‘Black Mirror’ is set to return for a sixth series.

Black Mirror is set to return for season 6

Black Mirror is set to return for season 6

The dystopian TV series, which was created by Charlie Brooker in 2011 and depicts the potential horrors of technology in the future, is expected to head back to Netflix after a three-year hiatus, according to Variety.

While details of production are being kept under wraps, season six is expected to have more episodes than season five, which only featured three and starred Andrew Scott, Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace and Miley Cyrus.

A source close to the production has revealed each episode will be treated as an individual film.

Charlie previously admitted he has keen to revisit his "comic skill set".

Speaking in 2020, he said: “At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those. I’m sort of keen to revisit my comic skill set, so I’ve been writing scripts aimed at making myself laugh.

“I’m sort of keen to revisit my comic skill set, so I’ve been writing scripts aimed at making myself laugh.”

Season six of ‘Black Mirror’ will be the first since Charlie and his creative partner Annabel Jones left production company House of Tomorrow in January 2020.

Fans feared that after they departed it may mark the end of the show, as the rights remained with parent company Endemol Shine Group and were later acquired by Banijay Group in summer 2020.

But a deal was eventually reached with Banijay Rights – the distribution arm of the company - who have licensed the show on Netflix.