Brass Eye
- TV comedy
- Channel 4
- 1997 - 2001
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Anarchic spoof news programme fronted by Chris Morris. Also features Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Doon Mackichan, David Cann, Barbara Durkin and more.
Streaming rank this week: 891
Press clippings Page 3
Fuss over Brass Eye's bad taste obscures its genius
As part of our 90s comedy week, we ask whether Chris Morris' celeb-baiting satire holds up, 20 years on.
Tom Gatti, The New Statesman, 8th August 2017Brass Eye: previously unseen material set to be shown
Nearly two decades since it was last seen on our screens, Chris Morris' classic satirical TV show Brass Eye continues to enjoy an army of fans. And some of them are in for a real treat.
Martin Prince, Cult Box, 21st July 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 2017Brass Eye wouldn't survive today
Our era is too kneejerk and censorious for iconoclasm.
Patrick West, Spiked, 10th February 2017Brass Eye 20 years on: the unstoppable genius of Morris
I'll be honest. Putting the Brass Eye DVD into the player, I was worried about how the series would have aged. Fully 20 years to the month from when it was first broadcast, how would it stand up to being revisited? After all, this was satire at its most cutting, directly addressing the issues of the time: surely it would have dated like crazy?
Dave Fawbert, ShortList, 9th February 2017Brass Eye at 20: still Chris Morris at his best
From Cake to Paedogeddon, Chris Morris's epochal satire always said the unsayable. No other comedy has touched it - or even come close.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 30th January 201710 moments that made Brass Eye the funniest show ever
The brainchild of enigmatic satirist Chris Morris, Channel 4's Brass Eye only lasted for six episodes and a special - albeit the most controversial one of all time.
Jon O'Brien, Metro, 29th January 20177 clips that prove Chris Morris's also a musical genius
Looking back at Morris's body of work, 20 years after the first episode of Brass Eye was broadcast on January 29, 1997, it's clear that few people have combined music and comedy quite as successfully. Whether he's creating strung-out ambient music for a short film about a talking dog or parodying Eminem to highlight the media hysteria surrounding paedophilia, Morris's use of music strikes the balance between creating black comedy and something that's actually listenable. Below are seven of his finest music moments - just be careful not to find yourself jazzing to the bleep tone of a life support machine.
Scott Wilson, Fact Mag, 29th January 2017How Brass Eye predicted the Brexit debate (Link expired)
The EU referendum campaign has bypassed mere silliness, and veered full-tilt into the bizarre realm of Chris Morris's controversial cult satire Brass Eye.
Mark Butler, WOW247, 22nd June 2016