Chris Morris

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christopher Morris (born 15 June 1955) is an English satirist, writer, director and actor. A former radio DJ, he is best known for anchoring the spoof news and current affairs television programmes The Day Today and Brass Eye, as well as his frequent engagement with controversial subject matter. In 2010 Morris directed his first feature-length film Four Lions about a group of inept British terrorists. Reception of the film was largely positive and received a respectable box office. Outside his central work, Morris tends to stay out of the public eye and has become one of the more enigmatic figures in British comedy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Morris (satirist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

The Academy of Armando

Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day Today, The Thick of It, Veep, The Death of Stalin and The Personal History of David Copperfield. With contributions from key collaborators such as Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rebecca Front, Jesse Armstrong, Michael Palin and Peter Capaldi, imagine... sheds light on Iannucci’s unique creative process.

Release Date: 2025-03-03

Character: Self

The Day Shall Come

An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an FBI agent, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.

Release Date: 2019-10-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 116

Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes

Only shown at live events, Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes is made from unseen sketches and outtakes from seminal British TV series Brass Eye.

Release Date: 2017-09-11

Character: Himself

Vote Count: 2

The Double

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.

Release Date: 2014-04-03

Character: Workers' Services Executive

Vote Count: 1010

Veep

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

Release Date: 2012-04-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 461

Black Mirror

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

Release Date: 2011-12-04

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5529

Four Lions

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.

Release Date: 2010-05-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1176

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is a comedy series created by Stewart Lee. The BBC Two series debuted on 16 March 2009, and featured stand-up routines filmed at The Mildmay Club in Newington Green, and sketches based on a weekly theme, featuring amongst others Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon and Paul Putner with voice-over parts recorded by Peter Serafinowicz. The series is produced by Richard Webb and directed by Tim Kirkby. The programme is executive-produced by Armando Iannucci and script-edited by Chris Morris, marking a rare reformation of their creative double-act.

Release Date: 2009-03-16

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 27

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

Release Date: 2006-06-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

The IT Crowd

Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.

Release Date: 2006-02-03

Character: Denholm Reynholm

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 1438

Nathan Barley

Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Charlie Condou and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. Described by his creator as a "meaningless strutting cadaver-in-waiting", the character originated on Brooker's TVGoHome – a website parodying television listings – as the focus of a fly-on-the-wall documentary called Cunt.

Release Date: 2005-02-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Place VO (voice)

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 40

The Day Today: Pilot

The never broadcast pilot of The Day Today (1994).

Release Date: 2004-04-26

My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117

An unnamed man is house-sitting for his friend Imogen. Imogen calls to remind him to take her dog Rothko for a walk, but Rothko takes him for a walk instead.

Release Date: 2002-11-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Rothko (voice)

Vote Count: 32

Jam

Adapted from Blue Jam, a late night radio show, Jam consists of six shows featuring dark humour and unsettling sketches unfolding over an ambient soundtrack. From the mind of Chris Morris.

Release Date: 2000-03-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Various

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 27

I'm Alan Partridge

The fortunes of a former chat show host who is reduced to a lowly slot on Radio Norwich. Alan Partridge is divorced, living in a travel tavern, and desperate for a return to television.

Release Date: 1997-11-03

Character: Peter Baxendale Thomas

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 157

Brass Eye

Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty issues including animals, drugs, sex and skewered celebrities and politicians alike - and in a later episode in 2001, paedophiles.

Release Date: 1997-01-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Christopher Morris / Ted Maul / Various Characters

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 95

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes, and a Christmas special in 1995. It is named after the song "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA, which was used as the show's title music. Steve Coogan played the incompetent but self-satisfied Norwich-based host, Alan Partridge. Alan was a spin-off character from the spoof radio show On the Hour. Knowing Me Knowing You was written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber, with contributions from the regular supporting cast of Doon Mackichan, Rebecca Front and David Schneider, who played Alan's weekly guests. Steve Brown provided the show's music and arrangements, and also appeared as Glen Ponder, the man in charge of the house band. The show was a parody of a chat show. It featured a live audience whose laughter meant that viewers could not mistake the show for a real chat show. Alan went on to appear in two series of the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, following his life after both his marriage and TV career come to an end.

Release Date: 1994-09-16

Character: Matt

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 64

The Day Today

A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.

Release Date: 1994-01-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Christopher Morris

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 59