shattered glass

Charlie brooker frames the rest of season 4…

Arkangel

Director: Jodie Foster

“[Jodie] was instrumental in giving [Arkangel] an indie movie sensibility and that feel. She was attracted to the main dynamic going on in that story, a mother/ daughter thing. She had lots of opinions, and so the script changed quite a lot.”

Hang The DJ

Director: Tim Van Patten “It’s about a system. It’s one of the more playful episodes we’ve done,” says Brooker. Producer Annabel Jones adds, “It’s pertinent to the contemporary dating scene. There’s quite a lot of sex in it – not a huge amount, but who’s complaining?”

USS Callister

Director: Toby Haynes “Callister is the longest episode this year, about 74 minutes. It was actually on set for one of the episodes of the previous season that I started discussing the idea of a Star Trek pastiche. It’s a tale of the unexpected.”

Metalhead

Director: David Slade “That will hopefully provoke a strong reaction from people. The whole thing is black and white. It’s fair to say that it’s unsettling. You might go as far as to say ‘terrifying’. If you liked ‘White Bear’, you’ll probably like ‘Metalhead’.”

Black Museum

Director: Colm McCarthy “That’s a ‘Treehouse of Horror’-style portmanteau, three stories in one. Letitia Wright plays a character who shows up at a crime museum, which is full of grizzly artefacts, and there’s a story attached to each one. We turned on a big Easter egg hose with that episode.”