'Real-world stuff seeps in' to Black Mirror, says co-creator Charlie Brooker

Charlie Brooker tells Ed Power about the latest series of Black Mirror, which includes a Star Trek parody and an episode directed by Jodie Foster

IN 2013, the dystopian television series Black Mirror posited a ludicrous scenario in which a foul-mouthed, over-the-top TV celebrity becomes a credible politician. At the time, ‘The Waldo Moment’ was regarded as slightly silly satire. Watched now, in these dog days of the Trump era, it has the chilling aura of prophecy.

“We sort of seemed to cover Trump by accident,” says Charlie Brooker, co-creator and writer of Black Mirror, which returns to Netflix as a baroque post-Christmas treat tomorrow.