No Known Cure: The Comedy of Chris Morris

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In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his television mockumentary, his experimental black comedy and his more recent move into filmmaking. No Known Cure approaches the work of Chris Morris from a diverse range of perspectives in order to fully grapple with his wide-ranging and groundbreaking media output.

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JAMES LEGGOTT is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Northumbria. He is the author of Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (2008) and co-editor of British Science Fiction Cinema and Television: Critical Essays (2011). JAMIE SEXTON is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Northumbria. He has written on topics including British avant-garde film-making, experimental British television and independent cinema. He co-edits (with Ernest Mathijs) the book series Cultographies.