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Season 2

White Bear

Victoria wakes up and cannot remember anything about her life. Everyone she encounters refuses to communicate with her, and they all seem to know something she doesn't. But what?

Air date:
February 18, 2013
Writer:
Charlie Brooker
Director:
Carl Tibbetts
Air date:
Writer:
Director:
February 18, 2013
Charlie Brooker
Carl Tibbetts

Storyline

Victoria wakes with a head-ache and bandaged wrists,pills spilled on the floor. A strange sign is flickering on the television but she can remember nothing. Outside she meets Jem, a young woman who explains that the signal on the television set comes from the White Bear transmitter. It has turned most of the population into voyeurs who do nothing but watch and sometimes film as a deadly elite known as the hunters kill those unaffected by the signal,such as Jem and Victoria. Escaping from a hunter they reach the White Bear transmitter,which they intend to destroy. However the White Bear set-up is not what it first appears and nor is Victoria.

Trivia

  • ‍The original draft of the script was a straightforward survival story, according to Charlie Brooker. It wasn't until he was shown the filming locations that he came up with the twist ending.
  • Given the calendar highlights Friday October 18th, this tells us this episode takes place in either 2013, or 2019.
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