| "White Christmas" | |
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| Black Mirror episodes | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Black_Mirror_-_White_Christmas.jpg) Matt (Jon Hamm) talks to the digital clone inside a "cookie". | |
| Episode nos. | Episodes 7[a] |
| Directed by | Carl Tibbetts |
| Written by | Charlie Brooker |
| Featured music | "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" by Wizzard |
| Original air date | 16 December 2014 |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
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"White Christmas" is a 2014 Christmas special of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Carl Tibbetts, first airing on Channel 4 on 16 December 2014. Agreed as a one-off special after Channel 4 rejected potential series three scripts, the episode was the last to air before the programme moved to the streaming platform Netflix.
The episode explores three stories told by Matt (Jon Hamm) and Joe (Rafe Spall) from a remote cabin on Christmas Day. The first follows a man attempting to seduce a woman at a Christmas party while receiving remote guidance; the second sees Matt at his job training "cookies", digital clones of people; and the third shows Joe obsessed over an ex-fiancée after the relationship abruptly ends. Topics depicted include pickup artistry, artificial intelligence and consciousness, as well as the concept of Internet blocking extrapolated into real life.
Filming took place in London with a restrictive budget and timescale. Easter egg references are made to each previous episode and a "Z-Eyes" technology which records hearing and vision has the same design and similar functionality to the "grain" from series one's "The Entire History of You". The episode received mostly positive reviews and was nominated for multiple awards, including an International Emmy Award for Best Actor with Spall as the nominee.
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