As if 2018 wasn't enough like a Black Mirror episode already.
People living in Croyden, a suburb of London, received letters informing them that Black Mirror was going to be filming in their area.
Jonny Rose
YO CROYDON: Black Mirror is gonna be filmed in St George's Walk next week
Becca W
AS IF BLACK MIRROR IS FILMING IN CROYDON
The set dressing appears to have taken Croydon back to the 1980s, complete with Wimpy Burger and an old-timey WHSmiths.
Stephen Hardy
Love casually walking pass the Black Mirror set assembly in Croydon on my lunch break. Today I spotted a Wimpy being assembled.
Bugeye
1980s @WHSmith - part of the set for @blackmirror round the corner from our gaff in #Croydon - in fact they seem to be creating a whole 80s high street with Chelsea Girl, Wimpy and travel agents. Love it!
Nick Walker
Apparently they are filming a Black Mirror set in The Past, so naturally they're in Croydon. See vintage WH Smith and Chelsea Girl.
Nick Walker
Can confirm for @WHS_Carpet that there does seem to be a grubby carpet, but who knows if that will be part of the plot.
~SteveWiseman~
Could someone nip into the #Croydon #BlackMirror 1984 WH Smith's & get me a couple of LP record boxes (blue), a turntable mounted record cleaning brush, a £10 record token & a copy of David Sylvian's 'Brilliant Trees' album (it's number 11 in the Chart racks) thanks.
There also appears to be a title for the episode, "Bandersnatch."
Boskee
@oliviat_93 Hi Olivia. Black Mirror is also filmed today and tomorrow at One Croydon.
"Bandersnatch" is a reference to a creature which appears in the Lewis Caroll poem "The Hunting of the Snark." Just how this beast will appear in dystopian-tech form remains to be seen.