

"Death to 2020 features fictional characters discussing real events in a bombastic mockumentary, but quite a bit sillier than that makes it sound.

In the loneliest year on record, I got to work (remotely) with writers and team members from my previous comedies, as well as many sickeningly talented people who were new to me." For one thing I'm not on screen presenting it - a relief for anyone watching in 4K - and it's more character-based. But the approach for this is quite different to most of the topical comedy I’ve done in the past.

"So to me, Death to 2020 feels like the collision of several different strands. Explaining the making of the series, Brooker said: "Those who only know me through Black Mirror may not realize that when not writing speculative sci-fi about people frowning at smartphones, I’ve spent years making comedy shows in the UK - including many topical comedy specials.
