Brass Eye by Chris Morris 07- Paedogeddon *Controversial

Brass Eye Special (2001) - Paedogeddon *Controversial

A British television comedy series parodying the current affairs news programming. A series of six episodes aired on Channel 4 in 1997, and a further episode in 2001. The series was created and presented by Chris Morris.
Michael Grade, then chief executive of Channel 4, repeatedly intervened to demand edits to episodes of Brass Eye. In this the final episode a 'single-frame' 'subliminal message' was included reading "Grade is a cunt". (Removed for the DVD version).

This 2001 Special episode tackled paedophilia and the moral panic in parts of the British media following the murder of Sarah Payne, focusing on the name-and-shame campaign conducted by the News of the World in its wake. This included an incident in 2000 in which a paediatrician in Newport had the word "PAEDO" daubed in yellow paint on her home.[6] News of the World's then Editor Rebekah Brooks would years later discuss this campaign at the Leveson Inquiry.

Around 3,000 complaints were received concerning "Paedogeddon!", making it reportedly the most objected-to episode in British television history at the time.

The Daily Star decried Morris and the show, The Daily Mail ran a headline describing Brass Eye as "Unspeakably Sick" (quoting Beverley Hughes).
The Observer accused both papers of hypocrisy; it noted that the Star article was positioned adjacent to an article about the developing bust of 15-year-old singer Charlotte Church, and that the Mail's coverage was preceded by "close-ups" of the "bikini princesses" Beatrice and Eugenie, who were 12 and 11 at the time.

The episode won a Broadcast magazine award in 2002