Black Mirror
Season 1
3 listed hours · 2011–present · Channel 4/Netflix
From the desk
How this season is filed
Charlie Brooker's anthology as a set of closed arguments about gadgets, grief, and audiences — still going, still skippable by design, still sharper when it stops lecturing and starts framing.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Black Mirror (2011–present) on Channel 4/Netflix as the first listed season of 7 — 3 listed hours, 2011-12-04–2011-12-18 from “The National Anthem” (S01E01) to “The Entire History of You” (S01E03). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E03 The Entire History of You
Intimacy as archive. The grain of the image is the argument: memory you can rewind is not the same as truth.
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S01E01 The National Anthem
Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
Pilot note — From the desk: Black Mirror opens its catalog run with “The National Anthem” (2011-12-04). Anthology as modern Twilight Zone for the feed era. Bandersnatch meta, star bookings, and 'this aged too fast' takes.
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S01E02 Fifteen Million Merits
In the near future, everyone is confined to a life of strange physical drudgery. The only way to escape is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and pray you can impress the judges.
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S01E03 The Entire History of You
A jealous husband, Liam Foxwell, suspects that his wife was involved with another man. Thanks to an implant that lets anyone play memories back as long and as often as they want, he sets out to confirm his suspicions.
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