Beyond The Joke: Interview - February 2013 Beyond The Joke - By Bruce Dessau - February 2nd, 2013

You won’t see much of Stewart Lee in his latest TV series starting on February 5. He is executive producer/curator of Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience and only crops up briefly interviewing the acts between their appearances. The real stars of the show are the acts – SIMON MUNNERY, ISY SUTTIE, BOOTHBY GRAFFOE, PHIL…

The Alternative Comedy Experience: Interview with Stewart Lee - January 2013 London Student - By Rhys Giles - January 28th, 2013

We met Stewart outside the offices of Comedy Central off Oxford Street. He was holding a carrier bag containing a few CDs from HMV that he had picked up prior to the interview. Readers of Stewart’s occasional Guardian column will know that he is not getting paid for the DVDs he supplied to HMV of…

Robin Ince & Josie Long’s Utter Shambles Podcast 2010 & 2012 - September 2012 September 1st, 2012

Interviewed by Josie Long & Robin Ince for their Comedy Central Podcast

Interview: Stewart Lee, comedian - August 2012 The Scotsman - By Jay Richardson - August 2nd, 2012

WHEN alternative comedy emerged in the 1980s, a new wave of stand-ups savaged their celebrity predecessors for their crass sexism and racism and naff commercialism. Stewart Lee recalls “taking the piss out of Max Bygraves or whoever … tax-dodging multimillionaires who did any piece of shit that came along, all their material written by other…

Interview with Stewart Lee & Andrew Doyle - July 2012 Scotsgay - By Andrew Doyle - July 7th, 2012

Who better to interview a comedian than another comedian? Andrew Doyle talks to Stewart Lee about his recent “wave of popularity”, Twitter, gay marriage, and Jimmy Carr’s tax avoidance. AD: Were you surprised to be recommissioned for a third series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle? SL: Yeah, I was. I was really surprised because there…

Stewart Lee in interview: “Annoying, confusing, weird, satirical and clever” - June 2012 The Skinny - By Bernard O'Leary - June 29th, 2012

Next week, The Stand Edinburgh will be taken over by the kind of lineup that will make comedy purists tremble at the knees. Josie Long, Robin Ince, David O’Doherty, Tony Law, Bridget Christie, Simon Munnery and Isy Suttie are just a few of the names appearing at the series of ten shows, masterminded by none…