Charlie Brooker will front a Channel 4 documentary about the impact of video games as part of a special night dedicated to gaming next month.

How Video Games Changed the World is a one-off two-hour doc, hosted by Brooker, which will look at the history of video games and how they have changed society,

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The press release promised that the show will provide "an intelligent, funny and entertaining look at some of the most influential and iconic video games in history (even the absolutely dreadful ones)".

Starting in the '80s with the birth of Pac-Man, the show will also examine the '90s boom in gaming, the first female gaming icon Lara Croft and modern phenomenon such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto.

Games industry figures such as Nolan Bushnell and Allan Alcorn (the creators of Pong) and Will Wright (the man behind The Sims) will be interviewed for the show, alongside celebrity gamers such as Jonathan Ross and Dara O'Briain.

The documentary will be executive produced by Annabel Jones and Brooker for Endemol.

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