Informed by Brooker's experience of receiving hate mail after writing a 2004 Guardian column that disparaged George W. It is the longest episode of Black Mirror, at 89 minutes.Ī Nordic noir-inspired episode, 'Hated in the Nation' follows Detectives Karin Parke ( Kelly Macdonald) and Blue Coulson ( Faye Marsay) as they investigate a spate of deaths targeting the subjects of social media hatred, at the hands of Autonomous Drone Insects (ADIs) that have been deployed to combat environmental catastrophe as bees near extinction. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by James Hawes, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, along with the rest of series three. ' Hated in the Nation' is the sixth and final episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. The ADIs were designed by Painting Practice with the intention of looking creepy but recognisable as bees. ADIs swarm around Blue Coulson (left) and Karin Parke (right).
