Charlie Brooker's Newswipe - News Coverage Of "Frozen Britain"

[indielovesunicorns]

Really guys, REALLY? This is something you'd see on Florida local news. Lol

[irule1265]

Oh I love you Britain.

[SantoraDaYaoiFreak]

2:05 for hilarious slip xD

[darrenhollanddj]

i am a brit livin in the US i promised myself i would not be in another winter like this not so much the snow but the disruption...however seein those people drop on the ice was MOIDER lmao

[Celeb132]

omfg guys what the fuck is wrong with Britain. LOL.

[immehgen]

Pfft, I can't laugh at you guys. I live in California where it's perpetually 70 degrees F year round. The reaction here if we ever got snow would be so loud, the whole world would hear it.

[liyuekan]

I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING

[tigerlilyifyify]

You've got to love the West Country. That guy at the end was a ledge.

[iggybrowsftw]

Hahaha XD this is so true, the news got so ridiculous I used to just put it on to laugh at the over-dramaticness of it all :P

[esmetyler1]

Would you look at that, started snowing again. Better barricade myself indoors so that the four horsemen don't come to call.

[OTTTB]

roflmao

[ImagineMarvelous]

Also, this is still better then fox news. I bet if fox news was reporting on the snow fall in England, they would be claiming it was a sign of the Apocalypse.

[ImagineMarvelous]

BAHAHHAHA omfg I love England. 

[Oniqueen]

As a Canadian, I fucking love how grandpa England can't handle the snow and cold.

Also, fucking love the War of the World Soundtrack. ♥

[Evilgidgit4Ever]

The snow was so treacherous, it gave Starscream a run for his money.

[BiiGGziiE]

"Doesn't matter, does it!" hahaha my respect for the west country just doubled.

[Lozimia2]

"HAHA he's probably in hospital now..."

[DrunkRussian2]

Love "Eve of the War" for the soundtrack. :)

[BlazinBro786]

I wonder if this year will end up like last year

[sayno2lolzisback]

sexy gritting depot!

[aaron9099]

The News really are scaremongering scum.

[kooora18]

If frozen water is iced water, what's frozen ink?

Iced ink.

[pifeathersword]

Wonderful use of War of the Worlds :)

[anastasianfrolova]

What is the music in this video??

[tenseman08]

SEXY GRITTING DEPOT..PHWOARR

[marlboroman1985]

Well, duh. Who takes TV seriously? If want something profound download a Bergman movie or read a book, Charlie.

[CybershotCollections]

This is why I don't watch the news!

[michaelwilliams82]

whats the track title at the beginning of the video?

[KingOfTheKill10001]

@michaelwilliams82 "The Eve of War", from Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds". You really should give it a listen, it's indescribably epic.

[Omnilegence]

Laughed my fucking head off at the news coverage of Baboons. Fucking News.

[thesafewordisbanana]

I would love the opportunity to make a snow man with an unsightly carrot penis

[tberwick1]

2:07, what a faceplant 

[bw92]

1:45 over and over again!

[Chaddersman]

Doesn't matter does it!

Love it!!

[geoclph]

That guys comment at the end of the video was legendary haha

[Cerberus221]

Twenty four hours is a long time so they fill it with utter BS instead of focusing on real news. For shame, pre-work I have to go to Bloomberg or CNN for some resemblance of real news as opposed to the cuddly sofa breakfast nonsense of the BBC/ITV/SKY etc. Live from X and cross examining reporters adds no value to the news reports. All of it is just opinion rather than news. End of rant.

[mariotaz]

EVERY SINGLE FRIKKIN' YEAR!

[cyborgtroy]

Weird, do British call salt grit?

Like, sodium chloride?

[AlexJWGordon]

@cyborgtroy

No, We call salt, 'Salt'.

And we call grit 'Grit'.

[cyborgtroy]

@AlexJWGordon - Well, I've never heard of grit aside from "grits", which is like oatmeal for breakfast or something.

Is it related to sand? Like at a beach?

I've only ever heard of salt melting ice, sand adding traction, or maybe cat litter... Never heard of grit.

[AlexJWGordon]

@cyborgtroy Well we call the usual salt, such as table salt by its usual name, salt, but grit, is rock salt, I guess the name depends on what it's being used for. But we still call it salt, We don't put grit on our chips lol, that would be nasty.

[cyborgtroy]

@AlexJWGordon - Oh, we just call it rock salt in the US. That clears it all up.

[LinoLass]

War of the worlds soundtrack, quality!!

[floggedful]

great use of prokofiev

[tyu3456]

@floggedful Prokofiev would appreciate the humor.

[PoisonInc]

2:05 is the greatest slip I have ever seen.

[GreveSparf]

What is that damn song in the beginning that this show keeps using - I know I've heard it before but can't nail it down

[McDonutz7]

@GreveSparf It's war of the worlds

[GreveSparf]

@McDonutz7 Thanks!

[DKLabRat]

@GreveSparf Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. In keeping with Charlie's assertion at the start of the piece that the news coverage treated the simple fact of snow falling as an alien invasion.

[caidianjohnson]

... This guy is a fucking LEGEND! ...

[DynamicScherzo]

"Nick Griffin's dream of an all white Britain finally realised" HAH! XD

[dayglowjoe]

How on Earth can 3 people dislike this? What is wrong with them?

[DKLabRat]

@dayglowjoe The three dislikes are probably BNP supporters miffed at Charlie's dig at them. Either that or some of the whiny buggers who think snow means the world is coming to an end and resent anyone pointing out that they may be over-reacting just a touch.

[flyingturnip1]

"While the reporters stood around looking miserable, concerned and serious, real people were having a laugh!"

[rabbitwho]

Every time I saw a baboon this winter I shouted "SNOW! IT'S SNOW!" at it.

[rabbitwho]

Why would you set up a camera next to a particularly slippy patch and wait for people to fall.. why wouldn't you just say, hey, lads, watch out, it's really slippy there.

[VirgLondon2]

They even worried whether baboons could comprehend what was happening. lol

[DKLabRat]

I love CB. He really nails the absurdity, banality and hypocrisy of news coverage. This report was a classic.

[2oonhed]

Spectacular Stupidity.

Hysterical because brits are known for their understatements, not overstatements.

Running through a news shot with shirt off, although is stupid, does not contain the "grit" so to speak, to be "spectacular".

[theravendemon]

It always makes me laugh when the news here (I live in Manitoba, Canada) covers snowfall in other parts of the world (like during this time for the UK or whenever California gets an inch of snow) and the newscasters are completely losing their shit. CARS ARE CRASHING EVERYONE'S DYING WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF FOOD AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[EatMySHred24]

Love the war of the worlds background music.. Win

[sbernasconiful]

Hoorah for people having fun in the background!

[SlimeTron5000]

hahaha nobody cares about jeff wayne "eve of the war" in the background

[CeConco]

2:07 fuck...

[psypants]

@CeConco this video is brilliant. but, i must point out, the part at 2:05 from RTE News is actually from 2009, so isn't part of this years doom coverage..

[Frostyferg]

@psypants Actually, this video is not about the recent snowfall, it's from January. So is the RTE clip. It's not like I expected you to notice the video is clearly dated 20 January 2010. However I would have expected you to notice the large section in the middle about the attempted coup against then prime minister Gordon Brown. I would have thought that would have tipped someone off. I fear someone's IQ has plummeted to Hollyoaks level.

Merry Christmas!

[ATWTNAN]

charlie b right on the money. as always.

[fspeag]

Brooker's finest hour... and still relevant.

[sailbeyondthesunset]

I stopped watching TV 5 years ago. It seems nothing has changed with the news. Thank science I heard about a guy called Bill Hicks.

[seansalvador1]

@sailbeyondthesunset

...now you watch video's of tv on youtube? haha

[sailbeyondthesunset]

@seansalvador1 Yes, that is correct. Just like everyone else, including your good self, I watch VIDEOS, on the youtube.

[thesmiths1989]

"Temperatures across the land plunged to Hollyoaks IQ levels..."

[MsTimelady71]

A year later and nothing's changed!

Though in Washington DC, the same thing happens when it snows. The TV news goes into overdrive-Snowpocolypse, how many people lost power, etc. Though we don't have the streakers. LOL!

[scrubs21]

you know what brooker, you've got it in one. YOU'VE FUCKING GOT IT IN ONE. little bit o' snow and the whole of england stops. i'm english and i live in finland and the snow is so much worse.......

[draoi99]

Death from the skies!!!!!

[gilhool]

Sexy gritting depots.

[Thesupermadman]

"Temperatures across the land bunched to Hollyoaks I.Q level"

Fantastic way to stard xD

[dontloseyourhead]

I love that people have started specifically looking for this video again right now all because the news has got silly again and it's still relevant.

[Keukeu45]

TV try to make you freak out with everything, then feel good during the commercials.

[bluemanor]

oh my god...cold air = snow...? Shit I never knew!!!

[bigred121189]

big freeze may kill 60000... lmfao

[furryeye]

"And Nick Griffins dream of an all white Britain was finally realised" ROFL!

[BelectiveDuck]

DEATH FRUM THE SKIEZ!!!111 D:

[Xelt4]

boring gritting depots, dull gritting depots, tedious gritting depots, underwhelming gritting depots, undermanned gritting depots, manned gritting depots, indoor gritting depots, outdoor gritting depots, murky gritting depots, sexy gritting depots

[camydoger]

says a lot about a country when it grinds to a standstill over a few centimetres of frozen water

[Anteep]

@camydoger

snow isnt frozen water, it's not frozen

[camydoger]

@Anteep Snow is a form of crystalline ice. Look it up.

[ZzdeathangelzZ]

The snow is back again!

[Eightbanger]

Fucking hysterical & so bloody true. Alistair Stewart really is a complete prick, get him off our TV screens.

[ChromaAurora]

Oh, sheer brilliance! It's 'The Eve of the War' from The War of the Worlds musical.

[Whatupwidat]

I bet Canadians living here were pissing themselves at this.

[coreydutson]

@Whatupwidat Man, you have no idea.

[dalinkwent1]

It doesn't matter dose it...lol

[ohdoshutit]

if i was married to an alistair stewart i'd quite happily kill something. namely him.

[ohdoshutit]

brooker - sense personified.

[ohdoshutit]

brooker - sense personified.

[robowen1]

TREACHEROUS

[montavistachronicles]

lol plunged to hollyoak's iq level

[Pepotamo1985]

Closed captions are hilarious, big up whoever did that

[EvilgidgitReturns]

I wonder what's more treacherous: Snow or Starscream?

[Soundfrequency]

@EvilgidgitReturns

Treacherous snow!

[DURZUR1]

this is really funny :)

[thisworldneedsahero]

That's the best opening i've ever heard.

[electrojones]

I feel cheated living in the US. Charlie Brooker is the single most interesting and hilarious man on television, period.

[scotkid100]

It's a shame that we can't talk to the animals!! What the hell? This is one of the reasons why I don't watch sky news.

[darknshark]

"its a shame we cant talk to the annimals and tell them what all this cold, white stuff is" no, no it isnt. LOVE CHARLIE BROOKER!!

[TreesNo7]

Im the guy who jumps behind the camera at 4.12!!! Hahahaha!! Im claim to fame! But the news presenter didnt enjoy it at all!! Thanks Sky Plus, now i can watch my antics over and over!!

[lm2739]

love it when guy says "doesn't matter does it" a big fu to all you whiny bastards

[southsydney]

@lm2739 arent you being a whiny bastard? and in turn i am aswell.

[ScarTissue1990]

I know did you catch that Express/Mail headline '60,00 may DIE'. Typical fear mongering bollocks.

[motorbreath1983]

So that sticky white stuff falling from the air is called snow ?

Thanks!

[VacavilleUtd]

3:55 "Taking it up the gritter" ...classic Brooker.

[TriBeCaScribe]

It's even worse on THIS side of the pond!

[terramortim]

Haha nice! Well done.

[Migs49]

guys who like this should see xthemusic's channel, he has all the episodes =).

[motorbreath1983]

Hey nice video very entertaining.

Even after watching this video i still don't know

what it's all about. Is it that white sticky stuff that comes falling down on us ? It's everywhere and never seen before ;P

[Desarollo]

wow.

warm = rain

cold = snow

wow. thank you. didn't know that.

[JakeZawmby]

Haha, this video is awesome....If you like this one you MIGHT like the most recent video on my accout...

[snowtrot]

haha, great video. very enjoyable.

[sirnicholson]

welp it looks like all the "shires"are covered.greetings from california!

[n3rdbear]

I was wondering why the grit was on the ground and thought they filter it before eating then I realized they are actually talking about salt for snow lol

[Rexcetera]

Why do they speak with such an odd accent? Was this filmed, in, you know, like North Carolina?

[sirnicholson]

@Rexcetera loooooooooool

[republicausp]

Damn it, Charlie Brooker is a genius! I can't love this guy enough.

[schuetz10]

What Music is in the background at 3:22?

[hardXeyes]

At 3:22 it's still prokofiev's suite "romeo and juliet", the capulets and the montagues".

[persephone07]

@schuetz10 Sergei Prokofiev - Montagues and Capulets (aka Dance of the Knights)

[schuetz10]

@persephone07 & @hardXeyes Thx =)

[HoursTilLastCall]

Hyperbole rules the 24h news cycle!

[masterbas0r]

2:08 looks so painful :[

[jaynies1]

he hit the nail on the head....i was sick of hearing about it..even at its deepest i still managed to carry on as normal....''sexy gritters'' will stick in my head lol

[PaulD1986]

brilliant !!