--- title: Television: Netflix Orders 12 New Black Mirror Episodes description: The season is scheduled to begin production later this year canonical: https://time.com/4049921/black-mirror-netflix/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-25T13:57:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:16:18.277Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Netflix Orders 12 New 'Black Mirror' Episodes og:description: The season is scheduled to begin production later this year og:url: https://time.com/4049921/black-mirror-netflix/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac1779fd6142b2e2/69886570e20a8718caa8d764/black-mirror.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: black-mirror og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Netflix Orders 12 New 'Black Mirror' Episodes twitter:description: The season is scheduled to begin production later this year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac1779fd6142b2e2/69886570e20a8718caa8d764/black-mirror.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Netflix Orders 12 New _Black Mirror_ Episodes by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Sep 25, 2015 1:57 PM CUT  Netflix by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Sep 25, 2015 1:57 PM CUT Great news for _Black Mirror_ fans: Netflix has ordered a new season of the cult U.K. sci-fi series. Moving forward after months of rumors, the streaming company has greenlit 12 episodes of the tech-fi anthology. Thankfully, original executive producers Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones are on board too. There’s even a short teaser video (above). Brooker has started writing the new season, which is scheduled to begin production later this year in the U.K. “It’s all very exciting — a whole new bunch of _Black Mirror_ episodes on the most fitting platform imaginable,” Booker said. “Netflix connects us with a global audience so that we can create bigger, stranger, more international and diverse stories than before, whilst maintaining that _Black Mirror_ feel. I just hope none of these new story ideas come true.” Added Netflix vice president Cindy Holland: “Charlie has created a one-of-a-kind series with an uncanny voice and prescient, darkly comedic vision. We’re tremendously proud to bring _Black Mirror_ to our members as a Netflix original series.” _Black Mirror_ made its Netflix debut last year. Though the company doesn’t release it’s streaming numbers publicly, the show created a lot of stateside fan and media buzz. For those who haven’t yet watched the series, _Black Mirror_ has a _Twilight Zone_\-style format, except it tends to focus on the impact of current — and potential future — technology. (If you liked _Ex Machina,_ which co-starred _Black Mirror_ actor Domhnall Gleeson, this is a show for you.) The first three episodes were released in 2011, another three came in 2013, and a single episode was made in 2014 — so Netflix’s order dwarfs all previous releases of the show combined. No word yet on when the new episodes of _Black Mirror_ will be released, but if production begins this year as expected, mid or late 2016 would seem likely. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/25/black-mirror-netflix "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4049921/black-mirror-netflix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4049921/black-mirror-netflix/"},"headline":"Netflix Orders 12 New Black Mirror Episodes","datePublished":"2015-09-25T13:57:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:16:18.277Z","description":"The season is scheduled to begin production later this year","url":"https://time.com/4049921/black-mirror-netflix/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac1779fd6142b2e2/69886570e20a8718caa8d764/black-mirror.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac1779fd6142b2e2/69886570e20a8718caa8d764/black-mirror.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"black-mirror","caption":"","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4049921/black-mirror-netflix/","name":"Netflix Orders 12 New Black Mirror Episodes"}}]}] ```