Black Mirror Smithereens is set in London in 2018 following taxi driver Chris (played by Andrew Scott). Some of the episode written by Charlie Brooker was filmed in the Capital, with viewers able to see locations in the City of London.
What or where is smithereens?
What's the origin of the phrase 'Blown to smithereens'?
'Smithereens' is an Irish word. It derives from, or is possibly the source of, the modern Irish 'smidirín', which means 'small fragments'. There is a town near Baltimore, close to the south-west coast of Ireland, called Skibbereen.
What does the term smithereens mean?
: small broken pieces : fragments, bits the vase was in smithereens on the floor —usually used in phrases like blow to smithereens or smash to smithereens Roughly once a second, a star somewhere in the universe explodes.