Black Mirror - what a series......, by Everyone Owes on Jan 23, 2018 0:24:49 GMT 1, If such a thread already exists, apologies. It might be there's not the appetite for this on the forum altho Banksy and Charlie Brooker share a similarly dark, dystopian and cynical view of society, so I'd have thought there are fans amongst us.

Season / Series 4 is now on Netflix (for nearly a month) and just gets better imo. For those unfamiliar, the series is the brainchild of Charlie Brooker, ex Guardian columnist, and writer / presenter of Screenwipe / Newswipe and vaious other 'wipes' on BBC2.

The series consists of individual, self-contained films penned by Brooker and usually directed / starring heavyweight US and UK talent (*Jodie Foster directs one of the current series; Maxine Peake stars in another, to name but a couple.)

Often likened to Tales of the Unexpected for the digital age, it imagines a near-future with shocking, dark, terrifying and, often, funny results.

Of the six eps in this latest series I'd struggle to name a fave, but for sheer old-school cat and mouse terror, the 41mins 'Metalhead' in B&W, yes B&W, with Maxine Peake, is some of the tensest TV I've seen in a v long time, and she is off the scale good.

Be interested to hear anyone else's opinion. And if you already subscribe to Netflix, but have yet to watch it, I'd recommend. And start with Season 4!