‘One of the nice things about the BBC is they don’t really promote the series’ - March 2014 Chortle - By Jay Richardson - March 8th, 2014

For comics, he is perceived as the ultimate – if inflated – authority on artistic integrity, ‘The Grand Poobah of Comedy’, as Al Murray has dubbed him. Stewart Lee, for his part, thinks the title both unfair but understandable… not to mention ‘really funny because it has the word “poo” in it’. Understandable because this,…

Talking to Mark Radcliffe - March 2014 March 4th, 2014

Steve Beresford & I talk to Mark Radcliffe about the John Cage project; “Usurp Chance” Tour.

Front Row - February 2014 February 24th, 2014

Interviewed by John Wilson for BBC Radio’s “Front Row” programme about the (then) forthcoming 3rd series of Comedy Vehicle.

Comedian Stewart Lee at Derby Assembly Rooms: why the old jokers are still the best - January 2014 Derby Telegraph - By Lynne Brighouse - January 26th, 2014

Stewart Lee explains to Lynne Brighouse why he believes that older comedians are the best and improve with age. COMEDIAN Stewart Lee is renowned for not shying away from controversial subjects or statements. His CV includes co-writing and co-directing the mock Broadway hit Jerry Springer: The Opera, which famously sparked off numerous protest demonstrations by…

Bristol Interview - January 2014 Intermission, Bristol - By Rob Sims & James Walmsley - January 13th, 2014

As an old scholar of Solihull School I was interested to find out that both you and Richard Hammond are alumni. Is the ‘hatred’ that you express towards him in your Top Gear skit based on any schoolyard feuds? I never knew R Hammond at school, as I explain in the piece. I thought about…

Radio Derby Interview - January 2014 January 6th, 2014

Speaking to Andy Potter on Radio Derby