Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (2013) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictMildly Woke

25%

Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe2013

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What We Think

Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe is better described as cheeky and irreverent than truly woke. While it leans BBC-mainstream and occasionally reflects left-leaning humor, the show largely avoids forced agenda-driven storytelling or overt cultural subversion.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The show is a satirical current affairs review, so character representation and narrative integrity aren’t really at stake. Brooker’s sarcastic tone targets incompetence and absurdity, regardless of identity factors. No visible or forced diversity quotas or identity-based casting overshadow the show’s primary comedic critique.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While Brooker satirizes every target, sometimes including cultural institutions, there’s little direct subversion of religion, family, or masculinity. If anything, the show pokes fun at media sensationalism, not traditional values per se. It’s more irreverent than culturally revisionist or hostile to tradition.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Woke

What is this?

Although Weekly Wipe’s humor leans typical of mainstream British satire, it doesn’t overtly promote a monolithic worldview. Dissent is mocked, but so is everyone else, including the media establishment. Still, some skits reflect general left-leaning assumptions, and traditionalist takes rarely get a positive spotlight.

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