Chris Morris (satirist)

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Christopher J. Morris (born 15 June 1962) is an English comedian, satirist, radio presenter, actor and filmmaker. Known for his deadpan, dark humour, surrealism and controversial subject matter, he has been praised by the British Film Institute for his "uncompromising, moralistic drive". In the early 1990s, Morris and Armando Iannucci created On the Hour, a satire of news programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4. A television spinoff, The Day Today, launched the career of Steve Coogan and was hailed as one of the most important satirical shows of the 1990s. Morris developed the satirical news format with Brass Eye, which lampooned celebrities whilst focusing on themes such as crime and drugs. The Brass Eye episode "Paedogeddon", which satirised the moral panic surrounding paedophilia, became one of the most complained-about television programmes in British history. Morris's postmodern sketch comedy and ambient music radio show Blue Jam gained a cult following. It was adapted into the TV series...

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