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Charlie Brooker

チャーリー・ブルッカー　/　ちゃーりー・ぶるっかー

Screenwriter from United Kingdom

March 3, 1971 (age 55)　・　Reading, United Kingdom

screenwriter
television producer
journalist

My Take

Charlie Brooker is one of my favorite minds working in television, full stop. He came up from games journalism into savage satire like Screenwipe before channeling that same instinct into Black Mirror, which reframed how a generation thinks about technology. What I value most is that beneath the cynicism there is real care; he is not just scaring us, he is worried about us. To me the great satirists are secretly the most humane people in the room, and Brooker fits that perfectly. The fact that a Reading-born former magazine writer reshaped global anxieties about screens still strikes me as remarkable.

Overview

Charlton Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured criticism of modern society and the media, such as Screenwipe, Gameswipe, Newswipe, and Weekly Wipe.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Charlie Brooker
Name (Japanese): チャーリー・ブルッカー
Reading: ちゃーりー・ぶるっかー
Born: March 3, 1971 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Boar
Origin: Reading, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / television producer / journalist / comedian / television presenter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Westminster

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/charltonbrooker
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Brooker

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