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Newswipe

Series 1

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, taking a look at how graphics have morphed over the years from modest explaining devices to shouty, scary, video game-style extravaganzas.

Brooker also charts the way the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit in London, while Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science, vents his anger over its coverage of science stories. Show less

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