Accused of intellectual snobbery, Stewart Lee hits back, pointing out that it’s a valid performance device, under the theatrical technique of Brechtian alienation. Thus explaining himself and reinforcing the criticism in one kamikaze blow. The friction is all part of the rules of engagement of his Comedy Vehicle, which are well-established now it enters its…
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle is rather like Luther – it comes round every 2-3 years and is to the TV schedules what oxygen is to our bodies – an essential requirement. Often, the programme is like a comedy masterclass, with this first new episode, showing how to segue between light-hearted and serious topics, the latter…
Stewart Lee has suggested the future of his BBC Two show could be at risk from management changes at the Corporation. The comic said that in the two years that he’s been working on the new series of Comedy Vehicle ‘everyone who was involved in commissioning it or overseeing it has left and been replaced…