Tonight’s TV highlights - March 2016 Herts & Essex Observer - March 2nd, 2016

It might not turn up as often as we’d like – this is only the fourth series in seven years, and the last run was back in 2014 – but it’s always good to see Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle back on the road. It seems the cult stand-up hasn’t been slacking off during his years…

Episode 1 Review - March 2016 Beyond The Joke - By Bruce Dessau - March 2nd, 2016

Stewart Lee has said that nobody is competent to review him. It’s a sentiment he echoes early on in the first episode of his new six-part BBC2 series. So after thinking about doing something more useful with my time I decided to have a go. Does he mean it? It’s a remark like a lot…

Episode 5 Preview - March 2016 Beyond The Joke - By Bruce Dessau - March 1st, 2016

One thing in particular intrigues me about Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. It felt as if he was doing warm-ups and works-in-progress for this series for at least a year in advance around the UK. I assumed that this was to get every phrase, every comma, every pause in the right place. And then along comes…

FROM THE DESK OF Stewart Lee – March 16.2 - February 2016 February 29th, 2016

SLCV Series 4 This starts on BBC2 on March 3rd at 10pm for 6 weeks. It is like the 3rd series but more so. BBC page for the series with clips & links to iPlayer episodes (after broadcast) is here. Global Globules with Baconface FROM THIS WEDNESDAY 2ND MARCH. The barely present cult Canadian stand-up…

Loose Ends Interview - February 2016 BBC Radio 4 - By Loose Ends - February 27th, 2016



Will Self meets Stewart Lee: ‘Are you really, ultimately embittered, or not?’ - February 2016 The Guardian - By Will Self - February 26th, 2016

I first saw Stewart Lee’s standup act in the early 2000s at the Hackney Empire, and have seen him several times since at venues in London and Edinburgh. Readers unfamiliar with the live Lee phenomenon may know of him through the hugely successful – and equally controversial – Jerry Springer – The Opera, which he…