Chris Morris

He is married to Jo Unwin, with whom he has two sons. The couple live together in Brixton.

Christopher Morris was born to Michael Morris and Rosemary Morris in Bristol, England. He was raised for most part of his life in a Victorian farmhouse in Buckden, Huntingdonshire.

He attended the Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit boarding school from the time he turned ten. He later studied zoology at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

In 1986, he began his career as a news trainee with the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. The following year, he began to host the afternoon show and soon was given the Saturday morning show as well.

In July 1987, he quit BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and joined the BBC Radio Bristol, where he hosted his own show titled, ‘No Known Cure’. The show was aired on weekend mornings.

In 1988, he worked with the Greater London Radio, for which he hosted ‘The Chris Morris Show’ until the year 1993. He was later fired by the radio station after the broadcast of a controversial sketch.

In 1991, he became the anchor of the radio show titled, ‘On the Hour’, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The show was a parody and a spoof of news and current affairs. It received huge response and recognition.

In 1994, he hosted the ‘Chris Morris Music Show’, which was aired on BBC Radio 1. The same year he collaborated with Peter Cook for the BBC Radio 3 project titled, ‘Why Brother’.

He anchored the show, ‘On the Hour’, which received the British Comedy Award in 1992 for the category of ‘Best Radio Comedy’. The show also won the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award in the category of ‘Comedy/Light Entertainment’.

His short film, ‘My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117’, a critically acclaimed film, received the BAFTA Award in the year 2003 in the category of ‘Best Short Film’.