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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch ()

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A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.
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Cast

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Stefan Butler
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Peter Butler
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Dr. Haynes
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Mohan Thakur
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Colin Ritman
Tallulah Haddon ...
Kitty
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Leslie
Paul Michael Bradley ...
Robin (as Paul Bradley)
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Crispin
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Young Stefan
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Mum
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Pearl Ritman
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Satpal
Suzanne Burden ...
Judith Mulligan
Jeff Minter ...
Jerome F. Davies
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Reporter
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Pippa 1st AD
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Receptionist
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Paramedic
Jon-Jo Inkpen ...
Pax
Stephen Rashbrook ...
Narrator
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Girl on bus (uncredited)
Henny Hardy ...
Receptionist (uncredited)
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Tucker worker (uncredited)
Jackson Kai ...
Programmer (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Slade

Written by

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Charlie Brooker ... (written by)

Produced by

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Charlie Brooker ... executive producer
Annabel Jones ... executive producer
Mark Kinsella ... co-producer
Marshall Leviten ... line producer
Russell McLean ... producer

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Brian Reitzell

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Aaron Morton
Jake Polonsky

Editing by

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Tony Kearns

Editorial Department

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Tatiane Alencar ... second assistant editor
Tom Alexander ... digital intermediate editor
Simon Dunne ... Technicolor PULSE: Senior Producer
Greg Elston ... post-production
Judith Fleeton ... dailies manager
Shuna Frood ... post-production supervisor
Alex Gascoigne ... digital intermediate manager
Simon Giblin ... on-line editor
Anil Griffin ... assistant editor
Dexter Kong ... pulse picture operator
Charlotte Laing ... post-production
Sam Margaritis ... dailies producer
Aileen McIntosh ... post-production
Kitty McWilliams ... post-production coordinator
Tom Mitchell ... pulse conform operator
John Weeks ... first assistant editor

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Jina Jay

Production Design by

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Catrin Meredydd ... (production design)

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Phil Noall ... standby art director
Fabrice Spelta ... supervising art director
Damian Léon Watts

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Maggie Musial

Costume Design by

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Caroline Harris

Makeup Department

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Oonagh Bagley ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Martina Byrne ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Kirstin Chalmers ... makeup & hair designer
Mark Coulier ... prosthetic makeup designer
Lizzie Davies ... hair supervisor / makeup supervisor
Adam Keith Edwards ... mold maker
Helena Jopling ... trainee hair stylist / trainee make-up artist
David Malinowski ... prosthetic painter
Colum Mangan ... mold maker
Polly Mossman ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Stephen Murphy ... prosthetic makeup artist
Brogan Sharp ... special makeup effects artist
Laurie Wallaker ... prosthetic technician
Sarah Welsman ... prosthetic workshop technician
Josh Weston ... prosthetics sculptor
Kate Laura Woodhead ... silicone runner
Lucy Willis ... crowd hair and make-up artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Charlotte Dean ... post-production supervisor
Kelly Duffell ... production manager
Shuna Frood ... post-production supervisor
Hamish Gray ... unit manager
Ian Hewitt ... unit manager
Jo Kay ... head of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jay Arthur ... first assistant director
Michael Chapman ... third assistant director
Mike Chapman ... third assistant director
Lizzie Maxwell ... assistant director
Hannah O'Donnell ... floor runner
Nick Simmonds ... second assistant director
Michael Llewellyn Williams ... crowd 3rd assistant director

Art Department

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Marc Ashmore ... carpenter
Jasmin Backshall ... assistant art director
Rebecca Barker-McLean ... art department assistant
Wayne D. Barlowe ... concept artist
George Bettles ... standby carpenter
Mark Bevan ... dressing props
Jamie Brown ... carpenter
Aimee Bunyard ... standby painter
Steve Clark ... carpenter/stand-by: dailies
Garry Dawson ... prop master
Josh Field ... standby props
Jason Fitzpatrick ... technical props
Chris Foss ... concept artist
Terence Harrington ... props: dailies
Richard Hawkyard ... standby props
Joey Hodges ... greens stand-by
Dougie Lankston ... props storeman
Isobel Mackenzie ... graphic assistant
Bea L. Manzanara ... lead painter
Hannah Marti-Level ... set dresser
Carly Mason ... graphic designer
Sarah McClarence ... assistant production buyer
Jono Moles ... construction manager
Rose Noble ... clearence assistant
Greg Page ... props
Barnaby Papworth ... charge hand
Ben Pearson ... props
Natalie Preston ... graphic designer
Maisie Robinson ... graphic assistant
Cassie Smith ... Petty Cash Buyer
Ian Taylor ... hod construction
Tim Timmington ... scenic painter
Dale Walters ... props: dailies
Steve Wheeler ... dressing props
Alice Wigley ... production buyer
Lisa Williams ... lead graphic designer
Louis Wilson ... dressing props
Chloe Wood ... production buyer

Sound Department

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Dale Anchor ... adr assistant
Tim Barker ... sound recordist
Daniel Bodsworth ... sound mix technician
Scott Cannizzaro ... adr mixer
Doug Cooper ... re-recording mixer
Davide Favargiotti ... dialogue editor
Michael Hamilton ... sound mix facility producer
Serin Kucuk ... 2nd assistant sound
Michael Maroussas ... dialogue editor
Christer Melén ... sound effects editor
Markus Moll ... assistant re-recording mixer
Keith Partridge ... foley mixer
Nick Roberts ... adr mixer
Mathias Schuster ... foley editor
Ken Sluiter ... sound mixer
Barnaby Smyth ... foley artist
Joakim Sundström ... supervising sound editor
Adrienne Taylor ... 1st assistant sound
Adrienne Taylor ... 1st assistant sound
Mark Timms ... sound mix assistant
Sacha Walker ... adr editor
Michael Griggs ... mix engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Andy Adam ... senior special effects technician
Colin Gorry ... special effects
Samuel Mcgrath ... special effects assistant
Mark White ... senior special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Joe Billington ... visual effects line producer
Duncan Cook ... visual effects producer
Sacha Danjou ... compositor
Carl Edlund ... digital matte painter
Mark Epstein ... visual effects artist
Matthew Fletcher ... lead cg supervisor
Mark Harris ... compositor (as Mark Holman Harris)
Alastair Hearsum ... cg supervisor
Will Howden ... visual effects assistant editor
Zybrand Jacobs ... cg artist
Julian Johnson ... cg artist
Duncan Malcolm ... visual effects supervisor
Clayton McDermott ... motion graphics artist
Kyle Obley ... compositor
Leanne Pletersky ... compositor
Richard Stretch Russell ... compositor (as Richard Russell)
Aaron Smith ... cg artist
Jean-Clement Soret ... digital colourist
Andriy Toloshny ... visual effects artist
Saskia Vaneveld ... visual effects line producer
Hazel Weatherall ... 3d scanning digital artist
Lilles Whitby ... visual effects coordinator
Ivan Ertlov ... consulting video game footage (uncredited)

Stunts

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Gary Arthurs ... stunt rigger
Andy Bennett ... stunt coordinator
Chloé Bruce ... stunt double: Alice Lowe
Paul Ginns ... stunt performer
Luke Gomes ... stunt double: Fionn Whitehead
Dan Griffiths ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alessio David Ciattini ... data wrangler
Rob Collins ... 2nd unit gaffer
Rob Collins ... second unit: gaffer
Oliver Curtis ... second unit cinematographer
Matt Grace ... best boy
Adam Green ... camera trainee
Julia Green ... first assistant camera b camera
Russell Hall ... standby rigger
Gareth Harfoot ... aerial camera operator
Dan Henderson ... second assistant camera
Dan Henderson ... second assistant camera
Joe Hewitt ... electrician
Tommy Holman ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jac Hopkins ... second unit: grip
Charlie Hughes ... second unit: second assistant camera
Jack Jackson ... grip trainee
Mark Johnson ... electrician (nm13161322)
Tony Kay ... camera operator
Ed Lancaster ... key grip
Tom Lane ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Nathan Lloyd ... camera trainee: dailies
James Malamatinas ... 2nd Assistant Camera: B Cam
Shaun Mone ... gaffer
Elliott Polley ... key grip
Luis Reggiardo ... digital imaging technician
Pete Scott ... desk operator
Hilda Sealy ... first assistant camera: second unit
Mike Sherno ... generator operator
Richard Simpson ... Digital Imaging Technician: Dailies
Philip A.T. Smith ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
James Starr ... "B" dolly grip
Sam Taylor ... camera trainee
Nick C. Teulon ... grip: "b" camera
Jacob Ward ... video assistant dailies / video playback operator
Leo Winslow ... 2nd AC: Dailies
Elisa Spigariol ... camera trainee (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Olivia Brittain ... casting associate
Catherine Garlick ... casting assistant
Eliza Heslop ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ferial Davids ... costumer
Jen Davies ... costume supervisor
Jules Hindess ... daily costume standby
Rebecca Jempson ... assistant costume designer
Zoe Longbottom ... costume trainee
Hannah Elizabeth Richards ... ager/dyer
Claire Tremlett ... costume standby / principal costume standby
Helen Vines ... costume standby: daily

Location Management

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James Brodie ... assistant location manager / key assistant location manager
Emily Hoy ... location scout
Jennifer Kinnear ... assistant location manager
Charlotte Peters ... assistant location manager
Charlie Somers ... supervising location manager
Anna Watson ... location coordinator (as Anna Walker)
Harry Wyeth ... location assistant

Music Department

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Amelia Hartley ... music supervisor
Lee Scott ... music editor
Ken Sluiter ... score mixer
Cecile Tournesac ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Lola Dauda ... assistant script supervisor
David Girvan ... assistant script editor
Marilyn Kirby ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Aidan Keating ... transportation captain
Bohdan Stoklasa ... facilities captain
Alan Tribe ... unit driver
Ian Tuite ... unit driver

Additional Crew

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Dalida Carew ... cashier
Priya Chavda ... assistant production coordinator
Sophie Cook ... senior lawyer
Alastair Crees ... production secretary
Paresh Dayalji ... floor runner
Ryan Derrick ... production accountant
Rob Done ... EPK Producer
Josh Harris ... production assistant / rushes runner
Nick Irving ... legal & business affairs
Josie Kelly ... financial controller
Sean Kenneally ... production finance manager
Tim Leach ... production coordinator
Hannah Lewis ... production accountant
Garry Marriott ... unit medic
Bo Ponomari ... stand-in (as Bogdan Ponomari)
Laura Renton ... rushes runner
Claudia Selby ... production assistant
Emmanuelle Stannard ... assistant production coordinator
Adam Survay ... runner
Jack Wooley ... production runner

Production Companies

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Distributors

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  • Netflix (2018) (Chile) (tv) (Internet only - Netflix)
  • Netflix (2018) (Singapore) (video)
  • Netflix (2018) (United States) (video) (VOD)
  • Netflix (2018) (World-wide) (video)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In 1984. Stefan is developing a computer game based on the book 'Bandersnatch', a novel where you get to make choices that determine the story. He has an opportunity to take his game to Tuckersoft, a software company, and have them release it. However, the more he works on the game the more his life emulates the game, with choices being made that are out of his control. Stefan appears to be going insane. Written by .

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Also Known As
  • Bandersnatch (India, English title)
  • Μαύρος καθρέφτης: Bandersnatch (Greece)
  • Чорне дзеркало: Бузогриз (Ukraine)
  • Чёрное зеркало: Брандашмыг (Russia)
  • Gương Đen: Bandersnatch (Vietnam)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia A Black Mirror (2011) interactive film, in which the viewer chooses the plot direction multiple times. Although the listed running time is 90 minutes, this is approximate, depending how long the viewer decides to keep watching: most people can finish the story in one sitting of around 40 minutes, but this can be extended with 'do-overs', where an option is given to return to an earlier point in the story and make another choice. About 2.5 hours of footage divided into 250 segments was shot for the episode, with over a trillion unique permutations of the story (though many of those will be very similar). The total amount of footage included to make all of the film's possible variations work is 5 hours 12 minutes 13 seconds, as revealed by the film's BBFC classification. See more »
Goofs Both of the programmers are seen to be working exclusively in ZX BASIC. By 1984, very few established software houses used BASIC as a coding language - most worked in Z80 assembler. Colin Ritman's games in particular showed a fluidity and responsiveness that would be very hard to achieve without the use of assembly language. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode #2.9 (2019). See more »
Soundtracks Relax See more »
Crazy Credits In a few endings, once you finish the credits, a post-credits scene will play. Stefan would be seen on the same bus from the beginning, and plays a cassette called "BANDERSNATCH DEMO". The audio would just be some beeps and bleeps, but when translated using a ZX Spectrum Emulator, it gives you a QR code leading to the Tuckersoft website, found here: https://www.tuckersoft.net/ealing20541/ See more »
Quotes Colin Ritman: There's messages in every game. Like Pac-Man. Do you know what "Pac" stands for? P-A-C: program and control. He's Program and Control Man. The whole thing's a metaphor. He thinks he's got free will, but really he's trapped in a maze, in a system. All he can do is consume, he's pursued by demons that are probably just in his own head and even if he does manage to escape by slipping out one side of the maze, what happens? He comes right back in the other side. People think it's a happy game. It's not a happy game, it's a fucking nightmare world and the worst thing is, it's real and we live in it. It's all code. If you listen closely, you can hear the numbers. There's a cosmic flowchart that dictates where you can and where you can't go. I've given you the knowledge. I've set you free. Do you understand?
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