![]() ![]() So much of the programme is deliberately disturbing - see the sketch about an American primary-school prom queen who has been given breast implants - but a giddy half-hour is also stuffed with meme-able Morris classics, particularly in the celebrity hoaxes, from Dr Fox saying paedophiles share DNA with crabs - “there’s no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact” - to Phil Collins in a “NONCE SENSE” T-shirt. Four years later he returned with a one-off special, a furious shit-or-bust parody of the way a media that is happy to sexualise minors also exploits paedophilia as a titillating, ratings-pushing bogeyman. Morris was already a marked man on account of the regular Brass Eye series shown on C4 in 1997, a six-part detonation of the cant, hypocrisy and ludicrously pompous hyperbole that had come to define TV news. Brass Eye – “Paedogeddon” (2001)Ĭould Chris Morris’ satire of paedophilia as a source of moral panic possibly be made today? You’re free to stream it on Channel 4’s app, but it’s hard to imagine it debuting on weeknight telly now – if anything, in retrospect it’s only got more shocking and is all the more impressive for that. “Nasty Nick” was booted off the show, arguably for doing exactly what the format encourages – but in an unforgettable reality TV moment, a new category of telly villain had been born. The ensuing row is like watching a corrupt politician get skewered, as Bateman – filmed in unforgiving close-up by the house’s fixed camera rig – makes attempts at denial that instantly dissolve on contact with his outraged, gradually emboldened former friends. All that came to a head in a scene that still makes the mouth dry and the pulse quicken: jovial Scouse bricklayer Craig Phillips, who will go on to win series one, calls a house meeting to confront snake-like City broker Nick Bateman, who has been trying to manipulate the eviction vote by giving different housemates different advice on who to nominate. Big Brother generally was, meanwhile, still an interesting social experiment, in which people from different backgrounds were forced to rub along together. “How can you be so two-faced?” When Big Brother began, the now-familiar grammar of confined reality shows, where contestants voting each other off leads to plots, factions and criss-crossing accusations about making plots and being in factions, was still new. Top Boy – Season 3, “Bonfire Night” (2019) Peep Show – Season 4, “Sophie’s Parents”ģ0.Black Mirror – Season 1, “The Entire History of You”.The Crown – Season 1, “Hyde Park Corner”.The Inbetweeners – Series 1, “Caravan Club”.This Country – Series 2, “Threatening Letters”. ![]() Stath Lets Flats – Series 1, “A Pushy Boy”.It’s probably worth mentioning that our winner came out on top by quite a significant margin. Our honourable mentions are unranked selections from voters. Our top 10 was collated through the first callout we then returned to each contributor for a second round of voting to rank entries 30-10. We sent out requests for rankings of their top five, and received over 40 responses, from writers such as Russell T Davies ( Doctor Who, It’s A Sin, Years & Years), James Graham ( The Crown, Quiz, Sherwood) and Bolu Babalola ( Big Age) and leading critics from The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and more. The group must uncover and stop The Network's plot if they want to return to their old lives.In celebration of what we’re dubbing “British TV Week”, we’ve called in the help of some of our favourite writers in TV to help us collate a definitive ranking of the best episodes created on these shores since the turn of the century. When five online strangers are drawn together by the legendary manuscript of a cult graphic novel, they find themselves pursued by a secret and deadly organization known only as The Network. ![]()
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