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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Black Mirror'' episodes}} ''[[Black Mirror]]'' is a British television series created by [[Charlie Brooker]]. The series is produced by [[Zeppotron]] for [[Endemol]]. Regarding the programme's content and structure, Brooker noted, "each episode has a different cast, a different setting, and even a different reality. But they're all about the way we live now; and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy."<ref name="guardian_a">{{cite news|title=Charlie Brooker: the dark side of our gadget addiction|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/01/charlie-brooker-dark-side-gadget-addiction-black-mirror|accessdate=17 December 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Charlie|last=Broker|date=1 December 2011}}</ref> In September 2015, Netflix commissioned a third series of 12 episodes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/netflix-black-mirror-new-episodes-1201602037/|title=‘Black Mirror’ Lands at Netflix|first=Debra|last=Birnbaum|work=Variety|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref> which was later divided into two separate series, the third and fourth, each comprising six episodes.<ref>{{cite web|first=Charlie |last=Brooker |url=https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker/status/760704190725365762 |title=Two seasons of six |publisher=Twitter |date=2 August 2016 |accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> The third series was released on Netflix worldwide on 21 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|first=Oriana |last=Schwindt |url=http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/black-mirror-netflix-premiere-date-gilmore-girls-the-ranch-1201824702/ |title=Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for 'Black Mirror,' 'Gilmore Girls' |work=Variety |date=27 July 2016 |accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> {{Aired episodes|2016|10|21|num=13|specials=1|title=Black Mirror|uk=y|released=y|finished=3}} ==Series overview== <onlyinclude>{{Series overview | color1 = #101113 | link1 = <includeonly>List of Black Mirror episodes</includeonly>#Series 1 (2011) | episodes1 = 3 | start1 = {{Start date|2011|12|4|df=y}} | end1 = {{End date|2011|12|18|df=y}} | network1 = [[Channel 4]] | color2 = #11A7F1 | link2 = <includeonly>List of Black Mirror episodes</includeonly>#Series 2 (2013) | episodes2 = 3 | start2 = {{Start date|2013|2|11|df=y}} | end2 = {{End date|2013|2|25|df=y}} | color2S = #C0BBB8 | link2S = <includeonly>List of Black Mirror episodes</includeonly>#Special (2014) | linkT2S = Special | start2S = {{Start date|2014|12|16|df=y}} | color3 = #0B0D45 | link3 = <includeonly>List of Black Mirror episodes</includeonly>#Series 3 (2016) | episodes3 = 6 | start3 = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} | end3 = start | network3 = [[Netflix]] | color4 = #92BAB9 | link4 = <includeonly>List of Black Mirror episodes</includeonly>#Series 4 | episodes4 = 6<ref name="Season4Episodes">{{Cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/745219/black-mirror-netflix-season-4-release-date-cast-latest-news-rumours |title=Black Mirror season 4 release date: When is Black Mirror season 4 out? Trailer, cast, more |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=October 26, 2017 |website=Express.co.uk |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> | start4 = {{Start date|2018}}<ref name="Season4Release">{{Cite web |url=http://deadline.com/2017/11/black-mirror-season-four-trailer-jodie-foster-rosemarie-dewitt-arkangel-netflix-1202214561/ |title=‘Black Mirror’ Season Four Trailer: Good Parenting Takes A Dark Turn In Jodie Foster’s ‘Arkangel’ |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=November 25, 2017 |website=Deadline |access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref> | end4 = start }}</onlyinclude> ==Episodes== ===Series 1 (2011)=== {{Episode table |background=#101113 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=20 |director=15 |writer=30 |airdate=15 |viewers=10 |country=UK |viewersR=<ref name="viewers">{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30|title=Top 30 Programmes |publisher=[[BARB]]|accessdate=19 April 2015}}</ref> |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = [[The National Anthem (Black Mirror)|The National Anthem]] |DirectedBy = Otto Bathurst |WrittenBy = [[Charlie Brooker]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|4|df=y}} |Viewers = 2.07 |ShortSummary = To return a kidnapped member of the British Royal Family, the Prime Minister is instructed to have intercourse with a pig on live television. ''Starring'': [[Rory Kinnear]] and [[Lindsay Duncan]], with [[Donald Sumpter]], [[Tom Goodman-Hill]], [[Anna Wilson-Jones]] and [[Lydia Wilson]] |LineColor = 101113 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = [[Fifteen Million Merits]] |DirectedBy = [[Euros Lyn]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker & [[Konnie Huq|Kanak Huq]]<!--Credited on screen as "Kanak Huq" – Do not change.--> |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|11|df=y}} |Viewers = 1.52 |ShortSummary = In a society where people earn their way exercising to generate power and receive merits as currency, a young man uses his inherited merits to help his girlfriend to audition on a reality talent contest. ''Starring'': [[Daniel Kaluuya]], [[Jessica Brown Findlay]], Isabella Laughland and [[Rupert Everett]], with [[Julia Davis]] and [[Bashy|Ashley Thomas]] |LineColor = 101113 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = [[The Entire History of You]] |DirectedBy = Brian Welsh |WrittenBy = [[Jesse Armstrong]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|18|df=y}} |Viewers = 0.87 |ShortSummary = A couple runs into marital troubles when the husband suspects his wife of cheating on him, proven out through the ubiquitous use of "grains" implants that record everything a person sees and hears and replayed via "re-do"s. ''Starring'': [[Toby Kebbell]] and [[Jodie Whittaker]], with [[Tom Cullen]] and [[Jimi Mistry]] |LineColor = 101113 }} }} ===Series 2 (2013)=== {{Episode table |background=#11A7F1 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=20 |director=15 |writer=30 |airdate=15 |viewers=10 |country=UK |viewersR=<ref name="viewers" /> |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = [[Be Right Back]] |DirectedBy = [[Owen Harris (director)|Owen Harris]] |WrittenBy = [[Charlie Brooker]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|11|df=y}} |Viewers = 2.01 |ShortSummary = When her boyfriend Ash dies in a traffic accident, and she finds out she is pregnant with his child, Martha latches onto a technology that simulates Ash's personality from his social media profile. An important message about the difficulty in the replication of life must be learned by Martha. ''Starring'': [[Hayley Atwell]] and [[Domhnall Gleeson]], with [[Claire Keelan]], [[Sinead Matthews]], Flora Nicholson, Glenn Hanning, Tim Delap and Indira Ainger |LineColor = 11A7F1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = [[White Bear (Black Mirror)|White Bear]] |DirectedBy = Carl Tibbetts |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|18|df=y}} |Viewers = 1.69 |ShortSummary = A woman wakes up with amnesia and finds herself being hunted down amid numerous bystanders simply recording her actions on their mobile phones and refusing to help. ''Starring'': [[Lenora Crichlow]] and [[Michael Smiley]], with [[Tuppence Middleton]], [[Ian Bonar]], Nick Ofield, Russell Barnett and Imani Jackman |LineColor = 11A7F1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = [[The Waldo Moment]] |DirectedBy = Bryn Higgins |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|25|df=y}} |Viewers = 1.28 |ShortSummary = A comedian that uses technology to animate the cartoon bear Waldo in real-time to make fun of politicians becomes embroiled in an upcoming election. ''Starring'': [[Daniel Rigby]], [[Chloe Pirrie]] and [[Jason Flemyng]], with [[Tobias Menzies]], [[Christina Chong]], [[James Lance]] and Michael Shaeffer |LineColor = 11A7F1 }} }} ===Special (2014)=== {{Episode table |background=#C0BBB8 |forceoverall=y |overall=5 |title=25 |director=15 |writer=30 |airdate=15 |viewers=10 |country=UK |viewersR=<ref name="viewers" /> |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = [[White Christmas (Black Mirror)|White Christmas]] |DirectedBy = Carl Tibbetts |WrittenBy = [[Charlie Brooker]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|16|df=y}} |Viewers = 1.66 |ShortSummary = At Christmas, in a remote cabin in a snowy area, two men discuss how they came to be stationed there, a point of discussion they never had in the prior five years. ''Starring'': [[Jon Hamm]], [[Oona Chaplin]] and [[Rafe Spall]] with [[Natalia Tena]] |LineColor = C0BBB8 }} }} ===Series 3 (2016) === {{Episode table |background=#0B0D45 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=20 |director=15 |writer=30 |airdate=25 |released=y |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = [[Nosedive]] |DirectedBy = [[Joe Wright]] |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=[[Charlie Brooker]]|t=[[Rashida Jones]] & [[Michael Schur|Mike Schur]]}} |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = In a society where one's social rating with others vastly influences their lives, a woman tries to improve her own rating to afford an ideal apartment by giving an appealing speech at her best friend's wedding. ''Starring'': [[Bryce Dallas Howard]], [[Alice Eve]], [[James Norton (actor)|James Norton]] and [[Cherry Jones]] |LineColor = 0B0D45 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = [[Playtest (Black Mirror)|Playtest]] |DirectedBy = [[Dan Trachtenberg]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = A man, stranded in England after a banking error, offers to participate in a playtest of an [[augmented reality]] video game for funds. ''Starring'': [[Wyatt Russell]], [[Hannah John-Kamen]], [[Wunmi Mosaku]] and [[Ken Yamamura]] |LineColor = 0B0D45 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = [[Shut Up and Dance (Black Mirror)|Shut Up and Dance]] |DirectedBy = [[James Watkins (director)|James Watkins]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker & William Bridges |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = A young man is blackmailed by unseen hackers to follow a set of directives or else incriminating footage of him will be released to the world. As the story unfolds, he realizes that he is not the only one being affected by the hackers' ill intentions. ''Starring'': [[Alex Lawther]] & [[Jerome Flynn]] |LineColor = 0B0D45 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = [[San Junipero]] |DirectedBy = [[Owen Harris (director)|Owen Harris]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = In a virtual space, the outgoing Kelly becomes friends with the more reserved Yorkie, and helps her to come to accept her repressed sexuality. ''Starring'': [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]] & [[Mackenzie Davis]] |LineColor = 0B0D45 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = [[Men Against Fire]] |DirectedBy = [[Jakob Verbruggen]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Soldiers attempt to kill off mutant "roaches" to protect the rest of society, aided by augmented reality implants. ''Starring'': [[Malachi Kirby]], [[Madeline Brewer]], [[Ariane Labed]], [[Sarah Snook]] & [[Michael Kelly (American actor)|Michael Kelly]] |LineColor = 0B0D45 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = [[Hated in the Nation (Black Mirror)|Hated in the Nation]] |DirectedBy = [[James Hawes]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = A series of murders is tied to Autonomous Drone Insects, mechanical replacements for [[colony collapse disorder]], and social media [[hashtag]]s. ''Starring'': [[Kelly Macdonald]], [[Faye Marsay]] and [[Benedict Wong]] |LineColor = 0B0D45 }} }} ===Series 4===<!--Per WP:TVUPCOMING, do not include 2018 until episodes have actually aired in 2018!--> {{Episode table|background=#92BAB9 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=20 |director=15 |writer=30 |airdate=25 |released=y |titleR=<ref name="Season4Episodes" /> |airdateR=<ref name="Season4Release" /> |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Crocodile |DirectedBy = [[John Hillcoat]] |WrittenBy = [[Charlie Brooker]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018}} |ShortSummary = ''Starring'': [[Andrea Riseborough]], [[Andrew Gower (actor)|Andrew Gower]] and [[Kiran Sonia Sawar]] |LineColor = 92BAB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Arkangel |DirectedBy = [[Jodie Foster]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018}} |ShortSummary = ''Starring'': [[Rosemarie DeWitt]], [[Brenna Harding]] and Owen Teague |LineColor = 92BAB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Hang the DJ |DirectedBy = [[Tim Van Patten]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018}} |ShortSummary = ''Starring'': [[Georgina Campbell]], [[Joe Cole (actor)|Joe Cole]] and [[George Blagden]] |LineColor = 92BAB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = USS Callister |DirectedBy = [[Toby Haynes]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker & William Bridges |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018}} |ShortSummary = ''Starring'': [[Jesse Plemons]], [[Cristin Milioti]], [[Jimmi Simpson]] and [[Michaela Coel]] |LineColor = 92BAB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Metalhead |DirectedBy = [[David Slade]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018}} |ShortSummary = ''Starring'': [[Maxine Peake]], Jake Davies and Clint Dyer |LineColor = 92BAB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Black Museum |DirectedBy = [[Colm McCarthy (director)|Colm McCarthy]] |WrittenBy = Charlie Brooker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018}} |ShortSummary = ''Starring'': [[Douglas Hodge]], [[Letitia Wright]] and [[Babs Olusanmokun]] |LineColor = 92BAB9 }} }} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== * [https://www.netflix.com/title/70264888 ''Black Mirror''] at [[Netflix]] * [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/ ''Black Mirror''] at [[Channel 4]] * {{IMDb episodes|2085059|Black Mirror}} {{Black Mirror}} {{Charlie Brooker}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Mirror episodes}} [[Category:Black Mirror episodes| ]] [[Category:Lists of anthology television series episodes]] [[Category:Lists of British drama television series episodes]] [[Category:Lists of British science fiction television series episodes]]'