List of Black Mirror episodes

Black Mirror is a British science fiction anthology series created by Charlie Brooker. The programme was inspired by The Twilight Zone and explores technology and its side-effects.^[1] It began on the British television network Channel 4 before moving to the American streaming platform Netflix and has run for six series between 2011 and 2023. There are 27 episodes and one interactive film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Episodes vary in length between 40 and 89 minutes and can be watched in any order.^[2][3][4][5] Actors rarely appear in more than one episode, though many instalments make small references known as "Easter eggs" to previous episodes, such as through in-universe news channels and briefly-seen text.^[6][7][8]

The first two series comprised three episodes each and ran on Channel 4 in December 2011 and February 2013. After discussions for a third series fell through, a special entitled "White Christmas" was commissioned and aired in December 2014.^[9] The following year, Netflix commissioned twelve episodes, later splitting this into two series of six episodes that were released on 21 October 2016 and 29 December 2017.^[10][11] The interactive film Bandersnatch was spun out from the fifth series due to its complexity, debuting on 28 December 2018, and the delayed fifth series of three episodes premiered on 5 June 2019.^[12][13] The sixth series was released on 15 June 2023 and consists of five episodes.^[14][15][16] A seventh series was announced in November 2023.^[17]

Episodes are usually dystopian, often with unhappy endings, and many are set in a futuristic world with advanced technology.^[18][19] The instalments have spanned a variety of genres including drama, psychological horror, political satire, and romantic comedy.^{[1][20][21][22]} Black Mirror has been met with positive reception from critics^[a] and has received numerous awards and nominations, including three consecutive wins of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.^[b]

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