It seems his greatest worry was that viewers might think he was in on the joke.

The Day Today and Brass Eye were both amazingly subversive satires, upending the news and current affairs of the day in gloriously silly - and sometimes controversial - style. Burkebarnabas.

Controversal spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK. The roll-call of celebrities and politicians tricked into endorsing ludicrous causes on Brass Eye was so long (Gary Lineker, Jilly Cooper, Phil Collins and Rolf Harris all succumbed) and involved such brass balls (the creator Chris Morris knew he was bending the law to its limit) that it became the show’s calling card. A profound example of a mockumentary on TV in Britain in 1996 - a series of 6 documentaries covering such topics as Drugs (featuring a bogus drug called Cake), Good Science/Bad Science (featuring an appeal to protect people from "heavy" electricity falling out of overhead wires and squashing people!)

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britcoms. With Christopher Morris, Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Doon Mackichan. Brass Eye - S1-E4 - Sex. 21:35. The Day Today and Brass Eye were both amazingly subversive satires, upending the news and current affairs of the day in gloriously silly - and sometimes controversial - style.

“Sadly, bad clouds equals bad science.” – Tania Bryer.

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This classic Brass Eye scene perfectly captures the absurdity of ‘90s rave drugs hysteria Chris Morris’ brilliant cult comedy turns 20 this weekend. and one special mocking the media frenzy surrounding paedophile stories. This classic Brass Eye scene perfectly captures the absurdity of ‘90s rave drugs hysteria Chris Morris’ brilliant cult comedy turns 20 this weekend. Fake news is actually kinda old news. What’s perhaps most impressive about Brass Eye in retrospect is the sheer density of the programme-making.

Impractical Jokers British Invasion - Flirty Barman _ Comedy Central | Daily Funny | Funny Video | Funny Clip | Funny Animals ... Brass Eye S01E02 - Drugs. 24:49. One of Brass Eye’s most effective stunts was the complete fabrication of Cake, a giant luminous yellow cake-shaped drug claimed to cause a bloated … Brass Eye S1 E1 Animals.

AckuBridget5197. After a second series of The Day Today failed to materialise and the team went their separate ways, Chris Morris took the faux news format and a handful of characters and put his creative energy into making Brass Eye, a controversial and vicious satire of the Prime Time News format.
After a second series of The Day Today failed to materialise and the team went their separate ways, Chris Morris took the faux news format and a handful of characters and put his creative energy into making Brass Eye, a controversial and vicious satire of the Prime Time News format. Arthur Twosheds Jackson.