Book info

• Title Inside Black Mirror
• Author Charlie Brooker
• Year 2018
• Genre Non-fiction

What becomes of humanity when it’s fed into the jaws of a hungry new digital machine? Discover the world of Black Mirror in this immersive, illustrated, oral history. This first official book logs the entire Black Mirror journey, from its origins in creator Charlie Brooker’s mind to its current status as one of the biggest cult TV shows to emerge from the UK. Alongside a collection of astonishing behind-the-scenes imagery and ephemera, Brooker and producer Annabel Jones will detail the creative genesis, inspiration and thought process behind each film for the first time, while key actors, directors and other creative talents relive their own involvement.

Thoughts

I loved this! I don’t know when I bought it but stumbled across it in my digital to-read shelf and instantly started reading. It covers the first four series of this incredible anthology show, from it’s conception on Channel 4 to the difficult decision to move to Netflix, and the wider audience that continues to grow and grow. The book is formatted with an introduction for each series and then each episode in detail, and is the ‘in conversation with’ style of thoughts from different people involved in each - Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones throughout and then a rotating set of cast, crew, directors, set designers, hair, make up, and everything in between. Absolutely fascinating and I’d love a top up for the next few series’ as well.

Rating: 5 / 5