Remembering Brass Eye

It is 20 years since the broadcast of Brass Eye, the show that dug into the increasingly sensation driven agenda of TV news gathering and along the way making fools of a large number of famous people. After being part of the ensemble efforts (most famously Steve Coogan got his big break withe the introduction of Alan Partidge)  of BBC Radio's On the Hour and it's TV spin off The Day Today, Morris got to be the main focus being backed by a company of supporting players including Gina McKee, Mark Heap, Clare Skinner and Morris's co-star from On The Hour/The Day Today Doon MacKichan, Morris fronted each episode as a Paxmanesque host introducing news report with Morris playing most of the reporters with the most memorable of these being Ted Maul who during a report performs a SAS style crash into the top floor office of 2 unscrupulous Harley Street Doctors only to get into a shouting match with one while the other gets away leading Maul to vandalise the sports car of his sparring partner. The other famed aspect was it's treatment of famous people. There were fake campaigns with the most famous being the one for 'fake' drug CAKE, others including a video for prisoners where convicted murderers would have Vanessa Feltz shout at them 'Look at me I am Marvin Gaye killed by own Father' or Steven Berkoff demonstrating the effects of heavy electricity by smashing various objects. One hopes that Morris can get back doing something in these somewhat turbulent times