Why was Brass Eye Cancelled?

Channel 4 has postponed a one-off edition of its comedy series Brass Eye amid fears that it was to focus on the media’s treatment of paedophiles. The show was pulled by Michael Grade, C4’s chief executive at the time, over concerns that television guidelines might be broken.

Who wrote Brass Eye?

Chris Morris
The series was created and presented by Chris Morris, written by Morris, David Quantick, Peter Baynham, Jane Bussmann, Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan and Charlie Brooker and directed by Michael Cumming.

How tall is Chris Morris?

1.93 m
Chris Morris/Height

Is Chris Morris sick?

One might go on to give details of the offending Brass Eye programme on Channel 4, a spoof inquiry into paedophilia for which Morris was mainly responsible. But that might be missing the point. Or at least a point which has received scant attention.

What happened to Brass Eye?

Brass Eye, a parody of a 60 Minutes-like newsmagazine show, had been dormant after airing one season in the UK in 1997. One of Morris’s favorite tricks on The Day Today and Brass Eye was to trick British celebrities into saying absurd things into a camera with as much gravitas as possible.

Why did reynholm killed off?

Morris landed the role and starred in the first series and one episode of the second series, in which the character had to be killed off due to Morris’ unavailability because of his work on other shows.

What does Chris Morris own?

Chris Morris founded share registry company, Computershare, with his sister Penelope Maclagan in 1978. Morris owns a privately held hotel business, the Colonial Leisure Group, which is based in Melbourne. He also has interests in several tech companies.

Why was Chris Morris so expensive?

Perhaps, one of the reasons could have been Morris being on the other side of 30 and being prone to injuries. So, it was understandable that the expectations were tempered with Morris entering the auction with a base price of Rs. 75 lakh.

Why did Chris Morris leave it?

He was fired from his job at GLR after he presented a segment called Kiddies Outing in which he asked a child to ‘out’ a celebrity as homosexual.