Brass Eye

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Brass Eye is a British satirical television series created by Chris Morris that parodies current affairs and news broadcasting with dark, absurdist humor.

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instanceOf British television series
broadcastOn Channel 4 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Chris Morris NERFINISHED
filmingLocation London, England
surface form: London
firstAired 1997
format television series
genre black comedy
dark comedy
parody
satire
hasCultFollowing true
hasEpisode Animals (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
Crime (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
Decline (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
Drugs (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
Nations (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
Science (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
Sex (Brass Eye episode) NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter Chris Morris NERFINISHED
hasTheme manipulation by television news
media sensationalism
moral panic
includesSpecialEpisode Brass Eye Special: Paedogeddon! NERFINISHED
influenced Nathan Barley NERFINISHED
The 11 O'Clock Show NERFINISHED
lastAired 2001
notableFor controversial subject matter
use of fake experts and celebrities
numberOfEpisodes 7
numberOfSeries 1
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Channel 4 NERFINISHED
parodies current affairs television
news broadcasting
productionCompany Talkback Productions NERFINISHED
relatedWork Jam NERFINISHED
The Day Today NERFINISHED
starring Amelia Bullmore NERFINISHED
Chris Morris NERFINISHED
David Cann NERFINISHED
Doon Mackichan NERFINISHED
Julia Davis NERFINISHED
Kevin Eldon NERFINISHED
Mark Heap NERFINISHED
style mock news bulletin
spoof current affairs programme

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Chris Morris notableWork Brass Eye
David Quantick notableWork Brass Eye