Black Mirror - Every Episode Ranked From Worst To Best

3. The National Anthem

The show's first-ever episode is destined to be remembered as "the one where the Prime Minister shags a pig", but it's far more intricate and densely-layered than that logline would suggest.

A timely examination of the public's maddening obsession with the Royals, the fleeting, erratic nature of public opinion, the government's relationship with the press and how it all ties into social media, The National Anthem is so brilliantly deadpan Brooker almost convinces that it could conceivably happen.

With an eye for technical details and some of the show's sharpest, most insidiously screwed-up gallows humour, it's a mind-boggling, unforgettable mission statement for every episode that follows.

With an excellent Rory Kinnear performance and one hell of an expectation-defying final twist, it's an undeniable instant classic of British TV.