Death to 2020

Death to 2020 (2020) is a mockumentary comedy from the Black Mirror team that you can watch online on iFILM. Real archival footage of a genuinely cursed year gets stitched together with talking-head interviews from experts who do not actually exist.

The pandemic, the election, the endless lockdowns: all of it dissected by fictional commentators played by a stacked cast. Hugh Grant is a pompous historian, Lisa Kudrow a spin doctor with zero shame, Samuel L. Jackson a fed-up everyman, Kumail Nanjiani a smug tech founder. They narrate the news clips with total conviction, and the straighter the face, the funnier the line.

Written by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, the same pair behind Black Mirror, it swaps bleak sci-fi for venomous stand-up aimed squarely at reality. Seventy fast minutes, wall to wall with stars. Best suited to anyone who would rather laugh at 2020 than relive it. Stream Death to 2020 (2020) online on iFILM.