Charlie Brooker is back with a seventh season of his dark anthology Black Mirror - and in 2025, it couldn't be more prescient.
Ahead of the new season dropping on Netflix this Thursday, scroll on to find out what's to come (in the show, but possibly in reality too).
7x01: 'Common People'
Synopsis: When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive - but at a cost....
Starring: Rashida Jones (Amanda), Chris O'Dowd (Mike), Tracee Ellis Ross (Gaynor)
Written By: Charlie Brooker
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7x02: 'Bête Noire'
Synopsis: Confectionary whizz kid Maria is unnerved when her former schoolmate Verity joins the company she works at — because there's something altogether odd about Verity, something only Maria seems to notice...
Starring: Siena Kelly (Maria), Rosy McEwen (Verity), Michael Workeye (Kae), Ben Bailey Smith (Gabe), Amber Grappy (Yudy), Ravi Aujla (Mr Ditta), Elena Sanz (Camille), Hanna Griffiths (Luisa)
Written By: Charlie Brooker
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7x03: 'Hotel Reverie'
Synopsis: A high-tech, unusually immersive remake of a vintage British film sends Hollywood A-list star Brandy Friday into another dimension, where she must stick to the script if she ever wants to make it home.
Starring: Issa Rae (Brandy), Emma Corrin (Dorothy), Awkwafina (Kimmy), Harriet Walter (Judith Keyworth)
Written By: Charlie Brooker
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7x04: 'Plaything'
Synopsis: In a near-future London, an eccentric murder suspect is linked to an unusual video game from the 1990s — a game populated by cute, evolving artificial lifeforms.
Starring: Peter Capaldi (Cameron Walker 2034), Lewis Gribben (Cameron Walker 1994), James Nelson Joyce (DCI Kano), Michele Austin (Jen Minter), Will Poulter (Colin Ritman), Asim Chaudhry (Mohan Thakur)
Written By: Charlie Brooker
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7x05: 'Eulogy'
Synopsis: An isolated man is introduced to a groundbreaking system that allows its users to literally step inside old photographs — stirring powerful emotions in the process.
Starring: Paul Giamatti (Phillip), Patsy Ferran (The Guide)
Written By: Charlie Brooker and Ella Road
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7x06: 'USS Callister: Into Infinity'
Synopsis: Robert Daly is dead, but now the crew of the USS Callister – led by Captain Nanette Cole – are stranded in an infinite virtual universe, fighting for survival against 30 million players.
Starring: Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole), Jimmi Simpson (James Walton), Billy Magnussen (Karl Plowman), Osy Ikhile (Nate Packer), Milanka Brooks (Elena Tulaska), Paul G Raymond (Kabir Dudani)
Written By: Charlie Brooker, Bisha K Ali, William Bridges and Bekka Bowling
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Black Mirror season seven streams on Netflix from Thursday, April 10 at 8am in the UK and Ireland, and 3a ET/12a PT in the US.
Neil Wilkes
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