<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> UK viewers ( millions ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The National Anthem '' </Td> <Td> Otto Bathurst </Td> <Td> Charlie Brooker </Td> <Td> 4 December 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 04 ) </Td> <Td> 2.07 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> Princess Susannah , a member of the British royal family , has been kidnapped . To return the Princess , the kidnapper demands that the country 's Prime Minister , Michael Callow , has sexual intercourse with a pig on live television , otherwise he will kill her . Callow refuses to be blackmailed , but public opinion is gradually turning against him . Security forces are trying to locate the kidnapper , but every effort fails . Under pressure , Callow finally agrees to fulfill the demand . The British people gather in public places and watch the shocking broadcast , with no one realising that the kidnapper has already released the Princess , thirty minutes before Callow 's sex act began . The kidnapper commits suicide by hanging and he is later revealed to be an artist , who planned the debacle in order to make a statement on people 's obsession with the media . One year later , Callow 's approval ratings have fully recovered , but his relationship with his wife has suffered a heavy blow . </P> Starring : Rory Kinnear and Lindsay Duncan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Fifteen Million Merits '' </Td> <Td> Euros Lyn </Td> <Td> Charlie Brooker & Kanak Huq </Td> <Td> 11 December 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 11 ) </Td> <Td> 1.52 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> Bing feels trapped living in an enclosed , automated space , as a member of a society that rides power - generating stationary bikes in exchange for `` merits '' , a form of currency they can use to buy things they need . One day , he hears a girl named Abi singing in the bathroom and falls in love with her . He decides to gift her fifteen million merits , that she can use to buy a ticket for a talent show . Abi accepts and enters the contest , where she is given a psychotropic beverage to drink before she goes on stage . The judges are impressed with her singing , but they suggest she is better suited for pornography . Abi accepts their offer , unable to think clearly . Bing returns to the stationary bikes , determined to earn back the merits he needs to enter the contest himself , and finally manages to buy a new ticket . When he enters the stage , he takes the opportunity to express his indignation and threatens to commit suicide , while other members are watching in the audience . When he finishes talking , the judges offer him a weekly show , where he will have the opportunity to rant about the system . Bing accepts their offer . </P> Starring : Daniel Kaluuya , Jessica Brown Findlay , and Rupert Everett . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The Entire History of You '' </Td> <Td> Brian Welsh </Td> <Td> Jesse Armstrong </Td> <Td> 18 December 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 18 ) </Td> <Td> 0.87 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> People have implanted a `` grain '' behind their ear , which allows them to record everything they see and hear . Using a remote , a user can perform a `` re-do '' , playing back their memories directly to their eye or to a video monitor . At a dinner party , Liam is suspicious of his wife Ffion 's behaviour towards a man named Jonas . Returning home , Ffion admits that she used to be in a relationship with him . The next morning , Liam drunkenly heads to Jonas ' house and forces him to delete every memory of sexual intercourse he had with Ffion . In the memories appearing on the monitor , Liam notices one from the time when he and Ffion were already in a relationship . Liam , afraid that he might not be the real father to his child , returns home and demands that Ffion shows him the re-do of that specific sexual encounter , in order to prove that they had used a condom . The re-do verifies that the two of them had unprotected sex . Sometime later , having been left alone in his house , Liam goes to the bathroom
<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> UK viewers ( millions ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The National Anthem '' </Td> <Td> Otto Bathurst </Td> <Td> Charlie Brooker </Td> <Td> 4 December 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 04 ) </Td> <Td> 2.07 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> Princess Susannah , a member of the British royal family , has been kidnapped . To return the Princess , the kidnapper demands that the country 's Prime Minister , Michael Callow , has sexual intercourse with a pig on live television , otherwise he will kill her . Callow refuses to be blackmailed , but public opinion is gradually turning against him . Security forces are trying to locate the kidnapper , but every effort fails . Under pressure , Callow finally agrees to fulfill the demand . The British people gather in public places and watch the shocking broadcast , with no one realising that the kidnapper has already released the Princess , thirty minutes before Callow 's sex act began . The kidnapper commits suicide by hanging and he is later revealed to be an artist , who planned the debacle in order to make a statement on people 's obsession with the media . One year later , Callow 's approval ratings have fully recovered , but his relationship with his wife has suffered a heavy blow . </P> Starring : Rory Kinnear and Lindsay Duncan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Fifteen Million Merits '' </Td> <Td> Euros Lyn </Td> <Td> Charlie Brooker & Kanak Huq </Td> <Td> 11 December 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 11 ) </Td> <Td> 1.52 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> Bing feels trapped living in an enclosed , automated space , as a member of a society that rides power - generating stationary bikes in exchange for `` merits '' , a form of currency they can use to buy things they need . One day , he hears a girl named Abi singing in the bathroom and falls in love with her . He decides to gift her fifteen million merits , that she can use to buy a ticket for a talent show . Abi accepts and enters the contest , where she is given a psychotropic beverage to drink before she goes on stage . The judges are impressed with her singing , but they suggest she is better suited for pornography . Abi accepts their offer , unable to think clearly . Bing returns to the stationary bikes , determined to earn back the merits he needs to enter the contest himself , and finally manages to buy a new ticket . When he enters the stage , he takes the opportunity to express his indignation and threatens to commit suicide , while other members are watching in the audience . When he finishes talking , the judges offer him a weekly show , where he will have the opportunity to rant about the system . Bing accepts their offer . </P> Starring : Daniel Kaluuya , Jessica Brown Findlay , and Rupert Everett . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The Entire History of You '' </Td> <Td> Brian Welsh </Td> <Td> Jesse Armstrong </Td> <Td> 18 December 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 18 ) </Td> <Td> 0.87 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> People have implanted a `` grain '' behind their ear , which allows them to record everything they see and hear . Using a remote , a user can perform a `` re-do '' , playing back their memories directly to their eye or to a video monitor . At a dinner party , Liam is suspicious of his wife Ffion 's behaviour towards a man named Jonas . Returning home , Ffion admits that she used to be in a relationship with him . The next morning , Liam drunkenly heads to Jonas ' house and forces him to delete every memory of sexual intercourse he had with Ffion . In the memories appearing on the monitor , Liam notices one from the time when he and Ffion were already in a relationship . Liam , afraid that he might not be the real father to his child , returns home and demands that Ffion shows him the re-do of that specific sexual encounter , in order to prove that they had used a condom . The re-do verifies that the two of them had unprotected sex . Sometime later , having been left alone in his house , Liam goes to the bathroom
what 's the first episode of black mirror
what 's the first episode of black mirror
`` The National Anthem ''
`` The National Anthem ''