Chris Morris, king
Michael Grade, then chief executive of Channel 4, repeatedly intervened to demand edits to episodes of Brass Eye, and rescheduled some shows for sensitivity. This interference outraged Morris, who responded by inserting into one episode a subliminal message stating, "Grade is a cunt". As another insult to Grade, Morris supposedly wrote to Nelson Mandela telling him that Grade campaigned for him to be kept in prison, and protested upon his release. He also wrote to musician Paul Simon, claiming that Grade always considered Art Garfunkel the more talented of the duo.
05 Nov 2005 22:31
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Luke Parks
I'd heard the subliminal message one but hadn't heard about the letters. Genius (in a slightly twisted way).
05 Nov 2005, 22:34
Daisy Christodoulou
He's a bit of a legend, isn't he? What do you think of Broken News? It's a Day Today rip-off, but I still loved it.
08 Nov 2005, 23:11
I've heard mixed reviews, but the sad lack of a tv at the moment prevents me from investigating further.
09 Nov 2005, 01:06
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