{"id":33966,"date":"2023-06-19T17:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1846779"},"modified":"2023-06-19T17:42:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:42:29","slug":"black-mirror-fans-name-chilling-story-the-best-episode-of-season-6","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/black-mirror-fans-name-chilling-story-the-best-episode-of-season-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Mirror fans name chilling story the best episode of season 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Charlie Brooker unveiled five new nightmares last week, but which story came out on top in our RadioTimes.com exclusive poll? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 19 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>If there\u2019s one thing <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-season-7-release\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Black Mirror<\/a> fans love to do when a new season is released, it\u2019s squabble about which of the episodes was the best.<\/p>\n<p>With each story so different from the last, particularly in this latest season, fans are always split on which was their favourite \u2013 so we at <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> decided to settle this once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive poll, we asked fans of the show to choose their favourite episode from this most recent season, whether it be <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-joan-is-awful-ending-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Joan is Awful<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-loch-henry-ending-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Loch Henry<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-beyond-the-sea-ending-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Beyond the Sea<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-mazey-day-ending-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Mazey Day<\/a> or <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-demon-79-ending-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Demon 79<\/a>. Now, the results are in.<\/p>\n<p>The overall winner with 26% of the vote was in fact\u2026 <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-loch-henry-true-story\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Loch Henry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second episode of the new run, which took on the true crime drama theme, was chosen by a whopping 1,508 respondents, meaning it emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<p>However, both Beyond the Sea and Joan is Awful weren\u2019t far behind. Both got 25% of the vote, with 1,461 and 1,458 picks respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Black-Mirror-Loch-Henry-eceb825.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Black-Mirror-Loch-Henry-eceb825.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Black-Mirror-Loch-Henry-eceb825.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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class=\"&quot;wp-image-1845039\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Black-Mirror-Loch-Henry-eceb825.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Myha'la\" herrold=\"\" as=\"\" pia=\"\" in=\"\" black=\"\" mirror=\"\" episode=\"\" loch=\"\" henry=\"\" title=\"&quot;Myha'la\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Myha\u2019la Herrold as Pia in Black Mirror episode Loch Henry.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Nick Wall\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Further behind were Demon 79, with 13% and 763 votes, and Mazey Day, which brought up the rear with 10% and 588 votes.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to check out our own ranking of all 28 Black Mirror episodes from across all six seasons then <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/best-black-mirror-episodes\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">you can do so here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-season-6-red-mirror-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker explains \u2018Red Mirror\u2019 label<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-beyond-sea-crime-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Black Mirror creator on Beyond the Sea\u2019s connection to real-life crime<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>It\u2019s perhaps no surprise that Loch Henry has come out on top, due to its chilling ending and jaw-dropping twist.<\/p>\n<p>The episode stars Myha\u2019la Herrold, Samuel Blenkin and Monica Dolan and follows a young couple who travel to a sleepy Scottish town to start work on a documentary, but find themselves drawn to a local true crime story.<\/p>\n<p>Following the new season\u2019s release, Herrold has revealed that there are <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/black-mirror-loch-henry-twist-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">signs throughout the episode<\/a> which can lead viewers towards the big reveal \u2013 if you want to avoid <strong>spoilers for Loch Henry<\/strong> stop reading now.<\/p> <p>Herrold said: \u201cI was not expecting it at all, my jaw was on the floor, I was like, \u2018This is so morbid, I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m reading.\u2019 And then the second time round, Charlie [Brooker]\u2019s so clever, there\u2019s tiny things that\u2019ll sort of lead you into thinking \u2018blah blah blah\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the signs were there if you were really looking for them, but you would have to be looking with a magnifying glass, he\u2019s so clever about it. No, I was gagged \u2013 gooped and gagged.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6329475757112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Black Mirror season 6 is streaming now on Netflix.\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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