Charlie Brooker calls for ‘empathy and altruism’ as fans note parallels between Dead Set and coronavirus outbreak
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standard.co.ukCharlie Brooker has an unfortunate knack of predicting the future with his dystopian television shows – and now fans have even suggested that there are parallels between Dead Set and the coronavirus outbreak.
The 49-year-old is best known for co-creating the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror, which has previously featured eerily prescient storylines.
His 2008 horror series Dead Set centred around the Big Brother house during a zombie apocalypse, with the housemates being the last remaining humans on Earth who are ignorant to the situation on the outside world.
It was reported earlier this week that residents in the German, Canadian and Brazilian editions of the show were unaware of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak. “This is
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