All-star cast revealed for Charlie Brooker's Death To 2020 | From Samuel L. Jackson to Diane Morgan

All-star cast revealed for Charlie Brooker's Death To 2020

From Samuel L. Jackson to Diane Morgan

The full cast has been released for Charlie Brooker’s Netflix special, Death To 2020.

The Black Mirror creator – who fronted end-of-year Wipe shows for the BBC from 2009 to 2016 - revealed the existence of the show on Twitter on Friday.

Now Netflix has confirmed the commission, describing the show as a ‘landmark documentary-style special [that]  weaves together some of the world’s most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage spanning the past 12 months.

Those taking part include Samuel L. Jackson, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, How I Met Your Mother’s Cristin Milioti and Joe Keery from Stranger Things.

Hugh Grant previously confirmed that he was to play a historian on the show, telling one interviewer: ‘I'm pretty repellent, actually! And you'll like my wig.’

Also on the cast list is Diane Morgan, pictured, whose Philomena Cunk character was a breakout from the Wipe shows.

No release date has yet been set for Death To 2020, which Booker co-created with  long-term collaborator Annabel Jones.  Alison Marlow, who produced the Wipes as well as Cunk On Britain, produces this, too.

Published: 7 Dec 2020

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