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Brass Eye : Season 1
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Air date: 29 Jan '97 - 7 episodesBrass Eye is a UK television series of satirical news magazines. A series of six episodes aired on Channel 4 in 1997, and a further episode in 2001. The series was created by Chris Morris, and written by Morris, David Quantick, Peter Baynham, Jane Bussmann, Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan. The series was directed by Michael Cumming. It was a sequel to Morris's earlier spoof news programmes On the Hour and The Day Today. It satirised media portrayal of social ills, in particular sensationalism and creation of moral panics. The series starred Morris's The Day Today colleague Doon MacKichan and Gina McKee, Mark Heap, Simon Pegg, Julia Davis and Kevin Eldon.
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List of Episodes (7)
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Brass Eye (1997)
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1. Animals
29 Jan '97The show is split into two halves. The first half delves into the world of animal fetishes, with helpful contributions from Paul Daniels and Carla Lane. The second half focuses on the elephant, who has trapped her trunk up her anus.
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2. Drugs
05 Feb '97The voices of Bernard Manning, Noel Edmonds and David Amess MP attempt to save British schoolchildren from the horror drugs coming from Eastern Europe, Clarky Caps, Yellow Bentines and the made-up Cake.
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3. Science
12 Feb '97Tomorrow's World meets Watchdog meets Wired. Science gets the Brass Eye treatment. A number of celebs again espouse their scripted knowledge of 'mad' experiments and covered up and untold stories of electricity falling from pylons and frogs being grown with rabbit's feet.
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4. Sex
19 Feb '97Chris Morris casts a satirical eye over the subject of sex and its relationship to society. Helpful contributors include Peter Stringfellow and David Sullivan.
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5. Crime
26 Jan '97Chris Morris turns his laser eye on to crime. Highlights include revelations of how elephants are being used to disperse rioters, and Vanessa Feltz's message to murderers.
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6. Decline
05 Mar '97Religion falls under the spotlight in this episode, which features Terry Waite discussing how Britain has been poisoned by the gospel.
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7. 2001 Special (Paedophillia)
26 Jul '01
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