We're three episodes into News Wipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC Four, Wednesday, 8 April, 10.30pm) and, if we're waiting for it to hit stride, like Mr Brooker suggested, then I'm going to have to prepare myself. You see, News Wipe is fast becoming Another Charlie Brooker Classic. I expected a backlash against this show, not because it's not as good as other stuff he's done, but rather, furthering the fawning... the seemingly universal fawning... that people like me do. Brooker is becoming one of those people, like Chris Morris or Bill Hicks or something, that people judge other people by. If you like Charlie Brooker, then you're alright by me...

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This newest vehicle of his is going great guns thus far. Each episode takes a skewed look at current affairs... or rather, the way in which it's presented to us... and serves it up with the funnies. Last night's show was no exception.

That said, News Wipe (or Newswipe... no-one can decide how you should spell it) is a very different beast from Screenwipe. Of course, there's still heavy doses of cynicism, huge dollops of warmth and wit, but the pace is markedly different from his eye on TV.

TV is a very easy thing to tear apart. Brooker just happens to be the best in the business at it. However, with the news, he's honest enough to show how puzzled he is at it all, and in turn, gives us the chance to listen to some people who really know what they're talking about, who have digested years of current affairs and newsroom trends, and listening keenly as they rip the agendas to pieces. It's fascinating stuff.

Each show has a theme, which surprisingly suits Brooker. His critiques and skits on television at large were freewheeling and reflected the short-attention span we all have with the box. Tackling the news, it needs a little more consideration. So Brooker and his team, which includes the increasingly brilliant Tim Key, focus on each aspect of TV news, as scratches a head, cowers behind the couch and generally gives the Vs to the lot. Quite right too.

Last night we looked at the terrifying array of news anchors and their styles. We were given the treat of seeing them all at their wartiest, their ugliest... their downright rudest. Kay Burley, Sky's anchor, giving the Suffolk Strangler's ex-wife a hard time is something that will irritate me for years to come.

What really pays your entrants fee is his look at American broadcasts. Okay, we've seen it in The Daily Show too, but what's wrong with having two superb shows highlighting the meltdown of right-wing news anchors? The fact is, while this show, and it's US counterpart are on air, we can at least be reminded of the fact that there are some people in television who are still sane, who are still willing to stick their head out of the trenches and say "Hang on a minute... you're talking absolute bullcrap!"

However, Brooker was completely upstaged last night (and I'm pretty sure he won't mind a bit) by a short film by Power of Nightmares creator Adam Curtis. His look at the way in which the news skews plights and gives us 'Oh Dearisms' was outstanding television.

All in all, the series thus far, has been an absolute triumph and yet another tick in the Amazing Telly box for Charlie Brooker. The git.