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Sounds,19 Mar 2018,45 mins,

Chris Morris and the Darkness of Comedy

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Contains language which some may find offensive.

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Dubbed by one newspaper as 鈥榯he most hated man in Britain鈥�, comedian Chris Morris has always walked a fine line between biting satire and controversy. From his earliest days in local radio, allegedly engaging in stunts that led to his dismissal, to mocking radio and television news structures in On The Hour and The Day Today and skewering moral panics in Brass Eye - Morris has both delighted and appalled critics while gathering a dedicated legion of fans. Comedic experiments such as Nathan Barley and Blue Jam saw him tinker with the very essence of comedy while his first feature film, Four Lions, dealt with the unlikely subject of domestic terrorism. Some see him as a 鈥榗omedy god鈥� while others view him as a menace. But what drives Chris Morris to make comedy, who is he making it for and what is he trying to change, if anything? Host: Hayley Campbell. Producer: Dale Shaw.

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