Editing Chris Morris (satirist) (section)

===Move into television and film===
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In 1994, a [[BBC Two]] television series based on ''On the Hour'' was broadcast under the name ''[[The Day Today]]''. ''The Day Today'' made a star of Morris, and marked the television debut of [[Steve Coogan]]'s [[Alan Partridge]] character. The programme ended on a high after just one series, with Morris winning the 1994 [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Award]] for Best Newcomer for his lead role as the [[Jeremy Paxman|Paxmanesque]] news anchor.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1460805.stm |title=UK &#124; Chris Morris: Brass Neck |work=BBC News |date=27 July 2001 |access-date=18 September 2013 |archive-date=12 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312170530/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1460805.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/tv/remembering-the-day-today-britains-sharpest-satire/|title=An oral history of The Day Today, Britain's sharpest TV satire|date=28 January 2019|website=Huck Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015315/https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/tv/remembering-the-day-today-britains-sharpest-satire/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996, Morris appeared on the daytime programme ''[[The Time, The Place]]'', posing as an academic, Thurston Lowe, in a discussion entitled "Are British Men Lousy Lovers?", but was found out when a producer alerted the show's host, [[John Stapleton (English journalist)|John Stapleton]].<ref name="bbc"/>

In 1997, the [[black comedy|black humour]] which had featured in ''On the Hour'' and ''The Day Today'' became more prominent in ''[[Brass Eye]]'', another spoof of current affairs television documentary, shown on [[Channel 4]]. All three series satirised and exaggerated issues expected of news shows.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Ess|first=Ramsey|date=17 July 2018|title=Meet Brass Eye, the Original Who Is America?|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/07/a-look-back-at-chris-morriss-comedy-series-brass-eye.html|access-date=8 May 2021|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|language=en-us|quote=Titled “Paedogeddon!”, Morris satirized a rash of moral panic surrounding pedophilia the previous year in England in which the newspaper [[News of the World]] touted a plan to publicly name 150 pedophiles, until it was forced to suspend the campaign after it inadvertently inspired an upswell in vigilante violence.}}</ref> The second episode of ''Brass Eye,'' for example, satirised drugs and the political rhetoric surrounding them.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stone|first=Jon|date=8 December 2015|title=The MP tricked into condemning a fake drug called 'Cake' has been put in charge of scrutinising drugs policy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-mp-tricked-into-condemning-a-fake-drug-called-cake-has-been-put-in-charge-of-scrutinising-drugs-policy-a6704671.html|access-date=8 May 2021|website=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> To help convey the satire, Morris invented a fictional drug by the name of "cake". In the episode, British celebrities and politicians describe the supposed symptoms in detail; [[David Amess]] mentioned the fictional drug at Parliament. In 2001, Morris satirised the moral panic regarding paedophilia in the most controversial episode of ''Brass Eye'', "[[Paedogeddon]]". Channel 4 apologised for the episode after receiving criticism from tabloids and around 3,000 complaints from viewers, which, at the time, was the most for an episode of British television.<ref name=":1" /> 

From 1997 to 1999, Morris created ''[[Blue Jam]]'' for [[BBC Radio 1]], a surreal, taboo-breaking radio show set to an ambient soundtrack.<ref name="screenonline"/> In 2000, this was followed by ''[[Jam (TV series)|Jam]]'', a television reworking.<ref name="screenonline"/> Morris released a 'remix' version of this, entitled ''Jaaaaam''.<ref name="screenonline"/>

In 2002, Morris ventured into film, directing the [[short film|short]] ''[[My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117|My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117]]'', adapted from a ''Blue Jam'' monologue about a man led astray by a sinister talking dog. It was the first film project of [[Warp Films]], a branch of [[Warp Records]]. In 2002 it won the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for best short film.<ref name="bafta_2002"/> In 2005 Morris worked on a sitcom entitled ''[[Nathan Barley]]'', based on the character created by [[Charlie Brooker]] for his website [[TVGoHome]] (Morris had contributed to TVGoHome on occasion, under the pseudonym 'Sid Peach'<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooker|first1=Charlie|title=FULL SESSION - The Alternative MacTaggart: Charlie Brooker|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK8i2mRxX3s|website=YouTube|date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512120756/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK8i2mRxX3s|url-status=live}}</ref>). Co-written by Brooker and Morris, the series was broadcast on [[Channel 4]] in early 2005.