--- title: "“Black Mirror” Creator: World Too Stressed Out For New Episodes" description: "Charlie Brooker, creator \"Black Mirror,\" revealed to the UK's Radio Times that he's not working on season 6, because the world is already bleak enough." date: "2020-05-06" modified: "2020-05-06" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/black-mirror-creator-world-too-stressed-out-new-episodes" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "black mirror" - "netflix" - "the digest" --- # “Black Mirror” Creator: World Too Stressed Out For New Episodes ![Charlie Brooker, creator "Black Mirror," revealed to the UK's Radio Times that he's not working on season 6, because the world is already bleak enough.]() *\Image: Netflix\* ## Read the Room Charlie Brooker, creator of the dystopian show "[Black Mirror,]()" revealed to the UK's[ *Radio Times*]() this week that he's not working on season 6 of the hit TV series — because he thinks the world is already bleak enough as it is. “At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those," Brooker told *Radio Times*. "I’m sort of keen to revisit my comic skill set, so I’ve been writing scripts aimed at making myself laugh." https://twitter.com/sophieGG/status/1258059343230128128 ## Dark Catalogue The show originally aired on the BBC's Channel 4 and was picked up in 2015 by Netflix where it lived on for another three series and an interactive film in the "choose your own adventure" format called ["Bandersnatch."]() The show has taken on some extremely dark subjects, from a [memory implant]() that records everything you see and hear, to insurance investigators that can [harvest memories](), to a [kidnapping plot]() in which the UK's prime minister is forced to have sex with a pig. ## Too Real Considering we're living through a global pandemic with hundreds of thousands of people dying at the hands of a deadly virus — and political leaders failing so hard that they upstage satire — it's really no wonder Brooker isn't down for another season. Besides, wasn't "Tiger King" punishment enough? **READ MORE:** [Charlie Brooker gives Black Mirror season 6 update: “I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart”]() \[*Radio Times*\] **More on "Black Mirror":** *[Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets us Share Physical Sensations]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()