Home > Black Mirror > Season 1 « TV Series Page Black Mirror: Season 1 (2011) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 97% Average Rating: 9.01/10 Season Reviews: 16 Fresh: 16 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: Black Mirror begins with a disquieting shudder in a canny first season that will instantly hook viewers into a brave new world of alienation. 100% Average Rating: 10.0/10 Season Reviews: 5 Fresh: 5 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Black Mirror begins with a disquieting shudder in a canny first season that will instantly hook viewers into a brave new world of alienation. AUDIENCE SCORE 92% liked it Average Rating: 4.4/5 User Ratings: 2192 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 100% The National Anthem A twisted parable for the Twitter age, a political thriller in which the fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow (Rory Kinnear) faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah (Lydia Wilson), a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped. More 2 100% 15 Million Merits Charlie Brooker return to Channel 4 with three stand-alone dramas that are sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales with a techno-paranoia bent. The second episode is set in a sarcastic version of a future reality, 15 Million Merits is a satire on entertainment shows and our insatiable thirst for distraction. In this world, everyone is confined to a life of strange physical drudgery. The only way to escape this life is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and pray you can impress the judges. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jessica Brown Findlay, Rupert Everett, Julia Davis and Ashley Thomas. More 3 88% The Entire History of You Last in the series of dark dramas. In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear - a sort of Sky Plus for the brain. You need never forget a face again... but is that always a good thing? Starring Toby Kebbell, Jodie Whittaker and Tom Cullen. More Black Mirror: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (3) Tv Season Info A suspenseful three-part series that taps into the collective unease about our modern world. Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Dec 4, 2011 Creator: Charlie Brooker Cast Rory Kinnear as PM Michael Callow Daniel Kaluuya as Bing Toby Kebbell as Liam Jessica Brown Findlay as Abi Lydia Wilson as Princess Susannah Jodie Whittaker as Ffion Anna Wilson-Jones as Jane Callow Rupert Everett as Judge Hope Tom Cullen as Jonas Donald Sumpter as Julian Hereford Julia Davis as Judge Charity Lindsay Duncan as Alex Cairns Ashley Thomas as Judge Wraith Paul Popplewell Tom Goodman-Hill as Tom Blice Show More Cast News & Interviews for Black Mirror: Season 1 2017 NAACP Image Awards: Hidden Figures, black-ish, Queen Sugar Win Top Awards 2017 NAACP Image Award Nominations Announced Weekly Binge: Black Mirror View All Black Mirror: Season 1 News Episodes 1 100% The National Anthem A twisted parable for the Twitter age, a political thriller in which the fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow (Rory Kinnear) faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah (Lydia Wilson), a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped. More 2 100% 15 Million Merits Charlie Brooker return to Channel 4 with three stand-alone dramas that are sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales with a techno-paranoia bent. The second episode is set in a sarcastic version of a future reality, 15 Million Merits is a satire on entertainment shows and our insatiable thirst for distraction. In this world, everyone is confined to a life of strange physical drudgery. The only way to escape this life is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and pray you can impress the judges. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jessica Brown Findlay, Rupert Everett, Julia Davis and Ashley Thomas. More 3 88% The Entire History of You Last in the series of dark dramas. In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear - a sort of Sky Plus for the brain. You need never forget a face again... but is that always a good thing? Starring Toby Kebbell, Jodie Whittaker and Tom Cullen. More Critic Reviews for Black Mirror Season 1 All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (0) For all its metaphysical speculating, Black Mirror excels in suggesting that technology does not make us unrecognizable monsters; it simply amplifies the monstrous impulses already in us. Aug 21, 2018 | Full Review… Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century Black Mirror is provocative, irreverent, daring ... and very British. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 18, 2018 | Full Review… Miriam Lagoa El Pais (Spain) Stimulating, but more in its promise than in the achievement, the series gives to discuss, blessed glory in days of unanimity. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 18, 2018 | Full Review… David Trueba El Pais (Spain) Gripping and hilarious satire of our media-obsessed age. Jul 19, 2018 | Full Review… Veronica Lee The Arts Desk This is not fun watching-it's mostly horrifying-but even if our brave new world is inescapable, the show represents a kind of protest that feels more necessary than ever. May 22, 2018 | Full Review… Shane Ryan Paste Magazine However you view it, this three-part series is thought-provoking and very well written, with its final episode, The Entire History Of You, a heart-breaking triumph. Nov 1, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… William Thomas Empire Magazine Top Critic The stories set archetypal human dilemmas-death, identity, fidelity-within an entirely new context, which is exactly how we are living them. Sep 11, 2017 | Full Review… Michelle Orange Vogue Ingeniously cast, with suspenseful and often complicated plots, the episodes vary in tone from horrific to comic, but most share certain themes. Mar 28, 2017 | Full Review… Francine Prose The New York Review of Books Brooker's stories are novel enough to draw us in, yet familiar enough to become a warped reflection of ourselves and our culture. Mar 14, 2015 | Full Review… Sean Axmaker Seattle Weekly For all the show's inventive storytelling, its true provocation is its righteous outrage, which shares something with Mike White's whistle-blower series Enlightened, although it's overlaid with a dark filter. Jan 7, 2015 | Full Review… Emily Nussbaum New Yorker Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (16) Audience Reviews for Black Mirror: Season 1 ½ EdK Super Reviewer ½ GeorgeM Super Reviewer ½ Each segment on this first season is the perfect blend of satire, grimness and mirror to our society. All very different but all very close to how we live and interact recently. 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