Charlie Brooker

Attended the University of Westminster in London, though not graduated due to the rejection of his dissertation.
When he was on Would I Lie to You? (2007) (S03E08) he revealed that for 6 years he pretended he was deaf in one ear to his girlfriend so that he could hear her repeat things in her Geordie accent. He never told her the truth and she only found out later when he wrote about it in a newspaper.
Is a huge fan of video games and started his career writing about them.
Became a father for the 1st time at age 41 when his wife, Konnie Huq, gave birth to their son Covey Huq Brooker on 23 March 2012.
He announced he was quitting writing for his Screen Burn column in The Guardian after ten years, mainly on account of growing tired of insulting people on the television since, upon meeting them, he found them in person to be decent company and couldn't be as harsh towards them as he had been before.

[on the closure of Television Centre in 2013] The Corporation claimed changes in technology had rendered many of TV Centre's functions obsolete. For instance, suspicious old men now largely meet children using the Internet.
Newspapers chiefly exist to spoon-feed the opinions of their readers back to them, much like an arse-to-mouth hosepipe.
TV can't get enough of Nigel Farage because he adds a bit of colour, which is ironic considering what he represents.
[on writing advice] Read 'On Writing' by Stephen King and 'On Film-Making' by Alexander Mackendrick. Just try to power through the first draft. it'll be shit, you can rewrite it later (you WILL rewrite it later). Try Scrivener. Once you know what the story line is, write the first draft standing up. You waste less time because it's slightly uncomfortable. Probably loads of other advice but that's off the top of me head.
[on Donald Trump winning the 2016 US election] As December arrived, the planet grappled with the notion that, despite losing the popular vote by several million, the man who'd bragged about grabbing women by the pussy might get his finger on the red button.