Michael Cumming
- Director
Press clippings
Stewart Lee and Michael Cumming developing a film about Kevin Eldon
Stewart Lee and Brass Eye director Michael Cumming are developing a film about their regular collaborator Kevin Eldon and the Irish singer Val Doonican.
British Comedy Guide, 7th April 2023Michael Cumming on the continuing legacy of Brass Eye
2022 marks 25 years since the arrival of Brass Eye, and director Michael Cumming is heading out on the road to celebrate.
Neil Fox, The Quietus, 30th January 2022Brass Eye: Secrets from the UK's Most Controversial Comedy
As it celebrates its 25th TV anniversary, director Michael Cumming talks about working with Chris Morris and his documentary homage Oxide Ghosts.
Daniel Dylan Wray, Vice.com, 28th January 2022Brass Eye at 25: Interview with director Michael Cummings
Twenty-five years ago today, Brass Eye first aired on Channel 4. Jay Richardson spoke to director Michael Cumming about his experience harnessing the maverick talent of Chris Morris, and the film, Oxide Ghosts, that he's assembled from outtakes of the groundbreaking satirical series.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 28th January 2022TV review: Toast Of Tinseltown, BBC Two
The script is superb and and the visual gags are the icing on the cake, from the 1970s titles (Columbo 1974?) to the gaggle of ancient in-joke celebs in the "Colonial Club" including David Hockney, George Melly and Tom Baker in his Doctor Who iteration.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2022TV review: Sandylands, series 1, episode 1
Despite having a storyline that's quite intriguing and containing some decent actors, and it only being three episodes long, it's not a series I plan to watch any more of.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 6th March 2020Gold announces new sitcom Sandylands
Sanjeev Bhaskar, David Walliams, Sophie Thompson, Craig Parkinson and Simon Bird are amongst the stars announced for new Gold sitcom Sandylands.
British Comedy Guide, 17th September 2019Oxide Ghosts: the Brass Eye Tapes - review
This is one for Morris completists, I think. If you have no idea who he is or what Brass Eye was, this really isn't going to be much help. And the chances are you'll leave the cinema feeling distinctly underwhelmed.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 17th September 2017Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes - first screening
Not all TV comedy shows stand up to repeated viewings. Some are so unmemorable that you've pretty much forgotten them before you've even finished watching. But that certainly doesn't apply to the mighty Brass Eye. When it was first broadcast on Channel 4 in early 1997, after being delayed a few months due to legal wranglings and a severe case of broadcasterly cold feet, Brass Eye was revealed to be gobsmackingly audacious.
Andy Murray, Chortle, 10th May 2017New documentary made about Brass Eye
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes has been compiled from hundreds of hours of unseen material from director Michael Cumming's archive.
Chortle, 23rd March 2017