Editing Chris Morris (satirist) (section)

===Radio===
On graduating, Morris pursued a career as a musician in various bands, for which he played the bass guitar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Randall |first=Lucian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idNdAAAAQBAJ |title=Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris |date=2010-05-13 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-85720-090-7 |language=en}}</ref> He then went to work for Radio West, a local radio station in Bristol. He then took up a news traineeship with [[BBC Radio Cambridgeshire]], where he took advantage of access to editing and recording equipment to create elaborate [[parody|spoofs and parodies]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Andy Beckett |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/prank-master-chris-morriss-announcement-of-the-death-of-michael-heseltine-on-radio-1-was-just-one-among-many-notorious-japes-his-satire-is-big-with-the-media-but-how-popular-is-it-with-listeners-1377835.html |title=Prank master: Chris Morris's announcement of the death of Michael Heseltine on Radio 1 was just one among many notorious japes. His satire is big with the media, but how popul |publisher=Independent.co.uk |date=21 August 1994 |access-date=18 September 2013 |location=London |archive-date=17 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217213451/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/prank-master-chris-morriss-announcement-of-the-death-of-michael-heseltine-on-radio-1-was-just-one-among-many-notorious-japes-his-satire-is-big-with-the-media-but-how-popular-is-it-with-listeners-1377835.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also spent time in early 1987 hosting a 2–4pm afternoon show and finally ended up presenting Saturday morning show ''I.T.''

In July 1987, he moved on to [[BBC Radio Bristol]] to present his own show, ''No Known Cure'', broadcast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The show was surreal and satirical, with odd interviews conducted with unsuspecting members of the public. He was fired from Bristol in 1990 after "talking over the news bulletins and making silly noises".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-76826109|title=Morris, the Man with a Mission to Cause Offence|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203161451/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-76826109/morris-the-man-with-a-mission-to-cause-offence|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988 he also joined, from its launch, [[BBC Radio London|Greater London Radio]] (GLR). He presented ''The Chris Morris Show'' on GLR until 1993, when one show got suspended after a sketch was broadcast involving a child "outing" celebrities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbjmgt.co.uk/artist/chris-morris |title=Chris Morris / Artists / PBJ – THE exclusive UK-based talent agency. Clients include the best performers, presenters, writers, composers, directors and producers |publisher=Pbjmgt.co.uk |access-date=18 September 2013 |archive-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001105855/http://www.pbjmgt.co.uk/artist/chris-morris |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1991, Morris joined [[Armando Iannucci]]'s spoof news project ''[[On the Hour]]''. Broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]], it saw him work alongside Iannucci, [[Steve Coogan]], [[Stewart Lee]], [[Richard Herring]] and [[Rebecca Front]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1992, Morris hosted [[Danny Baker]]'s Radio 5 Morning Edition show for a week whilst Baker was on holiday. In 1994, Morris began a weekly evening show, the ''Chris Morris Music Show'', on [[BBC Radio 1]] alongside [[Peter Baynham]] and 'man with a mobile phone' [[Paul Garner (comedian)|Paul Garner]]. In the shows, Morris perfected the spoof interview style that would become a central component of his ''[[Brass Eye]]'' programme. In the same year, Morris teamed up with [[Peter Cook]] (as [[Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling]]) in a series of improvised conversations for [[BBC Radio 3]] entitled ''[[Why Bother? (radio show)|Why Bother?]]''.