Black Mirror
(2011– )
In a world where people's lives consist of riding exercise bikes to gain credits, Bing tries to help a woman get on to a singing competition show.
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Title: Fifteen Million Merits (11 Dec 2011)
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Cast
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Daniel Kaluuya | ... | Bingham 'Bing' Madsen | |
| Jessica Brown Findlay | ... | Abi Khan | |
| Rupert Everett | ... | Judge Hope | |
| Julia Davis | ... | Judge Charity | |
| Ashley Thomas | ... | Judge Wraith | |
| Paul Popplewell | ... | Dustin | |
| Isabella Laughland | ... | Swift | |
| David Fynn | ... | Oliver | |
| Colin Michael Carmichael | ... | Kai (as Colin Carmichael) | |
| Hannah John-Kamen | ... | Selma Telse | |
| Kerrie Hayes | ... | Glee | |
| Eugene O'Hare | ... | Hammond | |
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Jaimi Barbakoff | ... | Anna |
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Merce Ribot | ... | Big Shot Registration Lady |
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Matthew Burgess | ... | Botherguts Host |
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In this alternate, future reality, Bing and thousands of others must ride exercise bikes for hours a day to earn "merits", credits that can be used to purchase basic necessities as well as novelty items. They are surrounded by televisions playing mindless entertainment all day long, including TV shows that mock the odd overweight citizen who cannot work, a lot of pornography...and a talent show similar to the real-world Got Talent franchise. When Bing meets, Abi, a woman with a talent for singing, he believes she can win the competition and earn a better life. However, after he makes sacrifice upon sacrifice to get her to the show, she is degraded and harassed by the judges and audience, who offer her a choice: start a career in pornography...or go back to being a slave. Her choice inspires a revelation in Bing, who begins to see the cruel injustice of the world in which he lives, and he is determined to change it...no matter what the cost. Written by alexandriahicks-10795
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human powered electrical generator | exercise bicycle | apple | watching pornography | playing a video game |Certificate:
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Abi: I was trying to sing so no one could hear me pee.
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Allen Leech (Pike in in Black Mirror: The National Anthem (2011)) and Jessica Brown Findlay (Abi Khan) have starred together as lovers (Tom Branson and Sybil Crawley Branson respectively) in Downton Abbey (2010). See more »Goofs
At 46:59, Abi's name is still visible on the leaderboard despite the fact that it's been several months since she had to pedal a bike. See more »Quotes
Bing: I liked your singing the other day.Abi: I was trying to sing so no one could hear me pee.
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Merce Ribot was wrongly credited as "'Big Shot' Registration Lady" (it should say 'Hot Shot'). See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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11 December 2011 (UK) See more »Company Credits
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Cycling continuously and earning points was so similar to us being in mundane jobs and accumulating points to pay off our bills. Even when we accumulate enough points and buy the golden ticket; we do not actually get what we were hoping for. We humans have made a viscous circle for ourselves that we can never escape from.