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Who is Charlie Brooker?

CHARLIE Brooker is best known as the creator of award-winning television series Black Mirror.

But he also has a very famous wife and has presented many TV shows.

 Charlie Brooker is famously the creator of Black Mirror
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Charlie Brooker is famously the creator of Black MirrorCredit: PA:Press Association

Who is Charlie Brooker?

Charlie Brooker, 50, was born in Reading and grew up in Oxfordshire.

He began his journalism career in the 1990s when he reviewed video games for PC Zone magazine.

Charlie got his big break when he was offered a job on The 11 o’Clock Show, a Channel 4 satirical sketch show, he then went on to write the 2001 series Brass Eye, 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley and 2008 series Dead Set.

At the same time he started being given work for The Guardian and began to write regular comment pieces for the paper.

He is the creator and writer of Black Mirror, which first aired on Channel 4, with the third season moving to Netflix.

Charlie Brooker, right, with wife Konnie Huq, left at the 70th Emmy Awards
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Charlie with wife Konnie Huq at the 70th Emmy AwardsCredit: Getty Images - Getty

What TV shows has Charlie hosted?

Alongside writing and producing, he has presented a number of award-winning television shows for Channel 4 and the BBC.

These include Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Newswipe With Charlie Brooker and Wipe With Charlie Brooker.

He also co-hosted 10 O'Clock Live with David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr and Lauren Laverne.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Charlie presented a half-hour special, titled Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe.

For his presenting work he won a Royal Television Society award and was also nominated for a Bafta.

What is Charlie's net worth?

It's fair to say Charlie is worth a bob or two.

He has amassed quite a fortune, largely due to the success of Black Mirror.

He has a fortune of around £6million.

Who is Charlie Brooker wife?

Charlie met his wife Konnie Huq in 2008 when she starred in an episode of her husband-to-be's Channel 4 series Screenwipe.

Konnie is well known in her own right, having been the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter from 1997 to 2008 and for being a host of the Xtra Factor.

The couple married in 2010 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas after nine months of dating and have two children - Covey, five, and four-year-old Huxley.

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