Some of Netflixโs most intriguing television of this decade is set to return in the form of 6 additional episodes, making up a fourth season of the hyperreal drama Black Mirror.
The dark, satirical TV series comprises of unassociated episodes that explore a futuristic take on an impending or current social issue. Todayโs moral ambiguities are twisted and problems in our social fabric are scarily played out ahead of time, delivering some seriously gripping and all-too relevant watching.
Since the streaming mega service picked up the series from Channel 4, the show has gained world-wide popularity from its boosted exposure to viewers. For this new season, the names, casts and writers of the six new episodes have been released alongside a short trailer.
Most notably, award-winning actress Jodie Foster makes her Black Mirror directorial debut with her own episode titled โArkangel.โ Game of Thronesโ Tim Van Patten also takes the reigns for an episode, as does Toby Haynes, the man behind the BBCโs Doctor Who and the equally witty and expertly written Sherlock.
The showโs front-runner from the outset, Charlie Brooker, has writing credits on every episode of the new season.
While speaking with BBCโs Radio 4, Brooker makes a point of emphasising the ludicrousness of this particular season compared to others, saying that despite some of his previous work basically becoming true (Season 2โs The Waldo Moment & Donald Trumpโs Election), he surely hopes it wonโt be the case this season.
โFor this coming season the episodes are quite far out there, so I donโt envisage that being a problem. Although if that does happen the world is really fuckedโฆwell, the world is really fucked, so weโll see.โ
