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Black Mirror: The National Anthem (TV)

Black Mirror: The National Anthem

2011

Otto Bathurst

Rory Kinnear, Lindsay Duncan, Lydia Wilson, Tom Goodman-Hill ...

7.6

46,232

Thriller. Drama A twisted parable for the Twitter age, Black Mirror taps into the collective unease about our modern world. The first episode is a political thriller in which fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Michael Hogan Telegraph	"This was a dementedly brilliant idea. The satire was so audacious, it left me open-mouthed and squealing. (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Neela Debnath The Independent	"[A] carefully crafted and compact drama."	POS
United Kingdom	John Crace The Guardian	"Where this scored heavily was in the way everything was played as near-straight drama."	POS

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