Brass Eye

10 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.

7 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.

How 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.

MP tricked by Brass Eye to analyse drugs policy

David Amess, a Conservative MP who was famously tricked into condemning a made up drug called "Cake" has been put in charge of scrutinising the Government's new drugs policy.

Chris Morris's magnificent series of self-fulfilling prophecies reached its peak with its paedophilia special, spoofing kneejerk tabloid hysteria and corralling dumb celebrities to spout utter tosh (or "Nonce Sense", if you prefer) about how paedophiles share DNA with crabs. A media storm duly followed - the Daily Star's criticisms appearing next to photos of 15-year-old Charlotte Church looking "chest swell" - punctuated by politicians pompously denouncing the programme before having to admit that they hadn't actually seen it. Plus ça change.

Archive: Brass Eye's Paedogeddon! inflamed the U.K.

It's hard to overstate the furore that greeted this half-hour special when it aired in Britain.

'Brass Eye': Tube Talk Gold

It's incredible to think that Chris Morris's news satire Brass Eye is 15 years old. We now live in a world of 24-hour news broadcasting, Twitter-mania and Sky-copters following even the faintest whiff of a scandal from the air. But despite this, Morris's lampooning of media hysteria and the celebrities who are happy to exploit it for their own gain feels just as perfect and pin-point accurate today as it did in 1997.

Watchdog orders Brass Eye apology

TV watchdogs have ordered Channel 4 to broadcast an apology for its satirical documentary on paedophilia, Brass Eye.

Why Chris Morris had to make Brass Eye

The man who set Britain talking with a 30-minute TV satire is already moving on to his next target.

TV satire sparks watchdog review

The government has suggested that broadcasting regulations may need to be changed following the controversy about the Channel 4 spoof documentary on paedophilia.