in 2017, series director michael cumming released a 60-minute film of unbroadcast material from the making of brass eye between 1995 and 1997. the film is intended to mark the 20th anniversary of the series's original broadcast and includes scenes previously edited from the series due to time constraints or legal difficulties. it also includes extended or alternative versions of scenes that made the final cut, together with humorous outtakes of several scenes. cumming also narrates the film and details his first meeting with chris morris and the difficulties involved in making the series. comedy website chortle described the film as "a thoughtful, curiously touching time capsule which pays fulsome tribute to, and certainly never cheapens, the spirit of the original show".