in the Facebook group, foll...
Black Museum
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 45 minutesEverything comes together, as we visit Black Mirror's Season 4 finale, Black Museum.Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), trace the threads of the pain and technology knotted throughout the three stories contained within.For more insight into Black Museum, here's our interview with (grim) master of ceremonies himself, Rolo Haynes aka Douglas Hodge.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirro...
USS Callister
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 33 minutesBlack Mirror beyond the final frontier…Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), boldly explore Season 4's first episode, USS Callister.For more in-depth Callister stuff, here's our interview with Elena the receptionist / blue-skinned alien, aka Milanka Brooks.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirror cast and crew, with ...
Hang The DJ
December 29, 2017 08:01 - 37 minutesCharlie Brooker calls this one "Spotify for dating."Daily Mirror journalists and superfans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti (@SuchandrikaC) and Ryan Brown (@Toadsanime), embark on the jarring journey towards finding the Ultimate One in Black Mirror Season 4's Hang the DJ.Find out what it was like to work on the show, in our interview with the voice of Coach.--Welcome to Black Mirror Cracked - your podcast for all things Black Mirror.We alternate between episode analysis and interviews with Black Mirr...