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Cast
- Mark Heap'Would You?' Man 7 episodes, 1997-2001
- Kevin EldonAlan
- Doon MackichanAccelorata Jengold
- Barbara DurkinFrench Woman
- Amelia BullmoreBeauty Pageant Mother
- Albert WellingClerk of the Court
- Gina McKeeLibby Shuss
- Claire SkinnerBoard Member
- Peter BaynhamSven Yabbsley
Bill BaileyEyewitness- Bill BaileyEyewitness
Brass Eye (TV Series 1997–2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The series stars Morris's The Day Today colleague Doon Mackichan, along with Gina McKee, Mark Heap, Amelia Bullmore, Simon Pegg, Julia Davis, Claire Skinner, John Guerrasio, Hugh Dennis, and Kevin Eldon .
Brass Eye: With Christopher Morris, Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Doon Mackichan. Controversial spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK.
- (12K)
- 1997-01-29
- Comedy
- 25
Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical news magazines. A series of six episodes aired on Channel 4 in 1997, and a further episode in 2001. The series was created by Chris Morris, and written by Morris, David Quantick, Peter Baynham, Jane Bussmann, Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan.
- Slamming The Wasps from The Pure Apple of Truth
- Brass Tacks
- Hello, You've Reached The News Desk...
- Twenty-Five Years on
Brass Eye had originally been conceived as a sequel to the BBC's The Day Today (1994) which was itself a TV version of Radio 4's On The Hour (1991-92). Although perhaps best remembered now as the shows which introduced the world to Steve Coogan's great comedy creation, Alan Partridge, it was On The Hour and The Day Today which also first unleashed ...
It was not hard to spot members of The Day Today cast in the mid-1990s, after the show had finished. Steve Coogan, in particular, was transformed into a household name during this period, largely as a result of Alan Partridge and to a lesser extent, his other characters, Paul and Pauline Calf. Partridge was regularly joined by other Day Today alumn...
This is not really the place for a detailed reconstruction of the various arguments that have raged for and against Brass Eye, both at the time, and in the years since. But no one reading this will need to be reminded that it was controversial. The 2001 Paedogeddon Special attracted 3,000 complaints alone. Particular concerns surrounding the freque...
Few, if any, satires remain cutting edge a full quarter century after they first appear. Even the most ground-breaking shows almost invariably see their edge blunted by time. The likes of That Was The Week That Was, which was so bold and daring in 1963, inevitably looked tame indeed when revisited in 1988. How could it possibly have been otherwise ...
Overview. Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty issues including animals, drugs, sex and skewered celebrities and politicians alike - and in a later episode in 2001, paedophiles. Chris Morris. Creator.
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Jan 29, 1997 · Brass Eye was a controversial show that reported the issues of British popular culture. Drugs, Animal Rights, Crime, Paedophilia, these are the issues that the tabloids seem to spend their careers cashing in on.
