--- title: "8 Episodes Quotes By Charlie Brooker" description: "8 Episodes quotes by Charlie Brooker. Plus more from Charlie Brooker and more Episodes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/charlie-brooker-1392_episodes_on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one_34650.png" --- > [ On the other hand \[making a string of one-off episodes\], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of reinventing the show every… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one-off-episodes-there-s-a-real/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/charlie-brooker-1392_episodes_on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one_34650.png) > [ \[British television series\] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/british-television-series-hammer-house-of-horror-i-used-to-really/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/charlie-brooker-1392_british_british-television-series-hammer-house-o_709642.jpg) > ['Waldo' was one episode I always felt I didn't quite crack. And weirdly, now that feels like one of the more prescient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/waldo-was-one-episode-i-always-felt-i-didn-t-quite-crack-and-weirdly/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/charlie-brooker-1392_cracks_waldo-was-one-episode-i-always-felt-i-di_1182691.png) > [What are people going to expect when they sit down to watch a new episode of Black Mirror? And what you're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-are-people-going-to-expect-when-they-sit-down-to-watch-a-new/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/charlie-brooker-1392_black_what-are-people-going-to-expect-when-the_1385612.jpg) > [A sort of angry populism here in the UK and across Europe, a sort of anti-political mood and what then steps into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/a-sort-of-angry-populism-here-in-the-uk-and-across-europe-a-sort-of/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/charlie-brooker-1392_angry_a-sort-of-angry-populism-here-in-the-uk_1533929.jpg) > ["National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/national-anthem-was-just-a-funny-idea-i-d-been-knocking-about-i/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/charlie-brooker-1392_anthem_national-anthem-was-just-a-funny-idea-i_1774756.png) > [You don't have the economy of scale of building a set once and casting once. You blow up the world, basically, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/you-don-t-have-the-economy-of-scale-of-building-a-set-once-and/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/charlie-brooker-1392_blow_you-don-t-have-the-economy-of-scale-of-b_2006455.png) > [I kept saying I want to do an episode that's set in the past, how do we do a period episode of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-kept-saying-i-want-to-do-an-episode-that-s-set-in-the-past-how-do/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/charlie-brooker-1392_black_i-kept-saying-i-want-to-do-an-episode-th_2504591.png) ## Other authors on Episodes ## More by Charlie Brooker > [People bemoan the loss of watercooler chat, but I think that there's more of that than ever. It's just that it's online.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/people-bemoan-the-loss-of-watercooler-chat-but-i-think-that-there-s/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [ On the other hand \[making a string of one-off episodes\], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of reinventing the show every week. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one-off-episodes-there-s-a-real/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [“Don't vajazzle our memories”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/don-t-vajazzle-our-memories/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [What I disliked most about working as a shop assistant wasn't the occasional snooty customer or the shop or the hours, but the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-i-disliked-most-about-working-as-a-shop-assistant-wasn-t-the/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-think-the-problem-we-have-as-apes-is-we-re-asking-far-bigger/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [I've instinctively hated the Tories since birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-ve-instinctively-hated-the-tories-since-birth/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/in-the-age-of-social-media-everyone-s-a-newspaper-columnist/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/women-why-aren-t-you-running-the-world-yet-frankly-i-m-disappointed/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [I loved 'Get Out.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-loved-get-out/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [I'm more pro-technology than people probably realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-m-more-pro-technology-than-people-probably-realize/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to the crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-ve-got-characters-in-the-uk-like-boris-johnson-who-s-kind-of-like/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/the-internet-s-perfect-for-all-manner-of-things-but-productive/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [At the other end of the spectrum, George Gideon Oliver King Rameses Osborne, the fourteen-year-old novelty Chancellor and future baronet of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/at-the-other-end-of-the-spectrum-george-gideon-oliver-king-rameses/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [We take things that would have struck us as miraculous five years ago for granted. Like Pokémon Go would have been insane, and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-take-things-that-would-have-struck-us-as-miraculous-five-years-ago/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) > [I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-used-to-draw-comics-a-lot-i-was-obsessed-with-the-young-ones-and/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/episodes/charlie-brooker/#itemlist", "name": "8 Episodes Quotes By Charlie Brooker", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On the other hand [making a string of one-off episodes], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of reinventing the show every week.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlie Brooker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one-off-episodes-there-s-a-real/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/charlie-brooker-1392_episodes_on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one_34650.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/charlie-brooker-1392_episodes_on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one_34650.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/charlie-brooker-1392_episodes_on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one_34650.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On the other hand [making a string of one-off episodes], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of…” — Charlie Brooker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. 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