Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker is writing a mockumentary on 2020 for streaming giant Netflix,. Presumably this will be the first project to come from Brooker's new production company Broke and Bones which Netflix have invested heavily in.

The project was mentioned in passing during an interview with Paddington 2 actor Hugh Grant for Vulture. When asked what he's working on next, Grant replied "I’m doing a thing tomorrow, actually. Charlie Brooker has written a mockumentary about 2020. It’s for Netflix, and I am a historian who’s being interviewed about the year. I’m pretty repellent, actually! And you’ll like my wig."

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Though Brooker is now best known for the dark sci-fi satire of Black Mirror, this upcoming mockumentary is more in line with his earlier work namely Screen Wipe. First shown on BBC Four in 2006 and loosely based on his weekly TV column, Screen Wipe was a then topical and revealing look at the mechanics of TV. The format was an instant success and spawned several spin offs like News Wipe, the one off video game focused Gameswipe and the end of year Wipe round ups which looked back over the year's events. The last of which looked at the current COVID-19 pandemic, Antiviral Wipe.

The Wipe shows also had their own fictional talking heads in the shape of Barry Shitpeas (the series director Al Campbell) and Philomena Cunk (comedy writer and performer Diana Morgan) who has since spun off into her own BBC specials.

There's no word if this will be a full series or a one off special but this would be the first time global audiences get to see Charlie Brooker's comedic side and may well pave the way for a return to the format he made his name in. But given that Netflix has cancelled all of its late night talk shows like Chelsea Lately, The Break with Michelle Wolf and The Patriot Act with Hasan Minahj, it may be short lived.

More news about the show and Hugh Grant's wig as it happens.

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Source: Vulture