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Christmas Special
In August 2014, it was announced that a 80 minute Black Mirror special would appear during the Christmas holidays. The special is set to star Jon Hamm from Mad Men, Oona Chaplin from Game of Thrones, and Rafe Spall from Prometheus, and promises to be “the most mind-bending episode yet, showcasing three interwoven stories of Yuletide techno-paranoia”. Hamm later elaborated that he "had been a fan of Black Mirror, and Charlie Brooker, because I have a strange predilection for offbeat British things, and this was no exception. It came about in this very odd way, with me asking my agent if I could meet Mr Brooker. I didn't know he was even working on a third series or a Christmas special or anything, it was simply that I really liked his work and really wanted to meet the guy." Hamm will star in three mini-stories, which make up the 90-minute special. One of the stories will explore the concept of 'blocking' people in real life in the same way that you can on social media, while another will delve into a "nightmarish" world of 'smart' technology. The special will be entitled 'White Christmas', and wil air on 16 December on Channel 4.

A full synopsis was released by Channel 4: "In a mysterious and remote snowy outpost, Matt (Jon Hamm) and Potter (Rafe Spall), share a Christmas meal together and swap creepy tales of their earlier lives in the outside world. Matt is a charismatic American trying to bring the reserved, secretive Potter out of his shell. Are both men who they appear to be? Along the way we see Jon Hamm offering an unusual form of romantic guidance to an inexperienced young man, watch Oona Chaplin thrust headlong into a nightmarish world of 'smart' gadgetry, and explore what might happen if you could 'block' people in real life, just as you can on Facebook or Twitter. All three stories are bound together into a suitably unsettling whole. Fans of eerie Christmas stories are in for a treat...".