A BLACK MIRROR Retrospective in Six(ish) Parts | Season One
Channel: Andrew Venus
Date: 2024-03-19

I watched every episode of Black Mirror and then decided to make a six part retrospective about how bad it is. This is the first part, and it features The National Anthem, Fifty Million Merits and The Entire History of You.

Introduction 00:00
Part 1: Charlie Brooker 00:59
Part 2: The National Anthem 11:09
Part 3: Fifteen Million Merits 17:49
Part 4: The Entire History of You 22:16
Part 5: Plot Twist! 29:43
Part 6: The Mob 36:36
Part 7: Predicting the Future 42:16
Conclusion: 46:37

SOURCES

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MUSIC

• Space Jazz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
• Frolic by Luciano Michelini (the Curb your Enthusiasm theme, if you were wondering).
Used because Michelini doesn’t mind it being used for the memes
• 'Fate and Fortune' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au