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Brass Eye

  • TV Series
  • 1997–2001
  • TV-MA
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
11K
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Brass Eye (1997)
Comedy

Controversal spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK.Controversal spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK.Controversal spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK.

  • Stars
    • Christopher Morris
    • Mark Heap
    • Kevin Eldon
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Christopher Morris
      • Mark Heap
      • Kevin Eldon
    • 29User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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  • Top rated TV #212
    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Christopher Morris
    Christopher Morris
    • Christopher Morris…
    Mark Heap
    Mark Heap
    • 'Would You?' Man…
    Kevin Eldon
    Kevin Eldon
    • Alan…
    Doon Mackichan
    • Accelorata Jengold…
    David Cann
    • Vicar…
    Barbara Durkin
    Barbara Durkin
    • French Woman…
    Amelia Bullmore
    Amelia Bullmore
    • Beauty Pageant Mother…
    Albert Welling
    • Clerk of the Court…
    Gina McKee
    Gina McKee
    • Libby Shuss…
    Claire Skinner
    Claire Skinner
    • Board Member…
    Bill Moody
    • Bill Laswell…
    Frazer Brown
    Frazer Brown
    • French Burglar…
    Peter Baynham
    • Sven Yabbsley…
    Bill Bailey
    • Eyewitness…
    Bill Cashmore
    Bill Cashmore
    • Jury Foreman…
    Paul Garner
    • 'Technology!' man
    Sinead Griffin-Lennon
    • Desiree Wastrey…
    Simon Kunz
    Simon Kunz
    • Captain Mervyn Bruge…
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    • Trivia
      The Paedogeddon Special is the third most complained-about episode of television ever (first and second are the Jerry Springer Opera and Big Brother 2000).
    • Quotes

      Christopher Morris: You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak!

    • Alternate versions
      When the show first aired in 1997, some of the more controversial sketches were cut on the orders of the then-head of Channel 4 programming Michael Grade, most notably a piece concerning a musical based on the life of and starring the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. The edition of the show in which the sketch would have featured was allegedly broadcast containing a onscreen subliminal message lasting 1/25 of a second that read "Grade is a cunt". The series was repeated in 2001 with the Sutcliffe sketch and some other material shown uncut, and with the subliminal message removed.
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    Sheer bloody genius
    There is actually very little point in writing this- it will never be repeated on British television as it offended too many of the moronic b-list celebrities who unwittingly contributed it; it is unlikely that American TV will show it, as even HBO would probably baulk at the content; it is almost definite that it will never be released on video. Yet, to the lucky few who actually saw it- as opposed to the hysteria that followed its only broadcast- it remains the greatest satire of the 1990s, perhaps of the television age.

    Chris Morris is merciless in his humour- an abused girl is asked if her attacker was as good-looking as he is; in completely convincing fake American news extracts, we are told of menaces to American society such as the increase of priests with guns, and of the forgotten fourth man of the Apollo 11 mission whose role was that of sexual slave to the other three. Celebrities are fooled into supporting all kinds of ridiculous causes- Jilly Cooper and Alexandra Paul support an elephant in a German zoo which has stuck its trunk in its anus in a fit of depression; Stephen Berkoff warns us of the perils of 'heavy electricity' falling out of wires; and, controversially, several celebrities and Members of Parliament speak out against the fictitious drug 'Cake'- questions were even raised in Parliament, which led to the postponement of the original showing.

    Many have found this programme grossly offensive, yet the conclusion is obvious- either celebrities are stupid, or they will jump on any bandwagon to promote themselves. The boldness too- Morris is a man who will take a hidden camera and ask real drug dealers for non-existent drugs whilst wearing only a nappy (diaper)and a beach ball.

    Chris Morris is God.
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    • Sep 28, 1999

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1997 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • BrassEye
    • Production company
      • TalkBack Productions
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      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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