Charlie Brooker has confirmed what we all feared: 2016 has been far too action-packed to fit into one hour of Wipe.

Not that it's much of a surprise, really – it's definitely been a hell of a year.

But never fear, Wipe fans, it is definitely on its way, and all that's left for Charlie to do is cut half an hour off the 90 minutes its currently standing at. Which, quite honestly, sounds like a pretty massive task in itself.

"We're breaking the back of the 2016 Wipe edit," Charlie informed fans on Twitter. "Current rough cut is over 90m long though – we have to squish it into 60."

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. We're breaking the back of the 2016 Wipe edit. Current rough cut is over 90m long though - we have to squish it into 60. — Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) December 13, 2016

To be fair, we reckon he's done well to keep it to 90 minutes after everything we've had to endure this year.

In fact, fans have even called for an extended version of Wipe featuring the whole 90 minutes to be shown on iPlayer, but Charlie has since ruled that out:

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. not that simple sadly — Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) December 13, 2016

The Black Mirror creator gave us an hilarious tease of what he thinks of 2016 so far last month on an episode of Have I Got News For You, where he opened his hosting stint with a blood-curdling scream of despair right after Trump was announced as the new US President-elect.

"Sure, it may be bad news for minorities and women and the other many, many people he has insulted," he said.

"But on the plus side, progressively, they've elected their first openly crazy man to the most powerful office in the world."

And who knows what kind of effect the state of the world today will have on the very brilliant Black Mirror – Brooker has already said once that the reality of Trump and Boris Johnson has made the show "less funny".

Let's see just what he has to say when Wipe eventually airs, eh? Or, 60 minutes of what he has to say, at least.

Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe airs on Thursday, December 29 at 9pm on BBC Two.

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