Scripted series · Channel 4
Black Mirror
The future is bright.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Hayley Atwell
Martha Starmer
1 eps
Domhnall Gleeson
Ash Starmer
1 eps
Rory Kinnear
Michael Callow
1 eps
Lindsay Duncan
Alex Cairns
1 eps
Donald Sumpter
Julian Hereford
1 eps
Tom Goodman-Hill
Tom Blice
1 eps
Toby Kebbell
Liam Foxwell
1 eps
Lenora Crichlow
Victoria Skillane
1 eps
Michael Smiley
Baxter
1 eps
Wyatt Russell
Cooper Redfield
1 eps
Daniel Rigby
Jamie Salter
1 eps
Claire Keelan
Naomi
1 eps
Sinéad Matthews
Sarah
1 eps
Julia Davis
Judge Charity
1 eps
Ashley Thomas
Judge Wraith
1 eps
Alice Eve
Naomi Blestow
1 eps
Cherry Jones
Susan Taylor
1 eps
Tuppence Middleton
Jem
1 eps
Ian Bonar
Damien
1 eps
Elisabeth Hopper
Knife Woman
1 eps
Nick Bartlett
Welder Guy
1 eps
Nick Ofield
Iain Rannoch
1 eps
Alex Lawther
Kenny
1 eps
Jerome Flynn
Hector
1 eps
Susannah Doyle
Blackmailed Woman
1 eps
Frankie Wilson
Tom
1 eps
Jimmy Roye-Dunne
Red
1 eps
Hannah Steele
Melissa
1 eps
Sarah Beck Mather
Restaurant Mother
1 eps
Malachi Kirby
Stripe
1 eps
Madeline Brewer
Raiman
1 eps
Ariane Labed
Catarina
1 eps
Sarah Snook
Medina
1 eps
Michael Kelly
Arquette
1 eps
Kola Bokinni
Lennard
1 eps
Francis Magee
Parn Heidekker
1 eps
Kelly Macdonald
Karin Parke
1 eps
Jesse Plemons
Robert Daly
2 eps
Cristin Milioti
Nanette Cole
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Black Mirror actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Black Mirror reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 33 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20113 episodes
7.7IMDbSeason one of this sci-fi anthology series imagines realities in which people are forced to power their own existence, receive memory implants and more.
Best episode · S01E03 The Entire History of You
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20134 episodes
7.5IMDbThis anthology series' second season examines the dark stories of a social media addict, a woman who's part of a live "life" show, and more.
Best episode · S02E04 White Christmas
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20166 episodes
7.7IMDbLovers meet in a surreal paradise, a young man is tormented by strange texts, and a social app wields disturbing power in these high-tech tales.
Best episode · S03E06 Hated in the Nation
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20176 episodes
7.3IMDbA fantasy spins out of control, all-seeing devices expose dark secrets, and a woman flees a ruthless hunter in more tales of technology run wild.
Best episode · S04E04 Hang the DJ
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20193 episodes
6.5IMDbA video game transforms a longtime friendship, a social media company faces a hostage crisis, and a teen bonds with an AI version of her pop star idol.
Best episode · S05E02 Smithereens
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20235 episodes
6.4IMDbTwisted tales that span eras — and terrors — deliver a myriad of surprises in this game-changing anthology series' most unpredictable season yet.
Best episode · S06E01 Joan Is Awful
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
20256 episodes
7.2IMDbThe twisted stories are endless in this incredible anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest inventions, and much more.
Best episode · S07E06 USS Callister: Into Infinity
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E04 · Signature episode
White Christmas
In a mysterious and remote snowy outpost, Matt and Potter share a Christmas meal together, swapping creepy tales of their earlier lives in the outside world.
- Directed by Carl Tibbetts
- Written by Charlie Brooker
S04E04 · Signature episode
Hang the DJ
Paired up by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Frank and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.
- Directed by Tim Van Patten
- Written by Charlie Brooker
S01E03 · Signature episode
The Entire History of You
In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything humans do, see and hear.
- Directed by Brian Welsh
- Written by Jesse Armstrong
S03E06 · Signature episode
Hated in the Nation
The death of a journalist at the center of a social media firestorm leads a veteran detective and her tech-savvy apprentice to a chilling discovery.
- Directed by James Hawes
- Written by Charlie Brooker
S04E06 · Signature episode
Black Museum
On a dusty stretch of highway, a traveler stumbles across a museum that boasts rare criminal artifacts -- and a disturbing main attraction.
- Directed by Colm McCarthy
- Written by Charlie Brooker
S03E03
Shut Up and Dance
After a virus infects his laptop, a teen faces a daunting choice: carry out orders delivered by text message, or risk having intimate secrets exposed.
- Directed by James Watkins
- Written by Charlie Brooker, William Bridges
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S07E03
Hotel Reverie
- Directed by Haolu Wang
- Written by Charlie Brooker
S07E05
Eulogy
- Directed by Luke Taylor, Christopher Barrett
- Written by Charlie Brooker, Ella Road
S07E01
Common People
- Directed by Ally Pankiw
- Written by Charlie Brooker
S07E06
USS Callister: Into Infinity
- Directed by Toby Haynes
- Written by Bekka Bowling, Charlie Brooker
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Charlie Brooker
Showrunner
Cristin Milioti
Executive producer
Toby Haynes
Executive producer
Genevieve Hofmeyr
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Denis Pedregosa
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jessica Rhoades
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Kieley Culbertson
Executive producer
Bisha K. Ali
Executive producer
William Bridges
Executive producer
Annabel Jones
Executive producer
Jesse Armstrong
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Bekka Bowling
Writer
Konnie Huq
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Ella Road
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Richard WebbProducer
- Dan WinchProducer
- Cristin MiliotiExecutive Producer
- Sanne WohlenbergProducer
- Lucy DykeProducer
- Georgina LoweProducer
Writing
- Jesse ArmstrongWriter
- Bekka BowlingWriter
- Charlie BrookerWriter
- Konnie HuqWriter
- Bisha K. AliWriter
- William BridgesWriter
Direction
- Sam MillerDirector
- Luke TaylorDirector
- Jakob VerbruggenDirector
- Jodie FosterDirector
- Anne SewitskyDirector
- Colm McCarthyDirector
Cinematography
- Stephan PehrssonDirector of Photography
- Stuart BentleyDirector of Photography
- Peter RobertsonDirector of Photography
- Ed WildDirector of Photography
- Jake PolonskyDirector of Photography
- Gustav DanielssonDirector of Photography
Music
- Sigur RósOriginal Music Composer
- Stuart EarlOriginal Music Composer
- Martin PhippsOriginal Music Composer
- Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
- Ames BessadaOriginal Music Composer
- Atticus RossOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
9 wins
Primetime Emmy Awards
6 wins · latest 2019
- WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program2019
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- WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie2019
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- WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie2018
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- WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special2018
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- WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie2018
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- WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie2017
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Peabody Awards
1 win · latest 2014
- WinnerPeabody Awards2014
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2 wins · latest 2018
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Where to watch
Streaming
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