There's generally three responses I have to Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC Four, Wednesday, 29 April, 10.30pm). One is admiration at a piece of witty insight. Two is a belly laugh at a funny. Third, and possibly most important is a mixture of outrage and disbelief. In last night's Last In The Series, there was a big fat scoop of all three. As a season closer, the show was in fine form, which is just as well as an unforeseen crick in Brooker's neck (aka A wrecked neck spine-disc or something) has derailed the show Best Of bound prematurely, leaving us with an ender that showcased why so many love him so dearly. In amongst the wanking gags and hugely entertaining bile was some seriously thoughtful... and terrifying stuff, all designed to shine a light on how ridiculous the world of media is and, not only that, how destructive it can be.

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News Wipe was the show that saw Brooker convinced that we'd all see through him... the show that would make us all finally go off him good and proper. Instead, what he's done, is made a show that unravels everything surrounding news on TV and in the press. A lot of people have hated the mainstream media for a long time, but only now, has someone had the nuts to actually tell you why and how. In fact... that might seem a little harsh. The fact is, Brooker has articulated some of the thoughts that have been failing to form properly in my head for the best part of a decade and, not shy of blowing a raspberry if it's too surreal to begin to penetrate.

Of course, one of the best aspects of the show... as a series... was Brooker's guest spots. Last night, in mini-film segments, Brooker was helped out by Nick Davies and Peter Oborne, both of whom were fascinating and brilliant.

In both of their segments I was left appalled and shocked (which actually equates to me slowly swearing and doing rueful smiles of disbelief) by their views ("That's, their views") on modern media tactics. Between them, they told horror tales of the print press tapping phones, orchestrating moves with governments, sending Trojan emails that hack accounts and intercepting mobile phone calls. It was dreadful and wholly not surprising.

While Charlie provided the light relief to show us how ridiculous the news can be (see picture of puppet Alistair Darling as taken from Five's oddball news coverage) and offered one particularly impressive bout of Tourette's, Oborne and Davies gave rare insight in the 'dark arts', of which we're all never likely to be privy to.

This is the real reason why this show works so bloody well. It's not just a series of nob jokes like Brooker would have you believe. That's just his defence mechanism kicking in because he so painfully aware of himself and everything he does. The fact of the matter is; Charlie Brooker makes shows that can make you laugh AND stir your brain. Whether he's covering TV or The News, it doesn't matter. He's a great man to have on the box.

Screen Wipe is apparently going to return (from the horse's mouth) which is great news, but News Wipe will have to come back as well. Each project undertaken by Brooker has worked thus far... so let's just hope the BBC keep giving him the freedom to make and deliver. He's too good to be hidden away in a Guardian column once a week.